Grocery Snapshot: January prices are up, but pasta is saved [for now]

By: Mauren Milliken

Outlets: Manchester InkLink

Published: January 8, 2026

Words: 1,247

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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After the holiday craziness, in which we saw a lot of price reductions to get people into the stores during shopping season, things are back to normal.

So, that means a lot of price increases this month for those store brands that dropped in December. In fact, 11 of the 26 items on the grocery snapshot list cost more than they did last month.

Overall, my grocery list prices are up 4.90% from …

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