Local food banks and pantries are seeing large increases in the number of people who need food, due to food price inflation, and the C.E.O. of the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank doesn’t see prices easing anytime soon.
In 2022 compared with 2021, according the the U.S.D.A., prices for the aggregate category of fruits and vegetables are now predicted to increase between 7 and 8 percent, processed fruits and vegetables prices between 9.5 and 10.5 percent, sugar and sweets prices between 8.5 and 9.5 percent, nonalcoholic beverage prices between 8.5 and 9.5 percent, and other foods prices between 12.5 and 13.5 percent.
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