Inflation has hit grocery prices harder than most other categories, with a 13% hike from September 2021 to September 2022. The increase of grocery costs is likely to worsen food insecurity rates across the country and in Pennsylvania, where more than 1 million residents already struggle to make ends meet.
About 14.5% of the commonwealth’s population, or 1.88 million people, receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits as of September, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services.
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