{"id":400111,"date":"2026-09-15T04:06:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T04:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/400111\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T04:06:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T04:06:27","slug":"attention-shoppers-rising-diesel-costs-will-hit-your-grocery-bill-experts-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/400111\/","title":{"rendered":"Attention shoppers: Rising diesel costs will hit your grocery bill, experts warn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Published:\u00a0September 14, 2026 at 5:41 PM<\/p>\n

Updated:\u00a0September 14, 2026 at 5:54 PM<\/p>\n

MIAMI \u2014 As diesel prices soar inside the United States, analysts say consumers should expect prices at the grocery store to continue to climb. <\/p>\n

Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n

That is especially true for cold-chain perishables that require more refrigeration, like dairy, meats and produce.<\/p>\n

Diesel engines power about three-quarters of the 17 million commercial vehicles registered in the U.S. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe first time ever we have ever seen diesel in Florida above $6 dollars a gallon and in Miami even higher at $6.25 a gallon,\u201d said GasBuddy petroleum analyst Patrick De Haan. \u201cYou can really say the U.S. economy runs on diesel.\u201d <\/p>\n

Transportation, storage and energy costs contribute more than 7% of total food costs, so when diesel prices rise, those costs get higher and trickle down to the consumer at check-out.<\/p>\n

Where your food dollar goes<\/p>\n

What makes up a food dollar?<\/p>\n

\n From farms and processing to retail and restaurants, every $1 Americans spend on food is divided among industries across the supply chain.\n <\/p>\n

7.2\u00a2<\/p>\n

\n of every $1 spent on food went to transportation, storage and energy\n <\/p>\n

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7.2\u00a2<\/p>\n

\n 2024 food dollar\n <\/p>\n

Tap a section of the dollar to explore.<\/p>\n

Transportation and storage + energy<\/p>\n

7.2\u00a2<\/p>\n

\n Together, transportation, storage and energy account for 7.2\u00a2 of every $1 spent on food.\n <\/p>\n

\n Source: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Dollar, 2024 industry group data.
\n View USDA source<\/a>.
\n Values sum up to $1.\n <\/p>\n

That is in addition to upward pressure that remains on gas prices.<\/p>\n

Small business owner Xavier Miranda of Top Florida Roofing told Local 10 News his business also being hit by suppliers adding fuel surcharges as all businesses along the global supply chain work to offset rising costs.<\/p>\n

\u201cMiranda said what federal lawmakers should know is that \u201ctheir decisions impact us, which in return impacts the entire community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Said De Haan: \u201cThe two biggest geopolitical tensions that are weighing at the pump (are the) US-Iran Conflict (and) Russian and Ukraine. There is not really a date when things will suddenly improve spontaneously. It is going to take work to mend the fences, restoring ties and deescalating the situation, for Americans to see any drastic improvement in what they are paying at the pump.\u201d<\/p>\n

De Haan added that the brewing trade war between the U.S. and Canada could also place upward pressure on prices since more than 60% of our imported crude oil comes from Canada.<\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n

\"ChristinaChristina Vazquez<\/p>\n

Christina returned to Local 10 in 2019 as a reporter after covering Hurricane Dorian for the station. She is an Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist and previously earned an Emmy Award while at WPLG for her investigative consumer protection segment “Call Christina.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0September 14, 2026 at 5:41 PM Updated:\u00a0September 14, 2026 at 5:54 PM MIAMI \u2014 As diesel prices soar…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-400111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}