{"id":47009,"date":"2025-07-30T07:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T07:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/47009\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T07:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T07:37:08","slug":"us-grocery-prices-to-rise-amid-new-tariffs-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/47009\/","title":{"rendered":"US grocery prices to rise amid new tariffs in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

On August 1, tariffs are scheduled to go into affect for dozens of countries, the cost of which is anticipated to trickle down to consumers’ grocery bills. <\/p>\n

SEATTLE \u2014 Grocery stores across the United States may soon raise prices as the Trump administration\u2019s Aug. 1 tariff deadline approaches. The new trade policy, which imposes steep import taxes on goods from dozens of countries, is expected to hit food retailers especially hard \u2014 particularly those that rely on international suppliers.<\/p>\n

The tariffs, ranging from 25% to 50%, will apply to a wide range of food products. According to the Tax Foundation, in 2024, nearly 75 percent of all U.S. food imports \u2014 worth over $163 billion \u2014 will be affected.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Senator Murray condemns tariffs as economic ticking time bomb<\/a><\/p>\n

Brian Kelly, associate professor of economics at Seattle University, says the impact on grocery stores and consumers will be swift and widespread.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe administration is claiming that there won’t be any more extensions,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cWe’ve heard that before and there have been extensions. But it’s very possible the so-called reciprocal tariffs will take place.\u201d<\/p>\n

While some countries may strike last-minute deals, Kelly noted that even partial agreements could be enough to delay enforcement.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cThe idea of a full-fledged deal in three days is kind of absurd,\u201d he said. \u201cBut something that can be called a deal? Yes, that could well happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

For grocery stores \u2014 especially those serving diverse communities or specializing in international goods \u2014 the impact could be immediate and severe. Items like Brazilian coffee, Thai jasmine rice, and Mexican avocados are expected to see sharp price increases. In many cases, domestic alternatives are either unavailable or unable to meet demand, meaning stores will have no choice but to pass costs on to consumers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey don\u2019t operate on thick margins,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cThey\u2019ll have to pass the tariffs through to consumers. Whether shoppers change their habits depends on how big the price increases are.\u201d<\/p>\n

While multicultural stores are expected to be hit hard, Kelly warned, \u201cNo one will be unaffected.\u201d<\/p>\n

He pointed to sugar as a key example of how tariffs will ripple through the food supply.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cSugar is in everything,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cWith high duties going in place on imported sugar… that’s going to work its way through into food prices quite quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kelly emphasized that big-box retailers like Walmart, which serve middle and lower-income Americans, also rely heavily on imported goods.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIf anything, it’s the low-price food stores… that import more than the higher-level, more costly stores,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Even domestically produced food won\u2019t be spared. Kelly noted that while the U.S. is a major wheat producer, it also imports significant quantities. Tariffs on fertilizer and farm equipment will drive up production costs.<\/p>\n

\u201cTariffs on fertilizer and farm equipment will make U.S. food production more expensive,\u201d he said. \u201cThat could end up being substantial.\u201d<\/p>\n

Consumers could see food prices increase by 3% to 5% over the next six months, Kelly said, with a longer-term inflationary trend likely to follow.<\/p>\n

\u201cFarm equipment will become more expensive because of the enormous steel and aluminum tariffs,\u201d he said. \u201cThere will be this long-term sort of increase in the price level that we won’t notice too much, but it will be feeding into inflation.\u201d<\/p>\n

And while some consumers may absorb the cost, others will be forced to make tough choices.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese tariffs… are what we economists call regressive,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cThey hit poorer people harder than they hit richer people. And that\u2019s a sad fact.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On August 1, tariffs are scheduled to go into affect for dozens of countries, the cost of which…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47010,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[28,101],"class_list":["post-47009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}