{"id":2287322,"date":"2024-07-01T14:28:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T18:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/july-4-cookout-cost-at-record-high-due-to-biden-inflation\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T14:31:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T18:31:06","slug":"july-4-cookout-cost-at-record-high-due-to-biden-inflation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/july-4-cookout-cost-at-record-high-due-to-biden-inflation\/","title":{"rendered":"July 4 Cookout Cost At Record High Due To Biden Inflation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjuly-4-cookout-cost-at-record-high-due-to-biden-inflation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2287322&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Americans hosting \u2063Fourth of\u200d July cookouts \u200cthis year will\u2064 face record \u200dgrocery prices, according to a \u2062new report from the American Farm Bureau Federation. The\u2064 report found that a 10-person cookout will cost an average\u200d of $71.22, marking a five percent increase from last year and a \u2063nearly 30 percent increase from five years ago. Prices of individual goods like ground beef, ice cream, lemonade, pork chops, and potato \u2064chips have all seen significant increases.\u2062 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-financial-bubbles-that-made-gamestop-look-like-nothing\/\" title=\"5 Financial \u2018Bubbles\u2019 That Made Gamestop Look Like Nothing\">rising prices<\/a>\u2063 are attributed to inflation that has been affecting the\u200b economy, including the farm economy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Americans hosting Fourth of July cookouts will face record grocery prices due to rampant inflation under the Biden administration. <\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fb.org\/news-release\/cost-of-summer-cookout-reaches-record-high\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new report<\/a> from the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) found that a 10-person cookout that includes items like cheeseburgers, chicken breasts, pork chops, homemade potato salad, strawberries, and ice cream would run up a $71.22 bill. This marks a five percent increase from last year, an almost 30 percent increase from five years ago, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-trump-americans-have-seen-their-best-wage-growth-in-40-years\/\" title=\"Under Trump, Americans Have Seen Their Best Wage Growth In 40 Years\">record high<\/a> for the organization\u2019s annual survey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-mccarthy-sends-letter-to-members-outlining-americas-declining-condition-under-biden-democrats\/\" title=\"Kevin McCarthy Sends Letter To Members Outlining America\u2019s Declining Condition Under Biden, Democrats\">grocery bill<\/a> may be a shock, but it is in line with the inflation that has roiled the economy \u2014 including the farm economy \u2014 over the last several years,\u201d wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fb.org\/market-intel\/record-high-july-4th-cookout-costs-inflation-hits-the-backyard#:~:text=Only%20two%20dishes%20decreased%20in,over%20the%20last%20several%20years.&#038;text=Meat%20will%20put%20the%20biggest%20dent%20in%20your%20grocery%20budget\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AFBF economists<\/a> Bernt Nelson and Samantha Ayoub.<\/p>\n<p>Prices of individual goods have increased dramatically nationwide, with some items seeing a \u201cyear-to-year double-digit increase.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report found that two pounds of ground beef now cost $12.77 on average, an 11 percent increase from last year. One half-gallon of ice cream now costs $5.65, up seven percent from last year. The cost of lemonade has increased by 12 percent, and the costs of porkchops and potato chips have both increased by eight percent.<\/p>\n<p>The AFBF <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fb.org\/news-release\/july-4th-cookout-cost-stable-compared-to-year-ago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report from 2021<\/a>, Biden\u2019s first year in office, reveals that the same 10-person meal costs $59.55. The total bill has increased by $11.67 under the administration\u2019s catastrophic inflation. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHigher prices at the grocery store reflect a number of challenges facing America\u2019s families. Lower availability of some cookout staples and inflation are hitting people in their wallets,\u201d said AFBF Chief Economist Roger Cryan.<\/p>\n<p>This AFBF report coincides with a recent Gallup poll indicating voter concern over skyrocketing prices. Only 38 percent of voters say they are confident Biden can \u201cdo [or] recommend the right thing for the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Americans less optimistic about the state of the U.S. economy than they have been in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fed-found-economy-is-recovering-much-faster-than-officials-expected\/\" title=\"Fed Found Economy Is Recovering Much Faster Than Officials Expected\">recent months<\/a> and concern about inflation persisting, their confidence in President Joe Biden to recommend or do the right thing for the economy is among the lowest Gallup has measured for any president since 2001,\u201d read <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/644750\/confidence-biden-economic-stewardship-historically-low.aspx\">the report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Inflation has <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/29\/middle-class-americans-dont-care-what-paul-krugmans-charts-say-about-inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">increased<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rickscott.senate.gov\/2024\/5\/sen-rick-scott-issues-weekly-update-on-biden-s-inflation-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">over 19.9<\/a> percent in the three-plus years since Biden took office, according to the seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index (CPI).<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Monroe Harless is a summer intern at The Federalist. She is a recent graduate of the University of Georgia with degrees in journalism and political science.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Americans hosting Fourth of July cookouts will be facing record high grocery prices due to inflation during the Biden administration. According to a report from the American Farm Bureau Federation, a 10-person cookout with items like cheeseburgers, chicken breasts, pork chops, homemade potato salad, strawberries, and ice cream will cost $71.22, a five percent increase from last year and almost 30 percent increase from five years ago. Prices of individual items like ground beef, ice cream, lemonade, pork chops, and potato chips have all seen significant increases. The report also highlights concerns about inflation impacting families&#8217; budgets and coincides with a Gallup poll showing voter concern over rising prices. Inflation has increased by over 19.9 percent since Biden took office, according to the Consumer Price Index<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3175,"featured_media":2287323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pexels-rodnae-productions-8523533.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33537,33536,5975,32562,21134],"class_list":["post-2287322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden-inflation","tag-cookout","tag-cost","tag-july-4","tag-record-high"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pexels-rodnae-productions-8523533.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3175"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2287322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2287323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2287322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2287322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2287322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}