NPR coverage of cost of living: Tariffs to hike prices of coffee and bananas

 Grocery prices have jumped

up - - 29% hike since

February 2020; cost of groceries

has become major source of

stress for >50% of Americans:

outpacing rent, health care,

student debt.

npr.org/2025/09/19

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Coffee prices have jumped +20% 

in the last year.