Graphic: Track Grocery Price Trends

Are President Donald Trump’s policies bringing down grocery bills?

Grocery prices have been on the rise for most of the past five years, as supply chain bottlenecks, the war in Ukraine and excessive profit-taking here in America have put a strain on consumers’ wallets. 

Trump campaigned heavily on the price of food in 2024, promising that if elected he would lower costs. But the price of eggs — a frequent stand-in for inflation during the campaign — has continued to rise amid a bird flu outbreak, and Trump admitted in December that it will be “hard” to bring prices down.

Follow price trends using the chart below. NBC News is monitoring the average point-of-sale price for eggs, chicken, bread, ground beef and other common grocery items, along with how much those prices have changed since December 2023.

The grocery price data, provided by the global marketing research firm NIQ, is collected from real checkout prices paid nationwide at grocery stores, drugstores, mass merchandisers, selected dollar stores, selected warehouse clubs and military commissaries.The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly consumer price index, which uses human data collectors and includes other food product categories, is another resource for average price data.

This article will be updated monthly.