Grocery Prices in 2025: What Food Really Costs in Rural Kentucky (Inflation Reality Check)

Summary

The video shows a walkthrough of a mom-and-pop grocery store in rural Kentucky, with the speaker reading aloud current prices for meat, produce, dairy, canned goods, frozen items, pet food, soda, bread, coffee, cooking oil, flour, sugar, and automotive supplies. The speaker compares some prices to what they remember paying in the past and invites viewers to comment with prices in their own areas.

Topic

Cost of Living · also covers: Personal Stories

States referenced

• Kentucky: The entire video is a walkthrough of a local mom-and-pop grocery store in rural Kentucky, with the speaker repeatedly stating these are the prices they pay in middle-of-nowhere Kentucky.
• New York: The speaker mentions that viewers in New York and California have higher prices than what is shown in the Kentucky store.
• California: The speaker mentions that viewers in New York and California have higher prices than what is shown in the Kentucky store.

Figures cited

• $5.99 a pound — stew meat
• $5.89 a pound — ground beef
• $6.99 a pound — New York strip steak
• $3.99 a pound — chicken
• $4.69 — 10 pounds of potatoes
• $3.49 — head of lettuce
• $2.99 — tomatoes (one price point)
• 69 cents — green peppers
• $1.79 — classic jumbo Franks
• $3.49 — dozen eggs
• $1.79 — Blue Bonnet
• $2.89 — cheese
• $4.69 — gallon of milk
• two for $4 — liter of soda
• two for $7 — ice cream
• $4.99 — ice cream (gallon price)
• $4.99 — jar of Miracle Whip
• $2.89 — jar of jelly
• $2.89 a loaf — Bunny bread
• $2.99 — Texas toast
• $8.99 — 25-ounce can of coffee
• $5.29 — Quaker Oats
• about $7 — big bag of cereal
• $8.49 — olive oil
• $4.59 — Crisco
• $4.29 — store brand cooking oil
• $6.69 — Cresco cooking oil
• $4 — big bag of flour
• $4.29 — four pounds of sugar
• $1.49 a can — Gravy Train dog food
• $7.19 — cat food
• $7.99 — antifreeze (another price point)

Pain points addressed

• I'm watching every item ring up higher than I remember from just a few years ago

• I feel like my fixed income doesn't stretch far enough at the grocery store anymore

• I'm not sure if I'm overpaying or if these prices are normal where I live

• I worry that rural areas are being ignored in national conversations about inflation