{"id":5059097,"date":"2023-02-06T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctlatinonews.com\/?p=5059097"},"modified":"2023-02-06T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T12:00:00","slug":"coping-with-cost-of-groceries-advice-for-stretching-household-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/2023\/02\/06\/coping-with-cost-of-groceries-advice-for-stretching-household-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Coping with cost of groceries, advice for stretching household budget"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MERIDEN \u2014 Though the inflation rate dropped in December 2022 to 6.5 percent for things like appliances and gasoline, food prices are still up 11.8 percent compared to a year prior in the U.S., causing grocery prices to rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMoney is tight,\u201d said Demetria Armour of Meriden, who was recently doing her grocery shopping at C-Town Supermarkets at 160 Colony St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI mean, everybody seemed like they were struggling,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd it&#8217;s just not good out here. You know, you work and you still don&#8217;t have nothing. And it&#8217;s really sad and only God is able to make it better.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrecordjournal.com\/News\/Meriden\/Meriden-News\/Meriden-shoppers-react-to-the-increase-of-grocery-store-prices.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story by the Record-Journal\u2019s Latino Communities Lab at<\/a>:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrecordjournal.com\/News\/Meriden\/Meriden-News\/Meriden-shoppers-react-to-the-increase-of-grocery-store-prices.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.myrecordjournal.com\/News\/Meriden\/Meriden-News\/Meriden-shoppers-react-to-the-increase-of-grocery-store-prices.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Publisher\u2019s Note:<\/strong><\/em> CTLatinoNews <a href=\"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/announcement-ctln-partners-with-the-latino-communities-reporting-lab\/\">partners<\/a> with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrecordjournal.com\/latino-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Latino Communities Reporting Lab<\/a> in best serving the Hispanic-Latino communities of Connecticut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"221\" src=\"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/F72EF98A-AA06-4198-AC34-B9F772EE7BB1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5058394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/F72EF98A-AA06-4198-AC34-B9F772EE7BB1.png 350w, https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/F72EF98A-AA06-4198-AC34-B9F772EE7BB1-300x189.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" 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