--- title: 8 Common Grocery Items That Are at Least 10% Cheaper Than a Year Ago description: Grocery prices are down 2.2% year over year, and down more than 10% for items like strawberries, eggs, ground beef, and broccoli. At the same time, restaurant prices are up 2.4%. authors: - name: Brad Tuttle role: Senior Editor url: https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/ bio: Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals. education: Columbia University School of Journalism, MS at_money_since: 2014 articles: 366 covers: - Personal Finance - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle - https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225 former_staff: true published: '2016-10-20T18:12:39.000Z' modified: '2024-04-17T04:16:40.000Z' section: Personal Finance tags: - beef - eggs - Food & Drink - groceries - grocery prices - meat - Restaurant - steak - Supermarket word_count: 316 canonical: https://money.com/grocery-prices-eggs-steak-ground-beef-vegetables/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Vegetables stacked in supermarket](https://img.money.com/2016/10/groceryprices-em-497664131.jpg) According to the [Bureau of Labor Statistics](http://www.bls.gov/regions/mid-atlantic/data/AverageRetailFoodAndEnergyPrices_USandMidwest_Table.htm), supermarket prices were down 2.2% in September compared with the same month one year ago. That's the biggest year-over-year drop since 2009, [*USA Today* reported](http://www.usatoday.com/story/10/20/your-groceries-may-cheaper-but-farmers-and-supermarkets-feel-pain/92438814/), while also noting that grocery prices have retreated on an annual basis for 10 consecutive months—the longest such streak since 1960. While grocery prices decline, restaurant prices have been headed in the opposite direction. Prices in the ["food away from home" category](http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm), which includes restaurants, convenience stores, and such, are up 2.4% year over year. The CEO of Darden Restaurants, which owns the Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse chains, recently said that the combination of cheaper groceries and more expensive restaurant bills isn't going to mean that more Americans wind up cooking at home. But other restaurant industry experts aren't quite so sure. "Consumers aren’t going to eat out less because peanut butter is cheaper, or because bananas aren’t as expensive," [*Nation's Restaurant News* columnist](http://nrn.com/blog/grocery-restaurant-price-gap-worse-you-think) Jonathan Maze wrote this week. "But they would choose to eat at home because they bought a package of steaks for a lower price." ***Read Next:* [Why Nobody Does Their Grocery Shopping at Target](https://money.com/target-walmart-grocery-shopping/)** And yes, steaks—and meat in general—are among the groceries that have gotten much less expensive in recent months. Meat prices are down 6.3% year over year, and some grocery staples are significantly less expensive than that. Here are eight items that have seen prices drop by 10% or more over the past year. **Beef Stew:** -10% **Round Roast:** -10.4% **Ground Beef:** -11.2% **Broccoli:** -13.5% **Strawberries:** -15.3% **Peppers:** -20.3% **Iceberg Lettuce:** -22.3% **Eggs:** -50.4% Eggs are down so sharply because of [price increases](https://money.com/eggs-rental-car-gas-prices/) following a bird flu outbreak last spring. 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