Meat Inflation Eases as US Consumers Turn to Cheaper Cuts

Beef steaks and pork chops were some of the only goods to see prices fall at US grocery stores last month, according to government data released Wednesday.

Prices for a basket of foods including meat, poultry, fish and eggs dropped 0.4% from the previous month, taking seasonal adjustments into account. That’s signaling slight relief from soaring inflation, even as food prices generally increased the most in four decades.