Restaurant Meals Become a Relative Bargain as Grocery Prices Soar - The Wall Street Journal

Consumer prices at grocery stores and restaurants increased 13.1% and 7.6%, respectively, year-over-year in July—the biggest inflationary gap between grocery stores and restaurants since the 1970s.

Restaurants are taking on grocery stores over value, contending that eating out can be a better deal than cooking at home. They have some recent data on their side. Consumer prices at grocery stores… [+199 chars]

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