Fact-Checking Grocery Price Claims Amidst Inflation Data In a recent CNN interview, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins claimed most grocery prices have declined since January 2025. However, BLS data for September 2025 shows a 3.1% year-over-year increase, with beef up 7% and overall groceries up over 25% since 2020. Rollins attributes outliers like beef to factors like screwworm outbreaks, while promising lower turkey prices for Thanksgiving. This discrepancy highlights the importance