15 Groceries to Stock Up On Before Winter (Prices Are Already Moving)

Grocery prices are already moving — and the fall is when the next year's shelf price gets decided, while you're distracted by the holidays. These are 15 groceries to get on your shelf before the first hard freeze, with the exact expensive thing each one replaces and what it costs you if you wait until January. Beef is up nearly 10% on the smallest cattle herd since 1951. Eggs and dairy are the rare relief. And almost 70% of the steel in your cans is imported — which is why the canned aisle is climbing faster than the food inside it. Number 15 is under four dollars, it's in every store in America, and it's the one thing on this list they can't tax. Tell me in the comments: what's the one thing your mother or grandmother always kept in the pantry that you've never stopped buying? Half my best tricks came out of this comment section.