61% of Americans said they had to cut back on groceries
A significant portion of Americans are adjusting their grocery shopping habits due to rising prices and financial uncertainty. Polls indicate that 61% of Americans have cut back on groceries, with many attributing the increased cost of living to President Trump's policies. Economic confidence has reached a four-year low, with gas prices exceeding $4.50 per gallon contributing to widespread concerns.
- ▪61% of Americans reported cutting back on groceries due to rising prices.
- ▪More than three quarters of Americans blame President Trump's policies for increased living costs.
- ▪Economic confidence has hit a four-year low as gas prices soar above $4.50 a gallon.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 5 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: lean left. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
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| Original publisher | Straits Times — World |
| Canonical URL | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/61-of-americans-said-they-had-to-cut-back-on-groceries |
| Publication time | Sun, 24 May 2026 01:56:35 +0800 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-23T18:02:27.578Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-23T18:02:27.578Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
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| Summary source text | contentText |
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| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
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| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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61% of Americans said they had to cut back on groceriesSign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inboxMore than three quarters of Americans in a CNN poll said US President Donald Trump’s policies had increased the cost of living in their community.PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES VIA AFPRuth IgielnikPublished May 24, 2026, 01:56 AMUpdated May 24, 2026, 01:56 AMSummariseMany Americans are widely concerned about rising prices, changing grocery habits and cutting extras due to financial uncertainty (CNN).Gas prices soared above US$4.50 a gallon (AAA), leading to four-year low economic confidence (Gallup) for Americans.Most Americans, including many Republicans, blame President Trump's policies for increased living costs and gas price hikes (Fox News).AI generatedNEW YORK - Concern about rising…
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