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Grocery Prices See Biggest Drop in 5 Years as Trump Policies Take Hold

DCNF: "Grocery prices fell more in April than they have since 2020, driven by egg prices that saw their biggest drop in more than 40 years."

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From the WND News Center and the Daily Caller News Foundation to this writer for MHProNews is this "Reality Check" series installment for this Patch that tackles the headline topic. Related and other issues follow in Part II.

Part I

Grocery prices see biggest drop in 5 years as Trump policies take effect

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'Dozen eggs cost less than $1.50 when Joe Biden entered office in 2021, but almost $5 when he left'
By Floyd Buford, Daily Caller News Foundation
May 15, 2025

Grocery prices fell more in April than they have since 2020, driven by egg prices that saw their biggest drop in more than 40 years.

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The average price of a dozen Grade A eggs fell by more than 12% during the month, the largest monthly decline since 1984, and the first month-to-month drop since October, according Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data released Tuesday. The price of meats, poultry, and fish fell by 1.6%, while cereal and bakery items fell by 0.5%.

Grocery store prices overall declined more in April than they have since September 2020, shortly before Joe Biden took office. Five of the six major grocery store price indexes dropped, with non-alcoholic beverages being the only one to increase.

A dozen eggs cost less than $1.50 when Joe Biden entered office in 2021, but almost $5 when he left. President Donald Trump made lowering egg prices one of his top priorities, and his administration released a five-step plan to tackle the problem.

Trump increased imports of eggs from countries such as South Korea to immediately raise supply and lower prices, and ramped up domestic production for the first time in several years.

USDA announced on Monday that more than 9 billion eggs will be produced in the United States in 2026. His administration also pledged $1 billion to help farmers fight bird flu and began investigating the largest domestic egg producer for artificially increasing prices.

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins predicted in April that egg prices would soon start falling.

"When you look at the wholesale cost of eggs — which drives the retail cost, the retail will follow soon," she said on CNN.

"Some parts of the country, it has not followed yet, but it's coming," Rollins added.

CNN published an article on Tuesday with the headline 'Trump's egg price fiction has suddenly become reality."

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Part II - Additional Information plus Topics

1) How something is expressed can be important. Floyd Buford for the Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF) said: "A dozen eggs cost less than $1.50 when Joe Biden entered office in 2021, but almost $5 when he left." That helps explain how this remark can be accurate: "driven by egg prices that saw their biggest drop in more than 40 years."

Meaning, it is the percentage drop of eggs that was the lowest in 40 years. The price of eggs are obviously still higher than when President Donald J. Trump first left office.

2) As someone who has worked with and in media for well over two decades, there are certain things that truth-seeking readers need to know. Wording can be slippery when an agenda is on the mind of a writer. That agenda may be so important to the writer/editor that it becomes a dominating theme that must be accounted for in order to understand the agenda of the writer(s)/editor(s)/publication.

Those aren't mere opinions. They are rather well documented realities. This Q&A with Google's AI powered Gemini today provided this snapshot.

It is for that reason that MHProNews has for years provided its readers with a left-right media bias graphic. It helps readers to understand the bias of many mainstream media and other sources.

3) How does this apply to the price of grocery or eggs? In several ways. If someone is getting their news (for example) from ABC, NBC, and CBS, then one should expect it to be biased against President Trump and his administration. Says who? How about the Media Research Center (MRC)?

That doesn't mean that those reports or sources may not bring up valid subjects or cite some information accurately. But it does mean that what is said could be framed in a way that makes it a poor reflection on Trump, be it deserved or not.

4) WMAL's Chris Plante is an award winning satirical pundit who for 17 years was a CNN correspondent who won an award while he was still at left-leaning CNN. Plante comes from a media family. He has said in his own words that much of the mainstream media is biased toward the left, and he punctuates that by saying that means that they favor Democrats. Again, the left-right media bias chart helps readers discern how accurate Plante's remarks may be.

Is the economy improving? Evidence suggests that the answer is 'yes.' More details on why, as well as insights on areas that still need work - sometimes, a lot of work - follow.

Thanks for checking in for this installment of the "Reality Check" series for this Patch. More subjects, news and views are ahead. The good Lord willing stay tuned for more in the days ahead.

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