U.S. grocery cut backs due to inflation 2023

According to a survey conducted monthly between April, 2022 and March 2023, due to rising prices, some U.S. consumers have decided to reduce their grocery spending. On October 23, 41 percent of respondents said they had repeatedly held back from buying something at the grocery store, while 21 percent said they had not. On April 3, and May 1, of 2022, 30 percent stated reducing their grocery spending many times.

In the last month, have you stopped yourself from purchasing something at the grocery store because of its price being higher than usual?

Characteristic	Yes, many times	Yes, a few times	No, not at all
March 19 '23	38%	42%	20%
March 12 '23	37%	39%	24%
March 5 '23	39%	37%	24%
February 26 '23	41%	38%	22%
February 19 '23	40%	37%	23%
February 12 '23	35%	42%	23%
February 5 '23	37%	40%	22%
January 29 '23	37%	41%	22%
January 22 '23	39%	40%	22%
January 15 '23	39%	38%	22%
January 8 '23	37%	40%	23%
January 1 '23	37%	41%	23%
December 25 '22	31%	42%	27%
December 18 '22	34%	41%	25%
December 11 '22	36%	40%	24%
December 4 '22	36%	41%	24%
November 27 '22	35%	41%	24%
November 20 '22	33%	42%	25%
November 13 '22	35%	40%	25%
November 6 '22	34%	38%	27%
October 30 '22	38%	41%	22%
October 23 '22	41%	38%	21%
October 16 '22	39%	37%	24%
October 9 '22	37%	39%	24%
October 2 '22	35%	41%	24%
September 25 '22	35%	40%	25%
September 18 '22	37%	38%	25%
September 11 '22	34%	42%	23%
September 4 '22	36%	40%	24%
August 28 '22	38%	39%	23%
August 21 '22	34%	40%	26%
August 14 '22	35%	41%	25%
August 7 '22	34%	41%	25%
July 31 '22	33%	43%	24%
July 24 '22	34%	41%	24%
July 17 '22	34%	42%	24%
July 10 '22	34%	42%	24%
July 3 '22	36%	39%	26%
June 26 '22	35%	40%	25%
June 19 '22	34%	42%	24%
June 12 '22	37%	37%	25%
June 5 '22	36%	40%	25%
May 29 '22	36%	39%	25%
May 22 '22	32%	40%	28%
May 15 '22	33%	38%	29%
May 8 '22	35%	37%	28%
May 1 '22	30%	43%	27%
April 24 '22	33%	41%	26%
April 17 '22	32%	41%	27%
April 10 '22	31%	40%	29%
April 3 '22	30%	40%	31%