Line chart showing inflation in all consumer goods and food, January 1990 to March 2022. March 2022 had food at 8.8%; it was 6.7% in January 1990. The previous high was 6.3% in October 2008.
Food category includes food at home and takeout.
The Consumer Price Index is based on the spending patterns of urban residents, representing approximately 93 percent of the United States Population. The Index excludes people living in rural nonmetropolitan areas, farming families, people in the Armed Forces, and institutionalized people (e.g. in prison or mental hospitals).

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chart: Jasmine Mithani & Chabeli CarrazanaThe 19th・19thnews.org