Since September 2025, the Alpaugh Family Economics Center has been tracking grocery prices across 41 stores and 65 items in the Greater Cincinnati metropolitan area. This monthly report presents our latest findings — offering the kind of localized price intelligence that disappeared when the Bureau of Labor Statistics discontinued its Cincinnati-specific Consumer Price Index in 2018.
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April Highlights: Grocery prices continued their gradual decline in April, with 41 of the 66 items in our tracked basket seeing price decreases — driven largely by seasonal shifts and improving supply conditions for items like olive oil, deli turkey, and fresh berries. Beef remains the main counterweight, with ongoing industry shortages pushing top sirloin, flank steak, and ground beef higher, while pears and green bell peppers saw the month’s sharpest percentage jumps. The net change in our basket since September remains under one percent. Read our full April Price Tracker blog post below for the complete breakdown.
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