Supermarket discounts are harder to find as food prices rise

On average, 20.6% of food and beverage products were sold with price reductions in the third quarter of this year, down from 25.7% for the same period in 2019 (Photo: Bloomberg) — On average, 20.6% of food and beverage products were sold with price reductions in the third quarter of this year, down from 25.7% for the same period in 2019 (Photo: Bloomberg)

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5 min read . Updated: 02 Oct 2022, 05:07 PM IST Jaewon Kang, The Wall Street Journal

Promotions remain below prepandemic levels as grocers reduce circulars, take losses to put some items on sale

In U.S. supermarkets, toilet paper and noodles are back in stock, but one prepandemic staple has yet to fully return: discounts.