While Rhode Islanders generally accept that groceries cost more now than ever before, we wanted to see whether we could confirm that, and maybe even put a number on it.
We looked back to a story we did in June 2024, when Stop & Shop announced it was closing stores, attributing the move, in part, to the supermarket chain not being competitive on price.
For that story, we shopped at five Warwick-area supermarkets, looking for the same five typical grocery items at each…