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I'm not sure where you are getting your numbers. Food prices are 30% above where they were in 2010 in the CPI for example.

2010 was the bottom that came after a rather devastating recession. Everything was abnormally cheap in 2010.

That doesn't really change much, it's a rounding error in the calculation. The actual number if you compare to the pre-recession peak is 29.7%.