Maggie Scales

Chicago Tribune

Americans adjust their grocery shopping habits while digesting the biggest price jump in 50 years

By: Dee-Ann Durbin, Sandy Guatibonza, Terry Tang, Hikari Mae Hida, Maggie Scales

What's for dinner? Lately, at Apral Jack's house, it's whatever is on sale. Jack, 50, scouts an app for deals at her local supermarket before she buys groceries.

The Hour Publishing Company

La mayor alza de precios en 50 años obliga a los estadounidenses a cambiar sus hábitos de compra

By: Terry Tang, Maggie Scales, Sandy Guatibonza, Hikari Mae Hida, Dee-Ann Durbin

¿Qué hay para cenar? Últimamente, en la casa de Apral Jack, es lo que esté en oferta.

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Food costs’ rise forcing buying habits to adapt

By: Terry Tang, Sandy Guatibonza, Dee-Ann Durbin, Hikari Mae Hida, Maggie Scales

Couponing, comparison shopping and cutting back on favorite foods are new habits for Apral Jack and millions of other Americans as they absorb the biggest jump in grocery prices in a half-century.

Columbia Missourian

Americans rewire their grocery shopping routines while digesting the biggest price jump in 50 years Living through the biggest jump in grocery prices in a half-century has many Americans changing their eating and food shopping habits By DEE-ANN DURBIN, TERRY TANG, MAGGIE SCALES, SANDY GUATIBONZA and HIKARI MAE HIDA , THe Associated Press and The Lexington Observer, La Esquina and Honolulu Civil Beat Jul 27, 2026 6 mins ago

By: Terry Tang, Maggie Scales, Sandy Guatibonza, Dee-Ann Durbin, Hikari Mae Hida

of 5 What's for dinner? Lately, at Apral Jack's house, it's whatever is on sale. Jack, 50, scouts an app for deals at her local supermarket before she buys groceries.

Los Angeles Times

Grocery sticker shock forces Americans to rewrite their shopping routines

By: Maggie Scales, Sandy Guatibonza, Terry Tang, Dee-Ann Durbin, Hikari Mae Hida

Living through the biggest jump in grocery prices in a half-century has many Americans changing their eating and food shopping habits.

Rockdale Newton Citizen

Americans rewire their grocery shopping routines

By: Sandy Guatibonza, Hikari Mae Hida, Maggie Scales, Terry Tang, Dee-Ann Durbin

Living through the biggest jump in grocery prices in a half-century has many Americans changing their eating and food shopping habits. The price of food purchased for home use has

Americans rewire grocery shopping habits while digesting biggest price jump in 50 years Dee-Ann Durbin, Terry Tang, Maggie Scales, Sandy Guatibonza and Hikari Mae Hida, Associated Press and The Lexington Observer, La Esquina and Honolulu Civil Beat Aug 7, 2026 1 hr ago

By: Dee-Ann Durbin, Terry Tang, Hikari Mae Hida, Maggie Scales, Sandy Guatibonza

Ada Torres holds tomatoes while shopping for produce, Thursday, July 2, 2026, in Cleveland, Texas, about 45 miles northeast of Houston. (Sandy Guatibonza/La Esquina TX via AP)

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Who is congressional candidate Tarik Samman?

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LexObserver published an article on Jonathan Paz, who is also running to represent District 5 in Congress, last week. The Lexington Observer hopes to inter

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Resident appeal delays LHS building project and adds millions to cost

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Democratic Whip Katherine Clark prioritizes affordability, women’s rights in bid for 8th term

By: Maggie Scales

Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass., a Revere resident who has supported numerous pieces of childcare and women’s rights legislation during her nearly