Alabama Ranks 6th in Grocery Spending

0:00It's April 5th, this is Birmingham News Today, powered by AI, I'm Corey with the story. Alabama just got ranked 6th in the nation for folks spending the biggest chunk of their household income on groceries, according to a fresh. Wallet hub studying. They crunched prices on 26 everyday items across all 50 states, then stacked that against median incomes to see what percentage people drop, at the store each month. Here in Alabama, that's about 2.33% of income, going to food higher than most because our median household earnings sit pretty. Low, not because prices are sky high. Southern states dominate the top 10, with half of them there thanks to incomes below the national average, even if their grocery costs aren't the...priciest. Mississippi tops the list at 2.6% with super low prices on stuff like chicken and detergent, but their median incomes the lowest in. America at $54,915 a year, making every trip sting more. To fight back against rising costs, experts say budget tight, snack store brands, hunt

1:04clearances, buy bulk, and use cashback cards for deals. Smart moves keep that wallet breathing easy.