{"api_version": 1, "episode_id": "ep_marketplace_4c78364cba75", "title": "How's that grocery bill looking?", "podcast": "Marketplace", "podcast_slug": "marketplace", "category": "news", "publish_date": "2026-04-13T22:15:00+00:00", "audio_url": "https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/5/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/play.publicradio.org/podcast/o/marketplace/pm/2026/04/13/pm_20260413_PM_Podcast_64.mp3?awCollectionId=mkp-MKP-PM&awEpisodeId=01KP484Y0WTNCAY7CJCFCD688H", "source_link": "https://www.marketplace.org/episode/2026/04/13/hows-that-grocery-bill-looking", "cover_image_url": "https://img.apmcdn.org/9b9c2a8fdabe3d592a87256a02310d80d934f2fe/square/590b51-20260413-shoppers-in-a-grocery-store-2000.jpg", "summary": "Grocery inflation slowed to 1.9% year-over-year, driven by egg prices dropping 45% due to improved egg farm performance, while tomatoes rose 22% due to tariffs, labor, energy, and transportation costs. Diesel prices and supply chain disruptions from the war threaten future food inflation, especially for perishable goods.", "key_takeaways": ["Egg prices fell nearly 45% year-over-year due to better winter performance in egg farms, helping slow grocery inflation.", "Tomato prices rose 22% due to a 17% tariff on Mexican imports and high labor, energy, and transportation costs.", "Perishable foods on the grocery perimeter will see price hikes first due to rising diesel and supply chain pressures."], "best_for": ["consumers tracking grocery bills", "food supply chain professionals", "economy watchers"], "why_listen": "It explains exactly which food prices are moving and why\u2014using tariffs, supply shocks, and logistics\u2014not just 'inflation is high.'", "verdict": "worth_your_time", "guests": [], "entities": {}, "quotes": [], "chapters": [], "overall_score": 76.0, "score_breakdown": {"clarity": 85.0, "originality": 65.0, "actionability": 65.0, "technical_depth": 70.0, "recency_relevance": 95.0, "information_density": 75.0}, "score_evidence": {"clarity": "Grocery inflation came in at a relatively tame 1.9% annually.", "originality": "The canary in the coal mine here are are really the perishable food products. They are the least processed, require the travel, and are time sensitive.", "actionability": "Egg prices down nearly 45% year over year according to the March consumer price index.", "technical_depth": "Tomatoes are labor intensive. They're very energy intensive. They require transportation. They're heavy. They're spacious.", "recency_relevance": "Oil and energy costs, as we told you last week, drove inflation higher in March 9 tenths percent month over month.", "information_density": "There's a 17% tax on tomatoes imported from Mexico, a tariff that was not struck down by the supreme court."}, "score_reasoning": {}, "scoring_confidence": 0.95, "transcript_available": true, "transcript_chars": 28080, "transcript_provider": "deepgram"}