The question was phrased by the source as follows: "Looking into the future,
do you think the following will get better or worse? –The cost of the food I eat."
The 2018 survey was conducted between August 24 and September 7 among 1,000 U.S. adults
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Consumer expectations of the future cost of food in the United States 2018 and 2021
The survey regarding consumer expectations of the future cost of food in the United States suggests that both in 2018 and 2021, attitudes towards future food prices were largely pessimistic. In 2018, ** percent of respondents indicated that they expected the cost of food to improve, while ** percent expected prices to worsen. In 2021, ** percent of people surveyed responded that prices would get better, while ** percent expected the cost of the food they eat to get worse.
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