In April 2026, the Bureau of Labor Statistics recorded the city-average price of 100% ground beef at $6.90 a pound. The exact figure, from the FRED series APU0000703112, is $6.899.
The details
April 2026: $6.899 a pound.
April 2025: $5.801, so April is about 19% higher year over year.
May 2026: $6.75, a little below April’s. The 19% comparison applies to April only.
Compare the same month to the same month; a percentage only means something that way.
What it means at your table
You already had the shells and maybe the salsa. Somebody said tacos? as if they were free. Then the ground-beef pack looked like it belonged in a jewelry case, and at 5:40 someone is rebuilding the list in a notes app because the default dinner just became a budget conversation.
This week’s move
Start with the protein, not the recipe. Beans one night, rotisserie chicken another, eggs or tuna when the cart is thin. The replacement for tacos follows from a protein that already has a seat on the calendar.
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What are you serving instead of tacos this month? Tell us in the comments.