© 2026

For assistance accessing the Online Public File for KAXE or KBXE, please contact: Steve Neu, IT Engineer, at 800-662-5799.
Donate
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
May 15, 2026: The Brainerd translator at 89.9 FM is down. Parts have been ordered and it will be fully operational as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience. Listen at kaxe.org!

Strategies Americans are using for eating and shopping as food prices skyrocket

NPR | By Gurjit Kaur,
Joe Hernandez, Adrian Florido
Published May 30, 2026 at 4:08 PM CDT

In the NPR series "What's Eating America," reporter Joe Hernandez examined how Americans across are adapting to high food prices and the strategies they use to cover them.

Copyright 2026 NPR
Gurjit Kaur
Gurjit Kaur is a producer for NPR's All Things Considered. A pop culture nerd, her work primarily focuses on television, film and music.
Joe Hernandez
[Copyright 2024 NPR]
Adrian Florido
Adrian Florido is a national correspondent for NPR covering race and identity in America.
See stories by Adrian Florido
Creative Commons License
Our stories may be republished online or in print under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. We ask that you edit only for style or to shorten, provide proper attribution and link to our site. Please see our republishing guidelines for use of any other photos and graphics.