EditorialBrenetta Smith, a stay-at-home mom who now avoids packaged foods, shops for groceries in Memphis, Tenn., April 26, 2023. (Whitten Sabbatini/The New York Times)
EditorialBrenetta Smith, a stay-at-home mom who now avoids packaged foods, shops for groceries in Memphis, Tenn., April 26, 2023. (Whitten Sabbatini/The New York Times)
EditorialBrenetta Smith, a stay-at-home mom who now avoids packaged foods, shops for groceries in Memphis, Tenn., April 26, 2023. (Whitten Sabbatini/The New York Times)
EditorialBrenetta Smith, a stay-at-home mom who now avoids packaged foods, shops for groceries in Memphis, Tenn., April 26, 2023. (Whitten Sabbatini/The New York Times)
EditorialBrenetta Smith, a stay-at-home mom who now avoids packaged foods, shops for groceries in Memphis, Tenn., April 26, 2023. (Whitten Sabbatini/The New York Times)
EditorialBrenetta Smith, a stay-at-home mom who now avoids packaged foods, shops for groceries in Memphis, Tenn., April 26, 2023. (Whitten Sabbatini/The New York Times)
EditorialBrenetta Smith, a stay-at-home mom who now avoids packaged foods, shops for groceries in Memphis, Tenn., April 26, 2023. (Whitten Sabbatini/The New York Times)
EditorialBrenetta Smith, a stay-at-home mom who now avoids packaged foods, shops for groceries in Memphis, Tenn., April 26, 2023. (Whitten Sabbatini/The New York Times)
EditorialBrenetta Smith, a stay-at-home mom who now avoids packaged foods, shops for groceries in Memphis, Tenn., April 26, 2023. (Whitten Sabbatini/The New York Times)
EditorialBrenetta Smith, a stay-at-home mom who now avoids packaged foods, shops for groceries in Memphis, Tenn., April 26, 2023. (Whitten Sabbatini/The New York Times)
EditorialBrenetta Smith, a stay-at-home mom who now avoids packaged foods, shops for groceries in Memphis, Tenn., April 26, 2023. (Whitten Sabbatini/The New York Times)
EditorialBrenetta Smith, a stay-at-home mom who now avoids packaged foods, shops for groceries in Memphis, Tenn., April 26, 2023. (Whitten Sabbatini/The New York Times)
EditorialBrenetta Smith, a stay-at-home mom who now avoids packaged foods, shops for groceries in Memphis, Tenn., April 26, 2023. (Whitten Sabbatini/The New York Times)
EditorialBrenetta Smith, a stay-at-home mom who now avoids packaged foods, shops for groceries in Memphis, Tenn., April 26, 2023. (Whitten Sabbatini/The New York Times)
EditorialBrenetta Smith, a stay-at-home mom who now avoids packaged foods, shops for groceries in Memphis, Tenn., April 26, 2023. (Whitten Sabbatini/The New York Times)
EditorialBrenetta Smith, a stay-at-home mom who now avoids packaged foods, shops for groceries in Memphis, Tenn., April 26, 2023. (Whitten Sabbatini/The New York Times)
EditorialBrenetta Smith, a stay-at-home mom who now avoids packaged foods, shops for groceries in Memphis, Tenn., April 26, 2023. (Whitten Sabbatini/The New York Times)
EditorialBrenetta Smith, a stay-at-home mom who now avoids packaged foods, shops for groceries in Memphis, Tenn., April 26, 2023. (Whitten Sabbatini/The New York Times)
EditorialMitsuki Japanese Market, a small family business that sells Japanese groceries and onigiri (rice balls), in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn on Jan. 28, 2023. (Yuvraj Khanna/The New York Times)
EditorialA collection point for groceries donated to protesters in town for demonstrations against President Dina Boluarte and the government, in Lima, Peru, Jan. 19, 2023. (Marco Garro/The New York Times)
EditorialOver the past year, the price of food eaten at home has gone up 13 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)