EDITOR’S NOTE (July 2, 2025, 6:07 p.m. ET): This article has been updated throughout to provide correct data about the price and pricing trend of pork bacon. The previous version relied on incorrect figures provided to NBC News that only included a smaller subset of bacon, from fresh meat departments. The updated figures includes data from fresh and processed meat departments and reflects a more comprehensive view of the category.
Egg prices are on the decline, but another breakfast staple is near its 12-month high.
The nationwide average price for a pound of pork bacon reached $6.61 in May, close to the high of $6.70 in January, according to an analysis of grocery price data from NIQ.
NIQ’s data, collected from real checkout prices paid at stores across the country, shows that prices for a pound of bacon vary depending on where you live, from $6.53 in Dallas to more than $8 in San Diego.
Jim Eadie, the founder and publisher of the pork industry publication Swineweb.com, said these prices are likely here to stay.
“It’s just the cost of doing business,” Eadie said. “With tariffs, wages going up, product supply and demand, the cost to produce a pig … everything combines into that inflation for bacon.”
California’s Proposition 12, which went into effect in 2022 and mandates minimum living requirements for farm animals, also increased pork, and thus bacon, prices, Eadie said.
Egg prices, meanwhile, continued their recent decline in May, falling 6.6% from April. Prices are still up 41% since May 2024.
