Couponing, comparison-shopping and cutting back on favorite foods are new habits for her and millions of other Americans as they absorb the biggest jump in grocery prices in a half-century. Buying food to eat at home has gotten 33% more expensive since the beginning of 2019, according to government figures. Meat becomes a luxury for a family in Texas, the nation’s top beef producerBeef epitomizes out-of-control grocery prices for many Americans. She does the grocery shopping and cooking for the home she shares with her daughter and three grandchildren. Her grandchildren, ages 12, 15 and 16, miss eating lasagna with ground beef, beef fajitas and steak with plantain chips.