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These are the top five items driving your higher grocery bill

Shoppers push carts down an aisle on the first day of business for the Food City grocery store in Red Bank last September. Six months after entering the local market, Food City is preparing to renovate all its Chattanooga-area stores.
Shoppers push carts down an aisle on the first day of business for the Food City grocery store in Red Bank last September. Six months after entering the local market, Food City is preparing to renovate all its Chattanooga-area stores. Shoppers push carts down an aisle on the first day of business for the Food City grocery store in Red Bank last September. Six months after entering the local market, Food City is preparing to renovate all its Chattanooga-area stores.

By Staff Report 1 min read

The grocery items driving up your supermarket shopping bill the most on the past decade were:

1. Eggs, rose 110 percent from 2005 to 2015

2. Tobacco and smoking products, rose 92 percent from 2005 to 2015

3. Uncooked ground beef, rose 65 percent from 2005 to 2015

4. Rice, pasta and cornmeal, rose 44.2 percent from 2005 to 2015

5. Oranges and tangerines, rose 43.4 percent from 2005 to 2015

Source: 24/7 Wall Street