[ryao]

The drop is very recent and refers to upstream prices for contracts, which might have not even been delivered to stores yet. I had been watching the contract prices and successfully predicted increases in my local prices based on it, although the increases tended to lag behind the contract pricing changes by a week or more. I had been expecting another increase when the drop occurred so it is unclear to me whether the drop prevented another increase or is something we will see passed to us in the next week or two.

That said, Safeway is an expensive store. Shop at Aldi. It is cheaper. Aldi is so much cheaper that you likely could have groceries delivered from it via Instacart and still save money.