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Behind Your Summer BBQ: What’s Turning up the Heat on Costs?

Your summer barbeque may look the same this year, but it is costing a lot more to make the items spread across that checkered tablecloth. Rising commodity prices on everything from wheat for the buns to aluminum for the soda cans is contributing to additional pressure on supply chains that have been pushed to the limit for more than a year.

Check out the infographic below for a look at how summer staples are being affected and learn more about the economic conditions the industry is facing in Consumer Brands most recent CPG Economic Pulse.

Download a full resolution image here.

Sources: bls.gov, eia.gov