• Negative sentiment toward grocery shopping reached 63% among Americans, up 13 percentage points from a year earlier.
• Grocery affordability strains 51% of Americans, with consumers spending an average of 11.2% of income on groceries.
• More than half say large national companies misunderstand their communities' daily lives, boosting trust in local producers and farmers markets.

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