 Families celebrating the Fourth of July holiday found stubbornly high prices at the grocery store. Your Independence Day cookout probably cost $71.22 for 10 guests this year, based on the 2024 American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Market Basket Survey. The grocery bill was up 5% from 2023 and almost 30% from just five years ago. A $7.12 per person cost represents a record high since AFBF began the survey in 2013.