A Clinton grocery store owner says inflation is stabilizing at his store.

Food prices were extraordinary in the last several years, particularly since the COVID pandemic. Dave Jackson owns the Clinton Save A Lot and is hardly seeing any price changes on his items these days.

Jackson holds firm to his belief that the big box stores don't always equal lower prices - they just offer a bigger store. He continues to put price comparisons across his store, comparing the big box store prices to his.

While prices are not increasing, consumers are still experiencing grocery bills exponentially higher than they were just six or seven years ago. Jackson acknowledges that, but he points out the prices are leveling out - and in some cases, are in fact, going down.

According to Jackson, they take a cautious approach when it comes to commodities like beef and pork in their pricing.

One commodity that has leveled out since the COVID-induced spike in food prices has been eggs. It wasn't, but a few weeks ago Jackson was selling them for 59-cents a dozen.

Jackson stresses he is always monitoring prices of other retailers to make sure he gives his shoppers the best possible price on goods. He continues to note that people are coming from miles and miles away to shop in his store.