Hamburger Helper Sales Rise as Americans Try to Stretch Their Food Dollars

The New York Times ^ | Sept. 20, 2025 | Julie Creswell

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In the 1970s, Hamburger Helper became a staple on American dinner tables as families, strained by inflation and soaring beef prices, looked to turn a pound of ground beef into an entire meal.

These days, those same pressures are why the flavored pasta mix is coming to the rescue again.

While most food companies are seeing declines in consumer demand for their products, sales of Hamburger Helper are up 14.5 percent in the year through August, getting an extra bump from its appearance on an episode of “The Bear” in June, according to the company that owns the brand, Eagle Foods.

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Note only stretch food dollars but other items noticed Walmart were selling calender’s for 6 bucks and change from March to October but in September it went to 9 bucks and change.

Must be tarrff’s nope seasonal pricing nope hey it’s price gouging like so many other item like all the the other stors on selected items.

Moe nods

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Campbell’s must own a salt mine since all their soups are quite high in NACL.