Retail butter prices drop a half-dollar in 2 weeks; Greek yogurt prices up a penny in 12 months
Retail prices of regular yogurt drop compared to a year ago; shredded cheese is up 13 cents.
Butter prices dropped 51 cents from two weeks ago with the national weighted average price at $2.53 per 1-pound package, according to the National Dairy Retail Report of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service. The average was 4 cents lower than a year ago. Butter ads were over double the level of two weeks ago.
Greek yogurt in 4- to 6-ounce packs averaged $1.00, up 2 cents from two weeks ago and up 1 cent from a year ago. Regular yogurt in similar packages averaged 50 cents, up 2 cents from two weeks ago but down 5 cents from a year ago.