Supermarket Discounts Are Harder to Find as Food Prices Rise

In U.S. supermarkets, toilet paper and noodles are back in stock, but one prepandemic staple has yet to fully return: discounts.

With food inflation running at the highest rate in more than 40 years, American shoppers are finding less relief from deals like “buy one, get one free” promotions, or 99-cent two-liter bottles of soda, according to supermarket executives and analysts.