This one is a rare case of a grocery item that has gotten cheaper. A pack of six 16-ounce Walmart Great Value Rigatoni boxes is currently priced at a bargain $4.44, down from $5.88 in 2019.

The price drop is all the more helpful given the rising cost of pasta shipped in from Italy. While the Trump administration has backed down from tariffs as stiff as 92%, duties are nevertheless higher than they were before, putting upward pressure on prices in the grocery store.

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