Check Your Wallet Before You Plan Memorial Day Cookout

It will cost more than it did last year to grill a burger…or just about any other barbecue favorite.

Food inflation is the highest in nearly two decades.

This year, the average cost of a Memorial Day barbecue with burgers, hot dogs, beer, soda, condiments, salad, paper plates and lighter fluid could cost you about 6% more than in 2007.