Portland Shoppers Feel ‘Majorly Stressed’ About Grocery Prices as Tariff Concerns Grow

Eric Fruits August 5, 2025

Eric Fruits, senior scholar at ICLE, is quoted in this KGW8 article on growing consumer stress in Portland over rising grocery prices driven by inflation and impending tariffs. Read the full article here.

Economist Eric Fruits, a senior scholar from the International Center for Law and Economics, agreed.

Fruits used the example of buying a can of soda or tomatoes.

“Those tariffs haven’t fully hit yet,” said Fruits, “and when they do, they’re going to ripple through in so many ways.”