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Story summary
- U.S. cost for a 10-person Fourth of July cookout rose 4% to $73.82.
- Averages are $71.35 in the Northeast and $80 in the West.
- Indiana paid $66.73, 7% below last year, while ground beef hit $14.06 for two pounds, 5.5% higher due to drought.
- Strawberries and pork-and-beans rose to $5.27 and $3.06 respectively, increasing 12.4% and 13.8%.
- Potato salad and eggs fell to $2.91 and $0.71, 17.8% and 47%.
