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Tennessee's Monthlong Tax-free Grocery List

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By Johnita Anthony,

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Youdle) - Tennessee's 30-day grocery tax suspension begins at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, August 1, 2022 and ends at 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, August 31. Qualifying items are exempt from both state and local taxes. Included in the exemption are foods and food ingredients.  

Prepared food, dietary supplements, candy, alcoholic beverages, and tobacco are not included in the exemption during this period.


The following are examples of items that do qualify as food or food ingredients if the seller does not prepare them: 


  • Baby food
  • Baking powder
  • Baking soda
  • Beverage powders (other than dietary supplements)
  • Biscuit mix
  • Bottled water (carbonated, flavored, sweetened or unsweetened)
  • Bouillon cubes
  • Bread
  • Butter
  • Cake mixes
  • Cakes
  • Canned foods
  • Cereal
  • Cheese
  • Chip dip
  • Chips (potato, corn, etc.)
  • Chocolate (unsweetened)
  • Cocoa (powdered)
  • Coffee
  • Condiments (e.g., ketchup, mustard,
  • mayonnaise)
  • Cookies
  • Cooking oil
  • Dairy products
  • Eggs
  • Fish and meats
  • Flavoring extracts
  • Flour
  • Food colorings
  • Frostings
  • Frozen meals
  • Fruit (fresh or unsweetened dried)
  • Fruit juices
  • Gelatin
  • Granola and breakfast bars containing flour
  • Gravies and sauces (mixes or extracts)
  • Herbs and spices 
  • Honey
  • Ice (e.g., cubes, crushed) 
  • Ice cream 
  • Jams and jellies 
  • Luncheon meats 
  • Margarine 
  • Marinated raw meats 
  • Meat extracts 
  • Meat tenderizers 
  • Nuts (unsweetened or salted) 
  • Olives
  • Pasta 
  • Pastries
  • Peanut butter 
  • Pepper 
  • Pickles 
  • Pies 
  • Popcorn 
  • Popsicles 
  • Poultry 
  • Pretzels 
  • Pumpkins 
  • Raisins 
  • Raw eggs, fish, & meats requiring cooking 
  • Relishes 
  • Salad dressing and mixes 
  • Salad oil 
  • Salt (granular) 
  • Seasonings • sherbet 
  • Shortening 
  • Soft drinks 
  • Sugar and sugar substitutes 
  • Sweeteners 
  • Tea (bags, leaves, bottled) 
  • Trail mix
  • Vegetable juices 
  • Vegetables (fresh, frozen, dried, etc.) 
  • Vinegar 
  • Yeast
  • Yogurt

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Location: Memphis, TN, USA

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