The Wall Street Journal: America’s lust for bacon isn’t letting up, pushing pork belly prices up 80% 15.07.2017 23:51 MarketWatch.com Prices for the part of a hog used to make bacon have risen around 80% this year, while frozen reserves are at a six-decade low. Americans bought around 14% more bacon at stores in 2016 than in 2013, according to market-research firm Nielsen.