Grocery Prices eeekkk

Food prices are out of control! Yesterday was the first time we went into a restaurant for lunch (our favorite Hawaiian place), saw the updated prices ($19.95 for one plate lunch) then turned around and left. For a basic lunch of rice, macaroni salad, three shrimp, a small fried fish, and a small portion of kalbi, I will make it myself for a quarter of the price. Then we did our usual weekly grocery shopping trip today and again, I was shocked at how expensive many things were (that single USA balloon was $18.99 and the bags of chips were half the usual size!)...