Food prices are definitely on the rise!

For those of you "nerds" out there that attempt to budget for food (groceries and a little for dining out), I'm sure you're probably like me and become frustrated when your spouse comes home from the grocery store having spent more money than you budgeted for. You may have seen this happening over the last several months.


Or, you go to a restaurant and notice your final bill is $5.00+ more than it used to be, and you start over spending your dining out budget line item. I really noticed this starting to happen a few weeks ago when we ate at Chipotle. Our family of 4 could normally eat here for around $18.00. When we ate there a couple of weeks ago, the final bill was around $24.00. We ordered what we normally eat there.

So, I think that gas prices have finally caught up with the prices of our normal goods and services! Hopefully, with gas prices continuing to rise, we won't get hit with too many more food price increases in the near future. They can be real budget busters.

Larry