This is an intentional development. Millions of chickens destroyed due to bird flu according to the CDC ( enemy of the people) Food plants going up in smoke. The supply chain disruptions. Sharp increase in fuel costs. Baby food bought by the govt to give to illegals .Bill Hates buying up hundreds of thousands of farmland acres and ending production. Food shortages predicted this summer. Let’s give more money and attention to Ukraine. Stock up folks , Nothing to see here.

I've been reporting here about grocery prices for a couple of years.
I was trained by my parents to buy the grocery 'sales', to stock up when prices are down.
My freezer is always full of meat and seafood.
The 'sale' prices were affected first, if my experience is any guide.
Pork is the meat that many less-than-rich consume because beef prices were already too high for the budget.
Pork prices on sale are up over 100% in the past year. Sale prices on chicken in bulk are up almost 100%.
Sale prices on fish fillets at the low price end are up more than 200% in 18 months.
Fresh salmon on "sale" is up over 70% from last year.
Bulk bacon is not even available now at the store where I purchased it 18 months ago at $2/lb.
Most recently (6 mo.) it was $3.50/lb.
Tomatoes on sale are up 70% in the past year. The 'normal' no-sale prices is up 100%.
Onions and apples are up about 100% from last summer.
I don't buy prepared foods like hot dogs, sandwich meats, tv dinners, but frozen chicken pot pies
on sale are up about 70-100%.
Fortunately flathead catfish have been biting recently.
We hadn't caught any in past years, but this spring we have
caught several 12 to 15 lb and several about 5 to 6 lb,
plus some 2 to 4 lb channel cats.

I think price inflation takes a tortuous path to equalize from the monetary inflation (money printing of the government). I bought a 2008 Chevy truck for $32k. Today the same thing would relieve me of about $90k. Thats about 300% increase. I bought a house in about 2008 for $170k. It would be about 600k presently.

This is not super accurate, but I would say between 2008 and 2023 the money is worth about 1/3 of what it was- dollar for dollar.

Not everything goes up price the same amount. There are supply and demand differences, as well as production method and raw materials usages that affect it too.

That said, I am expecting that most things will have increased in price 3x since 2008. Chipotle lunch used to be around $8, and now its twice that. Gas costs at least 3x what it cost then.

I live in vegas and off strip buffets cost about $8 for lunch. Now, there's only one off strip buffet that you can get for $16. The rest are closed or are $25-30. Sit down lunch is more like $20-25 per person.

Its just that in the end, the money has depreciated by about 2/3 due to our thieving government people just printing up more money to pay for the programs they wanted to sell us all on. We let them get away with it, so its really our fault.

The government knows exactly what it is doing, and will probably go all the way with the money printing as a way of having more power without the people seeing whats happening through bigger taxes.

We let them have way too much power over us. We can buy gold, but the government is going to confiscate that like they did in the 1930's to keep people from protecting themselves from the money printing.

This time around they will do the Central Bank Digital Currency and forbid cash, so they can determine what you can do with your "money" easily and quickly.

I feel for the young people who are going to have to live though this. Its not going to be pretty. AS was NOT really a novel- its real life at this point, and in the end revolution will wind up taking place.

Cost of groceries here compared to Europe are ridiculous. When I go to Italy, I can buy much better quality ingredients for cooking, at half the price. Recently, someone posted cost comparison of grocery prices between USA and UK. UK prices were like 1/3 what we pay here. And the products here are much lower quality. Sad.

Us fixed income folks have seen every food item go up by at least 50%. Buying the store brand is a crap shoot. Some items are worth it, some are not . For example, buying fresh broccoli is expensive, but compared to what we get for our buck, it's a better buy than frozen broccoli which has become mostly chopped up stems. Fresh produce, especially at this time, is the best bet. If we had an extra $5k we'd invest in a dehydrator. Sharing the cost would be great if anyone we know had some extra cash lying around, but there's the rub. No one we know does. With careful shopping, I've managed to keep our grocery bills from doubling. Last year a cart with my normal items ran between $90 and $120. This year that same cart averages $140 to $170.

As we all know people vote with their wallets. The dumbocrats should be scared to death of the economy. If the trend continues Trump will look like a saint.

Two or three months ago on TV me the dino heard Jill the Pill with her doctorate in elder abuse just giddily gush how her precious Joe "has done so much" and needs to be reelected "so he can finish the job."
Actually it's that Puppet-In-Chief's Marxist handlers who want to commit the "fundamental change" Obamanation of finishing us off. Joe doesn't know what day it is.
And if you don't like all that Schiff along with all the high gas and grocery prices you need to be cancelled for being a racist riddled with every kind of "phobe" there is.

Beef supply is affected by drought in the midwest.

There was a big article about this in the Wall Street Journal. That's why beef prices are so relatively high right now.

Also, as a long term trend, expect to see beef keep getting expensive compared to chicken and pork. Chicken and pork are factory-farmed in a way beef cannot be, so the production of chicken and pork has soared compared to beef in recent decades.

Also, a few years of inflation above five percent will raise all prices notably..

I am going to make a few recommendations.
We have a stock of Whey Protein and various canned proteins (Sardines).

As push comes to shove, strongly consider giving up bread, sugar, carbs.
These things make you hungrier.

I eat a 99% meat only diet. yes, it's more expensive, but not much more.
I haver near zero food waste.

I buy in bulk. Vacuum pack, and freeze (if you vacuum pack, look into Sous Vide).
Take it out, drop it in the water bath, and cook it. Don't sweat the timing.
Great for Ribs, Brisket, etc. (I cool them off, then put smoke on them).

Learn to Can. So you can buy in bulk, Pressure Can. We are doing more soups this way, but things like meat sauces, or beanless chilis.

Finally, learn to FAST. Probably one of the healthiest things you can do.
If you do a 3-5 day fast, you shut off creating new blood vessels... And this is what makes Cancer Dangerous. Having direct access to your blood/glucose.

Find a way to LEAN INTO what is being forced upon you. It beats complaining, and it can build "Super Powers". There is something magical in knowing that I Can skip eating every weekend. Or I can eat just 2-3 cans of sardines for most of the week, then have a decent meal. And actually be healthier for it.

YMMV... But the less I eat, the healthier I get!

Talking to my ex wife a week or so ago. She isn't doing very good income wise. She was complaining about having her food stamp program being cancelled. Has to go to local " pantries". Have food stamps gone away?

I think it's not only ironic but completely disingenuous that the "official" inflation numbers specifically exclude the three things most Americans spend money on: housing, fuel, and food. What a complete joke!

Gas cost are iimpacting prices across the board. I know what I spend on fuel but I couldn’t imagine what rig truckers must be enduring. I’m pretty sure that added cost increases pricing on everything.

look at the weather this month

the cost of groceries will be going up

I've similarly noticed grocery prices advancing skyward (living in Southern Arizona). I shop at Food City, mostly, where most of the Mexicans shop, so as to keep my food costs reasonable.
However, I have a different story.
In 2003, I bought a new base model Camry LE for $21,000.
In 2021, I replaced that old car, with new a base model Camry LE for $23,500.
An 11% appreciation in price over 18 years -- and the new model has twice the number of air-bags, all the electronic assistants, glass panel, Sirius XM, Android Auto -- plus, it gets 45 mpg on the Interstate (the old model got 35 mpg). I am driving as much as possible -- thinking that soon, 2025? -- I will be required to install some new Green Odometer that tracks my mileage and then sends me a bill for all miles above X per month -- to fight Climate Change or some related nonsense.
The wheels are being pulled from the wheels of the economy; I am doing what I can to get in As Much Good Living As Possible in the time that remains.

Must be different where you are, but I can go out right now and get a pack of 8 hot dogs, a bag of 8 buns, and a 1.5 quart package of ice cream for under $6.50. Don't know what sauerkraut costs, or what your other small items were.

Have seen the same at the stores even a simple thin pair of rubber gloves no name store name....went up $.29 paper items do up what seems like every week..hair products we need to have dirty smelling hair and now my local store sent all the goodies in the store for Pride month dedication....its all in free fall.