$3.39 for good bread. A couple of years ago I paid $1.69 for the same thing. A lot of breakfast cereal is $5.45. If one had a family, that would be a major part of the weekly budget. I find myself buying huge amounts of Malt-O-Meal brand bags that are much cheaper. Even that, however, has recently gone up from $3.99 to $4.98. Is this inflation (Inflation is allegedly low these days) or greed? I don't know.

Not the price, necessarily, but my uproar at the moment is the hard plastic wrap sealing product that ruins hands, finger nails and tempers. Yesterday with the eventual assistance of scissors and a screw driver I finally got open a pack of three fluorescent bulbs, along with its hardware (each in its separate tough compartment. Not only was it not possible to find a weak spot but the pack in addition had three rivets holding it together. By the time I got it open, the plastic was in pieces. If I should find it necessary to return the product to the store, there is no way for them to salvage the wrapper.