I haven't bought flour just recently- I started making my own bread a few months ago when the mid-price bread went up to $3.49 a loaf. I figure a loaf of homemade bread, including yeast, costs me maybe 40 cents.

What I *have* recently noticed is the rising price of milk. A half gallon of 2% in my local market went from $2.89 to $3.29. Now *that* is quite a percentage hike.

So I switched to 'Milkman', a dried milk product that is richer than most dried milk. It has recently gone up too but even now costs just over $2.00 for 1/2 gallon.