I pay 2.65 on average in Chicago. You guys are alarmists.


Quote from deviltrader:
I wonder how much of the inflation is really caused by energy. Your supermarket's enormous utility bill has probably gone up as much as your house utility bill. A gallon of milk weighs 10 lbs, and it's very expensive to transport, so are fruits/veggies which are mostly water. Those fuel surcharges by Fedex and UPS seem to have become permanent. Airfare increases have also been driven by higher energy costs. My friend owns a restaurant and said his utility bill is up big from a couple of yrs ago.
but ya, there's no way inflation is just 2-3%