I saw Miguel’s post I am doing my part for clean energy, Thank You POTUS! and I wanted to add to it.

We went grocery shopping last night.  Usually, we go on Saturday, but we had some other stuff to do and it is supposed to be freezing rain in north Alabama today we thought it would be better just to do it last night.

We generally get the same stuff every week.  Me, wife, two kids, we’re pretty consistent on eggs, milk, bread, various juices, butter, staple items.

We had been consistent in the $120-$140 per week range.  Every once in a while, we’d have a $180-$200 week if we were restocking on multivitamins and other speciality items that are unusually expensive.

Recently we’ve been doing $160-$180 a week and I didn’t feel like I was buying anything extraordinary.

I casually mentioned this to the lady at Kroger.  She said she has heard that a lot recently.  Food prices have definitely gone up, and have really spiked in the last few weeks.

Gas and energy prices affect food prices.  So do lockdowns, restrictions, layoffs, and everything else that has been done because of COVID.

One of the hard and fast rules of economics is “food prices go up when the economy goes down.”

Right now food prices are at a record high and gas has only started to go up in price.

Biden has also promised to “fight the virus” by blocking interstate travel and continuing lockdowns, even after people get vaccinated.

I hope not having the President Tweet mean things is worth it to people because right now it’s costing me about $40 a week more at the grocery store.

When a family of four has a $1,000 per month grocery budget I wonder if any of those people will wish they had the mean Tweets again in exchange for lower prices.