Groceries and Gas going up

[Bear]

Thanks to the drought in the Mid-west you can expect it to cost you more money at the grocery store, and at the gas pump. Here is a local (for me) newstory about it. On the plus side, several articles have indicated that prices on meat should actually drop first because farmers are slaughtering livestock they can't afford to feed. The smart money says to stock up your freezer now if you run across some good deals on meat.