If it seems that making a trip to the grocery store is taking a bigger chunk out of your budget, you are right! According to USDA, the past two years have seen the greatest increase in food inflation since the 1970s. In fact, through the first 10 months of 2008, food-at-home inflation stood at 6.3 percent, according to The Food Institute.

In 2009, prices are forecast to increase between 3.5 percent and 4.5 percent for food-at-home. There is a silver lining though, the USDA projects that we will see lower egg and dairy prices for 2009, declining as much as 2 percent and 4 percent re...

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