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There is a taco shack just a block away from where I live that literally serves tacos and burritos out of the window of a little trailer.  A canopy is propped up to cover a plastic picnic table and chairs, which is their “seating area.”  The food is authentic and tasty, and best of all, dirt cheap.  Or so it WAS.

Tacos are $2 each, instead of $1.75.  Burritos, which were once $4.75, went up in price a dollar.  So the taco shack isn’t dirt cheap anymore — it’s “pretty cheap.”  I don’t think I can justifiably brag about this place anymore, although I’d certainly recommend it.

I suspect that food prices on the raw market are driving up prices on the menu.  I picked up some veggie lasagna today from a Pizza/Panini place across the street, and it too has gone up in price.  $9 for lasagna in a little to-go box?  Seems a little steep for me.

I may find myself on a new portion control diet, not because I want to shed weight, but because I want to save MONEY.

Every day it feels like the cost of living just keeps going up and up.  Gas costs.  Food costs.  Energy bills.  The job market feels really tight, and I’m not surprised that the national unemployment rate keeps increasing.  It all depresses the hell out of me.  I know there’s no such thing as a “quick fix” for the economy’s problems, but when can we expect to get some relief here?  WHEN?

~ by scriblscrabl on June 11, 2008.