If you think all the talk about rising food prices is a bunch a smoke, you're wrong.
At first, I didn't notice minor changes like the cost of my favorite pasta meals increasing by about 50 cents or how the price of milk kept rising and eventually costing more than a gallon of gas at one-point (FYI: milk is now a luxury for me).
But after my favorite hometown chicken place kept increasing its prices, rising food costs hit home.
Anyone who knows me knows I LOVE Southern Classic Chicken. I mean I absolutely love it. I've even dreamt about its greasy goodness before. And one of the things I loved most about the chicken shack was its low-low price.
I could get a two-piece combo meal--complete with white-meat chicken pieces, fries, a roll and a drink--preferably lemonade--for $3.75 when I first arrived in Shreveport in October 2006.
Later on, sometime in 2007, the cost for that meal got bumped up to $4.07. Then it changed to $4.40. This year, that price climbed to over $5.00.
I thought the lady at the drive-thru window was mistaken when she told me the price. I automatically handed her a $5-bill. I was expecting change. She told me I needed to add more change.
I looked at her funny. She noticed my confused stare and said, "the price went up."
Ugh.
I gave her the needed change and I was completely irritated.
What good is bragging to my mother about Southern Classic ("You can't beat them with a stick if you tried," I used to tell her. "The food is sooooooo good and its doesn't cost but $3.") if it costs just as much as any other fast-food joint?
This cost increase has deterred how much I go to Southern Classic (or S.C. as I sometimes abbreviate when inviting coworkers to join me there). I don't want to pay that much for chicken. And I don't wanna pay that much for milk or pasta meals either. Don't even get me started on gas prices (I've spent nearly $60 to fill up my Toyota Solara).
What's a girl to do?
I guess cough up the money when necessary and spend more wisely like everybody else.
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I've been meaning to do a blog like this but have been too busy complaining about a 50 buck fill-up for my 2001 Galant. Gas 3.80 a gallon ... milk 4.00 or more. Even a box of cereal is like 4-something at most grocery stores. I think I'll post that blog now but yeah I've noticed it too. I rmember when a value meal (my #3 at mickey d's) was $3.24 WITH tax. Now it's over 5 bucks ... I guess they have to pay for gas too and it gets passed over to us but sheesh .. I swear eventually we'll have to choose between food and gas. SMH ...
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