I live in a competitive grocery market. Multiple grocery chains, including smaller specialty markets, such as Sprouts and Trader Joe's, as well as Walmart and Target. Red bell peppers used to be three for $1.00 on sale. Now they are $0.88 each on sale. Lettuce is $1.69 regular price this season, used to be $0.99. Frozen vegetables that could be snagged for $1.00 at Target last year are $1.82 on sale. Sugar, flour, other baking supplies are all up 20 percent in the last year or so. Eggs, thanks to the California cage law, went from $1.99 to $4.99. Halloween candy, which was a loss leader last year, is not cheap this year.
Boneless, skinless chicken and from what I see pork are still at or close to last year's prices. Meat prices are like oil prices, they vary with supply. Potatoes on sale are priced the same as last year.
Overall, my grocery bills are about 15 to 20 percent higher than last year. And I don't see them coming down anytime soon.
ETA: I just signed up for Social Security that will start next year. Guess I will use the money to stock up on food. That might be followed by guns and ammo, if prices get completely out of control!