We have always budgeted, since we married 35 years ago and tracked every penny. We are fine financially, but in 2018 I was put on a low-(almost no) fiber diet. It has kept me out of the hospital but also kept me from including some budget-savers that we really like, such as bean soups, off the menu. Our food budget has been increased each year by the total inflation rate, usually about 3%. It seems that suddenly I am struggling not to go over the food budget. We could just increase it, but it is almost a mental game/challenge. However, I wonder whether my recent struggle is that we are finally being hit with the food-inflation-faster-than other categories, plus cheaper items that we can no longer eat. I have never tried to remember what I paid for individual items, so can't report anything but the totals. Has anybody else noticed this?