Eggs
I just found an old receipt in my coat pocket from February 2022. It is from the same store as I shopped at yesterday. Since I buy eggs every week I checked the prices. Last February jumbo eggs were $2.49, yesterday $5.79 a 132% increase 
I do know that there is a serious disruption in the poultry industry due to avain flue:
The U.S. is enduring an unprecedented poultry health disaster, with a highly contagious bird flu virus triggering the deaths of some 52.7 million animals.
The culprit is highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI. It has ravaged farm flocks and chicken yards in 46 states since February, when the first cases were reported in commercial flocks.
It's the worst toll on the poultry industry since 2014-2015, when more than 50 million birds died. That earlier outbreak also started in the winter — but while that ordeal was over by the following June, the current outbreak lasted through the summer and has surged anew.
How much is inflation and how much sick chickens I have no idea----but I hope they get better soon
As a side note---I went to a meeting last night and it has turned cold here---I wore a winter coat for the first time since last winter.
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