Remember when a trip to the supermarket didn't require a major investment? Food prices have climbed so much recently that buying groceries should now come with a mountain of qualifying paperwork, like a second mortgage. "Sorry, sir," the cashier would say, "but it appears you don't have the financial history to take on this much debt. You'd better put back the ice cream." Food prices are tied to energy prices — shipping food to your supermarket requires diesel — and we all know how that's gone lately. Truckers are going broke, farmers are barely staying afloat, and the oil barons would be laughing all the way to the bank if weren't for the strain of carrying all that money. Meanwhile, the rest of us are standing in the supermarket aisles, trying to decide whether we can afford to invest in dessert. Maybe this is the latest...
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