A 12-pack of diet coke at my local Safeway is $10.99 with no membership. $8.99 with a "digital coupon" that most likely requires personal information they can sell.

I needed to get off of aspartame anyways. My solution now is to make iced tea at lunch - take a teapot and two PG Tips teabags. Make a pot of tea, pour over a glass of ice cubes (my new fridge is the first one I've had with water and ice on the door...) and top with a squirt of lemon juice.

Inflation is hitting processed foods more than raw, it'll inspire me to eat healthier and cook from scratch more often.