This is not necessarily a bad thing. We're a debtor nation now and debtors are generally in favor of some inflation. With all apologies to both William Jennings Bryan and Paul Krugman, I welcome a little inflation and choose not to be crucified on a cross of peanuts.

(For the Krugman reference see here: http://nyti.ms/evqHN1. If you need a reference on the WJB quote, you should go back and take your high school history course over.)

Stuart: I enjoyed the peanuts very much, did not feel crucified and gladly paid the extra dime. Agree that a nice CPI of 3 percent for the next couple years would do us a world of good if it was accompanied by sustained GDP growth. Would bet that high school history is no longer the same as what was consumed by you, me and Krugman, and that WJB is nowhere to be found. JH

Jay: did you check the package weights as well?

I'll bet the higher price is only half the tale.

Inflation: Government policy that favors debtors and producers at the direct expense of savers and consumers.

Based on known quantities, barring a serious course correction, our lowest end inflation rate is going to start running about 3-5% depending mostly on real growth. The highest figure involving a total crisis of confidence is 13-15% sustained after a short, initial price shock of about 100%.

I walked through the math of the worst case back in Nov: http://seekingalpha.com/instablog/490751-josh-dowlut/110483-qe2-inflation-worst-case-scenario

Are you sure this wasn't a 'amendment' to the city bottle tax to also include candy bar wrappers :)

In all honesty, have you seen the fuel prices? how many payday bars does it cost just to cover the price of the delivery fuel.