It’s not just you. And, yes, grocery prices have gone up. I live in the state with the highest cost of living and taxes.
I have a family of 6. We shop at BJ’s mostly, in bulk. The prices have gone up. We are far from poor. But successs is penalized.
Last year, Green Giant had canned vegetables on sale in one of the grocery stores (3 cans for a dollar). I stocked up on corn, creamed corn, green beans, peas, carrots, spinach, and any others on sale. (Dang. They’re almost all gone.) LOL!
I used to buy Bush’s Baked Beans, too - (they’re pretty good) - but heck - they are now, almost $2 a can - and I refuse to buy them at that.
I’m certainly not poor - but sure don’t want to encourage this price gouging, either. (Gotta watch those “buy one - get one free” sales. They tend to almost double the ‘original price’ on those.)