Your personal numbers are too variable to draw a firm conclusion. If you live in Louisville, KY, then milk was $3.21 in 2015, $2.29 in 2020, and $2.49 in 2022,

Your personal numbers are too variable to draw a firm conclusion. If you live in Louisville, KY, then milk was $3.21 in 2015, $2.29 in 2020, and $2.49 in 2022, per gallon - you would be paying less for milk now than 7 years ago. While the simple average for the US was $3.80, $3.51, and $4.41 for those years. That's 12% per year across two years, while the linked-to chart says 13.2% since last year - quite comparable. FWIW, the most expensive were (2015) Milwaukee, $4.29, (2020) Kansas City, MO, $4.45, and (2022) Kansas City, MO $5.76. My sources are: "Retail Prices for Whole Milk, Average of Three Outlets, Selected Cities, by Months, 2015" - https://web.archive.org/web/20170211163314/https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/RetailMilkPrices.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20170211163314/https://www.ams.u... . Simple average, January 2015, whole milk = $3.80. Cheapest, $2.62 in Detroit. (When did you pay $2 for milk? I used to pay $0.99/gal but that was in the 1990s.) 2020 numbers at https://web.archive.org/web/20201101142332/https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/RetailMilkPrices.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20201101142332/https://www.ams.u... : > October 2020 Highlights: U.S. simple average prices are: $3.51 per gallon for conventional whole milk, Cheapest, Louisville, KY, $2.29. (in 2015 it was $3.21). 2022 numbers at https://web.archive.org/web/20221109074011/https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/RetailMilkPrices.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20221109074011/https://www.ams.u... > October 2022 Highlights: U.S. simple average prices are: $4.41 per gallon for conventional whole milk Cheapest, Louisville, KY at $2.49.