 Regular Vermonters are worried that he can't win this time, he wrote. The new CPI report shows the pace of inflation slowing more than analysts expected, with lower gas prices offsetting others. CBS's Jill Schlesinger. Prices for food at home were up by 1.1% from a year ago, while food costs away from home are up by 4.1%. Vending machines for ammunition have been popping up in grocery stores in the South. The man behind them, American Brown CEO Grant Majors.