 Well, you have to dig deeper into your wallet to enjoy an Independence Day barbecue. Food inflation running at just about 4% annually. Price of everything is going up. Eggs, milk, you know, meat for that barbecue, charcoal for the barbecue. David Holt is with the Consumer Energy Alliance. He says the price of gas is one of the primary drivers of inflation. Farmers need fuel for tractors. Truckers need fuel to get the food to the grocery store.