[Rick Lee]

I have noticed a drop in food prices, but maybe they're loss-leader sales. For a long time aspargaus here was $3.99 lb., no matter where you went. Sometimes Wal-Mart had it for a dollar less. Now I see it regularly for $1.50-1.99 lb. I noticed yesterday that even Costco has cut $1 off the price of a 1.75 lt. bottle of Marker's Mark. The thick cut bacon I usually get is about $1 lb. less than usual. I buy fish a few times a week, but I suspect I'm led to whatever is on sale on that day. I really think food prices are dropping, maybe not as fast as gas.