[Orange1998]

Their may be some truth in the statement. Recently I stopped at the convenience store for a 20oz coke. The price rose from 1.09 to 1.19 plus tax. The store said coke went up across the board because of transportation cost, ie: gasoline.

[arthurus]

The little things do tend to go up faster than tho big-ticket things because consumer resistance is less. Someone who buys a lesser car because the price has risen 10% continues to buy those cokes through a much higher price rise maybe to doubling, even.