I suppose all the truckers who bring food to the grocery stores and merchandise to the retailers are paying much more for their fuel, and this additional cost is passed onto California consumers in the form of higher prices?
Most of last year diesil cost more than regular gas.
Most of the local delivery vehicles use gasoline and they are paying more now than at the first of the year.
What we have noticed is the price of bread per loaf if it isn’t on sale, the Orowheat/other top quality breads are close to $5/loaf if not on sale. My wife and I don’t eat that much bread, but friends and younger relatives with hungry kids at home get hammered with these increases. I wasn’t aware of these increases intil the Labor Day vacation. Our Dil and 2 ever hungry grandkids spent the weekend with us, and I bought a loaf of the Orawheat white sandwich bread and paid the $4.95 per loaf. Our DIl said that was just the tip of the iceberg re her buys. So she is back to Costco at least once a week.