 We will find those people who are perpetrators and we will hold them accountable. Families will have to dig a little deeper into their wallets to enjoy an Independence Day barbecue. Food inflation is running at just about 4% annually. The price of everything is going up. Eggs, milk, meat for that barbecue, charcoal for the barbecue. David Holt with the Texas-based Consumer Energy Alliance says the price of gas is one of the primary drivers of inflation.