text:  opt for homemade potato salad over chips since the cost of white potatoes is down about 4.5% while potato chip prices are up nearly 3% compared to a year ago. Now, to wash it all down, you're going to want to brew your own batch of iced tea since bottled iced tea prices are up nearly 2.5%. Chuck Sievertson, ABC News. I'm Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.