The prices are all over the board here in Western New York. But one store (Wegmans) has actually advertised they will not be raising the price of about 100 staple items for families, with chicken and ground beef being two of those. 80/20 ground beef will stay at $1.99/lb and whole chickens are 88 cents a pound. Milk is also $1.89 a gallon. They promise to keep this pricing in effect at least thru the end of this year. Also, there is a small butcher/market nearby that has incredible specials, but you have to buy large quantities. Just last week, a friend of mine and I split a 40 lb box of chicken wings -- we paid 99 cents/lb. If bought at the grocery store, we would have paid about $2.19/lb. This week, that store has porterhouse steaks on sale for $4.98/lb -- the weather is supposed to be nice, so it just might be the official start of grill season!!