Everything Went Up Again

Listen with the receipt dimmed

This week's lullaby turns the latest grocery staples into a soft-pop sigh: May 2026 BLS average prices for eggs, milk, and bread, plus June USDA retail-ad checks for eggs and dairy. The chorus keeps the channel's standing joke intact: "everything went up again," even when a couple of shelves politely disagree.

Price notes sung in this track

Staple	Date stamp	Price move used in the lyric	Source
Eggs, grade A large	May 2026	$2.191 per dozen, down $0.059 from April 2026	BLS average price data
Milk, fresh whole fortified	May 2026	$4.217 per gallon, up $0.081 from April 2026	BLS average price data
Bread, white pan	May 2026	$1.830 per pound, down $0.039 from April 2026	BLS average price data
Food at home CPI	May 2026	2.7% higher than May 2025	BLS CPI home page, May 2026 release panel
Dairy retail ads	June 12, 2026	Conventional half-gallon milk averaged $2.31 in ads, up $0.14 from the prior week	USDA AMS National Retail Dairy Report
Egg retail ads	June 18, 2026	Conventional caged eggs averaged $1.37 per dozen in ads, down $0.06 from the prior week	USDA AMS Egg Markets Overview

Lyrics

[Intro] Scan the receipt, dim the light, let the pantry breathe tonight.

[Verse 1] May twenty twenty-six is taped beside the fridge. Eggs were two nineteen a dozen, down six cents from the ridge. Bread sat at one eighty-three, down four cents by the pound. I whisper thanks to crumbs that briefly touched the ground.

[Verse 2] Milk was four twenty-two a gallon, up eight cents in May. It poured like moonlight saying, "Budget, look away." Food at home rose two point seven, year to year and plain. I hum the chart softly through the checkout lane.

[Chorus] Everything went up again, softly, softly, my wallet, my friend. Everything went up again, except the eggs taking one step down, except the bread in last month's crown. Everything went up again, milk in the moonlight, cents in the rain, everything went up again.

[Verse 3] June twelfth, the dairy flyer tried to sing serene. Half-gallon milk: two thirty-one in grocery-ad green. Up fourteen cents from last week's little tune, the cowbell winked under a coupon moon.

[Verse 4] June eighteenth, egg ads eased to one thirty-seven. Down six cents, which felt like retail heaven. Wholesale large eggs stayed at twenty-four, loose and still. California rose three cents, because of course it will.

[Bridge] If one shelf falls, I bow with grace. Another shelf climbs into its place. The pantry does yoga, the total stays high. The barcode twinkles; no one asks why.

[Final Chorus] Everything went up again, softly, softly, my wallet, my friend. Everything went up again, we count the cents, then let them float, like sleepy numbers in a grocery note. Everything went up again, milk in the moonlight, cents in the rain, everything went up again.

[Outro] Scan the receipt, dim the light, we'll price the staples next Monday night.