Yup, no lies in this, especially foods that are being imported, their prices all went up like crazy. This is even one of the reasons why a lot of people where I live were not in support of the lockdown; they had no jobs and some of them have lost their jobs due to the lockdown and economy crashing, and then the price of foodstuffs were going up like crazy and people were totally frustrated, you don’t have a job and you also can’t afford to buy food for your family with the little money you have left. And this is why I will never support there to be any other lockdown.
Only the rich guys are able to survive the lockdown, because they buy whatever foods they want and stock up without stress. Not the same for the poor, lol.
This is why I have always thought that countries need to put an emphasis on food production, it is true that in other countries with more fertile land they could cultivate food more effectively and for a cheaper price but whenever there is a crisis imported food goes up in price and people are left with no choice about the foods they can buy.
However at this point it is too late you cannot hope to try to solve such a bad decision when we are in the middle of one of the biggest crises we have seen, however have you looked on how to produce your own food from home? That could be an option for those that have the time, not only it can help you save on costs but it also assures you will never run out of food like other people.