the reason, an improving economy and consumers have more access to loans and lease details. now it s back to work today. you may have work a little more. experts are expecting 2013 to be more expensive than 2012. reporter: here s to hoping you make more money. dealnews.com came out with its list of things that may cost you more. we picked five and we ll start at the grocery store. dick rheinhart has been in the business for 50 years and hasn t seen so many factors come together to drive prices up. this was a perfect storm. basically the last three years. reporter: meat, poultry and dairy going up. we had a drought, corn crop was down. wheat crop was down. bread is made out of wheat. we feed our animals corn. reporter: usda expects the prices to go up around 4%. number two, no rain, less grain, that means at the very least