Groceries, Gasoline, Clothes - Oh my!

Is it me or is it almost cheaper to feed a family of 7 fast food off a $1 menu than it is to buy groceries for a meal any more!?! Lunch meat is now almost $7/lb. unless you buy the lunch meat that is so full of water and pressed that it is slimy after two days. that is more expensive than steak!!!!! And I use to think chicken or turkey corn dogs was the answer to a cheap and quick lunch for my kids - but during the summer they will eat 2 or 3 a piece at one meal! That is at least 8 corn dogs plus 1 for the littlest. 9 CORN DOGS! in a box of 24 - we are talking less than 3 lunches. Milk prices makes me want to go buy a goat and make my children learn to love goat milk! Cows are too expensive to keep. I cannot walk into a store to buy just a few items without it costing over $20. It kills me. No wonder our nation is overweight --- it is cheaper to buy sugar cereal and processed food than it is to buy whole and nutritious foods for our kids. It just isn't right.
Then there is the whole gas price thing! Getting to the store to buy the groceries is out of control. $4 for a gallon of gas --- $4! It cost me $4 just to run into and out of town. Forget it if I have to go to more than one stop. I do not know how I would do it if we lived further out of town. Or if my husband had to commute like a lot of people do now a days. And it wouldn't be so bad, except then you hear of the reports how the gasoline companies have had record profits and the top exect. are all getting these HUGE paychecks. While the rest of us are trying to decide if we can afford to take our daughter to softball 20 minutes away for games each week because of the price of gas. And the league is so concerned that they schedule double headers almost each week, so you only have to come down once - which would be great if the games were not at 7:30 and 9 pm each time.
All I can say is thank goodness for Walmart. I know there is a lot of controversy over this company -- but when I can still find items of clothing for every member of the family for under $8 - I am a happy camper. Not that they have everything I need or want, but for the basics is nice to have one place I can still find a deal or two.
Enough of the ranting and raving --- but I am sure I am not the only one out there thinking these things. (Can you tell I just got back from grocery shopping with all 5 kids?)