where are you located in nyc?? Whast borough>/? Prices have gone up all throughout my supermarket also but bodegas and delis will always be priced higher than supermarkets. Thats just how its always been. All the pizzerias around me have 2.50 - 2.75 dollar slices. I have never seen it 5 dollars in the 10 or so pizzarias that i frequent in Queens and Brooklyn. Maybe its just a Manhattan thing??