Chips are an interesting item... we happen to "snack" a lot around here, and I've noticed that not only have the prices of most potato chips gone up to $4-6, BUT a number of brands have also shrunk the size of the bag... so you pretty much get to feel the effect at both ends.
Repair people are an interesting situation. Our son-in-law is a home contractor, and he pointed out that during (recent) better times people would often choose to just "buy new" instead of repair... which lowered the demand for repair people. Now things are bad so people want to repair their old things rather than buy new... but that increase in demand for repair people is meeting a reduced number of available hand to repair things.
Our infrared sauna went on the fritz after a power outage, so my wife called to see about a repair, and it was going to be $300 for someone to just show up... and that would be in March! Meanwhile, there would be parts and labor on top of the service call.