The H-Mart in our area (Burlington Mass) is no longer the bargain that it once was in certain product areas. We noticed some of the chilled Korean cooked food was subdivided into smaller packages even as prices have risen. Seafood such as uncut sushi fish and fish roe as well as whole fish are also a lot more pricey.

Fortunately, we have alternatives, including really good Vietnamese markets in Dorchester and the Patel Bros in Waltham Mass -- still very old school, very cheap for produce, and lots of really special things you can't get elsewhere.