Our latest "crowdsourcing" project asks listeners to go to their local grocery store and find out the price of three goods: milk, lettuce and beer. You don’t have to buy them (or consume them), but we want to know how much they cost in different neighborhoods throughout the New York area.
Associate producer Jim Colgan introduces the new project.
Comments [361]
lettuce 1.59
milk 2.29
6 of bud 5.50
washington ave and lincoln pl, prospect hts bklyn
(the lettuce & milk were from the key foods that doesn't sell beer. the bud was from the bodega across the street that doesn't sell either milk or produce)
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C-Town
Washington Ave. between Prospect Pl. and Park Pl.
Milk: $1.19
Lettuce: $1.39
Beer: $4.99
Met foods Nostrand Ave. (Between St. Johns & Sterling)
lettuce: $1.49
beer: $5.49 (no bottles, only cans)
milk: $1.34
Publix on Biscayne Boulevard North Miami
milk 1.29
lettuce 1.58
beer 5.67
$1.20 Milk Pathmark brand in paper container
$1.99 Iceberg lettuce
$5.69 Beer
60th Street and 13th Avenue on edge of Boro Park and Bensonhurst
Pathmark Boro Park is a large 24hr. supermarket with lots of parking; it doesn't look very friendly for pedestrians.
surprised by the competitive price of the milk
Key Food
Prospect Heights, Flatbush Ave & Sterling Pl.
Milk: 1.59
Lettuce 1.69
Beer 6.99
Prices are higher here in gentrifying but still often poor neighborhood than in Park Slope!
Key Food
Park Slope, 7th Ave and Carroll St.
Milk 1.20
Lettuce 1.69
Beer 5.69
I am speculating that since many people in Park Slope (not me!) have cars they shop at Fairway, Pathmark, the Food Co-op or somewhere they can drive to -- or they get Fresh Direct. Therefore, this Key Food has alot of competition and has to keep prices lower.
Location #1: Stop&Shop Supermarket, 898 Bridgeport Ave, Shelton, CT 06484
lettuce: $1.49
beer: $5.99
milk: $1.59 for both store and regional brand
Location #2: Stop&Shop Supermarket, 200 East Main St., Stratford, CT 06614
lettuce: $1.49
beer: $5.99
milk: $1.79 for regional brand
milk: $1.69 for store brand
Stop&Shop is a regional supermarket in the NE. I usually don't shop there, but went there for the survey. I had heard from neighbors, that prices in Shelton are sometimes lower than Stratford, so I elected to survey these stores. But, I was still surprised to see that milk is more expensive in Stratford. The Shelton Store is surrounded by corporate offices and near more expensive homes. The Stratford store is close to the Post Road and the commuter railroad station.
Quart Milk - $1.75
Iceberg Lettuce - $2.00
Bud - $7.50
Korean Deli - 359 Deli and Grocery on Graham and Conselyea. I am not surprised because I suspect that the Korean deli owners have some sort of association where they have a mutual gouging pact. And I'm sure it has nothing to do with how much rent they pay but more with the obliviousness of the general public and what they can get away with.
Iceberg lettuce $1.99
Milk $1.49
King's, Midland Park
Bud bottles $5.99
Pretty sure I remember this price correctly -- Bottle King, Glen Rock
Milk: 1 qt. $1.39 (pt $1.29 so the 2nd pt costs 10 cents)
Lettuce: $1.99
Budweiser: In the refrigerator case it was marked $6.99. On the shelf it was marked $10.99. I didn't buy it, so I don't know how it would have scanned.
This was the Gristedes on Roosevelt Island. This store depends on the fact that many residents are a captive audience (we have a large number of seniors and disabled people). The staff is rude, store not especially clean, and things are often out of stock. The discrepancy in the price of beer is not surprising either. A pound of "ethnic coffee" sold on the "International" aisle is often half again the price of the same coffee sold on the coffee aisle.
Fluff show...any word when Dr. Ron Paul will be on...he will be in NYC Oct 12, 2007
Just in case you find this interesting...
Type: Alimentación (Deli)
Neighborhood: Chueca (Center of Madrid)
Milk (Liter): €1.25
Lettuce: €1.30
6 pack Mahou: .80€/can €4.80 for 6
(Spanish equivilant to Budweiser, sold individually and in cans)
Total: € 7.35 ($10.35)
Type: Supermarket
Neighborhood: Chueca
Milk: .85€
Lettuce: .73€
6 pack Mahou: €2.60 (Bud available €5.88)
Total: €4.18 ($5.89)
milk $1.59
BUD $6.99
iceberg lettuce $1.79
High-end market, Natural, Austin Street, nr Ascan
Whole milk - store brand: $1.29
Iceberg lettuce: $1.49
Budweiser beer: $4.89
Store: ShopRite
Address: 400 Marin Blvd., Jersey City, NJ 07302
Neighborhood: Jersey City
Distinguishing characteristic: Supermarket
Surprised: Only that the beer was as little as $4.89. I assumed beer was more expensive.
milk 1.19
lettuce 1.99
6 pack Budweiser 5.99
Local small super-market
No surprises
milk - $1.39
lettuce - $2.49
Bud - $6.49
Food Emporium - 1st Ave. b/w 71st and 72nd St.
not too surprised, but there are better beers that are cheaper (Yuengling)
milk 1.19
lettuce 1.99
6 pack Budweiser 5.99
local super-market not a large chain
iceberg lettuce 1.99
quart of milk 1.19
6 pack Budweiser 5.99
moderate priced super-market
Beer $5.69
Milk $1.15
Lettuce $1.49
Beer - $4.99
Lettuce - $1.49
Milk - $1.19
Bravo Supermarket, 4261 Broadway (between 181st and 182nd streets), Manhattan
This neighborhood is the best kept secret in the city. Virtually everything is cheaper up here!
Associated, Corner of Jay Street & Tillary Street
Milk $2.73
Iceberg Lettuce $1.49
6 Pack of Bud $7.99
Garden of Eden 180 Montague Street,Brooklyn Heights
Milk $2.99
Iceberg Lettuce $1.99
6 Pack of Bud $10.99
Associated
Corner of Jay Street& Tillary Street
Milk $2.73
Iceberg Lettuce $1.49
6 Pack of Bud $7.99
Garden of Eden, 180 Montague St. Brooklyn Heights
Milk $2.99
Iceberg Lettuce $1.99
6 Pack of Bud $10.99
Garden of Eden
180 Montague St. (Court/Clinton Sts.)
iceberg lettuce: n/a
nonorganic whole milk: $1.59/qt.
bottled budweiser: $12.99/6 pk.
$12.99 a six pack?! Egads. I get that fancy folk don't like iceberg lettuce (I'm a old hillbilly, and I don't like it either), but a ten minute train ride can get you a 12 pack of (icky) budweiser for that price. The milk is a bit high, too.
C-Town 4918 Bway (207 St.): Lettuce - $1.99, Qt Milk - $1.29, No Beer
Fine Fare 4776 Bway (200th-Dykeman): Lettuce - $1.99, Qt Milk - $1.29, 6-pk Bud - $8.99
Selecto Supermarket 95 Sherman St (Dykeman/Academy): Lettuse - $1.99, Qt Milk - $1.20, No Beer
This last store had an interesting letter from the State of New York posted. It said that the ceiling price for a quart of milk in August, 2007, under the NYS "Milk Gouging Law" was $1.20 in greater NYC and $1.14 in the rest of the state. Ceiling prices were also listed for the gallon and half-gallon, but I did not take note of them.
Milk (qt.): $1.29
Head of iceberg lettuce: $1.99
6-pack Budweiser (12-oz. bottles): $5.49
Bodega: Manhattan Ave and Eagle St.
The owners are very pleasant (that's worth something)
Milk $1.59
Lettuce $1.49
Bud $6.00
Milk price was a little high. I thought that this staple would be more uniform throughout NYC
Waldbaum's New York Ave. Melville
Milk: $1.20
Iceberg Lettuce: $1.99
Budweiser Beer: $4.99
It made me realize how fortunate I am to like drinking milk instead of beer.
(I'm adding comment to previous comment.)
Posted by: Donald Johnson October 03, 2007 - 12:26PM
Bay Ridge
Food City
3rd Ave and 75 St.
Bay Ridge
Milk $1.09
Lettuce $1.99
6 pack of Bud $5.99
Food City is the biggest supermarket in the northern part of Bay Ridge, on one of the main commercial avenues. The price of the lettuce is a surprise and leaves me wondering if it is locally grown (NYS), and if not, why not? Upstate keeps looking for economic development. With vegetables priced as they are, it might make sense to look into agricultural development.
Food City
3rd Ave and 75 St.
Bay Ridge
Milk $1.09
Lettuce $1.99
6 pack of Bud $5.99
Oops! Too quick with the enter button. One more time with gusto.
$1.29 quart of whole milk
$1.99 head of iceberg lettuce
$5.69 6-pack 12 oz. bottles of Budweiser
Downtown Flushing, majority of restaurant, retail and commercial activity and population is asian. However, it is also a transportation hub where #7 subway and 21 bus lines terminates bringing people from the surrounding communities
Key Food NW corner of Roosevelt Avenue & Bowne Street
Not too surprised. I'm not a regular whole milk and Bud buyer. However, price of lettuce seemed a bit higher than I remembered it too be.
$1.29 quart of whole milk
$1.99 head of iceberg lettuce
$5.69 6-pack 12 oz. bottle of Budweiser
Milk - $1.39/Qt
Iceberg Lettuce - $1.69/head
6-pack Bud - $6.99
Fine Fare - corner 116th & Lenox Ave.
Surprised? -- yes, I thought the items would be much cheaper here than most other areas, but I see it's not the case
Had to weigh in with the Bronx!
Quart of milk: $1.39
Iceberg lettuce: $1.69
6 pack Bud: $6.99
Foodtown: East 204th Street (Norwood area. Mid-level supermarket chain.
Working class neighborhood. Prices are comparable to the local grocery stores (of which we have quite a few).
104th/Amsterdam Deli M 1.39 L 1.49
105-106/Amsterdam Deli M 1.49 B 5.50
106th/Amsterdam Deli M 1.19 B 5.00
107-108/B’way Garden of Eden M 1.09 L .99
110/B’way Westside Mkt M 1.15 B 6.99 L 1.99
110/B’way D’Agostino M 1.49 B 6.49 L 1.59
Shoprite
Iceberg Lettuce $1.99
Qt Milk $1.20
Bud (six pack bottles) 5.79
oh, dear, you're not going to believe this. chalk it up to human error....
I'm the "murrey hill" writer - 1st, I checked the prices at D'ag (35th & 3rd)& at gourmet garage in soho on the same day. later, after I'd written my data in, it occurred to me that $10.99 was too outrageous for Bud. I went back a few days later & saw that it was $6.99. oops, I considered writing in again. But I thought it would be too confusing and all of the surveys would balance mine out. Well, you can imagine my shock to hear the whole show revolve around my survey. I was squirming in my chair. I actually went back to D'ag today to find out for sure what had happened & saw, in tiny letters, that it was a 12 pack that was $10.99. I am so sorry. so much for audience participation.... bjk
Flushing : Going Home Again.
First thing I noticed about the Flushing station was that there was an escalator going straight up to Roosevelt Avenue. It is a very long and an incredibly high escalator. In my day, you had to climb three flights of stairs. My mother, who lived on Roosevelt Avenue for over thirty years, would have been thrilled. But it came too late for her. She died eleven years ago.
I stopped in at my mother’s old apartment house and asked the doorman how long he had been working there. Since 1983. His name was Sidney and he remembered my mother very well: “the short lady on the second floor, the one who walked with a cane. Yes, I remember her,” he said. “A real nice lady.”
Finally - I remembered the true purpose of my visit to Flushing - to fill in the MPR/ NYC-FM Grocery Price Survey. I quickly went in to the Key Food supermarket on the corner of Roosevelt Avenue and Bowne Street and looked around for iceberg lettuce, a quart of whole milk and a six-pack of bottled 12 oz. Budweiser beer. In my Midtown Manhattan neighborhood, the lettuce was $2.29 – here it was $1.99. At the Associated Supermarket on 57th Street, the milk was $1.29 – here it was $1.24. And the beer, which was $6.79 in midtown, here was only $5.69!
So thank you, MPR. Your survey gave me a chance to go home again. And now I know where to go to save on groceries!
Roberta Sandenbergh.
Key Food Hillside Avenue Jamaica
milk #1.20
lettuce $1.49
couldn't get beer price
Gristede's 96 and Bway
Gallon (sorry) milk: 4.99
Iceberg: 2.49
Bud bottles: 6.99
At Foodtown, corner of Brueckner Boulevard and Logan Avenue on the Throggs Neck/Pelham border:
1 qt whole milk: $1.29
6-pk Bud 12-oz bottles: $5.99
Head of iceburg lettuce: $1.69
Mid-size neighborhood grocery
Not surprised
Wegmans, Woodbridge Center Drive, Woodbridge, NJ (high-end supermarket)
Milk: 1.69
Lettuce: 1.29
Beer: 4.99
(The beer price came from Wine Country/ Liquor City in Woodbridge.)
I was a little surprised by the lettuce, because it's iceberg and I don't feel the other types of lettuce they sell there are that much more expensive.
I usually buy a half-gallon of 2% organic milk from here for 2.99, so I assumed the quart of whole would have been cheaper than 1.69.
Zeytinia Market
Milk $1.29/qt
Lettuce $1.69/Head
Bud (Six Pack Bottles)$6.99
Except for the beer,seems pretty reasonable.
lettuce: $1.89
milk: $1.09
beer: $5.49
The grocery store is the relatively new Fairway at the very end of Van Brunt Street. Although we shop there all the time, we were still sort of surprised because these prices seem low. It is a pretty fancy store.
whole milk-$1.35
Iceberg -$1.99
Budweiser-$6.59
Korean Grocery
Sunrise Highway
Place: Associated Supermarket Starrett City Shopping Center Brooklyn Ny
Milk - 1.29
Lettuce - 1.99
Beer - 5.29
Surprised - No, this is a huge supermarket and the prices are very good. The sales are fantastic. I live in Starrett City but I also frequent the Park Slope area and the prices there are much higher.
Han's Deli on Broadway at Bleecker St.
Milk- $2.49
Lettuce- $2.49
Beer- $8.50
Crazy prices but not so surpised, I knew I was being gouged.
Prices found yesterday (10/1/07) at my local supermarket: FOOD PLUS, 44-24 Kissena Blvd. (bet. Cherry & Elder Aves.), Flushing 11355
milk -- $1.29
lettuce -- $1.69
6pk. Bud -- $5.29
I was surprised that the price of iceberg lettuce (which I never buy) was 70 cents more than that of the varieties I prefer (red & green leaf; romaine).
These prices are converted from Euros at 1.41$ to Euro
Milk $1.41
Lettuce $1.41
Bud (sorry 12 pack) $19.07
Tesco at Artane Castle
Artane, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Milk (1 litre) .99 Eoros = $1.41
Iceberg .99 Euros = $1.41
Beer (Bud 12 pack) 13.39 Euros = $19.07
D'agostino
Bethune and Greenwich Streets
Milk: $1.59
Iceberg Lettuce: $2.29
6 pack Bud: $6.49
Not surprised. Compared to other supermarkets, prices can be up to a dollar more here for some items.
Milk -1.29
beer-6.00 plus deposit
lettuce- 1.99
McCarricks Dairy
Prices at Shoprite in Springfield, NJ
milk $1.64
lettuce $1.49
Supermarkets in New Jersey don't sell beer.
C-Town Coney Island Ave. Near Cortelyou
Milk = $1.15
Lettuce = $1.49
6 Pack Bud = $6.99
"A Peregrination"
http://onaperegrine.blogspot.com/
Smile Deli, 758 W. 181st St.
Milk - 1.39
Beer - 6.50
Lettuce - 1.49
Jen's Superette, 804 W. 181st St.
Milk - 1.39
Beer - 5.75
Lettuce - 1.79
Surprised at the difference in these 2 places less than a block away from each other.
C-Town Coney Island Ave. Near Cortelyou
Milk = $1.15
Lettuce = $1.49
6 Pack Bud = $6.99
"A Peregrination"
http://onaperegrine.blogspot.com/
Country Farms (C-Town)
on Yellowstone Blvd. near Dartmouth in Forest Hills
bud $6.29
milk $1.19
lettuce $1.69
Milk: 1.50
Lettuce: 1.29
Beer: 8.00
Location: Joy Fruit (Small Korean Store) - Corner of Metropolitan and Audley Streets in Kew Gardens, NY
Associated Supermarket-Forest Hills
between Yellowstone and 108th
Iceberg lettuce $1.69
Qt. milk $1.29
6 pack budweiser(12 oz cans-couldn't find bottles) $5.49
This neighborhood (north side of Queens Blvd.) tends to run less expensive-big reason for living here.
Associated on 64th Rd, between Yellowstone and 108th in Forest Hills
Iceberg lettuce $1.69
Quart Milk
A&P Pompton Lakes, NJ
Milk $1.39
Iceberg $1.69
Bud $4.99 (separate store in same location)
Shoprite Wayne, NJ
Milk $1.29
Iceberg $1.49
Bud $5.50
California Market Wayne, NJ
Milk 1.59
Iceberg $.79
Bud $5.72 (separate store in same location)
Shop Rite
175 Main Street
Lodi, NJ 07644
Milk: $1.19
Lettuce: $1.49
Beer: $4.99
I'm not particularly surprised. I don't normally buy any of these items. Shop Rite is one of the more reasonably priced supermarkets in this area. A small "bodega" near my office in Hasbrouck Heights charges almost a dollar more for a quart of milk, but they make most of their money on coffee, lottery sales and candy. They don't sell liquor or fresh vegetables or the lactose-free milk that I normally buy. When I buy milk there, I check the "Sell By" date.
Jubilee Market/Gold Street/Financial District (Huge upscale deli with grocery store)
Milk: $1.19
Iceberg: $1.99
6-pack Budweiser bottles: $8.00
D'Agostino's/91st & Columbus/Upper West Side
Milk:$1.59
Iceberg: $2.29
Bud: $6.49
a head of iceberg lettuce $1.69
a quart of whole milk (non-organic) $1.20 (Tuscan
brand)
a six-pack of 12 oz. bottles of Budweiser beer =
$10.99
I don't normally buy beer but I'm shocked to see the differences from this survey. Fortunately, I am a member of the Park Slope Food Coop, two blocks away whose policy is not to make a profit but to save money for its members. The milk there is about 89 cents a quart; they don't sell iceberg but rather "greener" lettuces, and no Bud. So I can't really do a comparison.
I live directly between two very different supermarkets serving the Loisaida/East Village area so I researched both.
C-Town:
Milk: 1.19
lettuce: 1.79
Beer: 4.99
Associated:
Milk: 1.09
lettuce: 1.99
beer: 6.49
C-Town is on 12th St. & Avenue C
Associated is on 8th St. & Avenue C
C-Town serves a mostly Spanish-speaking low-income and working class customer-base.
Associated, 4 blocks away, features organic and gourmet foods and serves mostly white East Village gentrifiers.
Not surprised. I shop at both depending on whether I'm more concerned with $ or food quality at a given moment.
Key Food
Yellowstone Blvd between Queens Blvd & Gerard Pl
Milk: $1.29
Lettuce: $1.99
Beer: $5.69 (correction of previous submission).
Expected lettuce to be less expensive in Queens than Manhattan
This was submitted last week, but you said there were no responses from Forest Hills, so I'm sending it in again.
A&P Pompton Lakes, NJ
Milk $1.39
Iceberg $1.69
Bud $4.99 (separate store in same location)
Shoprite Wayne, NJ
Milk $1.29
Iceberg $1.49
Bud $5.50
California Market Wayne, NJ
Milk $1.59
Iceberg $.79
Bud $5.72 (separate store in same location)
PS: NJ rarely sells beer or wine in grocery stores.
Did someone already post the FreshDirect prices.. I think if I lived in Murray Hill, I'd be ordering more from there.. !
Farmland Whole Milk 1qt $1.19
Boston Lettuce #$1.69 each
Bud 6pk $6.49
This adds a great deal of context. I'd like to see a spreadsheet of results..
Did anyone contact the owner of the 'worst offender' stores?
Upper East Side: 3rd Avenue & E78th Street
Grisedes
Milk = $1.39 a quart
Iceberg lettuce = $2.09
Budweiser = $7.59
Yes, I was shocked at the high prices. There doesn't seem to be and end of the rising prices in Manhattan for groceries, especially Orange Juice and Ice Cream.
iceberg lettuce $1.59
milk $1.19
beer $6.29
the Met supermarket on Court St. & Baltic St. in Boerum Hill, Bklyn
the Met is a large, chain grocery store
I was surprised only by the lettuce. Like a previous poster, I also has the amount .79 in my mind as reasonable.
Food Emporium Greenwich Street/ Reade Street
$1.20 Milk
$3.49 Lettuce
$6.99 Beer
Terry's Deli Chambers btwn River and North end
$12.49 beer
$1.35 Milk
no lettuce
24 hour deli North End btwn Chambers and Warren
$13.69!!! beer
$1.25 Milk
$2.99 Lettuce
Milk: $1.60
Lettuce: $2.00
Budweiser: $7.60
Name: Sheen Bros. Market
Location: Corner of Avenue B & 10th Street
Characteristic: Small neighborhood bodega
Surprised: Yes!
Milk: $1.89
Lettuce: $2.00
Budweiser: $9.50
Name: Sunny & Annie Food Market
Location: Corner of Avenue B & 6th Street
Characteristic: Small neighborhood bodega
Surprised: Yes!
Milk: $1.09
Lettuce: $1.49
Budweiser: $6.49
Name: Associated SuperMarket
Location: Corner of Avenue C & East 8th Street
Characteristic: Small Supermarket
Surprised: No! best prices in the neighborhood
unfortunatley, the Northampton blogger did not specify the size of the eggs (medium, large, or extra large) so his survey might not be scientific...
inspired by this great project at WNYC, Northamptonist took the ball and ran with it here in Northampton MA. http://northamptonist.blogspot.com/2007/10/commit-random-acts-of-journalism-cost.html
C Town Supermarket
corner of Throop Avenue and Gates Avenue
Bedford Stuyvesant
lettuce - $1.25
milk - $1.19
Bud 6 pack - $4.99
not surprised
Last submission:
Iceberg Lettuce: $1.19
Milk 1.19
Bud Beer bottle 5.99
Pioneer Supermarket on Parkside between Ocean Avenue and Flatbush Avenue in Lefferts Gardens Brooklyn.
this is one of the best prices I've seen and I am surprised becuase I thought people got gouged in the poorer neigborhoods.
Milk, whole, qt $1.69 Stop'n'Shop
Lettuce, head iceberg $1.49 Stop'n'Shop
Beer, Bud 12oz bottles (cold) $4.99 Pino's
Milk surprised me. In fairness, same store sells gallons at $4.29/gal (house brand) or $4.79 (Tuscan) which I hope a budgeting family uses.
Key Food on Queens Blvd. near 71st./ Continental Ave.
Lettuce $1.99
Milk $1.29
Bud $5.99
Much cheaper than stores I visited along Steinway Street over the weekend. Many stores did not carry all 3 items. One that did was Alexandria's Deli of NY, 28-13 Steinway St., Long Island City.
Lettuce, $1.00 (but it was not refrigerated)
qt. milk $1.89
6 pack Bud in bottles, $7.50.
Gristede's at 3 Sheridan Square
milk: $1.39
lettuce: $1.99
beer: $6.99
Associated/Morton Williams
Bleecker and La Guardia Pl.
milk: $1.29
lettuce: $1.89
beer: $6.79 (warm, on shelf)
beer: $7.79 (cold, in refrigerator case)
And, just as a comparison
IGA
Greenport, NY (near the eastern end of the North Fork, on Long Island)
milk: 1.19
lettuce: $1.99
beer: $14.99 for 18 12-oz bottles (not six-packs in stock)
Shop Rite- Byram, New Jersey
1 qt whole milk: $1.29
1 hd. lettuce: 1.49
6 pk. 12 oz. Bud: 5.35 (+ tax, no deposit)
Note. Milk was store brand conventional(plastic) other brands and organic were more. Lettuce was conventional (not organic).
Milk: $1.69
Iceberg lettuce: $1.79
6 pk bud: $7.75
Bought at a Korean deli on Bleecker Street between Carmine and Leroy Streets
Yes, I was surprised that it wasn't more expensive.
Milk - $1.35
Beer - $6.99
couldn't find a price on the lettuce
Gristedee's Market in Eighth Avenue and 54th ST.
Normally a price gouging paradise, I'm surprised the prices seem generally comparable....
Budweiser 5.99
Lettuce 2.2p
Milk 1.29
Pioneer Supermarket
(medium-sized market)
191-199 Parkside Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11232
quart of milk $1.19
iceberg letuce $1.19
6-pack Budweiser bottles $5.99
each item had a "sale" label
generally the prices in there seem good to me, but heard another customer complaining over the price of the condensed milk and that "it's really expensive in here."
Harlem
Associated Supermarket
Lexington Ave at 103rd St.
Qt. Milk - $1.09
Head of Iceburg Lettuce - $1.39
Bud Beer - $5.99
Food seems less expensive here if you don't mind the off smell, lifting floor tiles, and latin hip hop music over the loudspeaker.
Milk--$1.39 (versus $1.49 at Barzini, deli-grocery on Bway and 91st
lettuce--$1.99 (same price as Bway Farm at Broadway and 85th)
Beer--$6.99
the place--Gristedes at 86th and Bway, supermarket
not surprised
Icebrg Lettuce - 1.49
Milk - 1.20
6 pk Budweiser bottles - 5.39
Neighborhood - Astoria, 30th Ave & Newtown
Store - Key Food
Distinguishing characteristics - just a boring old grocery store
Surprised -not really but I never buy any of that stuff
milk: $ 1.29
iceberg lettuce: $ 1.99
Budweiser 6-pack (bottles): $ 4.89
I was surprised at the price of iceberg lettuce.
milk: $ 1.29
iceberg lettuce: $ 1.99
Budweiser 6-pack, bottles: $ 4.89
I was surprised at the price of lettuce
DAgostino 666 Greenwich (West Village)
milk 1.69
beer 6.49
lettuce 2.29
2 Places,
Fairway in Redhook
Milk $1.09 for Farmland other brands were up to $1.89 for just regular, non organic whole milk
Iceburg $1.89
$4.49 for 6 pack of Pabst Blue Ribon (didn't see any Bud
Lettuce seems expensive here
Seeley Market- Seeley and Prospect Park SW
Milk $1.69
Lettuce $1.99
Bud $6.00 INCLUDES DEPOSIT
(most small stores don't collect a deposit as they don't take returns)
Key Food
60-16 Myrtle Avenue, Ridgewood, Queens
ICeberg Lettuce: $1.49
Qt whole milk: $1.39
Bud 6-pack: $5.59
Store: Westside Market, 15th St @ 7th Ave, lower Chelsea/Upper West Village
Iceberg Lettuce - $1.99
Quart whole milk (non-organic) - $1.09
6-pk BUD Lite (12oz) - $8.99 (No reg BUD)
Surprised? No, I love this market becs it consistently has reasonable prices, great cheese, fish and produce. Compared to other markets in local neighborhood who do gouge, they DON'T.
Lettuce- $0.00
Milk-- $0.00
Beer-- $0.00
If you steal your lettuce, milk and beer, then they're free!
Iceberg lettuce: $4.50
Milk: $7.00
Beer: $15.00 (six pack)
And yes, I live IN the airport.
But the weather reports are always accurate...
Western Beef Supermarket
Milk: $1.29/qt.
Iceberg: $0.99/head (this week's on sale)
Budweiser: $5.49/6 pack
milk $1.19
iceberg $1.19
Bud bottles $4.99
Bayville avenue, bayville NY 11709
IGA supermarket
not surprised, but I do not typically buy any of these 3 items.
milk $1.15
iceberg lettuce $1.69
budweiser beer 6 pack $5.69 +tax
Key Food supermarket at 225 Street and Merrick Blvd in Laurelton Queens
Milk: $1.59
Lettuce: $1.39
Budweiser: $6.49
Name: Ralph's
Characteristic: Supermarket chain
Location: Los Angeles CA 90245
Sepulveda & Mariposa Ave
Surprised: No
Checked the prices at the Shoprite I use several times a week,
milk; 1.20
lettuce: 1.99
beer 13.99 for 18 12-oz bottles. They don't sell six-packs.
Normally, I flinch at these GIGO, unscientific surveys, (or at the suggestion that beer, milk and iceberg lettuce are staples of anyone's diet), but wouldn't this exercise be useful if it involved health care?
With the advent of pt-centered health care, we all might be interested in the JetBlue of appendectomies, or the Sam's Club of birthing.
qt. reg. milk, 6 bottles Bud; iceburg lettuce
Shoprite (Ave's I and McDonald):
1.20 5.49 1.49
Fairway (Redhook):
1.09 5.49 1.89
C-Town (Argyle Road and Church Ave):
1.69 5.49 1.29 (small)
Golden Farm (Korean grocery)
Church Ave & E 4th St
Kensington, Brooklyn
Milk: $ 1.39
iceberg: $ 1.29
beer: $ 5.70
Fresh Direct--delivery service
Farmland whole milk--one quart: $1.19
iceberg lettuce: $1.99
six-pack Budweiser: $6.49
Delivers to many locations in NYC.
Prices tend to be on a par with Fairway, plus delivery charge and complication of ordering in advance, ordering enough to justify delivery charge.
By the way, is "Korean deli" an acceptable term for Korean listeners, or is it offensive? Would you say "Jewish deli" for a store owned by Jews that didn't sell particularly Jewish food? I realize Korean-owned delis are a fixture in NY but still cringed a little when Brian used the term on the air.
What do other listeners think?
1/4 milk= $1.20
Iceberg Lettuce= $1.59
6 Pack Budweiser= $5.49
Dear Brian
I collect this information in the Key Food
Corner of Main Street and Union Turnpike in Queens. 79-15 Main Street NY 11367
I listen to your show every day at work and it is my way of learn so much thing about US and NY.
Thank you Brian for all the work. Have a nice day!
Sincerely Florence
In NJ, only liquor stores and bars can sell beer. Our local Pathmark has a liquor store on the premises (as do many supermarkets):
Iceberg lettuce- 1.99
Quart PM whole milk- 1.49
6 pack Bud bottles- 5.49
-a quart of regular, non-organic whole milk $1.79
-a head of iceberg lettuce - $1.99
-a 6-pack of 12-ounce Budweiser (bottles) - $7.74
Upper West Side: Broadway & 85th Street
Broadway Farm
not surprising
Gristede's
262 West 96th Street (just west of Broadway)
Milk: $1.39
Iceberg Lettuce: $1.99
Budweiser 6-pack: $6.99
Milk $1.99
Lettuce .99
Bud 5.99
Trade Fair
37th Ave. between 75th and 76th Sts.
Milk $1.09
Lettuce 1.49
Bud 5.49
Met Foods
37th Ave. at 77th St.
See my entry below for store 1 block away
Gristede's, 26th St. between 8th and 9th Aves.
milk - $1.39
beer - 6.99
lettuce (iceberg) 1.99/lb
Milk -$1.39
Iceberg lettuce - $1.99/pound
6-pack of Bud - 6.99
Iceberg Lettuce- $1.99
Qt. milk (non-organic)-$1.39
Shop-Rite, Newton, NJ
Like many others, I was very surprised at the
high price of lettuce, and reatively low price of milk, given all I've heard of soaring milk
prices.
I was surprised that milk is $.30 more/qt at another Shop-rite in NJ
Milk: 1.39
Lettuce: 1.99
Budweiser: 6.99
Brooklyn: Clark St. and Henry
Gristede #544
Very surprised at recent jump in price of milk.
Waldbaums, Patchogue
Supermarket chain
Bud 6 pack $5.49
milk $1.25
iceberg lettuce $1.99
I don't really watch prices so have no idea what a good price is. I'm just asking to be 'gouged' I suppose.
Fine Fare Grocery
116th and Lenox
lettuce - $0.99
Beer - $6.99
Milk - no sticker price = Expensive
Not surprising -- Some items in Harlem are always way too expensive, and some are very cheap. Always an amazing disparity!
Milk: $1.29
Iceberg Lettuce: $1.49
Six-pack of Bud cans (no bottles): $6.69
At the Price Choice on Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood, Queens.
Iceberg Lettuce $1.79/head
Qt whole milk $1.20
6-pack Bud cans (no bottles available) $5.99
Foodtown - chain grocery store
To me the lettuce was high, the milk probably ok, and the beer is overpriced at any price.
Milk: 1.29
Lettuce 1.79
Bud 6 pack: 6.49
Stop and Shop, Port Chester, NY
Big, suburban grocery store
Surprised that the milk was not more expensive. I always buy organic, so I'm used to paying $4.00 for a half gallon.
Shoprite at 250 Route 59 Suffern NY.
Beer $5.29---Qt. milk (Shoprite brand)$1.15 Iceberg lettuce $1.49.
What a great idea. Can you imagine the fear the gougers are experiencing? Please expand this effort. A great consumer plus.
Milk: $ 1 (5 danish kroner)
Iceberg: $ 1.6 (8 danish kroner)
Beer (Carlsberg, not Budweiser): $ 6 (30 danish kroner)
Surprised, yes. I thought the low dollar, 25% VAT and the general higher cost of living here would make the goods much more expensive than NYC.
The store was Associated at 187 & Fort Washington. Milk was $1.29, Bud beer $5.99 and iceberg lettuce 3.00
milk $1.29
lettuce $1.99
beer $5.99
Associated-chain supermarket-81st and 1st
NOTE see comments 201 and 202 for comparison and discrepencies in these prices in same chain supermarket-- Associated (two in Manhattan, one in Bklyn)
milk $1.29
quart of milk- 1.25
iceberg lettuce- 1.49
6 pack of bud- 5.99
supermarket-court street and 2nd place
PathMark
145th&FDR
Milk - $1.20
Lettuce - $1.99
Beer - $5.69
I was surprised that these prices were lower than some of the other entries considering similar research compiled in Oakland, CA where groceries were higher in (I forget - either West or East - both low-income communities) Oakland than in Rockridge,CA (a high-income community also in the East Bay). I'll try to check out other stories in my neighborhood.
Jose's Bodega on Franklin ST. between Eagle and Dupont. Greenpoint ... the oily cream at the head of Brooklyn.
1/2 Gallon Milk: $2.39
Lettuce: $1.39
6 pack Bud: $6.00
"Coldest beer in the hood"!
He definitely moves a lot of beer!
If you want just one premium bottle
of Bud, it will cost you an extra
25 cents: $1.25. So get the six, save a buck fifty, and now you have no excuse not
to grab that iceberg! It's like Jose is
giving you 11 cents. Can't beat that with
stick!
1 qt. whole milk $1.19 1 head of iceberg lettuce $1.49 1 6 pack of "Bud",12 oz bottles, before tax and deposit $5.49 Key Food, moderate size supermarket,5th Ave between 43 and 44 St in Sunset Park. No surprises except differences in prices at other Key Foods, and from info of other supermarket stores in comments from same neighborhood being more expensive.
Food Emporium-East 14th Street and Union Square East.
Quart Whole Milk: $1.69
Iceberg Lettuce: $3.49 a head.
6-pack of Budweiser Beer: $6.49.
The Gramercy neighborhood is VERY expensive!
PS: Healthier red leaf or green leaf lettuce is only about $2.50 a head!
Milk: $1.69
Lettuce: $1.69
Bud Beer: 5:69
Name: Publix Supermarket (Think A&P or Dags)
Location: Major intersection U.S.1 & 8th Street, Homestead, Fl
Characteristic: Major supermarket chain
Surprised: No
Gristedes on B'way 170th
milk = 1.39
lettuce = 1.99
Bud = 6.49
I was surprised that the lettuce was more expensive than the milk.
Shoprite is the store; Located at 250 Rt 59 In Suffern NY. The beer=$5.29. the Lettuce $1.49. The milk= Shoprite brand,$1.15. Can you imagine the fear that the gougers are experiencing regarding this effort? GREAT.
Items priced at Key Food, off of West 5th street, on Neptune avenue.
Qt. whole milk -- $1.20
Iceberg lettuce -- $1.49
6-pack of 12 oz. Budweiser
(regular, not lite) bottles -- $5.99
Total basket = $8.68
The beer was $5.29--The milk (Shoprite brand) $1.15 the lettuce $1.49. What a great way to put pressure on the gougers. The store was Shoprite located at 250 Route 59 in Suffern New York.
Fine Fare 116th St and Lenox
Grocery Store
Lettuce $0.99
Beer $6.99
Milk no printed price -- which in this grocery store ALWAYS means it's expensive.
In this neighborhood, some things are shockingly more expensive than in wealthier neighborhoods, and some things are much cheaper. The disparity is always marked and amazing.
Milk: $1.20
Lettuce: $1.69
Beer: $5.29
Location: Key Food on 7th Ave. and Carroll St., Park Slope, Brooklyn
Hmm, looks like I'm getting a better deal than a lot of posters. That surprises me.
$1.65 -a quart of regular, non-organic whole milk
$1.99 -a head of iceberg lettuce
$8.00-a 6-pack of 12-ounce Budweiser (bottles)
These prices were from items at Tudor Farms, a 24-hour deli (not sure if Korean or Chinese) located in Tudor City, at the corner of 43rd Street and Tudor City Place. Not surprised by the prices, but that doesn't mean I don't think they're high.
milk: 1.39
lettuce: no iceberg lettuce for 2 days. other lettuce 1.99
bud 6-pak bottles: 6.99
Name: MET FOOD
Location: 530 Amsterdam AVe (85-86)
Characteristic: Asian owned neighborhood supermarket
Surprised: no
C-Town in Scarsdale, N.Y.
Qt. Milk: $1.27
Head of Iceberg Lettuce: $1.99
6 pk. of Budweiser 12 oz. bottles: $5.99
Looking @ the previous prices, these seem
in line!
whole milk (quart): 1.29 (Pathmark)
iceberg lettuce: 1.99 (Pathmark)
6pk Budweiser 12oz bottles: 4.49 (Total Wine and Liquors)
Pathmark does not sell beer or liquor. Total Wine... is where I buy all alcohol.
Somewhat surprised today at the price of iceberg lettuce which I don't usually buy and by the high cost of beer at other locations listed in the comments.
Milk: $1.27
Lettuce: $1.99
Beer: $5.99
I am submitting my entries for the food requested from c town supermarket:
Milk 1.27
Lettuce: 1.99
6 pk bud beer: 5.99
1 qt. milk 1.27
1 head Iceberg lettuce 1.99
6 pk Budweiser beer 5.99
Green Farm at 85 & Bway
Milk - $2.19 ($3.39 - 1/2 gallon)
Iceberg - $1.99 - not confirmed had to ask
Budweiser - $9.50
Everything here seemed expensive to me. I live in Brooklyn but was in the UWS and decided to scout while there.
Looking forward to seeing the results.
Iceberg lettuce: $1.49
Beer: $5.29
1 qt milk (hard to find in this size): $1.99
Surprised: not really -- I had thought grocery prices would be similar to New York
Milk (Quart, regular)...........$1.19
Iceberg lettuce (Cello).........$1.89
Beer (Budwr, 12 0z., 6-pack)....$5.49
Brian: This gouge/no gouge survey is a great idea; very interested to hear the results; look forward to more surveys*. You should discuss the idea/the concept/the audience as resource, in a segment. That would be very interesting.
*I do my own ongoing survey of two SI facing gas stations (as I ride by on my bike.)
Milk $1.29
Lettuce $1.99
Beer $7.00
And that's at the cheap deli on the corner of Metropolitan and Humboldt.
Price gouging survey
Whole milk: $1.20/quart America's Choice brand
Iceberg lettuce: $1.99/head
6-pack l20z bottles Bud Lite: $5.49
Food Emporium on Riverdale Ave at about 258th St. in the Bronx; smallish neighborhood supermarket frequented by the large number of elderly Jewish population residing there. In a strip mall that includes several kosher stores selling the same products.
No surprises; the lettuce is expensive all over.
ShopRite (supermarket)
372 Broadway, Hillsdale NJ
Milk: 1.19; Lettuce: 1.49; Beer: 4.99 (surprising)
A&P (supermarket, grand reopening)
199 Kinderkamack Rd., Park Ridge NJ
Milk: 1.29; Lettuce: 1.69; Beer: not available
Milk: $1.49
Lettuce: $1.99
Beer: $5.99
If you want the least expensive food in the city, move to Staten Island or take your car to a large supermarket there!
at the tribeca food emporium, greenwich st. and duane st.:
lettuce-2.49
beer-6.49
milk-1.20
Milk: $2.99 (only organic available)
Romain lettuce: $1.99
6 Pk Bud :$6.99
Brooklyn Natural Foodstore on Morgan Ave. Only shop in the neighborhood, they need some competition to keep them honest.....
A&P, Pascack Road Washington Township
Milk $1.19 paper carton, store brand
Iceberg Lettuce $1.99
Budweiser, They don't sell beer.
Price of lettuce is high.
September 28, 2007
Sunset Park
qt. milk $1.20
beer $5.59
lettuce $1.50
C-Town
8th Ave between 45th & 46th Street
Sunset Park, Brooklen
Supermarket chain
(Some milk postings above are prbably for gal. or 1/2 gal.)
milk $1.16
lettuce $1.79
beer $5.99
Associated-chain supermarket- 96th and Lex
not suprised
Associated Supermarket, 650 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn
Qt milk $1.09
Head Iceberg lettuce $1.49
6 pk Budweiser $6.99
No surprises
Gristides- Always higher than rival Key Food.
Milk--$1.39
Iceberg Let. 1.99
6PACK -6.99+ Deposit
lettuce - $1.50
qt. milk - $1.30
6 pack of Bud - bottles - $5.49
milk $1.16
lettuce $1.79
beer $5.99
Associated-chain supermarket-96th and Lex
not surprised
Gristede's - Hudson and Bank Streets
Milk: $1.49
Lettuce: $1.99
Beer: $7.99
D'Agostinos - Greenwich and Bethune Streets
Milk: $1.59
Lettuce: $2.29
Beer: $6.49
I was surprised beer was cheapr at D'ags, historically an expensive family-owned chain.
Milk: $ 1.09
Bud: $ 6.49
Lettuce: $ 1.99
Associates Supermarket, Ave C bet 7-8 St.
Food Basics
Lincoln Ave. Hawthorne, NJ
Milk: $1.16
Iceberg: $0.98
Beer: $5.48
Food City, 94th and Columbus Avenue
1Qt. milk 2.49
1 head iceberg lettuce, 1.99
6 Pack of Budweiser, 120z bottles, 5.69
Foodtown, Restoration Plaza (Fulton St & Marcy)
milk = $1.20
iceberg lettuce = $1.99
beer = $6.49
seems about standard. I need to check the Met Food up the block at Lafayette & Garvey.
Gristedes at 32nd & Third Avenue
Milk $1.39
Lettuce $1.99
Bud $6.99
Not surprised by prices since this neighborhood is full of young people who do not do serious food shopping or care about prices and the stores count on that.
This is my second entry ( see #15)
Pathmark Gowanus #642
1-37 12th Street
Brooklyn New York 11216
Milk ...whole ...qt. 299
Iceberg Lettuce 1.99
Bud Beer $5.69
I was shocked at the price of whole milk... considering that this is a chain store that buys in bulk...all their prices were high...I don't think I will shop there any more
Village Market, Malverne, NY
Milk,qt,reg-----$1.39
Lettuce----------$1.99
6-pak-Bud------$5.99
Pathmark, Garden City Park, NY
Milk,qt,reg------$1.20
Lettuce----------$1.99
6-Pak-Bud------$5.79
looks like there's a lettuce sale going on out here.
(Site omitted in last post)
Quart whole milk (Tuscan Brand): 1.59
Head Iceberg lettuce (Foxy Brand, just over 1 pound): 2.29
6 Pack 12 oz bottles bud: 6.49
D'Agostino 91st & Columbus
Milk: $1.20
Head of Iceberg: $1.49
Bud: $5.49
Store Name: Scaturro's
Location: 64th Street & 11th Avenue (Borough Park)
Quart whole milk (Tuscan Brand): 1.59
Head Iceberg lettuce (Foxy Brand, just over 1 pound): 2.29
6 Pack 12 oz bottles bud: 6.49
Village Market, Malverne, NY
Milk,qt,reg-----$1.39
Lettuce----------$1.99
6-pak-Bud------$5.99
Pathmark, Garden City Park, NY
Milk,qt,reg------$1.20
Lettuce----------$1.99
6-Pak-Bud------$5.79
looks like there's a lettuce sale going on out here.
Milk 1.39
Iceburg 1.39
Bud 5.99
Tops on the waterfront N6th and Whythe
Let's see what happens when all the new highrises fill up with consumers
Brookdale ShopRite - Broad Street and Bellevue Avenue, Bloomfield, New Jersey. Upper middle class neighborhood, serves Montclair
Milk: $1.39
Lettuce $1.99 each
Beer: 5.49
Westside Market - Broadway between 76th & 77th (open 24 hrs)
Milk: 1.09
Lettuce: 1.69
Beer: each bottle of Bud was marked 1.29 (1.29 x 6 = 7.74), yet the cashier told me a six pack was 7.99 plus deposit and tax. One would think that buying in larger quantities would be less expensve. For example, the price of milk was 1.99 for a half gallon. The price of a half gallon of milk has risen probably 75 cents since the beginning of the year. We've been told that the government controls the price of milk. The cost of gasoline at the retail level has risen this year, and has also fell sharply, but the cost of milk remains high (and is higher in NJ). Why?
Iceberg lettuce: $1.29/head
Nonorganic whole milk: $1.29/qt.
Budweiser 12oz. bottles: $5.99/6pk.
Met Foods -- mid-size supermarket
E 35 St. (Snyder St./Tilden Av.)
Brooklyn
Fresh Direct
Qt. milk: 1.19
Iceberg: 1.99
Bud 6-pack 6.49
of course, you don't have to tote it home, but you have to tip AND pay delivery, so maybe this doesn't count
Gristedes on 9th Ave. between 24th & 23rd Streets:
This is the grocery store closest to where I live. Prices for these items are as follows:
--1 quart milk: $1.49
--1 head iceberg lettuce: $1.99
--1 6-pack bottled Budweiser: $6.99
Gristedes at 8th Ave. & 26th Street:
Prices for Bud & iceberg were same as above, but a quart of milk goes for ten cents less: $1.39.
In both locations the lettuce looked pretty disgusting. AND I should have, but didn't, check the outdates on the milk cartons at either store; we all should do that, so please mention this to other listeners.
Usually I buy milk by the half gallon; the cheapest deal for that near where I live is at, believe it or not, Whole Foods ($1.99).
I look forward to hearing the results of this survey.
Gristede's at Sheridan Sq. and W. 4th
neighborhood supermarket
milk $1.39
lettuce $l.99
beer $11.99 for 12 -pack (no six-packs)
Slightly cheaper than Dag's (see yesterday) but about average for this neighborhood.
No surprise - but the cost of orange juice has jumped 50 cents to $1 on gallons! Another staple. Why the sudden rise in milk?
Gristede's, Sheridan Square at West 4th
neighborhood supermarket
lettuce 1.99
milk 1.39
beer 11.99 (12 pack- no 6 pack)
Better than D'Ags but still high for the season- I do better on produce at the sidewalk vendor on W. 4th St.
For Reference:
These are the WHOLESALE prices that the business owners pay:
Milk: $1.08...the store charges $1.99
Lettuce: person did not know
Bud: approx $3.25-$3.50...the store charges $10.00
Midtown east is a very expensive neighborhood. Most stores need to double the wholesale price to make a living, which is what this store does. Rent, taxes, utilities, goods lost to spoilage, salaries, insurance, garbage hauling fees, maintenance on store, and so on need to come out of the the other half of what the store charges so how can we define what is gouging? Cost of goods is only one portion of the final cost of the product. To intimate to people that they may be getting "gouged" is unfair for the owners, who risk their capital and spend their time nurturing these businesses and who are obviously providing what the market demands. It would have been less inflammatory if you had not used the word "gouged" but rather said it was research into the real cost of goods and to see where the money was going, and after the research came out the notion of gouging could be reviewed. It is irresponsible of you to lead these customers into thinking that they are being "gouged" (as some of these posts show) before they have all the information (which I'm sure you will discuss in your show but haven't yet).
Met Food, 86th and Amsterdam 10024:
Milk: 1.39
Bud: 5.99
'berg: 1.99
Key Food
Yellowstone Blvd between Queens Blvd & Gerard Pl.
Milk: $1.29
Lettuce: $1.99
Beer: $5.59 for Bud Lite 6-pack
$9.99 for Bud regular 12-pack
Surprised at cost of lettuce -- everything else is usually less expensive than in Manhattan.
Gristedes
Sheridan Square (W.4th St between Barrow and Grove)
Milk: $1.39
Lettuce: $1.99
Beer: $6.99
No surprises.
Fairway B'way and 74th
iceberg $1.89 nice big head
milk $1.09 qt
Bud (why???) $5.79
This is my second store my other one is Shoprite in Hillsdale. It's number 104 on the list. This is Kings Supermarket also in Hillsdale, NJ. The prices are:
Quart of whole milk. $1.19 or $1.24 depending on the brand. They are both in paper cartons, not plastic bottles.
Iceburg Lettuce $1.19.
They don't sell beer.
In New Jersey a supermarket can get a license to sell beer, wine and liquor if they have a separate entrance and exit from the store even though they can have a door that leads into the main store from the inside of the buildings. It's kind of stupid really. So what else is new.
I'm surprised at the different prices in the same chain stores. I suspect it's a combination of local competition and the economic level of the neighborhood or town.
I shop at Gristedes (the only supermarket on the island).
Prices:
quart of nonorganic milk @1.39
head of iceberg lettuce $1.99
6-pack of 12oz Budweiser $6.99
iceberg lettuce - $1.50
quart of milk - $1.30
6 pack Bud - bottles - $5.49
Sorry to intrude with this comment but after reviewing the preliminary results and seeing my neighborhood listed as "Hudson Heights" several times, I feel I must. My beloved Washington Heights has been riven in 2 by some real estate brokers looking ro rent more apartments at higher prices up in the north, seeking to tar the southern part of the nabe to be some den of thieves. Which its not. It's just as nice, with some ethnic flavor and no yuppie bars and shops. Yet. So George Washington, si! Hendrik Hudson, no!
iceberg lettuce - $1.50
quart of milk - $1.30
6 oack of bud - bottles - $5.49
12 pack 12 oz bottles - $10.99 Couldn't find 6 pack
head of iceberg lettuce $1.69
quart tegular milk $1.09
I haven't done the investigation yet, but I wanted to mention that some grocery stores in NJ DO sell beer (example: A&P in Fanwood; Trader Joe's in Westfield). I assume they need a special liquor license, but they do exist in NJ.
-Quart of Milk:$1.59
-Head of iceberg lettuce: $1.99
-6-pack of 12-ounce Budweiser (bottles): $11.94
ERNEST KLEIN & CO GOURMET FOODS
1366 6TH AVE. @55TH ST., New York, NY 10019
Painfull
Iceberg Lettuce 2.99
Six Pack of Bud 12 oz bottles 6.49
Qt of regular milk 1.59
These were the prices at a large chain supermarket on Third Avenue between 82nd and 83rd Sts
September 27, 2007
Sunset Park, Bklyn
Iceberg lettuce: $1.49
1 qt. Milk $1.19
6-pack Bud beer $5.49
Key Food, 5th Ave&44 St. Bklyn
Type: Supermarket chain
ShopRite @ Avenue I and MacDonald, Brooklyn 11230
Milk $1.19
Iceberg $1.49
Bud six pack $5.49
The lettuce seems high, but then we don't buy iceberg
Milk: $1.23
Lettuce: $1.69
Beer: $5.99
Key Food Supermarket
105th St. & Rockaway Beach Blvd.
Rockaway Park, Queens 11694
lettuce 2.29
milk 1.29
Buddweiser 6.79
Associated Supermarket
iceburg lettuce 2.29
quart milk 1.29
Buddweiser 6.79
Small, Korean market named Hans on the NW corner of Broadway and 93rd.
Qt of whole, non-organic milk: $1.49
Head of iceberg lettuce: $1.79
6 pack of Bud in bottles: $7.99
I was curious to compare prices here to those at Food Emporium (90th & Bdwy) where I also shop. Not surprised the beer was more expensive at the small market. I was pleasantly surprised to see the cost of produce cheaper here (and it's much nicer looking as well).
Food Emporium on Broadway at 90th street:
Qt whole, non-organic Milk: $1.39
Iceberg Lettuce: $2.49
6-pack Bud in bottles: $6.49
I was very surprised at the cost of a head of iceberg lettuce! I never buy it, but I would have predicted it was cheaper than romaine or another type.
Mike (non organic whole): $1.59
Budweiser (6 pack, bottle): $6.64
Lettuce: $2.29
Store: D'agostino's
Location: 17th St between 7th and 8th Ave, Manhattan
Reaction: Furious about the price of milk, which was just recently increased. Refuse to shop there even when desperately need milk for coffee and the store is right across the street.
milk: $1.20
lettuce: $2.49
beer:$6.49 I don't think bottle dep. is included.
Food Emporium, 68th and Broadway. I already know this place is a total rip.
A & P 575 Boston Post Rd.
Port Chester, NY
Milk - $1.20
Lettuce - $1.99
Beer - $5.49
Fairway - Broadway@74th street (Manhattan)
Discount green-grocer/gourmet supermarket on steroids
Milk: 1.09
Lettuce 1.89
Beer: 5.79
Prices lower than Food Emporium ... I was not surprised.
NB This is my second entry in my neighborhood ... the previous being Food Emporium .... a standard chain supermarket. We shop both places.
I typically shop at three places, Zeytuna, Jubilee and Whole Foods, each for different items; I priced two:
Zeytuna:
corner of John and William Streets, Manhattan
private "gourmet" grocer
qt whole milk: $1.29
iceberg: $1.99
Bud: (not unexpectedly) no 6-pack bottles of Bud
Only surprised they had iceberg lettuce; do people actually eat that stuff or are they feeding it to their pet turtles and lizards?
Their 22-24oz Belgians trend cheaper than Whole Foods (but latter has better variety, at least in Chelsea).
Jubilee:
a block east at corner of John and Gold, Manhattan
private grocer
qt whole milk: $1.19
iceberg: $1.99
Bud 6-pack bottles: $8.00
$8 for Bud??
1 Qt Whole Milk: $1.19
Head of Iceberg Lettuce: $1.49
6 Pack Budweiser Bottles: $4.99
Location:
Fine Fare Supermarket
545 Grand Street
NY, NY 10002
This is a smallish supermarket at the far end of Grand Street near FDR serving the local coops and projects.
There is a slightly more upscale Fine Fare on Clinton street near Grand a few blocks away.
I was surprised and thought these prices would be higher.
Milk $1.59
Lettuce $1.49
Beer - My supermarket doesn't sell beer, so the next closest thing was O'Doul's non-alcoholic beer. A six-pack of Amber in bottles costs $4.99
Location: American Legion Drive, Teaneck, NJ
Name of Store: Stop and Shop
Type of Store: Chain grocery store
Surprised: Not really, more surprised that they didn't sell beer, because I have seen it in other supermarkets in NJ.
Milk - $1.29 / quart
Lettuce - $1.99 / head of iceberg
Beer - $5.99 / 6 pack Bud bottles
Massapequa Park / Clark Blvd & Park Blvd
IGA Supermarket
D'Agostino's, 666 Greenwich St, nearest supermarket to several mew expensive developments and one middle-income (West Village Houses)
milk:$1.59
lettuce: $2.29
beer: $6.49
Surprised? No. This is why I seldom shop here, only when they have sales.
I bike to farther markets since price of milk went up, even CVS, National Wholesale Dist.(Bway/Bleecker) has cheaper milk. Produce too (Western Beef) and don't buy beer. Thanks for saving me research time!
Gristedes on 1st ave btw 66th and 67
milk - 1.39
lettuce 1.99
bud 6.99
Brookdale ShopRite Broad Street and Bellevue Avenue, Bloomfield, New Jersey
Upper middle class neighborhood, serves Montclair
Milk: 1.39
Iceberg Lettuce 1.99
Beer: 5.49
Another item to look at would be Dannon Yogurt.
The 6 oz. Light & Fit brand has been priced from $ 1.50 at Lenny's on 74th St. & Columbus Ave. to $0.69 at Barzini's on Broadway & 90th St. At the corner bodegas, on the streets in between, I have seen prices range from $1.00 to $1.25
Essex street market (Delancey and Essex)
Bautista Mini Market
Milk $1.49
Lettuce $.99 / $1.29
Beer $5
I love this market!
Milk: $1.59
iceberg lettuce: $2.49
6 pack of Bud: $6.49
This is D'Agostino's and I think their prices are VERY high. They take advantagee of being neighborhood stores!
Your unstated assumptions ignore extrodiarily important factors in retail pricing for small business.
Small businesses do not have fixed predictable costs. Costs such as; labor, cost of goods, rent, department of labor experience rating for unemployment insurance, utilities, waste removal, insurance and professional services as well as rate of turn on inventory all vary greatly from business to business and determine rate of mark up on wholesale cost. Hence retail pricing to consumers varies greatly.
Franks Gourmet Market
807 W. 187th St.
Manhattan
Milk: $1.39
Ice Berg Lettuce: Did not have
Budweiser: $6.99
Associated Food Market
Ft. Washington Ave. at 187th St.
Manhattan
Milk: $1.29
Ice Berg Lettuce: $1.50
Budweiser: $5.99
This is a small, full service, supermarket.
Ahns Market
814 W. 187th St.
Manhattan
Milk: $1.50
Ice Berg Lettuce: $1.49
Budweiser (cans) $6.00
Jins Superette
804 W. 181st St.
Manhattan
Milk: $1.39
Ice Berg Lettuce: $1.99
Budweiser $6.00
Smile Deli
758 W. 181st St.
Manhattan
Milk: $1.39
Ice Berg Lettuce: $1.59
Budweiser: $6.50
Ice berg lettuce hard to find, not in the cooler with other kinds.
Milk: $1.59
Lettuce: $2.29
Budweiser: $6.49
Name: Dagostino's
Location: 3rd Ave & E 38th St.
Characteristic: Typical city supermarket chain
Surprised: I always feel gouged, which is why I shop in NJ when I can
Items at Pathmark, Staten Island - Port Richmond (Forest Ave)
Milk: $1.20 / Quart
Lettuce: $1.99 / Head
Beer: $5.79 / six-pack
Not surprised, although I never could get why something as flavorless as Iceberg Lettuce demands such a high price.
Star Food Corp
151st & Frederick Douglass Blvd, Manhattan
Qt. Whole Milk: $1.89
Iceberg Head: $2.50
Bud 6-pack: $6.00
This is a middle-eastern-run bodega several blocks between a Pathmark and an Associated. I'm not surprised by these prices although prices on other items can widely vary.
Milk: $1.29
Lettuce: $0.99
Budweiser: $5.99
Location: Clinton Hill, Brooklyn
Associated Market, 367 Waverly Ave
(btwn Lafayette and Greene)
Typs: Small neighborhood supermarket. Staff and management are mostly Dominican and plesantly laid back.
Surprised? No. I shop here several times a week and know that they offer good prices on basics. They've recently started stocking some organic and luxury products, with prices higher than Whole Foods(!), to improve their profit margin at the expense of newcomers who can afford million-dollar townhouses. But the staples are always cheaper than in, say Brooklyn Heights.
1 quart Whole Milk $2.29
1 head of iceberg lettuce: $2.49
1 12 package of bottles - Budweiser: $8.99
Food Emporium 90th and Broadway
Wow - looking at previous posts, these seem to be the highest prices! I'm pretty shocked.
1 qt milk - $1.20
large iceberg lettuce - $1.99
6 Budweiser bottles - $5.79 + tax + deposit
Inwood PathMark - 410 207th St, Manhattan
I was surprised at the skyrocketing price of milk. A few months ago it was $.69, then a ten cent hike became a weekly event, like the price of gas, I guess.
Good to know that the prices at the uptown and downtown Fairways are the same.
I noticed that uptown and downtown Fairway's prices are identical, but Red Hook is higher. Could be the toll across the Williamsburg Bridge?
I always thought that Fairway had the lowest prices in town, but some of the other shops have them beat- except for the bodegas and small Asian stores.
I was surprised at the price of iceberg lettuce in general, and in the course of just a few months the price of milk skyrocketed from $.69 to $1.09. The ten cent hikes seemed to be a weekly event.
Iceberg lettuce (large head) $1.89
Quart whole milk (non-organic) 1.09
6 pack of Bud (bottles) 5.79
Fairway Market, W. 74 & 75 St., Broadway
Shop Rite
Summit, NJ
Suburban Supermarket Chain:
Quart Whole Milk: $1.69
Head of Iceberg Lettuce: $1.49
Beer: Not Available
Whole Foods Market
Millburn, NJ
Quart of Whole Milk: $1.19
Head of Iceberg Lettuce: $1.99
(While the item and price were posted, I did not actually see any iceberg. Head of Romaine was available and posted at $1.79)
Beer: Not Available
I was very surprised at the price of milk at Shoprite. Perhaps people in the suburbs buy in larger quantities, hence the need to gouge items that come in smaller units? (The cost of a gallon of milk was $4.19)
Milk: $1.59
Lettuce: $1.99
Beer: $4.99
Location: Kearny Shop Rite, on the boarder of Kearny, East Newark, and Newark.
Also note: This location charges 3 1/2 % sales tax as opposed to the regular 7%.
Final Note: FYI Beer is not commonly available in grocery stores in New Jersey, this one had an attached liqour store from which I priced the beer.
Milk: $1.49
Lettuce: $1.99
Budweiser: N/A
Name: Pathmark
Location: 895 Paulison Ave, Clifton, NJ 07011
Characteristic: Lower Middle-class suburban supermarket.
Surprised: Yes, milk prices go up every time I look. Has an early frost decimated our cows?
head of iceberg lettuce, nice and large, $1.99
quart of whole milk, paper carton, $1.20
6-pack Bud in cans $5.69
Pathmark, Aguilar Street, Flushing, Queens, NY
clean store, ethnically diverse neighborhood
Beer: $6.99
Milk: $1.39
Lettuce: $1.99
Location: 86th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues in Manhattan (Upper East Side neighborhood)
Store: Gristedes
Characteristics: I chose Gristedes (a large regional supermarket) because it represents a good average price for my neighborhood. Eli Zabar's and others are probably more expensive; Associated and specialty stores are much cheaper for certain items.
Surprised: Yes, the lettuce is ridiculous--should be like $.79 for this almost nutrient-absent, hybrid food. Also, I did notice that someone at THE SAME CHAIN only a couple blocks away paid $.20 more for the same milk.
Foodtown at McDonald Ave. and Albermarle Rd. Keningston Brooklyn
iceberg lettuce: $1.40
milk: $1.20
beer: $5.99
Milk $1.39 or $1.49 depending on brand!!!!
Lettuce $1.64
both at IGA supermarket in Redding CT.
We can't buy beer at the grocery store here in CT.
Budweiser at the Package store $5.52 + 30 cents bottle deposit
Very surprised at the price of iceberg. Didn't think it would be that much.
Store name: Key Food
Location: Myrtle ave at summerfield st.
Queens NY 11385
1 qt Tuscan whole milk 1.39
1 head iceberg lettuce 1.49
Six pack 12oz Budweiser 5.59
-John E
Milk: $ 1.49
Iceberg lettuce : $ 1.69
Bud: $ 6.00
Prices seem to be reasonable.
Milk: 1.39
Lettuce: 1.99
Beer: 6.99
Gristedes 504 Columbus (84-85)
milk $1.39
lettuce $1.99
beer $6.99
surprised? As a non-car owner, it's surprising to think about how gasoline really is one of the cheapest liquids you can buy. Milk, beer, juice & even water costs more per gallon than gasoline.
Milk: $1.59
Lettuce: $1.99
Beer: $4.99
Milk & lettuce from Kings Supermarket in Hoboken North on Shipyard Lane. The beer is from Sparrow Wine & Liquor next to Kings on Shipyard Lane.
Kings is a small, but nice, chain grocery store; Sparrow is a small, but nice, chain liquor store!
I'm not surprised about the food...Kings wants to be gourmet and charges as such. The beer seems really cheap though!
Milk: $4.99 for a gallon of non-organic whole milk (I didn't realize the assignment was for a quart)
Iceberg: $1.99
Beer: Could not locate Budweiser, only Bud Lite, which was a whopping $12.99 per 6 pack of 12 oz. bottles
This is a high end, gourmet-type market which also sells premium hors d'oeuvres (pates, caviar, etc.) in a high rent district
Milk $1.19
iceberg lettuce $1.59
6-pack Bud 6.29
Found in Boerum Hill, Smith & Baltic
Met Food
Surprised? No-- But it was hard to find a quart of whole milk.
A&P Fanwood, NJ (There's only one)
Moooo - $1.26
Crunch - $1.99
Bud - $5.99
Wow, the city is cheaper than the 'burbs. Who'd a thunk!
milk: $1.89
iceburg: $1.99
beer: $5.79
Palmer's Market, Darien...might as well be living in New York
Location: Fine Fare at 200th(Dyckman) and Broadway, Manhattan
Milk $1.29
Iceberg lettuce $1.79
6-pack of Bud $6.99
Location: Fine Fare at 200th(Dyckman) and Broadway, Manhattan
Milk $1.29
Iceberg lettuce $1.79
6 of Bud $6.99
Food Emporium 2000 B'way (@68th St)
Milk: 1.20
Lettuce: 2.49
Beer: 6.49
Re crowd sourcing
Gristedes 65th and 1st Ave
Quart of milk $1.39
Head of iceberg Lettuce $1.99
Six pack of Budweiser $6.99
I was not surprised Prices have been going up. I have noted milk in particular.
Key Foods--family owned chain
11th ave and Prospect Ave.
Milk 1.20
lettuce 1.59
Beer 5.99
An aside: they wrap any three organic vegetables or fruits in a styrofoam tray and wrap in cellophane and charge 3.99 or 4.99 whether it is three onions or three peaches. I would love to hear about another crowdsourcing project that prices the organic foods variances throughout the city.
Milk is $1.25
There is no lettuce
A 6-pack of 12-ounce Budweiser (bottles) is $7.00
@ K&H Deli/Supermarket
6th ave & 20th St in Brooklyn
Korean deli
Not surprised, given the price wars between delis in this neighborhood... there is no well-stocked supermarket for about 6 blocks.
Milk $1.29/qt
Iceberg lettuce $1.50/head
6-pack Bud in glass $5.99
Associated supermarket, 529 Fort Washington Ave @187th St. I'm not surprised.
Iceberg lettuce: $1.99
Milk (1qt): $1.25
Budweiser (6 pack - cans only): $5.69
Associated Supermarket
802 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn
Surprised: No
Associated Supermarket Morton Williams 278 Park Ave. South @22nd St.
Milk: $1.29
Lettuce: $1.99
Beer: $5.99
This is a supermarket in a busy residential/commerial upscale area of Manhattan. It sits at the base of a high rise luxury condominium building. It is in the Gramercy Park/Flatiron district.
Milk $1.39
Iceberg (spelled "iceburg") lettuce $1.99
Bud 6-pack $6.99
Gristedes 89th and Lexingtion in Manhattan
Surprised? Nope - items in this store are always overpriced.
Fairway, 74th & Broadway:
milk - $1.09
Bud - $5.79
lettuce - $1.49
Pioneer, 74th & Columbus:
milk - $1.09
Bud - $5.94
lettuce - $1.49
Iceberg Lettuce $1.49
Budweiser 6 pack of 12 ounce bottles $4.99
Shoprite brand quart whloe milk, $1.19
A bit surprised the beer was less than $5.00, the other prices are normal non-sale prices.
milk: $1.10
lettuce: $1.29
beer: $5.29
Astoria--Bravo supermarket--35th street & 34th avenue
newest supermarket in an area w/ several others
not surprised
At the Food Emporium at 81st and East End
Milk $1.49
Iceburg Lettuce, cello wrapped $1.99
(hidden in the corner far from the pricier greens)
^-Pack Bud bottles $6.99
Milk $1.27
Iceberg Lettuce $1.99
Beer $5.99
DeCicco Market
Christie Pl.
Scarsdale Village
A & P 87 Main St.
Hastings-on-Hudson
Milk: $ 1.20
iceberg: $ 1.99
beer: $ 5.49
no surprises here
Food Emporium, Greenwich St, Tribeca
Milk - $1.20
Iceberg Lettuce - $2.49
6 pack Bud - $6.49
I'm not surprised that the food emporium is right up there for high prices (except for milk, which seems low, as it should be, since it goes bad about three days after you buy it).
I shop three different places:
Whole Food in Chelsea
CVS on 25th & 6th
Fresh Direct (internet)
These three prices are from Fresh Direct:
Whole Milk = $1.19
Iceberg Lettuce = $1.99
Budweiser Beer/6 pack = $6.49
I however routinely buy enriched non fat milk, more expensive types of lettuce, and non-domestic beer.
I was not surprised by the Fresh Direct prices.
Milk: $1.69
Lettuce: $0.99 on sale, reg.$1.99
This is from a Shop Rite in Bound Brook NJ.
Recently, I was shocked to find a price difference of $0.70 in a gallon of milk sold there and at a Shop Rite in Hillsborough, 15 minutes away.
Westside Market (110th & Bway)
Milk $1.15
Iceberg $1.69
6-pack Budweiser $7.14
D'Agostino (110th & Bway)
Milk $1.49
Iceberg $1.59
6-pack Budweiser $6.49
As much as I would like to state that there maybe price gouging I am also forced to state that depending on the location one is likely to find that the Retail outlets pay different rents. Thus the costs to the Retailer are going to be different and thus I am not sure if there is a fairness in stating that it is price gouging.
Price for a six pack of Bud in cans:
6 X $6.75 = $40.50 !
This is at Shea Stadium. At least they open it for you.
Surprised? Not if the Bullpen is strong. Lately though the price is getting a bit surprising, yes.
@ Associated, on 5th Ave. btw Union St. and President St. in Park Slope:
- 1 qt milk = 1.19
- 1 head iceberg lettuce = 1.69
- no beer sold here
I buy just about everything but my produce (and beer) here. I'm surprised the iceberg lettuce costs so much, and I'm surprised how much the cost of milk has gone up. It can't have been too long ago (within the past year?) that I was buying 1 qt milk at Associated for 85 cents.
milk - 1.50
lettuce - 2.29
bud beer - 10.99
D'agastino on Lexington b'twn 35th st. & 36th st
I was shocked.
Then went to my local Gourmet Garage on the corner or Mercer & Broome in Soho
1 milk 1.29
1 ice lettuce 1.50
beer - no bud but premium beer starts at 10.99
Fairway, 125th off Henry Hudson Pkwy.
1 Qt Whole Milk $1.09
Iceberg Lettuce $1.89
Budweiser 12oz. bottles (18 Pack) $14.99
(didn't have 6-packs)
Was surprised to find prices lower than at my neighborhood supermarket (which I checked out the day before). A checkout clerk told me that Firway's milk is the cheapest in the city.
Food Emporium on Broadway and 90th Street
Milk: $1.39
Lettuce: 2.49
Beer: $6.49
I was surprised by the milk. I feel like it was just $1.03
Foxy iceberg $3.99 (organic is all they stock)
Milk $1.39
Bud long neck $ 6.49
Food Emporium
Madison 87/88sts.
Neighborhood: Upper East Side
Gristedes, East End Ave at 81st St., a small supermarket
Whole Milk: $1.59/qt
Lettuce: $1.99
Beer: $6.99
Surprised by the cost of milk, but then it seems to go up every week.
At Livingston Shop-Rite, Livingston, NJ:
1 quart whole milk: $1.35
same for low fat.
1/2 gallon of both: $2.69
Shim Si grocery - Korean deli 524 Columbus bet 85-86
milk $1.89
lettuce $1.99
beer $7.00
surprised? Yes, since I don't buy iceberg lettuce or beer, and only buy organic milk.
Milk - $1.59
Iceberg Lettuce - $1.79
6-pk. Bud bottles - $5.99
Trumbull Super Stop & Shop
Trumbull, CT
National supermaret chain
Surprised - thought I'd get better prices than smaller markets and delis in the city. These are comparable and, sometimes, higher. Disappointing.
Food Emporium on Quaker Ridge Road New Rochelle
Milk...$1.20
Lettuce....$1.99
Beer.........$5.49 + deposit.
The price of iceberg lettuce surprised me. I remember when it was 49 cents and overpriced at that.
Bud: 5.49
lettuce: 1.59
milk: 1.29
in general I thought these prices were high - but not when I looked at others.
quart of milk--$1.15
iceberg lettuce--$1.69
no Budweiser beer at this store! (many other kinds, though...)
West Side Market
Broadway and 110th Street
Not surprised, as I shop here frequently and find the prices fair (although I NEVER buy iceberg lettuce!).
East Village - 4th St and 2 Ave
East Village Farms Health Food & Grocery -- Bodega, family owned, I believe.
Whole Milk - $1.99
Iceberg - $1.99
6-pack Bud - $8.94 ($1.49 per bottle, didn't see any 6-pack-specific price)
Surprised - Somewhat when compared the prices to some of the other listings here. Expected it to be cheaper than Whole Foods, for example. But this bodega is at a major intersection in the East Village, so no real bewilderment here.
Lettuce 1.29
Milk 1.39
Beer 5.79
Golden Farms 24 hour multi-ethnic large fruit-veg grocery
Church Avenue and E. 4th Street
whole milk 1 qt. $1.25
iceberg lettuce $1.99
6 pack Bud bottles $5.49
All food has gone up considerably in the last year. It's awful!!
Met Food Markets
632 Vanderbilt Avenue
btwn Prospect Place and Park Place
milk - $1.19
lettuce - $1.49
beer - $5.99
Not surprised by the prices, but I was surprised by the quality of iceberg lettuce: every head I picked up was rotten to the point of dripping. (Blech!)
Whole Milk quart - $1.49 (store brand)
Iceberg lettuce head - $1.99
both from Montclair Pathmark Supermarket Bloomfield Avenue at Grove Street.
Budwiser 6 pack of bottles - $6.05
from Romany Liquor Shop 227 Glen Ridge Ave Montclair. (no alcohol in supermarket)
Not surprised as I don't ever buy any of these.
Milk: $1.39
Lettuce: $0.99
Bud: $5.49
Name: Food Bazaar
Location: 21 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206
Characteristic: Mid-sized supermarket.
Surprised: Yes, compared to the prices below.
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Milk: $1.29
Lettuce: $1.79
Bud: $5.49
Name: La Famosa
Location: Corner of Broadway and Malcolm X Blvd., Brooklyn, NY 11221
Characteristic: Neighborhood bodega
Surprised: $1.79 for iceberg lettuce?!
Milk: $1.39
Lettuce: $1.99
Budweiser: $5.49
Name: Shop-Rite
Location: 1409 Broad St, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
Characteristic: Middle-class suburban supermarket.
Surprised: By the milk and lettuce, yes, but not by the beer. As mentioned above, NJ laws on alcohol vary by municipality.
Milk - $2.59
Iceberg Lettuce - $1.29
6-pack Bud bottles - $6.00
Essex Market
120 Essex Street
New York, NY
Gentrifying Hispanic market
Not surprised
Iceberg lettuce - $1.99
1 qt. whole milk - $1.20
6-pack Bud (bottles) - $5.99 (on sale, don't know the regular price)
Key Food, Montague St. betw. Hicks & Henry
Also:
Iceberg lettuce - $1.99
1 qt. whole milk - $1.39
6-pack Bud (bottles) - $6.99
Gristede's - Henry St. betw. Pineapple & Clark
Surprised? No, I knew Gristede's would be more.
1 Quart wh. Milk: $1.19
Lettuce: $0.99
6 pack Budweiser can: $5.49
Store: Key Food
Location:120 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217-3226
Type Of Store:Large Supermarket
I was not really suprised
One quart regular milk: $1.09
Iceberg lettuce: $1.89
Six-pack 12 oz. Bud: $5.49
Store: Fairway Market
Location: Van Brunt Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn
Type of store: Large supermarket/regular and high-end
Surprised: yes, given it was Fairway, I thought it would be more expensive
Milk: $1.19
Lettuce: $1.69
Budweiser: N/A (New Jersey)
Name: Whole Foods
Location: 235 Prospect Ave, West Orange, NJ
Characteristic: You know, whole foods!
Surprised: No.
iceberg lettuce $1.99
6 pk Bud $5.49
Qt whole milk $1.20 in cardboard and $1.30 in plastic.
I was surprised by the difference in price for milk depending on the container
I'm a 37 yr old male college student. Things are tight, no doubt. I have to ask the question: When a local business, for example,
asks the customer for three dollars for a doughnut.. a doughnut.. people, why is it that
people just pay it.. and of course give a dollar tip on top of that.. it's just a doughnut people.. only $3,000 a month for a studio apartment??.why let me give you $4000.
What I'm saying if we, collectively, refuse to pay it; then perhaps we won't keep being asked to pay such insane prices. It's up to us to create our own change.
Peace,
Mark Hardison
milk $1.49
lettuce $1.99
beer$5.99
Trade Fair
76th St/37th Ave
Jackson Heights, Queens
no surprises.
after buying organic for so long,
almost made me want to switch back.
D'Agostino
1St Avenue and 53 street
Manhattan
Milk $1.59
lettuce $2.29
Beer 6.49
milk $1.16
lettuce $1.79
Bud $5.99
Associated
96th and Lexington
Qt. whole milk: $1.20
Iceberg lettuce: $1.49
6-pack bottles Bud: $5.29
Location: ShopRite, Route 17M Monroe, NY (Orange Co.)
No surprises.
Sorry, the milk should have been 1.99. 3.39 was for a gallon.
Sorry...
iceberg: 1.49/head
bud bottles: 5.49
milk: 3.39
Keyfood Store #432
4320 5th Ave
Bklyn, NY 11232
Quart of whole (non-organic) milk: $1.19
a head of iceberg lettuce: $1.59
6 pack of 12oz. bottles of Budweiser: $6.29
Location: Met Food, 197 Smith Street in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. A medium sized chain supermarket that has been in the neighborhood for 20+ years.
Surprised? a little by the high price for iceberg lettuce and the beer and the low price for milk.
Kevin
Milk 1.49
Lettuce 1.99
Buds 6.99
Gristede's Mega Mart
8th ave at 22nd street....Chelsea
Not suprized
milk: $1.20
Bud $5.67
Iceberg $1.69
7th Avenue, between Caroll and Garfield Streets
Key Food
Supermarket
NJ Gtrocery stores can sell alcohol. They need to have a Liquor license which is controlled by the community. No law against booze & food.
(2) locations in NJ
Pathmark 2200 Maple Ave Fair Lawn NJ 07410
Milk $1.39
Lettuce $1.99
Beer $6.35* Liquor store next to Pathmark run by an Asian man
Food Basic 929 Lincoln Ave, Glen Rock NJ 07452
Milk $1.19
Lettuce. $.88
Beer $5.48
Beyer's Market, 2241 Victory Blvd, Staten Island
Milk: $1.39
Lettuce: $1.99
Bud Beer: $5.99
One-off, family owned market that's a little bigger than a standard 7-11 store, with a full deli counter and butcher counter. Surprised the beer is not more and that the milk is not at a loss leader price to match the Pathmark.
Pathmark, 1351 Forest Ave, Staten Island
Milk: $1.20
Lettuce: $1.99
Bud Beer: $5.69
I never get my milk here as it never lasts to the sell-by date.
Food Emporium on 1st Ave. and 71st Street
Milk: $1.39
Lettuce: $2.49
Beer: $6.49
Surprised? Yes, I thought the beer would be more. We lovingly refer to this particular FE location as 'Food Extortion'
Trade Fair Supermarket - Astoria, 30th Ave./31st St. (Open 24/7!)
Milk: $1.09
Lettuce: $.99
Beer: $7.99 for 12-pack
Not surprised, but pleased, by prices - I moved here partly for these kind of prices.
Prices at Food Emporium
475 Sixth Ave. (@ 12th St.)
Milk: $1.25
Lettuce $1.49
Beer $6.49
Not surprised
milk qt. non-organic 1.29
iceberg lettuce - Not available
6-pack Bud 6.79
Associated at 22 St and Park Ave. South
I was surprised that this store, which I always assumed to be way more expensive than most - was actually in the range of most others around...although they definitely are more expensive on other items, and they always have shabby veggies. Met Foods on 3d Ave. and 17th is always more reasonable and fresher.
Iceberg Lettuce: $1.99
Quart Whole Milk: $1.20
6 Pack Bud: $5.99
Not so bad, considering.
Where: Key Food
Montague Street, Bklyn Hgts.
milk: $1.39 qt.
lettuce: $1.49
6 pk. Budweiser $7.00
good Korean grocery, Caton Ave. near E. 7th St.
Bodega, Middletown Rd. near Crosby Ave, Pelham Bay Pk. Bronx
6 pack Bud....$6.00
milk.....$1.49
no lettuce or other veg
Korean Veg Mart, Crosby near Westchester Ave.
Milk.....$1.39
Lettuce...$1.29
no beer
Korean Veg Mart, Buhre near Westchester Ave.
Milk...$1.49
Lettuce...$1.39
no beer
Surprised? No, I usually buy my veg at these shops as the veg is cheaper and better quality than the supermarket.
Lettuce: $1.99
Beer: $5.69
Milk: $1.20
Pathmark at 13th street and 3rd Ave
(big chain grocery store)
National Supermarket, 4th Ave b/w 48th & 49th St.
milk: $1.39
lettuce: $1.39
budwiser: $5.69
type: small chain grocery store - recently and nicely renovated
surprised? not really, though the range in beer prices was surprising - 6 pack of 12 oz. brooklyn wiess for $10!
MILK $1.59
BEER $6.49
LETTUCE $2.49
BRIDGEMARKET. FOOD EMPORIUM
60th and 1st Ave. Manhattan
High End Mkt.
Not Surprised
Key Food (a medium sized chain supermarket) at the corner of 235th St. and Oxford Ave.
1 Qt. Whol Milk $1.29
6-Pack Budweiser Beer, 12oz.bottles$5.69
Head of Iceberg Lettuce $1.99
Couldn't compare prices of iceberg lettuce or Bud.beer, as I don't buy either. Will go to Fairway (where I usually shop) and check prices there.
Quart of (non-organic)Whole Milk: $0.99
Head of IceBerg Lettuce: 1.99
They don't sell alcohol in supermarkets in my town which is Nutley
These prices from:
ShopRite of Nutley
437 Franklin Ave
Nutley, NJ 07110
(It's a REALLY big supermarket, biggest in the area.)
I was surprised that regular milk could be that cheap, I usually buy organic.
Quart of milk: $1.20
Head of iceberg lettuce: $1.79
Six pack of Bud, 12oz. bottles $5.99
Super Foodtown 1420 Fulton Street, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn 11216
Milk: $1.19
Head of Romaine Lettuce: $1.29
Six of Bud (12 oz): $4.99
Grand Street. LES, Fine Fare Supermarket (found typically in poor neighborhoods)
Key Foods, general supermarket, Westchester Avenue near terminus of #6 line, Pelham Bay, Bronx
Milk....$1.20
Budweiser Beer.....$5.29
Iceberg Lettuce....$1.99
I never buy iceberg lettuce because it is so tasteless, so I was surprised that it seems rather expensive.
@ Morton Williams Supermarket, 2941 Broadway at 115th Street:
Lettuce: $1.89
Milk: $1.29
Beer: $5.99
This store caters mostly to the Columbia University community. The lettuce seemed a bit steep to me, but the milk and beer were what I expected.
I visited 2 stores, 1 in Kingsbridge (near work) & 1 near home (Upper W Side).
Kingsbridge: Pioneer Supermarket/Caribe Deli (different entrances at same address), 125 W, Kingsbridge Rd., Bronx.
Milk $1.19; lettuce $1.29 (that was the posted price; however, when asked, the cashier told me $1.49); beer (available only at Caribe) $6.00.
Upper West Side: Fairway, 2127 Broadway @ 74th St. Milk $1.09; lettuce $1.89; beer $5.79.
For me, the only surprise was that the price for lettuce was higher at Fairway.
milk $1.20
lettuce $1.29
Bud $5.69
C-Town
Park Slope 9th st.
surprised about the beer, esp. when comparing with others so far
Iceberg lettuce 1.49
6 pack Budweiser in bottles: 9.50
1 qt. regular milk 1.59
In NJ, supermarkets do not sell beer, but I was able to get prices on lettuce and Milk from the A&P located at 47 Wanaque Ave, Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442.
Milk: $1.39
Lettuce: $1.69
Beer: N/A
I was surprised by the prices, I thought that the lettuce would be 99 cents and that the milk would be more expensive.
Gristedes - University Place between 8th & 9th
milk: $1.25
lettuce: $1.99
beer: $6.99
D'Agostino - University Place between 10th & 11th
milk: $1.59
lettuce: $2.29
beer: $6.49
I wasn't surprised by these prices.
milk $1.49
lettuce $.79
beer $4.99
Found at:
Kroger (standard suburban-style supermarket)
Columbus, OH (43215)
Surprised? A little. I knew rent was cheaper here, but you guys are getting seriously ripped off for beer in NYC!
Smile Deli
east of Fort Washington
( walking towards Broadway)
Milk 1.39
Lettuce 1.59
Beer...no price listed
Jin's Deli
West of Fort Washington
( walking towards Cabrini Blvd )
Milk 1.39
Lettuce 1.99
Beer...no price listed
Jin's being more expensive did not surprise me because as you head west from the subway, a more affluent set resides. Jin's though, is also cleaner, friendlier, fresher, and always has someone speaking English at the counter.
Like Chris (comment #16), I went to the Red Hook, Brooklyn Fairway today. I got different prices though. (It IS a large and complicated store layout..maybe designed to confuse? I found european specialty beers, cold beers and room temperature beers in three completely different parts of the store.)
1 Quart of whole milk - $2.15
1 head of iceberg lettuce - $1.89
6 pack Bud in bottles - $5.49
We both seem to have found the same iceberg lettuce, clearly advertised with a sign above it. I saw a whole range of milk at $2.15 and the $5.49 beers were room temperature and near the registers, aisle 1.
Fairway in Red Hook, Brooklyn
480-500 Van Brunt St.
I wasn't really surprised by the prices, more concerned that I got different results than someone else in the the same store on the same day!
Fun project, though.
Sunset Park - C-Town (8th ave & 45th st)
Milk: 2.42
Lettuce: 1.69
Beer: 5.59
I had no idea what to expect, since I can't remember the last time I bought any of these things. I have no idea why the milk is so pricy!
Milk: $1.29
Lettuce: $1.59
6pk Bud 12 oz bottles: $5.79 + deposit
Associated supermarket Ave O at west 7th
Not surprised! I know they are gouging me.
Milk $1.39
Lettuce $1.49
Bud beer bottle 6 pack $7.00
E. 7th and Caton
Little corner grocery
Milk: $1.59
Lettuce: $1.99
Budweiser: $7.00
Name: E&I Deli
Location: Long Island City/Vernon Boulevard between 50th and 49th Avenues
Characteristic: Neighborhood bodega, but a bodega that carries a lot of organic food
Surprised: I wish I could say that I am, but I'm well aware that they gouge me daily.
Associated Supermarket
East 14 Street between Ist Ave. & Ave.A
1 quart whole milk $1.19
6pk. Budweiser $6.49
Iceburg lettuce $1.29
No, I was not surprised.
Milk: $1.20
Beer: $5.69 (though hard to find - most of the Bud is sold in 12-packs for $10.99)
Lettuce: $1.69
Location: Key Food grocery store, 7th Ave. between Carroll St. and Garfield Pl., Park Slope, Brooklyn.
Milk - $1.09
Beer - 6.49
Lettuce - $1.98
Met Foods - Third Avenue & 17th Street
Neighborhood -- Union Square???? Area doesn't really have a name.
Not surprised
Grocery Store
Milk $1.19
Beer $4.99
Lettuce $1.49
Astoria--21 street & Broadway
Associated(medium sized supermarket)
Surprised? Not by my local supermarket b/c I shop there often. I am surprised by how much higher prices are in other neighborhoods.
ShopRite in Bay Shore, NY - from their on-line store. Because of where we live (Fire Island), we have our groceries delivered and normally buy directly from their web site.
Note that beer could not be purchased on-line.
Quart of Whole Milk - $1.03
Iceberg Lettuce - $1.99
Milk: $1.74
Iceberg: $.99
Bud: $5.49
Not Manhattan but Texas
HEB
South Adams
Fredericksburg
Lettuce - $1.99
Budweiser - $9
Milk - $1.69*
6 Ave near Charles St
Arab Bodega
Milk: $1.43
Lettuce: $1.99
Beer: $6.49
Store: Met Food Market
Address: 107 Second Ave (bet. 6th & 7th St.)
Neighboorhood: East Village
Distinguishing characteristic: local grocery
Surprised?: Yes. Higher than expected.
Milk: $1.09
Lettuce: $1.49
Beer: $8.99
WestSide Market
77 Seventh Ave. (@ 15th St.)
high-end retailer
date: 24 Sept. 2007
Milk: $1.25
Lettuce: $2.49
Beer: $6.29
Store: Food Emporium
Address: 10 Union Sq. at 14th St.
Neighboorhood: Union Square
Distinguishing characteristic: supermarket
Surprised?: No.
Milk: $1.09
Lettuce: $1.89
Beer: $9.49
Store: Fairways
Address: 480-500 Van Brunt St, Brooklyn 11231
Neighboorhood: RedhookD
Distinguishing characteristic: high-end retailer
Surprised?: Yes. I thought that the beer price was ridiculous!
BTW - this is a great idea.
Fine Fare
261 Kingston Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11213
Milk ( Qt Whole) $1.19
Ice berg Lettuce $1.59
(Don't sell Beer)
Associated SuperMarket
975 Nostrand Ave
Brooklyn, New York 11225
Milk $1.39
Bud Beer $5.69
Iceberg lettuce (cello) $1.79
Oops, I copied it incorrectly. The Bud at the Food Emporium was $5.49.
D'Agostino's Rye Ridge Shopping Ctr Port Chester milk $1.49
lettuce $1.99
6 pack Bud $6.49
Food Emporium 261 S. Ridge St Port Chester
milk $1.20
Lettuce 1.99
Bud 6.49
Gristede's
4037 Broadway and 170th st
regular grocery store
milk: $1.39
beer: $6.99
lettuce: $1.99
Surprised? Yes, I would have thought/hoped food would be less expensive in a grocery store in a poor neighborhood.
Nolita/Little Italy?
(where I work, not where I live)
Met Foods, Mulberry & Prince
mini-grocery store
Milk - $4.49 Gallon
(oops, thought the assignment was a gallon)
Lettuce - $1.79 for romaine
no iceberg for sale
Beer - $6.99 for Rolling Rock
no six packs of Bud
I don't drink milk so I was surprised by how much it costs.
MILK - $1.19
BEER - Not Available. Similar brands, PBR 12 pack of 12 ounce cans $6.49 or Corona, 6 pack of 12 ounce bottles $8.99
LETTUCE - $.99 (this was not listed. I had to ask a clerk how much the lettuce cost so this price is not confirmed.)
Store - Whole Foods, Union Square
Surprised - Yes. I didn't think they would have non-organic milk, or iceberg lettuce. However, it did not surprise me that Budweiser was not available.
Milk: $1.69
Lettuce: $1.79
6-pack Bud: $7.00 (excl. tax & deposit)
Green East, Korean deli, corner 10 St & 4th Ave
Surprised? Out of this context, yes, but comparing with the others on this site, not at all.
Milk - 1.89
Lettuce - none
Beer - 9.50
Korean Deli
2nd Ave & 22nd St.
----
Milk - 1.29
Lettuce - $2.29
Beer - $7.99
Associated Market
23rd St & 2nd Ave
Milk $1.25(sale)
Iceberg lettuce 1.99
Beer 7.49
Associated Market at 77 Fulton Street
The prices are generally high here but sales are ok and seniors get a 10% discount two days a week.
milk - $2.50
head of iceberg - $2.50
Bud - $7.50
Location: Clinton / 4th Place, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
Name: Clinton Deli & Grocery
Type - Korean Deli
Surprised - yes, especially by the lettuce.
East Village - Ave A at 2nd Street
Graceland Market -- Bodega, family owns several locally
Whole Milk - $1.80
Iceberg - $1.80
6-pack Bud - $9.00
Surprised - Yes, it makes me sad that I chose to give my business to a small family-owned bodega, and they are gouging!
Local medium sized supermarket:
Fine Fare, 406 Avenue P, Gravesend Brooklyn, NY
Whole Milk - .99 to 1.29
Iceberg - 1.29 to 1.49
Bud 12 pack - 9.99
(they don't carry 6 packs)
The surprise is there is more than one choice of iceberg and that they don't carry 6 packs
milk $1.39/qt
iceberg lettuce $1.99/ head
6 pack Budweiser, bottles $6.99
Gristedes Broadway between 103rd and 104th st
Surprised, no! Prices at this store are rarely a bargain
Lettuce - $1.99
Budweiser - $6.49
Milk - $1.19*
FreshDirect
Cyberspace
Online Grocer
Surpirsed - No
*not including delivery fee
Milk: $1.50
Lettuce: $1.50
Budweiser: $6.00
Name: Ralph's
Location: Fort Greene/Lafayette Ave. & South Portland
Characteristic: Small neighborhood bodega
Surprised: Yes!
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