Christine Dabney > wrote:

> On Sun, 3 May 2009 05:36:57 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>>Christine Dabney > wrote:
>>
>>> Believe me SFBA folks..you don't realize how good you have it...
>>
>>They pay a heck of a lot more for groceries than I do here in
>>Central TX. And I think our selections are just as good for
>>White-bread food.
>
> Parts of the bay area have more expensive groceries. I will continue
> to disagree about some areas... If one shops in the Berkeley/Oakland
> area, it is possible to get groceries very inexpensively. Places like
> Berkeley Bowl, Monterey Market, Grocery Outlet, Oakland Chinatown can
> have ridicoulously low prices.
>
> But yeah, if one shops in places like Andronicos, Draegers, and some
> of the other stores like that, the grocery bill can be astronomical.
> It's the same with the various farmers markets. If one shops at the
> Ferry Plaza market the prices can be pretty high. But go to the
> Alemany Market, and the prices are way low....

The regular prices at Safeway and Lucky's are ridiculous when
compared to HEB in Central Texas. I suspect our Central Mart's and
Whole Food's prices are similar to Andronicos and Draegers (but it's
been years since I went to either of those two).

-sw