On Sun, 3 May 2009 10:58:27 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:

> 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

to be honest with you, i find almost all prices quoted here on the group to
be almost outlandishly cheap compared to the d.c area.

(cue some snide comment about bureaucrats.)

your pal,
blake