On Sunday, July 26, 2020 at 8:26:30 PM UTC-10, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 19:34:47 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
> > wrote:
>
> >On Sunday, July 26, 2020 at 3:26:06 PM UTC-10, wrote:
> >> On Sunday, July 26, 2020 at 6:29:19 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I can afford to buy meat but don't like the idea of paying $30 to $40 for a hunk of meat. The last meat I bought was $6 for some ground pork.
> >> >
> >> I've not seen any meat here that is $30 to $40 per pound but then again I
> >> don't look for meat priced that high. I did buy pork for carnitas this
> >> past week and it certainly was nowhere near that per pound.
> >
> >My wife said that eggs on the mainland were going for $1.49/18. I bought some eggs the other day. They were $3.45/18. That was a major score because usually they're $5.49/18. I was quite pleased with myself.
>
> yes, the price you state is about right. I'm paying probably $1.89
> for 18 extra large at Walmart.
> Janet US

We have locally produced eggs and milk here that cost about 30% more than eggs and milk from the mainland. Of course, I only get mainland eggs and milk. My guess is that in the near future, we won't have any milk or eggs produced locally.