Produce prices

[BirdOfPray]

We just had a new specialty grocery store open near me, and a comment I made on Facebook has kicked off a rather involved discussion of produce prices. It's been interesting to see what different people pay or consider a good deal, and it got me kind of curious as to what prices are looking like in other areas of the country and the world. Not sure if I'm the only one who'd find that interesting, but just for kicks, thought I'd toss it out here.

Some prices on things I buy frequently:

Bananas -- $.39-.49/lb.
Apples (various types) -- usually $.99-$1.29/lb. at the chain grocery store, but I rarely pay more than $.88/lb. at the specialty places
Oranges -- $.99/lb. at the chain place, and I usually pay $.50/lb. or less ($.19 this week!)
Avocados -- $1.50 for large, $1 for small -- got the small ones on sale for $.39/ea today.
Pineapples -- around $4/ea
Cherries -- way too stinkin' expensive... I think $6-8/lb. is normal. Got them for $.88/lb. on sale once this year
Strawberries -- usually a few dollars/lb., but lately going on sale for $1.25-$1.50/lb.
Potatoes -- usually $.99/lb. individually, but I can get 5- or 10-lb. bags for under $1 most weeks

Anyone else? Please, someone tell me I'm not the only nerd who has produce prices memorized. :hmm3grin2orange: These were just the things I could think of off the top of my head... feel free to add others.

[Lab_Rat]

I can tell you the produce prices in San Antonio are much higher than what I paid in ATL. Of course in ATL there were some great farmers markets to shop at, nothing like that around here.

[LadyHatred]

Prices in CDN

Bananas -- $29.08/40lb
Apples (various types) -- $27.08/100-113ct
Oranges -- $33.87/72ct
Avocados -- $12.22/~22ea
Pineapples --$43.24/~10.5lb
Cherries -- (for w/e reason I can't pull this up)
Strawberries -- $28.36/4lb
Potatoes -- $17.42/50lb

Not a nerd at all! I'm always looking at produce costs. ;)

[Lab_Rat]

Prices in CDN

Bananas -- $29.08/40lb
Apples (various types) -- $27.08/100-113ct
Oranges -- $33.87/72ct
Avocados -- $12.22/~22ea
Pineapples --$43.24/~10.5lb
Cherries -- (for w/e reason I can't pull this up)
Strawberries -- $28.36/4lb
Potatoes -- $17.42/50lb

Not a nerd at all! I'm always looking at produce costs. ;)

Now Fluffy, not all of us buy produce for an entire restaurant...

[BirdOfPray]

Good heavens, how many people are you feeding?? ;) I thought it was bad we go through a few pounds of bananas every week (kiddo loves 'em), but 40? Sheesh.

Lab_Rat, I don't know where you are in San Antonio, but you might look to see if there's a Sun Harvest near you. I know they have at least one SA location. Here's their website: http://www.sun-harvest.com/ That's where I find my best deals on produce and bulk goods, and they try to support local vendors. Not quite as good as a farmer's market, but beats H-E-B for prices and the quality is great too.

[Northernguy]

A kilo is 2.2lbs for those that don't speak Canadian!
Tomatos $4.39kg
Apples $2.18Kg
Potatoes from 3.49-5.00 for 10lbs.Delisio frozen pizza 2/pack 15.99
8 burger buns 2.99
Vachon chemical cakes 3.99
Cucumber 1.69ea.
Thats regular prices for what I bought today at a store called No Frills!
At least the plastic bags were only a nickel!:hmm3grin2orange:
Its amazes me what I pay for groceries in a month.Its more than I pay for my house!

[Lab_Rat]

Lab_Rat, I don't know where you are in San Antonio, but you might look to see if there's a Sun Harvest near you. I know they have at least one SA location. Here's their website: http://www.sun-harvest.com/ That's where I find my best deals on produce and bulk goods, and they try to support local vendors. Not quite as good as a farmer's market, but beats H-E-B for prices and the quality is great too.

Ohh, that place looks great! Thanks! Not too far from me either as I'm in the Medical Center area. Maybe I'll head there tomorrow.

[MCHRKiller]

I have the fortune to have a small independantly owned organic foods store close by, their prices are a bit higher than our chain supermarket tho. Here is the prices on what I bought the other day, since the reciept is laying here. :hmm3grin2orange:

1/2 lb Cherry Tomatoes-$4.29
1lb Red Potatoes-$2.99
1.25lb Apples-$1.79
Small bunch of Spinach-$1.29
Small bunch of Romaine lettuce-$1.19
1/2lb baby Carrots-$.99
1 Yellow Tomatoe-$1.99
1 Small cucumber-$1.19
1 Red onion-$.79
3/4lb Snow Peas-$1.39
1 Head of Broccoli-$.99
1/2lb Bean Sprouts-$.89
Pint of Button Mushrooms-$2.49

[BirdOfPray]

A kilo is 2.2lbs for those that don't speak Canadian!
Tomatos $4.39kg
Apples $2.18Kg
Potatoes from 3.49-5.00 for 10lbs.Delisio frozen pizza 2/pack 15.99
8 burger buns 2.99
Vachon chemical cakes 3.99
Cucumber 1.69ea.
Thats regular prices for what I bought today at a store called No Frills!
At least the plastic bags were only a nickel!:hmm3grin2orange:
Its amazes me what I pay for groceries in a month.Its more than I pay for my house!

NG -- I may not speak Canadian, but my SIL lives in Canada so I'm proud to say I knew the lbs. to kilos conversion. Still working on the Fahrenheit to Celsius thing, though...

They charge for grocery bags up there? Yikes! I try to remember my reusable ones or get paper, but unfortunately my primary grocery store doesn't have handles on their paper sacks. Whoever made that decision has clearly never unloaded groceries while wrangling a toddler.

I can't imagine having a higher grocery bill than house payment each month -- ugh! $270 is my monthly grocery budget, and the minimum house payment is nearly twice that.

[BirdOfPray]

Ohh, that place looks great! Thanks! Not too far from me either as I'm in the Medical Center area. Maybe I'll head there tomorrow.

Yay! Hope yours is as good as the one here! They post their fliers online every Tuesday night, and Wednesdays are double flier days (overlap between the two weeks of sales). They don't always have a comprehensive selection (went several weeks without peaches or nectarines, for example) but what they do have is always at a great price.

[Northernguy]

Miles to kilometers are the important ones!:hmm3grin2orange:

I live off the beaten path so everthing is imported.Its a bit of a drag!
I am thinking of moving to a more populated place for the kids but I really enjoy the pace and the space out here.

[Mith]

Being single and no kids AND no wife/girlfriend... I have the luxury of going to the store and just grabbing things tha I see I want... LOL. So I really don't pay attention to prices!!! WOOT WOOT!

Ahh... the joys of being unloved! LOL

[LadyHatred]

lol Mith, that's how I shop for myself. Once in a while I'll compile a list but that back-fires on me 9 times out of 10 and I end up with a load of other stuff I really could go without.

[Rue]

I don't have prices memorized...but I have a rough idea of what's what when I shop. And I do buy cheaper brands most of the time. The quality of name-brand vs. store/bargain brand is so close in mose instances we can't tell...so I buy the no-name stuff.

However, I've found that we spend less in total when I buy what I know what will be eaten, than by trying to save money buying things on sale that the family won't readily eat...so I'm not much of a bargain hunter in the grocery store...

For example; I buy 1-2 big bags of pre-washed mixed veggies each week. I eat them raw, my daughter eats them raw, the birds eat them...or I cook them for a meal. At $7 a bag, I could make up my own much cheaper...but that never happens (none of us have the desire to wash and chop up veggies to begin with and oftentimes time is short as well). So this way I do spend a bit more initially...but I never toss out veggies anymore...so I think I'm actually saving in the long run.

We buy some junk food, but very little compared to the 'average' family around us.

We also drink a lot of water...so not too much in the way of pop or juices...

[-Lp]

Hey NG, what's a Vachon chemical cake? Doesn't sound that tasty. :hmm3grin2orange:

[Northernguy]

Vachon cakes are Joe Louis',Flakies.caramel cakes...
I know they are available in the States.Another company is Little Debbies.

[-Lp]

Vachon cakes are Joe Louis',Flakies.caramel cakes...
I know they are available in the States.Another company is Little Debbies.

Ahh..okay, I guess it was just the word chemical that got me.

[jackson17]

We drop 200 a week on food. Me and my brother are a bottomless pit. I don't know the prices because I don't do the shopping but I know we spend that. Its crazy how much comes in the house and how quickly its gone.