Grocery prices
May. 14th, 2008 03:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wrenbAfter my adventures with my price book two weeks ago I decided to run it again this week in a useful fashion. I was able to compare prices at Woodman's (our big cheap grocery store) and Trader Joe's. I was pleased to see that TJ's came in cheaper on some staples (Cheerios & soy milk to start with). We can get there on our bikes, reducing the amount of gas we use.
Today's Wisconsin State Journal has the first of a multi-part series on food prices. Interestingly the prices quoted by the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation are higher for some items than the prices I paid Monday. I am pleased.
I was talking withlireavue recently about the challenge people like us have. Our mothers raised us to buy the most cost effective product, every time. Store brand was plenty good enough for us, was probably made in the same factory, and we didn't need to pay the extra for name brands. Fast forward 10 or 20 years. We're out on our own and environmental awareness has evolved from "Don't pollute" to "Buy local or organic". Here I am voluntarily paying $7/gallon for milk and $2.25/dozen for eggs because they're local and the animals are treated well. It's hard to justify the extra expense, even though it seems like the responsible decision given my available income.
Today's Wisconsin State Journal has the first of a multi-part series on food prices. Interestingly the prices quoted by the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation are higher for some items than the prices I paid Monday. I am pleased.
I was talking with
lireavue recently about the challenge people like us have. Our mothers raised us to buy the most cost effective product, every time. Store brand was plenty good enough for us, was probably made in the same factory, and we didn't need to pay the extra for name brands. Fast forward 10 or 20 years. We're out on our own and environmental awareness has evolved from "Don't pollute" to "Buy local or organic". Here I am voluntarily paying $7/gallon for milk and $2.25/dozen for eggs because they're local and the animals are treated well. It's hard to justify the extra expense, even though it seems like the responsible decision given my available income.
