How much is milk, bread and gas in your area?

8/17/03

[knak]

We are going to move to Idaho from Alaska in two weeks. I'm curious about prices of basic things for a comparison. I'm hoping to get sticker shock when we leave here. I'm sure we will.

Gas here is 1.75
Milk (gallon whole) 4.99
bread (wonder) 2.50 to 2.99

[roylene]

Don't know about Idaho but in Sunnyvale, CA:
gas - 1.79 to 1.99(87octane)
bread - fluffy white bread 1.79, real bread 2.99
milk - 3.69 gallon and up
Good luck on your move. Many of our family friends are fleeing California for Idaho and Colorado - and loving it!

[maxwell]

Virginia:

Gas ~ 1.45/gal (87)
Bread and milk: Uhhhh... I don't really buy bread and milk. Now BEER on the other hand: you can get a 6er of Miller Light for under five bucks. Hamburgers at the local deli/bars run for around six bucks.

[SouthernFreebird]

Dang! don't ya'll have cows in Alaska? milk here in NC is 239 a gallon... gas 145...bread, that expensive stuff is 2 bucks but we buy the cheap for 79 cents a loaf.

Sure you don't wanna move down here?

[knak]

Actually the imported dairy products are cheaper than the stuff made right here.

[Clinging Bitterly]

Here I last paid $1.65 per gallon (but it is going up fast right now), $1.89 for a gallon of store brand 2% milk(fairly stable), and $.53 for a store brand loaf (also fairly stable). Big bags of generic cold cereals run a couple bucks, bananas are .38 /lb, a box of stick margarine will run you about half a buck, frozen veggies will run you .59 /lb and up, local fresh veggies in season cheaper, Calif. hothouse or Mexican/South American fresh veggies available all winter for somewhat more, and meat seems a bit high around here larely. The info on the groceries might be helpful, it is from Winco (formerly Waremart), a regional chain that I hear is big in Idaho. The name brands are a lot more though, and usually when I see a cart loaded with name brands, it'll be paid for with food stamps.

If you are moving from Alaska to just about anywhere else that's not a huge population center, you will save a whole bunch on groceries.

[knak]

bananas are .38 /lb

Holy Cow!!! You failed to mention where your from. Our bananas are about 1.19 lb and they are usually either green as grass or rotten.

[knak]

oh, I just noticed......Eugene, OR??

[lowbridge]

New York:

Gas: 1.69 a gallon
Milk: 2.39 a gallon
Bread: 2.29 for a loaf of Wonder Bread (for the large giant or jumbo size loafs).

[Clinging Bitterly]

Uh, yeah. Eugene. Been here durn near forever.
But always looking for the chance to escape. If it wasn't for the need to make money, and being established here, I'd have been out of here a long time ago. I'll get out of here some day.

[Graewoulf]

Keep in mind that the average local, State and Federal taxes is forty cents on the gallon on Gasoline and Diesel.

If Gasoline and Diesel were tax-free all of our goods delivered by trucks and vans would be cheaper.

It is no wonder that clinton made it a Federal offense to post the taxes paid on the fuel pump.