[Leica] High prices for veggies

[Nathan Wajsman]

I am sure there are cheaper places than Wegmans, but I have noticed similar prices in supermarkets in the low-income neighborhood in downtown Buffalo that we visited, and also elsewhere in the US during previous visits. My conclusion is that food is simply more expensive in the US than in Spain (note: Spain is among the cheaper Western European countries in this regard),  with the possible of processed foods like breakfast cereals etc. On the plus side, the variety of stuff at a place like Wegmans is greater than what I find in my local supermarkets in Alicante. There are things we have there that are not available here and vice versa, but overall Wegmans probably beats any Alicante shop in this respect.

Cheers,
Nathan

On 20 Aug 2014, at 16:30, Don Dory <don.dory at gmail.com> wrote:

> I might add to this conversation; upstate New York has a very, very strong
> local source food movement.  You will find some produce of very high
> quality and decent pricing at the weekend
> Farmers Markets.  When we go to Sarasota Springs the food is delightful at
> the Farmers Market.
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 3:33 PM, Larry Zeitlin via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> Nathan writes,
>> "I have been doing my harvesting at Wegmans the past couple of weeks ;-)
>> 
>> Seriously: I find the price of basic produce (bread, veggies, fruit) very
>> high here in western NY. About double of what the same things cost in
>> Spain. But of course, there we don?t have ?everything? bagels :-)"
>> 
>> Wegmans, while a very large and well stocked store, tends to have higher
>> prices than many of its competitors. It is only a small notch below Whole
>> Foods in terms of natural and organic products. I shop at Wegmans myself,
>> especially for all the less healthy and more appetizing stuff. It is very
>> much like the Tesco chain in the UK except Wegmans is doing better
>> financially. As far as a food price comparison to Spain goes, the average
>> income of a Wegmans shopper is fairly high so the food may be considerably
>> cheaper in terms of the necessary time worked to buy the item.
>> 
>> Yes Wegmans has bagels but they are not the dense, tooth destroying viands
>> found in Brooklyn. Those are REAL BAGELS! The dentist's best friend.
>> 
>> Larry Z
>> 
>> 
>> 
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