Comparison shopping at local supermarkets
Reporter Matt Townsend filled his market basket with 14 popular items at six different local stores. Here are the results:
Garden
Stop & Key
Products
Gourmet
Shop
Food
Half gallon 2% milk
$2.49
$2.19 $2.67
One dozen eggs (regular)
$2.19
$1.99 $2.49
One dozen eggs (organic)
$4.49
$3.29
$3.49
Gallon of Tropicana orange juice
$3.69
$3.49
$3.99
Land O Lakes whipped butter (8 oz.)
$2.59
$2.39
$2.99
Head of green leaf lettuce
$.75
$1.49
$1.99
Pound of chop meat
$2.79
$2.39
$3.49
Box of Cheerios (18 oz.)
$5.19
$5.29
$5.19
Pound of plum tomatoes
$1.99
$1.79
$2.99
Wishbone Chunky Blue Cheese (16 oz.) $2.89
$3.79
$3.09
Wonderbread (Classic)
$2.69
$2.69
$2.69
Pound of Boar's Head Oven Gold Turkey $7.99
$8.99
$9.29
Pound of yellow American cheese
$4.99
$5.99
$5.99
Edy's Cookies 'n Cream ice cream (1.75 qt) $4.99
$5.99
$5.99
Total
$49.72 $51.76
$56.34
Food
Fieldston
Products
Emporium Market
C-Town
Half gallon 2% milk
$2.29
$2.69
$2.19
One dozen eggs (regular)
$3.19
$1.99
$3.29
One dozen eggs (organic)
$4.59
$4.39
$4.59
Gallon of Tropicana orange juice
$3.99
$3.99
$3.49
Land O Lakes whipped butter (8 oz.)
$2.99
$2.99
$3.59
Head of green leaf lettuce
$1.99
$1.99
$0.79
Pound of chop meat
$2.49
$2.99
$1.99
Box of Cheerios (18 oz.)
$4.99
$5.59
$5.39
Pound of plum tomatoes
$2.99
$2.49
$1.99
Wishbone Chunky Blue Cheese (16 oz.)
$3.29
$3.79*
$2.99
Wonderbread (Classic)
$2.69
$2.69
$1.99
Pound of Boar's Head Oven Gold Turkey
$8.49
$8.49
$7.99
Pound of yellow American cheese
$6.99
$4.99
$6.49
Edy's Cookies 'n Cream ice cream (1.75 qt)
$5.99
$5.99**
$5.99
Total
$56.96
$55.06
$52.76
*Didn't have Wishbone so substituted 16 oz. Ken's Steakhouse blue cheese
dressing.
** Didn't have Edy's, so substituted same size of Breyer's Mint Chocolate Chip.
Store addresses: Garden Gourmet, 5665 Broadway; Stop & Shop, 5716 Broadway; Key Food, Johnson Avenue andWest 235th Street; Food Emporium, 5661 Riverdale Ave.; Fieldston Market, 3714 Riverdale Avenue; C-Town, 50 Van Cortlandt Ave.West.
