Monthly Archive for April, 2008

During my lunch break today, I popped over to the Crocker Galleria Farmer’s Market to pick up some potatoes and leeks for the nettle soup I am making this evening. I bumped into some coworkers having lunch there, and it came up in conversation that one of them thought the farmer’s market was too expensive, and that he preferred to shop at Safeway as he thought it was cheaper. When I got back to the office, I looked up the prices on Safeway.com and sent him the following email:

Making nettle soup tonight, so all I needed was potatoes and leeks, but here’s how the prices compare:

Farmer’s Market:
4 lbs organic Yukon Golds – $4
2 large organic leeks – $2
Tax – $0
Total: $6

Safeway:
4 lbs Yukon Golds: $7.98
2 leeks: $5.98
Tax – $1.19
Total: $15.15

Packaged goods like cheese, olive oil, smoked fish, etc tend to be expensive, but produce is quite often dirt-cheap. Prices on breads/baked goods, eggs, and apple cider vary from market to market but aren’t too outrageous.