Let's see if we can find someone from every state to give us a basic price list and see if there are any major difference from CA to Alaska, Rhode Island to Hawaii.

Choose the price for the least expensive / generic brand you can get where you are.

State:
Milk (gallon):
lb of butter:
Loaf of plain bread (ww or white):
apples (per lb)
oranges (per lb)

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State: Michigan
Milk (gallon): on sale $2.50
lb of butter: on sale $1.99
Loaf of plain bread (ww or white): on sale $0.69 or make my own at $0.50 a loaf
apples (per lb) on sale $1.99 for a bag or sometime $0.59 a lb
oranges (per lb) on sale $2.99 for a bag

Gosh i would have no idea what the prices might be on any given day. I can tell you the prices that I buy this stuff at. If it's not at that price I don't buy it.

Just like the fact that I will buy strawberries at $1 a pound int he summer, but would never consider doing so at $5 a pound in December.

Likewise we only eat organics on some stuff and I haven't had plain white bread since I went to camp in the summer as a child, so have no clue as to what that cost might be...


State: Colorado

Milk (gallon): On Sale - $3.29 gallon - Organic Valley Brand

lb of butter: On Sale - $1.75 pound - Horizon Organic (Bought 12 pounds on Tuesday at this price - the store generic brand was another .50 more a pound)

Loaf of plain bread (ww or white): - Have no idea - It has high fructous syrup in it, we don't eat. But bought natural ww bread on Tuesday at $2 a loaf on sale

apples (per lb) - Free - we glean in the fall from the orchard down the road. Store in the cellar and when we are out for the year, we are out.

oranges (per lb) - $1 pound in the winter. Only buy when it's in season at this price point. If it's more expensive than this we don't eat.


We believe in eating in season and eating as locally as we can. We are far from perfect in this, we always have bananas in the house and I know they get shipped way more than 1,000 miles to get to my store.

State: South East WASHINGTON
Milk (gallon):$ 3.89 a gal for reg not organic milk they are on sale now thoi 2 for $6 I think it is about the same tho for a 1/2 gal of organic
lb of butter: I only buy it for baking for the holidays so I don't know sometimes on sale for .99-1.99 depedning on brand
Loaf of plain bread (ww or white): WW 0.79
apples (per lb) on sale 1.29/lb sometime are as high as $2.49
oranges (per lb) I only buy when on sale for .99-1.39/lb or if they have the bags on sale. Summer time usuallly only.

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State: Maine
Milk (gallon): 4.29
lb of butter: 3.99
Loaf of plain bread (ww or white): .99
apples (per lb)1.69 per lb, the local crops have not hit the stores yet
oranges (per lb).99 per orange

There is an asian market close that I can get stuff cheaper but the quality is at times lacking.

State: Kentucky
Milk: 3.38
lb. butter 3.29
bread: 2.18
apples: .99 lb
oranges: 1.69lb

Well, I can tell you just from visiting Hawaii last October I've never seen such expensive grocery prices in my life (and I'm from an extremely high cost of living area in Canada - where groceries are more expensive than in the States in general). I was SHOCKED at how expensive everything was there (and this was at the supermarkets - not touristy type places or anything). Truly mind blowing.

Wisconsin
Milk $3.58/ gallon 2/ $5 on sale (not organic last time a caught a glimse of organic it was over $6)
Butter $2 on sale
Bread whole wheat $1.19
apples $1.49 a lb during summer I think that I saw that they were on sale for $1.99 for 3 lbs
oranges $4.99 for 3 lbs ( I think don't rally buy oranges)

State: (Southern) Illinois
Milk: 2% 3.99
Butter: $1.99
Bread: depends on the brand, but name brand is between $1.29 - $1.99
Apples: $1.69 per lb
Oranges: I don't buy them by the pound but their $0.68 a piece.

Hi! CENTRAL FLORIDA

Milk: 1/2 gallon organic I paid $2.99
Bread: ww $1.59 ( on sale )
Butter: $2.79
apples: 3 lb bag for $3.99
oranges: 3 lb bag for $4.99 most of FL oranges go straight to orange juice which is over $3.00 for a half gallon!