Merry Christmas! I hope Santa delivered you the mortgage bailout federally guided assistance that you asked for!
I’m sure you’re feasting today, so I’m going to be lazy and reprint the post from Thanksgiving. Have a great day!
Last year I had the ultimate Thanksgiving Price Shootout on this blog: Using safeway.com’s website, I compared the prices of a hypothetical Thanksgiving shopping list between the Bay Area and Seattle/Redmond area.
Also known as “Zune vs iPod, Wii vs PS3″ since Sony/Apple are either based in, or have significant operations in the Bay Area, versus Nintendo and Microsoft which are in Seattle/Redmond. I guess I could’ve also called it Google vs Microsoft, but that seems so cliche.
Anyhoo, here are the prices for this year! Again, I compared prices of the exact same item in the Bay Area vs Seattle/Redmond. I also tried my best to pick items without coupon deals (the only exception was stuffing - crazy sale on stuffing right now!). Also, if you compare to last year, the prices won’t match - in part because I may have picked different brands/items last year. For example, this year I went for Roma tomatoes - I think last year I picked beefsteak tomatoes.
That said, it’s the same general list otherwise. Here we go!
| Item |
Bay Area |
Redmond |
Difference |
| Turkey |
$24.21 |
$24.21 |
0% |
| Yellow Onions |
$0.74 |
$0.59 |
-25% |
| Celery |
$0.99 |
$1.19 |
17% |
| Cranberries |
$3.99 |
$3.49 |
-14% |
| Oranges |
$4.99 |
$4.99 |
0% |
| Garlic |
$0.50 |
$0.69 |
28% |
| Lemons |
$1.50 |
$0.99 |
-52% |
| Green Beans |
$1.49 |
$1.26 |
-18% |
| Pork Sausage |
$3.69 |
$3.19 |
-16% |
| Eggs |
$3.79 |
$3.39 |
-12% |
| Milk |
$4.59 |
$2.69 |
-71% |
| Corn |
$1.49 |
$1.26 |
-18% |
| Olive Oil |
$12.99 |
$8.99 |
-44% |
| Chicken Broth |
$3.25 |
$2.79 |
-16% |
| Flour |
$2.79 |
$2.49 |
-12% |
| Sugar |
$3.49 |
$3.49 |
0% |
| Ginger |
$0.80 |
$1.40 |
43% |
| Pecans |
$6.89 |
$6.19 |
-11% |
| Salt |
$0.79 |
$0.79 |
0% |
| Rosemary |
$1.99 |
$1.99 |
0% |
| Honey |
$3.00 |
$2.50 |
-20% |
| Black Olives |
$1.39 |
$1.29 |
-8% |
| Green Onion |
$0.99 |
$0.66 |
-50% |
| Pumpkin Pie |
$6.49 |
$5.49 |
-18% |
| Spinach |
$3.69 |
$3.29 |
-12% |
| Grape Jelly |
$3.51 |
$2.95 |
-19% |
| Butter |
$2.49 |
$2.39 |
-4% |
| Biscuits |
$2.15 |
$1.55 |
-39% |
| Tomatoes |
$0.60 |
$0.46 |
-30% |
| Orange Juice |
$6.79 |
$5.69 |
-19% |
| Potatoes |
$3.99 |
$3.69 |
-8% |
| Carrots |
$1.49 |
$1.29 |
-16% |
| Rice |
$3.66 |
$3.47 |
-5% |
| Grey Poupon |
$4.42 |
$3.39 |
-30% |
| French Fries |
$4.39 |
$3.59 |
-22% |
| Ketchup |
$3.29 |
$2.79 |
-18% |
| Stuffing |
$2.00 |
$1.50 |
-33% |
| Ham |
$4.79 |
$3.99 |
-20% |
Difference: Bay Area is 16% more expensive
(BTW, I’ll never understand why milk is so much more expensive here…)
This is pretty disappointing frankly. Last year the difference was 20%. This means either that Seattle/Redmond has gotten more expensive, or the Bay Area has gotten cheaper.
At this rate, the prices might be the same - that would be a disaster! Would high housing prices, and a 9.3% state income tax (that keeps our roads in fantastic condition) be enough to keep the Bay Area as special as it is?
Of course if you leave the the Bay Area, you’ll find that they don’t have any Chinese restaurants, Korean restaurants, Japanese restaurants, Thai restaurants, Vietnamese restaurants, gays, smart people, guacamole, tech companies, snow sports, hiking, mountains, liberals, In-n-outs, or 9 months of sun. And let’s not forget our cheap housing, amazing public schools, great roads, low taxes, and lack of traffic.
Here’s to hoping that 2008 will be more expensive!
Happy Thanksgiving!
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