notbob > wrote in message
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> On 2008-03-13, The Ranger > wrote:
>
>> Safeway - US$5.49 / 1 lb box
>> Lucky's - US$5.29 / 1 lb box
>> PW's - US$5.19 / 1 lb box
>> Gene's - US$4.99 / 1 lb box
>> Cosentino's - US$5.19 / lb box
>>
> I don't know where you are shopping, Range, but
> those prices are cheap. Out in Livermore, I've seen
> prices as high as $6.35lb at PWs and Safeway, and
> that over a yr ago. I never bought butter (the only
> thing I used) for more than $3lb, on sale, and never
> saw it less than $2.50lb. Two dollars a pound is a
> steal! I'd buy 10 lbs in a heartbeat.

West and south of Liverspot. I'm sure there are moments when I
saw prices that high, too, but knew enough to walk away shaking
my head in shame. I do stock up on TJ butter when prices allow
since I can't tell the difference between Grade A and Grade AA
butter.

The "Margarine-free" Ranger