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Default Geez! ...cheese! ...puh-leeze!!

On Jun 28, 11:59*am, Lou Decruss > wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:43:56 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
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> >On Jun 26, 10:37 am, "gloria.p" > wrote:
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> >> > I jes got all the stuff fer spanakopita, which you were all so
> >> > helpfull with. Thank you. I expected a few high prices, this being
> >> > the boonies, but $10 LB FOR FETA!!! Holy freaking chryst! Last time
> >> > I bought feta it was maybe $2 fer 8oz. It was the "cheap cheese" that
> >> > was good in salads.

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> >> > I started looking at other cheeses. $20 lb for gruyere!!?? I used to
> >> > pay less for compte. In fact, a pretty good blue is only $16lb, but
> >> > it's domestic. WTF!? We now paying some sorta heavy import duty on
> >> > cheese?

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> >> > nb

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> >> It is silly when you see what milk is selling for--less than $2/gallon..
> >> I do think demand is up for specialty cheeses which may have an inpact..

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> >I don't think I've seen $2/gallon milk in years.

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> It's common loss leader here. *$2.00-2.19 all the time.
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I buy a non-store-brand (Swiss Valley) Skim, which is $2.83 a gallon,
or thereabouts. The store brand here regularly sours before the
expiration date, sometimes in only 5 days, which tells me the
refrigeration of their product is iffy.

N.