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avocado
On Sep 1, 3:58*pm, Sky > wrote:
> On 9/1/2011 3:13 PM, Chemo the Clown wrote:
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> > On Sep 1, 1:00 pm, > *wrote:
> >> On 9/1/2011 2:45 PM, sf wrote:
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> >>> What's up with avocado prices this year? *Horrible! *I should be
> >>> complaining about having to pay $1 for three instead of the usual 4
> >>> for $1; but the best price I see now is $1.89 at the local green
> >>> market and they're tiny. *Everywhere else charges a $1 more for
> >>> avocados that aren't much bigger than that.
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> >> For a while now, the local Aldi's has been charging $1.49/ea for
> >> avocados. *The prices for avocados at regular grocery stores are much
> >> higher! *Before this summer, the price at Aldi's was more like $0.69/ea
> >> if not a little bit less.
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> >> I was a bit astounded that a gallon of mile at Aldi was $2.78; it had
> >> been $2.59/gal. *About a week ago, I paid $2.99 at the other grocery
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> >> Also, I was rather shocked to notice the $0.69/2-litre bottle of
> >> 'sparking water' at Meijer had gone up to $0.88/2-liter  ( *It seems
> >> the prices of _everything_ at the grocery stores have increase all
> >> across the board(s)!
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> >> Sky, who's making do with less (big sigh)
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> >> Ultra Ultimate Kitchen Rule - Use the Timer!
> >> Ultimate Kitchen Rule -- Cook's Choice!!
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> > What's a gallon of mile taste like?
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> OOOPs - call it a typo ;> *Milk (as if you couldn't figure it out by the
> context)!, *and I meant to type "sparkling" water, too - aka soda water..
> * Oh well 
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> Sky
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> Ultra Ultimate Kitchen Rule - Use the Timer!
> Ultimate Kitchen Rule -- Cook's Choice!!
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