On Jun 15, 8:02 pm, (J S) wrote:
> Milk Prices Chug Toward Record High...
>
> Group: rec.food.cooking Date: Fri, Jun 15, 2007, 8:01pm From:
> (winston winslo)Gregory Morrow wrote:
> notbob wrote:
>
> On 2007-06-15, Gregory Morrow > wrote:
> "Milk, already hovering around $4 a gallon in the Chicago area, could
> cost as much as $4.25 a gallon to $4.50 a gallon by September.
> Good thing I don't drink/use the stuff.
> I use it for coffee and cooking and smoothies but not for straight (as
> opposed to ***? hehe) drinking. I use about three quarts of 1% milk per
> week...
> I have to wonder where they get the "$4 a gallon in the Chicago area"
> pricing, I never pay more than $2.50 or so at Walgreen's, they feature
> milk as a loss leader (a coupla weeks ago for $1.99 per gallon). Just
> picked up 2 half - gallons for $1.29 each at the local stupormarket
> (Treasure Island) down the street...
> Maybe they are pricing milk at convenience stores or something...
> Yogurt's been on sale a lot lately and ice cream seems fairly reasonable
> yet...
> As for other food prices, chicken and beef have been fairly expensive
> for a whiles, pork less so...and I just picked up eggs for $.99 per
> dozen at Walgreen's too.
> --
> Best
> Greg
> Milk is always over $4 here. I bought a gallon of non-fat today at
> WalMart today and it was $5.50.
>
> <Seems everything is higher up north.In St.Pete I shop Walgreens($2.79 a
> gallon),and the .99 cent eggs,breakfast sausage and english muffin
> specials.I check their coupons every Sunday

Walgreen's does use milk as a loss leader. They do it in at least
several markets.
There are few other places where you can buy gallons of whole milk for
<=$2.79 every day. I'm in St. Louis.

> Cheers Smitty in St.Pete

--Bryan