[Leica] High prices for veggies

[lrzeitlin at aol.com (lrzeitlin at aol.com)]

Nathan writes,
"I have been doing my harvesting at Wegmans the past couple of weeks ;-)

Seriously: I find the price of basic produce (bread, veggies, fruit) 
very high here in western NY. About double of what the same things cost 
in Spain. But of course, there we don?t have ?everything? bagels :-)"

Wegmans, while a very large and well stocked store, tends to have 
higher prices than many of its competitors. It is only a small notch 
below Whole Foods in terms of natural and organic products. I shop at 
Wegmans myself, especially for all the less healthy and more appetizing 
stuff. It is very much like the Tesco chain in the UK except Wegmans is 
doing better financially. As far as a food price comparison to Spain 
goes, the average income of a Wegmans shopper is fairly high so the 
food may be considerably cheaper in terms of the necessary time worked 
to buy the item.

Yes Wegmans has bagels but they are not the dense, tooth destroying 
viands found in Brooklyn. Those are REAL BAGELS! The dentist's best 
friend.

Larry Z