Survey compares food
prices, Waremart wins
By Karen Engels
fmeratd Motsorter
Kvcn whan rollout) studonts
don't fool much liko merry
making, thoy still need to cat
This often translates Into the lo
cul dorm iafeleria. late night
Haugen I)a/.s runs to 7 11 or
waiting (or the parental units to
bring foodstuffs to replenish
bare refrigerators
If you're in the above catego
ries. read no further Hut lor
those who do make weekly or
monthly treks to local grocery
stores in search of susteruint e
and/or Top Kamen, please < on
tlnuo
On a quest for verity and the
cheapest prices, this Enu'ruhl
reporter did .1 quit k. rather un
si lentific comparison of five lo
cal grocery stores, <111 frequent
ed by University students 111
no way meant to lie a conclu
sive study or the answer to in
ery discriminating shopper’s
..is. this survey is meant
only as food for thought
The random price survey is
ill 7(1 "typical ' college food
Items (read grub that college
students may buy that vs as like
|y to lie found at most stores)
Kvery attempt was made to
compare items of equal weight
and brand (See chart) Where
an exact match wasn't avail
able, the < hart is left blank,
even though a similar item may
have been in stoi k
Items o 11 special are not
marked diflerently in the chart
and may at count lor some large
pro e variation I'Otxi sells lions
in no wav represent the au
thor s preferem es. except for
Haugen 1 Ja/s 1 offee it e 1 ream
In this random 70-item prite
1 bet k. Waremart bolted to first
pl.11 e for low est total of $ hi -In,
followixl c losely h\ Albertsons
at S 17 71 for the same 70 items
1-ond Value pulled in third
plain with a S41 77 total and
Safeway squeaked in fourth
with S42 9.1 l’rires for all but
Sundance Natural hoods wen
compared Saturday. March /
Sundanc o, whir h was price
c hcu ked Mart h -t. doexn'l carry
all the listed Items, so no total
price comparison was avail
aide
Hut prices aren't everything
on the supermarket scene, even
lor tuition squeezed pocket
books Customer service,organ
ic produce, proximity to cam
pus and store ambiance also
play roles for many foodstuff
connoisseurs
Natural food fans and the on
vlronrnentally consc ious may
prefer Sundanc e Natural hoods,
loc ated .it II11 yard and .M til
Avenue, home of "animal and
environment friendly edibles
Tana Alison, who works in the
produce department, said Sun
dance prices are slightly higher
overall, hut t be clientele
doesn't seem to mind They
may trade off slightly higher
price's and smaller selection to
avoid preservatives and addi
tives, all of vs Inc h are absent in
food selec lions, Allison said
The co/y store, open from H
a m to 11 p m . has no meat
section and carries mostly or
game ally grown produc e hew
brand names jump off the
shelves, but local ones like
(Ireal Harvest Bakery and
Sjmnit ( ily do The store also
boasts .i hearty selec tion of
hulk foods and vitamins, and a
popular organic salad bar
Sundance is no longer pist a
“bippy haven" as it was once
known Allison said Members
of the University population,
young, old, international, with
and without tie dye frecjlinnl
the store, she said
|c»e Albertson was nowhere
in sight, but his siore cm llil
yard and Kith Avenue was bus
tlmg with shoppers Iasi Satur
dav Obnoxious Mu/ak and he
cpient intercom interruptions
iinncium mg fresh garlic bread
GROCERY STORE COMPARISON
ITEM
1 gallon 2% milk
Loaf of Health Nut bread
Grape Nuts 24 oz
Frosted Flakes 25 oz.
1 lb. granola
1 lb. Imperial margarine
Adam's peanut butter
Kraft Macaroni and Cheese
1 lb spagetti
Newman spaghetti sauce
Carmen's chips
1 lb Tillamook cheese
1 lb lean ground beef
Oreos 20 oz.
Six pack Henry's Light Beer
Top Ramen
1 pt. Haagen-Dazs
Ritz Crackers 16 oz.
Fig Newtons 20 oz.
Nancy's lowfat yogurt 8 oz.
Total
ALBERTSONS
$1.92
i 82;
2.891
379
1 20
056
1 79
0 59
050
2.46
1.59
2.15;
1.79
2 501
3.99
000
2.19
229
2.69 (
0.691
$37 73
FOOD VALUE
$1 9?
2.09
3 25
4.29
1 37
063
2 59
0.59'
0.77
3 39
1.59
2.001
1.89
2 75
3 69
0 20
2.59
2.79:
2 69
0.69
$41 77
SAFEWAY
$1.92
2 09
353
3.79
1 23
056
2 39
0 50
1 09
2 65
1.89
3 99!
1.231
2 89|
3 99;
0 20
2.69
2.79 j
2.79 i
0 75
$42 93
WAREMART 9LNWCE
$1 88 $237
1.90
2.78
3 74
1 46
0.48
2.14
041
063
2 42
1 48
2.08
1 23
2.38
338
0.29,
3.38
2.35
2 28
0.77
$36 46
1 59
0.75
2 79
1.59
3 49
4.50
2.69
2.55
065
N/A
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iK ( ompanlod shoppers
Open 24 hours a day. Alltert
sons has good variety. gru.it
chocolate (hip i ooktes. a salad
liar, a small pluirmnc v. a florist
sis lion and a good selection of
\ uiisis It's a hit farther from
campus, but the cookies and
Iri sh garlii hnuid may lie worth
it
The Food Value (IGA) on
I ranklm Boulevard and Or
i hard, although smaller than
some of the other stores, has a
fun seliM lion of hulk foods,
which may tie a draw for some
shoppers The store is in close
walking distance to dormland
and the luist i ampus area and is
open from H a m to 1 I p m A
good produi e selection and .1
dell were definite highlights
For every dollar shoppers
spend, they are rewarded with
one f ood Value stamp Using
these to fill cards entitles shop
pers to spec ml disc aunts on se
lec led Items around tin- store A
sign outside boasts "double
smart shopper stamps every
other Iriday." a boon for
stamp toilet ting types
The Nafewav on lBth Avenue
and Pearl Street, although st or
ing the highest prices in this
survey, seems to he a favorite
among the college < rmvtl Pros
imitv to t empus Is one draw for
mans students, said Harold
Baker. I'Diversity student and
Safeway employee But he atids
that the good t ustomer service
also pulls them in
Safeway is open ill hours a
day and has both a deli and Ho
rist section anti c ute mini shop
ping i arts for the younger than
t 'ill versltv age tots
Waremart. located at West
Uth Avenue and (airfield, al
though farthest from campus,
scored a big plus for the lowest
prn es It's less glit/v than other
supermarkets and bagging your
own vittles is part of the deal,
hut the store has definite ad
vantages l'he biggest of these
vji lit uy sjv i i ci .tm y
was I hr absence of Muzak, .it
least while this reporter vv.is
there
An impressive hoik food see
lion boasts sut h Interesting se
lections as "dried papava
spears." "aprit ot logs'1 and
'brotherhood mis," besides the
more typical granola and pasta
selections lust reading the bin
labels could provide hours of
entertainment
Kit hard Hire. U aremart ern
plovee. said the store is able to
keep prices down because of
low overhead We don't ad
verfise." he said These low
pm es and v arietv keep the
store busy 'round the Tl hour
clot k
Personal preferences, prit es,
selei tion and mode ol transport
will all plav a role m students
grocery store < hole e. but one
student journalist at least, wall
be making merry while heading
to Albertsons lor one ol the
i hea pest Haagen I)a/s 11 e
< ream pric es in town
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