![]() If you insist on staying local, your next best bet is the Associated Supermarket on Seneca Avenue in Ridgewood where the prices for chicken, butter, and kale can’t be beat. That being said, the parking lot is large and the lines are nowhere near as long as the lines at Manhattan Trader Joe’s outposts. Of course, Trader Joe’s is either a drive or a bike ride for most of us, which means that taking advantage of the deals offered there is for people with cars and people who do take the time to shop for the week and can spare the two hours it may take to complete a trip. The most compelling deals are on dairy and pantry staples including peanut butter, which at $2.49 is almost a dollar cheaper than everywhere but Key Food ($2.79 for the same size). The chain is famed for its relatively high quality and low prices. ![]() Trader Joe’s in Rego Park-perhaps unsurprisingly-came out on top for the cheapest basket. *We were unable to complete the basket at Brooklyn’s Natural due to lack of pricing on many items. * Brooklyn’s Natural (49 Bogart St., East Williamsburg) $46.88 Hana Natural (24 Wyckoff Ave., Bushwick) $79.83 Whole Foods (238 Bedford Ave., Williamsburg) $61.29įood Story (40 Bogart St., East Williamsburg) $74.83 ![]() in Rego Park) $48.05Īssociated (333 Seneca Ave., Ridgewood) $53.04Ĭity Fresh (229 Knickerbocker Ave., Bushwick) $55.11 Our limited resources made it impossible for us to visit every store in the neighborhood, and we are confident after seeing the range of prices in these nine stores alone that you could shear some more dollars off of these totals if you were willing to shop at multiple stores.īelow are the stores we visited in the order from the cheapest to the most expensive. Items such as chicken and produce were calculated by the pound except for when the only option was a bagged item with a set weight. But, if the cheapest item was a bulk one, we did not adjust the quantity since a per unit price would not be reflective of what you would actually spend to get the bulk discount. ![]() Even though it was cheaper than a quart, you would have to buy two in order to get the same amount. For instance, the largest container of half and half at some stores was only a pint. In adding up totals for what each shopping basket would cost at each store, we tried to keep quantities similar. ( Note: Some of the items were on sale at the time of our visit, so you may find that this exact shopping basket, if recreated, could be more or less expensive.) But the selections did allow us to make extensive price comparisons. It is not meant to be representative of the contents of every shopping basket in Bushwick. We created a shopping basket consisting of basic items, prices of which we followed. The list is obviously not exhaustive and may include things you do and don’t buy. ![]() We divvied up the stores among the editorial staff and visited them whenever we had a chance over the last four weeks. We created a list of nine grocery stores to visit in Bushwick and in vicinity. We weigh variables such as proximity to our apartment or public transit, abundance of good sales, bulk deals if we have the storage space, and quality of produce among other things.īushwick Daily undertook the task of trying to identify which grocery store, in Bushwick and the vicinity, would offer shoppers the best deals on some items we consider staples. The age-old question of where to buy groceries in a city overflowing with options cannot be answered easily. ![]()
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