Chris,<br> <br> How much is ice, fish, and oil? <br> <br> _DJA<br><br><b><i>Chris Storhok <cstorhok@co.fairbanks.ak.us></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Tom,<br>Oranges - anywhere from $0.99/lb to $1.50; apples - $0.89 to $1.60; tomatoes<br>(so damn high I won't buy them); bananas around $0.80; grapefruit (and this<br>one will get you) average $2.90 each; Alaska potatoes are at $1.50/lb - no<br>Idaho potatoes here); cabbage - $1/head; Cheese - $7.99 for a Tillamook baby<br>loaf; chicken - $2.99/lb; hamburger - $3.50/lb; and the most important item<br>Oreos $4.90/box.<br>Chris <br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<br>On Behalf Of Tom Hansen<br>Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 3:23 PM<br>To: 'Sunil Ramalingam'; vision2020@moscow.com<br>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Council Far From Anti-Growth<br><br>S!
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-<br><br>Beer is a staple.<br><br>Chris: How about the cost of frivolous items like oranges, tomatoes,<br>apples. You know? Fruits and veggies.<br><br>Tom Hansen <br>Moscow, Idaho<br><br>"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving<br>safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in<br>sideways, chocolate in one hand, a drink in the other, body thoroughly used<br>up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO. What a ride!'"<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<br>On Behalf Of Sunil Ramalingam<br>Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 4:18 PM<br>To: vision2020@moscow.com<br>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Council Far From Anti-Growth<br><br>Chris,<br><br>How much is beer up there? If I remember, it's about $2 more a six pack <br>than in the Lower 48.<br><br>Sunil<br><br><br>>From: Chris Storhok <cstorhok @co.fairbanks.ak.us=""><br>>To: "'keely emerinemix'"
<kjajmix1 @msn.com="">, deco@moscow.com, <br>>vision2020@moscow.com<br>>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Council Far From Anti-Growth<br>>Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:37:38 -0900<br>><br>>I find this discussion interesting as it cuts to the heart of my <br>>profession.<br>>Keeping the dollar in circulation within a community is one of the toughest<br>>yet most critical aspects of economic development.<br>>For example, when my family and I lived in Latah County we purchased almost<br>>all of our food items from Moscow with the exception of runs to Potlatch <br>>for<br>>items that we ran out of and needed immediately (baking soda, sugar,<br>>charcoal, etc.) The Potlatch grocery store was just too expensive to make<br>>monthly supply runs too (besides both my wife and I worked in Moscow and<br>>would just pick our supplies up there). We shopped at the nursery in<br>>Potlatch and the drug store in Potlatch, almost everything else
was<br>>purchased in Moscow.<br>> However, when J.C. Penny's closed in the Palouse Mall we had to make<br>>runs to either Spokane or Coeur d' Alene for clothes for my wife and<br>>daughters since none of them wore Size 1 in the latest fashions that were<br>>cool for college kids and we sure the heck were not going to pay Bon (now<br>>Macy's) prices for clothes that wore out anyway. We never really shopped<br>>in Lewiston or Clarkston since it was just as easy to travel to Coeur d'<br>>Alene or Spokane.<br>> Moscow shopping was enjoyable and easy; most stores were well<br>>stocked with their specialty items, and prices were competitive. I loved<br>>the customer service we received from almost every store in town, and I <br>>have<br>>only fond memories now of that type of service....I even loved working with<br>>Moscow car dealers and auto repair shops.<br>><br>> No one has heard of customer service in Fairbanks, shopping here
is<br>>just plain hell, everything is at least 30% higher than Moscow, finding a<br>>sales clerk is impossible and forget competent workers as they all are<br>>working within the tourist industry and getting paid better than at <br>>Safeway,<br>>Wal-Mart, etc.) My wife and I shop at the Safeway in North Pole (paying<br>>even more than Fairbanks) because customer service actually exists and <br>>their<br>>meats/seafood guy stocks the store with cuts and seafood of such high<br>>quality that I am more than willing to pay the higher prices. I love our<br>>Friday seafood shipments, we get both king ($5/lb) and dungeonous crab<br>>($3.5/lb) that is fresh and never frozen - I have never tasted crab this<br>>good. (Alright, there is one nice advantage about living up here...the<br>>seafood)<br>><br>>Chris Storhok<br>><br>><br><br><br>_____________________________________________________<br> List services made available by First!
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