2011 Data  (see data from: 2009 | 2008)

#14/29 – Angel’s Fruit Market
Knickerbocker Ave. and Willoughby St.
Milk: $3.79
Bread: $1.50
Eggs: $1.39
Bananas: 59 cents per pound
Beans: 99 cents
Total: $8.26 

Associated Supermarkets – chain average $8.03 – standard deviation $0.50
#8/29 – Grand St. and Leonard Ave.
Milk: $3.79
Bread: $1.49
Eggs: $1.25
Bananas: 50 cents per pound
Beans: 75 cents
|Total: $7.78
***lowest price above Flushing*** 

#2/29 – Bushwick Ave. and Noll St.
Milk: $2.99
Bread: $1.49
Eggs: $1.29
Bananas: 59 cents per pound
Beans: 67 cents
Total: $7.03
***low price runner-up*** 

#15/29 – Seneca Ave. and Dekalb Ave.
Milk: $3.89
Bread: $1.39
Eggs: $1.67
Bananas: 79 cents per pound
Beans: 60 cents
Total: $8.34 

#13/29 – Broadway and Grove St.
Milk: $3.99
Bread: $1.29
Eggs: $1.25
Bananas: 69 cents per pound
Beans: 99 cents
Total: $8.21 

#18/29 – Fresh Pond Rd. and Putnam Ave.
Milk: $3.59
Bread: $1.69
Eggs: $1.79
Bananas: 69 cents per pound
Beans: 79 cents
Total: $8.55 

#11/29 – Seneca Ave. and Myrtle Ave.
Milk: $3.89
Bread: $1.39
Eggs: $1.50
Bananas: 59 cents per pound
Beans: 75 cents
Total: $8.12 

Bogopa – chain average $7.74 – standard deviation $0.36
#9/29 – Food Bazaar
Broadway and Manhattan Ave.
Milk: $3.99
Bread: $1.19
Eggs: $1.33
Bananas: 79 cents per pound
Beans: 75 cents
Total: $8.05 

#7/29 – Food Bazaar
Broadway and Myrtle Ave.
Milk: $3.99
Bread: 89 cents
Eggs: $1.25
Bananas: 79 cents per pound
Beans: 75 cents
Total: $7.67 

#6/29 – Food Bazaar
Gates Ave. and St. Nicholas Ave.
Milk: $3.99
Bread: 89 cents
Eggs: $1.25
Bananas: 69 cents per pound
Beans: 75 cents
Total: $7.57 

#7/29 – Food Bazaar
Wyckoff Ave. and Putnam Ave.
Milk: $3.99
Bread: 89 cents
Eggs: $1.25
Bananas: 79 cents per pound
Beans: 75 cents
Total: $7.67 

#10/29 – Bravo Supermarket
Seigel St. and Humboldt St.
Milk: $3.89
Bread: $1.29
Eggs: $1.50
Bananas: 59 cents per pound
Beans: 8 cents
Total: $8.07 

#29/29 – Brooklyn’s Natural
Bogart St. and Seigel St.
Milk: $4.79 (half gallon)
Bread: $4.99
Eggs: $3.49
Bananas: 99 cents per pound
Beans: $1.99
Total: $16.25
***highest price*** 

C-Town – chain average $7.94 – standard deviation $0.92 (highest variance)
#4/29 – Flushing Ave. and Beaver St.
Milk: $3.49
Bread: 99 cents
Eggs: $1.33
Bananas: 69 cents per pound
Beans: 75 cents
Total: $7.25 

#22/29 – Wyckoff Ave. and Hart St.
Milk: $3.79
Bread: $1.69
Eggs: $1.67
Bananas: 79 cents per pound
Beans: 89 cents
Total: $8.83 

#21/29 – Menahan St. and Central Ave.
Milk: $3.99
Bread: $1.29
Eggs: $1.67
Bananas: 79 cents per pound
Beans: 89 cents
Total: $8.63 

#3/29 – Broadway and Pilling St.
Milk: $3.49
Bread: 99 cents
Eggs: 99 cents
Bananas: 79 cents per pound
Beans: 80 cents
Total: $7.06
***lowest price in South Bushwick*** 

Cactus Holdings – chain average $7.13 – difference $0.68
#5/29 – Western Beef
Metropolitan Ave. and Woodward Ave.
Milk: $3.79
Bread: 99 cents
Eggs: $1.28
Bananas: 74 cents per pound
Beans: 67 cents
Total: $7.47 

#1/29 – Junior’s Food Outlet
Wyckoff Ave. and Summerfield St.
Milk: $3.29
Bread: 89 cents
Eggs: $1.39
Bananas: 59 cents per pound
Beans: 63 cents
Total: $6.79
***lowest price*** 

Compare Foods – chain average $8.62 – difference $0.02 (most consistent chain)
#21/29 – Myrtle Ave. and Cedar St.
Milk: $3.69
Bread: $1.49
Eggs: $1.99
Bananas: 79 cents per pound
Beans: 67 cents
Total: $8.63 

#20/29 – Madison St. and Woodward Ave.
Milk: $3.79
Bread: $1.69
Eggs: $1.89
Bananas: 59 cents per pound
Beans: 65 cents
Total: $8.61 

#24/29 – Green Line
Myrtle Ave. and 71st Ave.
Milk: $3.65
Bread: $1.59
Eggs: $3.99
Bananas: 69 cents per pound
Beans: $1.49
Total: $11.41 

#28/29 – Hana Natural
Wyckoff Ave. and Starr St.
Milk: $5.49 (half gallon)
Bread: $2.99
Eggs: $2.99
Bananas: $1.29 per pound
Beans: $1.99
Total: $14.75
***high price runner-up*** 

Key Food – chain average $8.37 – standard deviation $0.29
#19/29 – Grand St. and Lorimer Ave.
Milk: $3.79
Bread: $1.49
Eggs: $1.78
Bananas: 79 cents per pound
Beans: 75 cents
Total: $8.60 

#9/29 – Broadway and Hancock St.
Milk: $3.49
Bread: $1.39
Eggs: $1.59
Bananas: 59 cents per pound
Beans: 99 cents
Total: $8.05 

#17/29 – Myrtle Ave. and Norman St.
Milk: $3.89
Bread: $1.69
Eggs: $1.50
Bananas: 50 cents per pound
Beans: 89 cents
Total: $8.47 

#26/29 – Khim’s Millennium Market
Bushwick Ave. and Johnson Ave.
Milk: $3.99 (half gallon)
Bread: $2.99
Eggs: $2.49
Bananas: 99 cents per pound
Beans: $1.29
Total: $11.75
***biggest price drop since 2009: -23%*** 

#27/29 – Mr. Kiwi’s Fruits and Vegetables
Broadway and Myrtle Ave.
Milk: $3.99
Bread: $2.50
Eggs: $1.99
Bananas: 79 cents per pound
Beans: $2.49
Total: $11.76
***biggest price increase since 2009: +20%*** 

#25/29 – Ohana Mart
Broadway and Kossuth Pl.
Milk: $3.99
Bread: $3.70
Eggs: $1.99
Bananas: 79 cents per pound
Beans: $1.09
Total: $11.56
***highest price in South Bushwick*** 

#16/29 – Price Choice Food Market
Fresh Pond Rd. and Grove St.
Milk: $3.79
Bread: $1.19
Eggs: $1.69
Bananas: 69 cents per pound
Beans: 99 cents
Total: $8.35 

#23/29 – Sea Town
Irving Ave. and Linden St.
Milk: $3.59
Bread: $3.19
Eggs: $1.39
Bananas: 49 cents per pound
Beans: 89 cents
Total: $9.55 

#9/29 – Super Pioneer
Broadway and Covert St.
Milk: $3.59
Bread: $1.20
Eggs: $1.67
Bananas: 79 cents per pound
Beans: 80 cents
Total: $8.05 

2009 Data — 2009 write-up

GREATER BUSHWICK SUPERMARKETS

#7 – Angel’s Fruit Market 
Knickerbocker Ave. and Willoughby St.
Milk: $2.99 
Bread: $1.44 
Eggs: $1.39 
Bananas: 39 cents per pound 
Beans: 99 cents 
Total: $7.20 (7 out of 26 – Best food quality for lowest price)

Associated – chain average staple food total: 7.95 – price difference $1.40  
#21 – Knickerbocker Ave. and Starr St.  
Milk: $3.49 
Bread: $1.29 
Eggs: $1.89 
Bananas: 89 cents per pound 
Beans: 99 cents 
Total: $8.55 (21 out of 26)

#19 – Broadway and Grove St.  
Milk: $3.49 
Bread: $1.19 
Eggs: $1.69 
Bananas: 89 cents per pound 
Beans: 99 cents 
Total: $8.25 (19 out of 26)

#15 – Dekalb Ave. and Seneca St.  
Milk: $3.49 
Bread: $1.29 
Eggs: $1.39 
Bananas: 79 cents per pound 
Beans: 99 cents 
Total: $7.95 (15 out of 26)

#4 – Grand St. and Leonard Ave.  
Milk: $2.99 
Bread: $1.39 
Eggs: 99 cents 
Bananas: 69 cents per pound 
Beans: 99 cents 
Total: $7.05 (4 out of 26)

#8 – Bravo Supermarket 
Seigel St. and Humboldt St.  
Milk: $2.99 
Bread: $1.29 
Eggs: $1.39 
Bananas: 69 cents per pound 
Black Beans: $1.09 
Total: $7.45 (8 out of 26)

#26 – Brooklyn’s Natural 
Bogart St. and Seigel St.  
Milk (half gallon): $4.79 
Bread: $3.99 
Eggs: $3.29 
Bananas: 99 cents per pound 
Black Beans: $1.99 
Total: 15.05 (26 out of 26 – Most Expensive)

Compare Foods – chain average staple food total: $7.19  
#8 – Myrtle Ave. and Cedar St.  
Milk: $2.99 
Bread: $1.79 
Eggs: 99 cents 
Bananas: 79 cents per pound 
Beans: 89 cents 
Total: $7.45 (8 out of 26)

#2 – Humboldt St. and Grand St.  
Milk: $3.19 
Bread: $1.29 
Eggs: 99 cents 
Bananas: 47 cents per pound 
Beans: 99 cents 
Total: $6.93 (2 out of 26 – Least Expensive Runner-Up)

C-Town – chain average staple food total: $7.63  
#11 – Flushing Ave. and Beaver St.  
Milk: $3.39 
Bread: $1.19 
Eggs: $1.59 
Bananas: 69 cents per pound 
Beans: 89 cents 
Total: $7.75 (11 out of 26)

#17 – Wyckoff Ave. and Hart St.  
Milk: $3.49 
Bread: $1.29 
Eggs: $1.59 
Bananas: 79 cents per pound 
Beans: 89 cents 
Total: $8.05 (17 out of 26)

#11 – Menahan St. and Central Ave.  
Milk: $3.39 
Bread: 99 cents 
Eggs: $1.69 
Bananas: 79 cents per pound 
Beans: 89 cents 
Total: $7.75 (11 out of 26)

#3 – Broadway and Pilling St.  
Milk: $2.99 
Bread: 99 cents 
Eggs: $1.19 
Bananas: 79 cents per pound 
Beans: 99 cents 
Total: $6.95 (3 out of 26 – Biggest drop in prices, down $2.10)

Bogopa – chain average staple food total: $7.38  
#6 – Food Bazaar – Broadway and Manhattan Ave.  
Milk: $2.99 
Bread: $1.50 
Eggs: 99 cents 
Bananas: 79 cents per pound 
Black Beans: 89 cents 
Total: $7.16 (6 out of 26)

#10 – Food Bazaar – Wyckoff Ave. and Putnam Ave.  
Milk: $2.99 
Bread: $1.99 
Eggs: 99 cents 
Bananas: 69 cents per pound 
Black Beans: 89 cents 
Total: $7.55 (10 out of 26)

#11 – Food Dimensions – Broadway and Myrtle Ave.  
Milk: $2.99 
Bread: $1.59 
Eggs: $1.49 
Bananas: 79 cents per pound 
Black Beans: 89 cents 
Total: $7.75 (11 out of 26)

#5 – Food Dimensions – St. Nicholas Ave and Gates Ave  
Milk: $2.99 
Bread: $1.50 
Eggs: 99 cents 
Bananas: 69 cents per pound 
Beans: 89 cents 
Total: $7.06 (5 out of 26)

#1 – Junior’s Food Outlets 
Wyckoff Ave. and Summerfield St.  
Milk: $2.69 
Bread: 79 cents 
Eggs: $1.09 
Bananas: 59 cents per pound 
Black Beans: 63 cents 
Total: $5.79 (1 out of 26 – Least Expensive)

Key Food – chain average staple food total: $8.56  
#22 – Broadway and Hancock St.  
Milk: $3.99 
Bread: $1.99 
Eggs: $1.29 
Bananas: 69 cents per pound 
Black Beans: 99 cents 
Total: $8.95 (22 out of 26 – sketchiest store surveyed)

#18 – Grand St. and Lorimer Ave.  
Milk: $3.39 
Bread: $1.59 
Eggs: $1.99 
Bananas: 69 cents per pound 
Black Beans: 50 cents 
Total: $8.16 (18 out of 26 – best food quality of stores surveyed)

#25 – Khim’s Millennium Market 
Bushwick Ave. and Johnson Ave.  
Milk (half gallon): $4.99 
Bread: $3.99 
Eggs: $2.49 
Bananas: 99 cents per pound 
Black Beans: $1.99 
Total: $14.45 (25 out of 26 – Most Expensive Runner-up)

#23 – Mr. Kiwi’s Fruits and Vegetables 
Broadway and Myrtle Ave.  
Milk: $2.99 
Bread: $3.19 
Eggs: $1.49 
Bananas: 79 cents per pound 
Black Beans: $1.00 
Total: $9.46 (23 out of 26)

#14 – Peach Farm 
Knickerbocker Ave. and Hart St.  
Milk: $2.99 
Bread: $2.39 
Eggs: 99 cents 
Bananas: 49 cents per pound 
Beans: 99 cents 
Total: $7.85 (14 out of 26)

#15 – Western Beef 
Metropolitan Ave. and Woodward Ave.  
Milk: $3.99 
Bread: $1.19 
Eggs: $1.29 
Bananas: 79 cents per pound 
Black Beans: 69 cents 
Total: $7.95 (15 out of 26)

MANHATTAN CONTROL GROUP

#20 – Trader Joe’s 
14th Street and 3rd Ave., Manhattan  
Milk: $2.99 
Bread: $2.29 
Eggs: $1.79 
Bananas: 49 cents per pound 
Black Beans: 89 cents 
Total: $8.45 (20 out of 26)

#24 – Whole Foods 
Union Square South, Manhattan  
Milk: $2.99 
Bread: $3.79 
Eggs: $2.69 
Bananas: 79 cents per pound 
Black Beans: 89 cents 
Total: $11.15 (24 out of 26)

2008 Data — 2008 write-up

BUSHWICK SUPERMARKETS

Associated — chain average staple food total: $9.35  
Knickerbocker Ave. and Starr St.  
Milk: $3.99 
Bread: $1.79 
Eggs: $2.19 
Bananas: 69 cents per pound 
Beans: 99 cents 
Total: $9.65

Broadway and Lexington Ave.  
Milk: $3.99 
Bread: $1.79 
Eggs: $1.69 
Bananas: 79 cents per pound 
Beans: 79 cents 
Total: $9.05

DeKalb Ave. and Seneca Ave.  
Milk: $4.29 
Bread: $1.29 
Eggs: $2.09 
Bananas: 79 cents per pound 
Beans: 89 cents 
Total: $9.35

Brooklyn’s Natural 
Bogart St. and Seigel St. 
Milk (half gallon): $3.29 
Bread: $4.49 
Eggs: $3.75 
Bananas: 99 cents per pound 
Black Beans: $1.99 
Total: $14.51 ***Most Expensive***

Compare Foods 
Myrtle Ave. and Cedar St.  
Milk: $3.99 
Bread: $1.50 
Eggs: $1.79 
Bananas: 79 cents per pound 
Beans: 89 cents 
Total: $8.96

C-Town — chain average staple food total: $8.97  
Flushing Ave. and Beaver St.  
Milk: $3.99 
Bread: $1.29 
Eggs: $1.59 
Bananas: 79 cents per pound 
Beans: 89 cents 
Total: $8.55

Wyckoff Ave. and Hart St.  
Milk: $3.99 
Bread: $1.29 
Eggs: $1.59 
Bananas: 69 cents per pound 
Beans: 99 cents 
Total: $8.55

Menahan St. and Central Ave.  
Milk: $4.37 
Bread: $1.79 
Eggs: $1.69 
Bananas: 89 cents per pound 
Beans: 99 cents 
Total: $9.73

Broadway and Pilling St.  
Milk: $3.99 
Bread: $1.29 
Eggs: $1.99 
Bananas: 79 cents per pound 
Beans: 99 cents 
Total: $9.05

Food Bazaar — chain average staple food total: $8.30  
Broadway and Manhattan Ave.  
Milk: $3.49 
Bread: $1.59 
Eggs: $1.49 
Bananas: 79 cents per pound 
Black Beans: 89 cents 
Total: $8.25 ***Least Expensive Runner-up***

Wyckoff Ave. and Madison St.  
Milk: $3.49 
Bread: $1.79 
Eggs: $1.49 
Bananas: 69 cents per pound 
Black Beans: 89 cents 
Total: $8.35

Food Dimensions — chain average staple food total: $8.35  
Broadway and Myrtle Ave.  
Milk: $3.49 
Bread: $1.79 
Eggs: $1.49 
Bananas: 69 cents per pound 
Black Beans: 89 cents 
Total: $8.35

St. Nicholas Ave and Gates Ave  
Milk: $3.49 
Bread: $1.79 
Eggs: $1.49 
Bananas: 79 cents per pound 
Beans: 79 cents 
Total: $8.35

Junior’s Food Outlets 
Wyckoff Ave. and Summerfield St.  
Milk: $3.29 
Bread: 99 cents 
Eggs: $1.39 
Bananas: 60 cents per pound 
Black Beans: 59 cents 
Total: $6.86 ***Least Expensive***

Key Food 
Broadway and Hancock St.  
Milk: $4.49 
Bread: $1.79 
Eggs: $1.99 
Bananas: 69 cents per pound 
Black Beans: 99 cents 
Total: $9.95

Khim’s Millennium Market 
Bushwick Ave. and Johnson Ave. 
Milk (half gallon): $4.99 
Bread: $3.79 
Eggs: $2.49 
Bananas: 99 cents per pound 
Black Beans: $1.99 
Total: $14.25 ***Most Expensive Runner-Up***

Mr. Kiwi’s 
Broadway and Myrtle Ave.  
Milk: $3.99 
Bread: $2.50 
Eggs: $1.49 
Bananas: 69 cents per pound 
Black Beans: 99 cents 
Total: $9.66

MANHATTAN CONTROL GROUP

Trader Joe’s 
14th Street and 3rd Ave., Manhattan 
Milk: $3.79 
Bread: $1.99 
Eggs: $1.99 
Bananas: about 49 cents per pound 
Black Beans: 79 cents 
Total: $9.05

Whole Foods 
Union Square South, Manhattan  
Milk: $3.79 
Bread: $3.79 
Eggs: $2.99 
Bananas: 79 cents per pound 
Black Beans: 89 cents 
Total: $12.25