What do you pay for milk and bread? (offshoot from Walmart post)

[BamaGirl]

After all the 'abandon the South' and why shop at Walmart posts, I'm curious. Now admittedly, I think a lot of those replies were stooopid. Yes, there are three o's in that word!! Anyway, my speculation is we can take it all down to bread and butter or, um milk. In my district we pay some of the highest prices for bread and milk (yes, there have been studies that said so. No I can't give links). I'm wondering how that coorelates to how ppl vote. We vote overwhelmingly R here. We pay almost $5/gal for named brand milk and over $2/loaf for named brand wheat here (I don't buy the other stuff so I have no idea what it is going for). I can buy a 6 pack of beer cheaper than milk. How sad is that? So the question is what do you pay for a gallon of milk and a loaf of bread and how does your district vote (Congressional)? Mine is for brand after taxes about $5/gal and over $2/loaf. We vote about 70% R.

[NMDemDist2]

1. rural NM, $3 for milk, $2.50 for bread n/t

[Warpy]

10. About the same in urban NM

only the bread's in the $3.00 ballpark if you don't want balloon bread.

[NMDemDist2]

13. non "balloon bread" is $3.50 + here too

BTW I love "balloon bread" it's a great description! :bounce:

[KSU Wildcat]

38. Unbelievable!!!!

There is no reason for bread and milk to cost more than gasoline. Much much more expensive processes involved in getting oil and refining into gasoline.

[BamaGirl]

45. ITA! /nt

[KSU Wildcat]

57. ITA?????

I guess I am dense...What is "ITA"?

[BamaGirl]

58. I totally agree

;)

[napi21]

2. $2.50 milk and $1.29 bread...Ga.

[CelticWinter]

3. northwest PA

I pay 3.03 gal of milk and 2.29 for wheat bread.

[Subdivisions]

4. Here on the outskirts of the D/FW Metroplex we

pay around $3.50 for a gallon of milk and $1.88 for a loaf of bread.

Edited to add: I have a family of 5 (age 15, 18, 20, 37, 42), not to mention the extended family and friends that stop by daily. A gallon of milk and a loaf of bread may as well be oxygen as easily as it gets inhaled around here.

[dxdem]

5. GA

I just paid $4.99 (+tax) for a gallon of milk last night. Granted, it was at a store I normally don't shop at, it was on the way and convenient, but that seems a bit high.

[BamaGirl]

17. Where abouts?

I'm in the Ga, Fl, Al triangle. My parents are metro Atlanta and both are pretty cheap there.

[dxdem]

49. Augusta.

[silverojo]

6. Southern AZ

We don't buy milk (we're lactose intolerant!), but we buy the cheap supermarket-label brand for $1.20. Brand-name breads are between $2.50 and $3.

[NewInNewJ.]

7. Tennessee

Milk-$2.99
Bread-$1.79

[Sherman A1]

8. Follow up from the previous thread

Milk was $2.68/gallon and bread is about $1.50 at the major chain (you can pick it up at Aldi for 49 cents). This district (MO 1st) voted mostly Dem. I don't have the exact numbers. Nearby MO 2nd (right across the Missouri River) voted to retain their Republican Congressman and prices would be the same there.

[AlCzervik]

9. northern califronia-$3.69 for a gallon of milk, $4.00 for bread

[BamaGirl]

12. Holy shit!

Really!? $4 for bread!? I'd have to finally learn how to make my own at the point!

[AlCzervik]

16. everything seems to cost more here first and then moves eastward

we're such trendsetters!:+

[StrictlyRockers]

22. Muy expensivo here in nor cal.

[AlCzervik]

51. even more so for you if you're in Berkley and might i add if you are there

LUCKY!

I have 7 more years here until i can hammer the for sale sign in the front line, pack my kid off to the college of her choice (hopefully) (Berkley hopefully) and rent a place in Pacifica.

[Karenca]

11. 4.99 for a quart of milk

$5.00 for bread

New York City

[BamaGirl]

23. Ouch

We were looking at a job (Air Marshalls) that would have put us there and the housing vs pay scared us off. I was in NJ in June (without the kids) and didn't even look at the price of milk and bread. That's some scary shit there.

[Karenca]

46. I know---It's scary expensive

I think we're only 2nd to London when it come to the
high cost of living.

(and that $5.00 bread can be a really small loaf)

[Viva_La_Revolution]

14. Portland, Oregon

$1.99 for milk at Rite Aid (not name brand)

$.69 cents for bread at Winco. (not name brand)

Brand names are $2.99-$3.20 for milk and something like $2-$2.20 for bread (I never buy it, so don't quote me there)

[DODI]

15. Central CT - 3.59 milk - 2.00 - 2,50 for bread -- 100% dem

No tax on food.

[Rick Myers]

18. Minneapolis, $2.89 gal for milk, $1.49 loaf of split wheat bread

[StrictlyRockers]

19. I never buy mild, 'cuz I only drink soy milk. It's about $1.70 per quart.

I buy good bread at the farmer's market for $3.75 a loaf.

SR

[kiahzero]

20. $3.99 in Charlottesville VA (n/t)

[katty]

21. Bread: 3.50 - Milk 3.75/gal -My parents paid: 50 cents for bread

my, my how things change.

[lapfog_1]

30. I grew up poor.

I remember $.10 a loaf for day-old bread. Sandwiches (peanut butter and homemade jam) were a staple for me (every day for lunch). Navy beans and hotdogs for dinner.

[Nicole]

24. OK: $3.20 for milk, I don't buy bread

I don't eat much sliced bread but when I do it's home baked.

Dinner rolls & biscuits are the main source of bread in my house, also home baked.

[Mythsaje]

25. Name-brand milk? What, like Darigold?

That's about 3.99 here, but Safeway just made a deal with some local dairy and now they've got gallons of something produced nearby for 1.99 a gallon. I know which one I'll buy.

I'm not even sure what "name-brand" bread might be, but I think the fancy stuff is about 2.00 dollars, less if it's on sale.

[BamaGirl]

32. Here it's

Diary Fresh. Or the Winn Dixie or Walmart or whatever milk. It's all the same it turns out, but apparently the stores get older stuff cuz it doesn't last anywhere near as long.

[Horse with no Name]

26. Rural East Texas

Brand name milk $4.99 gallon
Store brand milk $2.99 gallon

Brand name bread $2.29 loaf
Store brand bread $.99 loaf

Brand name butter $3.49 pound
Store brand butter $2.59 pound

Our area votes local Democrats and national Republicans.
And I have no idea why this happens.:shrug:

[BamaGirl]

40. Sounds like here

Really expensive. Local Dems elected, but no way in hell on a national level. It amazes me ppl don't see how much Dems in office would benefit the local farmers who campaign against them. Craziness.

[txindy]

50. Sounds very familiar. A gallon of HEB milk is $3.17 and 59 cents for a loaf of their bread.

A non-nutritional 1.5 lb. loaf.

[merci_me]

27. In Houston

I pay about $1.50 for a 1/2 gallon of milk. I know it costs less by the gallon, I think about $2.60, but we don't use it fast enough.

Bread is hard to gage, since loaves run all sizes and there are so many varieties. There are always the store brand loaves of white bread for .89 to $1.00. Other than specialty breads our regular bread purchase is Roman Meal, which runs $2.19 for the sandwich size loaf.

[The Straight Story]

28. I can get Bread for a Dollar or less (1.50 max) and milk

[Catshrink]

29. Usually about $2 for milk, maybe $1.69 for bread

Milk is usually on sale here for about $2 a gallon. I buy my bread at the Enteman/Orowheat outlet for $1.69 a loaf for whole wheat. Sometimes I get English muffins instead for about the same price.

Once in a while I'll buy Trader Joe's cinnamon raisin bread for about $2.50.

Sounds like I'm getting a pretty good deal here in AZ.

[Duncan Grant]

31. Weekly: $7/gal organic milk and $3.59 for whole grain bread

There are less expensive options for bread and milk but I prefer organic. The organic milk is store brand, the bread is not.

I live in Pelosi's district and we vote for Democrats and Greens (almost exclusively).

We get screwed royally on gasoline but fresh produce and groceries are plentiful (and reasonably price).

[DireStrike]

33. Milk: $5.00 Bread - $2.10 MASSIVELY BLUE NYC district

nt

[BamaGirl]

43. Any idea wh it is so expensive there?

We pay almost %9 sales tax which hikes things up a lot here. I thought there was no sales tax on groceries in NY? Either way, here or there, there is no way bread should cost that much. That's just insane!

[Karenca]

47. I NEVER found bread here for $2.10--

I pay about $5.00.

[Blu Dahlia]

34. thank goodness: I don't drink milk and I am low carb (no bread)

From what I'm reading it sounds like I'm saving a great deal of money!! Actually I pay a great deal for Crystal Lite now that I think about it.

[BamaGirl]

41. Probably lol

I have three kids (10,9, and 5). I spend a fortune on bread and milk lol. I just haven't figured out how to make bread right yet but hopefully it will be soon. Before my son is a teenager at least lol!

[librechik]

42. I get Nonfat dry milk for the family--22 qts (5 1/2 gals) $8.50

and hubby works at a commercial bakery, so we get our bread free mostly. I'm on the low carb diet too, and I have switched to RyKrisp instead of bread.

Strategeries fer not starving! Hard times are coming.

[badgerpup]

35. I'll quit complaining...

Buy my milk at Costco- 2 gallons for under $4... and I go to the Sweetheart Bakery outlet (aka 'used bread store') and get non-balloon bread for about half of what the stores are charging.

But I may have to start baking again meself for the really good breads...e.g. sprouted wheat or potato-rosemary...those are SPENDY :scared:

[BamaGirl]

48. Do you hang out on the cooking board?

I can cook most stuff. I cannot do bread. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but I'm gonna post over there soon and ask for the idiots guide to baking bread lol. The good stuff does cost a lot. If I want it, I need to be able to make my own lol. :D

[LittleClarkie]

36. Milk $3.39 a gallon, good bread $2, meh bread .60 cents

:)

[StoryTeller]

37. $3.25/gal--organic raw milk from dairy, $0.75/2 lb loaf homemade Dakota bread

We have a local dairy, and we LOVE our bread machine. :D Plus, with the raw milk, we get cream, and can make our own butter. Pretty good deal, even with the short drive to get out to the dairy.

We shop mostly at Whole Foods, where milk is $2.99/gal, and bread is about $3.69/loaf. Milk at a regular store is about the same, but bread is more like $2.99 for the nicer stuff.

We're in Omaha, NE--quite a red area. But the cost of living is pretty low overall here.

[Bjornsdotter]

39. Regularly 1.79 for milk

(whole milk) and .99 to 1.59 on sale in northern Illinois.

As far as bread, I don't know...I make ours.

Cheers

[havocmom]

56. A gallon? That is about what a half gallon goes for where I live

$3.59 to $3.99 depending on time of year.

$3.98 for good, Montana Made Bread. It supports the local growers and is damn good bread. Doesn't give Havocdad allergy attack like others do.

[Bjornsdotter]

60. Yes, a gallon

However if I cross the street at a different grocery store the milk is almost $4 a gallon. Go figure...

Cheers

[buckettgirl]

44. not too outrageous here

I pay $2.5 per loaf of whole multigrain bread (brand name)
I don't buy milk terribly often anymore... probably is around $3/gallon, but not over, I don't think.
I would never spend $5/gal for milk, that's crazy expensive!

I live amongest a sea of red... the vote is overwhelming republican here.

[sniffa]

52. Milk: $2.59/gal, Bread, about 2.50-2.99 a loaf

Quincy, MA

[catnhatnh]

53. Southern New Hampshire....

milk $2.49 per gallon. Bread .79 for store "whitebread" and $1.50 for store brand premium (multigrains etc...). No sales taxes, no income taxes but OY- the real estate taxes will kill you!

[Monkeyman]

54. Outside Chicago

$1.99 Gal. Milk Wonder Bread $1.09

[we can do it]

55. NE Ohio, $2 Milk Gallon and $2 Bread (Bakery Outlets Bread, 79 Cents)

Milk can be $3.99 a gallon, but at least one store nearby always has it for $1.99.

Its pretty blue here in the Akron area (thankfully).

[NEOhiodemocrat]

59. And I thought I had alot to complain about

here in Ohio at Aldi's get 2% milk for $1.91 to $1.99 and wheat bread for .79 cents, Italian for .89 cents. Proud to say our Congressional district is consistantly Democratic. I can't believe the prices you others are paying...just Wow. We are retired so guess this is one of the upsides of living in NE Ohio, cheap milk and bread.

[Rhythm]

61. $2.99/gal for milk... $.99 for bread

i'm a college student, have a limited income, and buy generic.

i also make it a point to shop at a small chain store here (family owned, with 7 stores in PA and WV), rather than the biggies.

[DenaliDemocrat]

62. Anchorage $4.50 milk, about $4.00 bread