I paid $10.50 for a dozen eggs

[CloudBee]

One of which was broken... so it came out to 95 cents PER EGG. heh

Butter was $8.80 lb and milk $6 a quart in the sundry shop.

A loaf of bread was $7.50, while about 10 slices of American cheese ran $6.50.

DS was desperate for a nap upon arrival so we decided to whip up some expensive egg sandwiches rather than haul him into a restaurant for lunch.

I will keep you posted once we hit up the actual grocery store.

[Deleted]

Butter Watch 2014 continues! Thanks for the update!!

[Pom]

I hope you guys have a great trip

[jinkies]

I love that you updated us with the actual prices. You are a good sport.

[niq]

Think of the hit to your portfolio!

[CloudBee]

Aug 31, 2014 21:49:40 GMT -5 niq said:

Think of the hit to your portfolio!

When we arrived, DH flipped on CNN. I kid you not. One of the first stories was about the recent spike in butter prices due to low supply and higher than average demand!

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You should've packed your butter!

Have a great time on vacay!

[rubytue]

So, $23 for a meal? (Minus the milk). $7.66/pp? Still cheape than going out for lunch, and eggs left for breakfast!

Not that I posted in the butter thread, but I showed it to H. Why? Because its totally something his mother would do. Then again, he reminded me he snuck some cream cheese in the cooler with our frozen fish when we came back from Florida. I had tried to toss it lol

[polarbearfans]

I still think that $9 was well spent on fresh butter... How many sticks is a pound? Because I pay like $5 for a box that has 4... am I being ripped off?!

Hope you have a fun vacation despite the crazy food prices!

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Remember, you can use your excess butter for bulletproof coffee!!

www.womenshealthmag.com/nutrition/bulletproof-coffee

[rubytue]

Aug 31, 2014 21:55:54 GMT -5 polarbearfans said:

I still think that $9 was well spent on fresh butter... How many sticks is a pound? Because I pay like $5 for a box that has 4... am I being ripped off?!

Hope you have a fun vacation despite the crazy food prices!

4 sticks in a pound. And it freezes well. Next thanksgiving (start of baking season) buy it all up on sale and freeze it.

Then, take the $3/pound you saved and put it in your dividend appreciation fund of choice

[fortmyersbride]

The grocery store is much better, but I have picked up an item here and there at that sundry shop when I just needed to restock a bit at the end of the trip--and then muttered to myself about their costs

[aurora]

If it makes you feel any better, for our first grocery trip for 5 adults at the start of our 2-week Hawaiian vacation, H and I spent over $800. We were trying to buy the majority of the food for the 2 weeks (obvs. not all the produce or fresh fish, but most of the other things), but still.

Sometimes vacation food is really expensive.

(Also our lodging and rental car was paid by my parents so we were more than happy to pick up the food.)

[Deleted]

How much would an omelet and grilled cheese sandwich cost? Even with high island prices, the groceries are probably still less than eating out every meal.

[AAM2012]

Regardless of the prices...try to enjoy your trip!

[CloudBee]

The butter was Kerry Gold.

Anyway. We were going to take the shuttle to the grocery store, but after seeing how many people were waiting, and hearing that it would be $7 per person we left the line and changed our minds.

We wandered to a small shopping area that had a glorified convenience store. I found eggs for $4.50, bananas, oranges, butter for $4 a lb (from New Zealand) and frozen peas, among other things. One of DS's favorite snacks is frozen peas. Score!

It was SO nice to have a lazy breakfast in our condo this morning vs going to a restaurant.

At the pool this afternoon we ran into the guy who was next to us in line for the grocery shuttle. He said the ordeal took nearly 2 hrs and that we were smart to have opted out. He wished he had.

Next time (return trip one day) I may pack a few more non-perishables and do the grocery delivery as planned!

Random - I had conch fritters as an app tonight. Is conch ever available at fisheries in New England? I've never been able to find a place that gets it shipped up.

[CloudBee]

Sept 1, 2014 18:22:21 GMT -5 AAM2012 said:

Regardless of the prices...try to enjoy your trip!

Haha. None of this has put a damper on the trip. And we even shelled out $9 for a single hot dog today.

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Conch fritters are awesome! I've only had them in the Bahamas and the FL Keys.

[LoveTrains]

No I have never seen conch up in New England. You will have to settle for clams and oysters. And quahogs.

[dexteroni]

You get a million extra credit points for updating. Glad you were able to find what you needed!

[v]

That's actually not THAT terrible for the butter, particularly Kerrygold. Breakstones is $8.39 a pound at my grocery store, and Kerrygold is way better.

[greencrayon]

Sept 2, 2014 6:57:49 GMT -5 v said:

That's actually not THAT terrible for the butter, particularly Kerrygold. Breakstones is $8.39 a pound at my grocery store, and Kerrygold is way better.

We get Kerrygold and it's $3.29 for the half pound stick thing. So $6.58/lb. 

[v]

Sept 2, 2014 10:36:21 GMT -5 greencrayon said:

Sept 2, 2014 6:57:49 GMT -5 v said:

That's actually not THAT terrible for the butter, particularly Kerrygold. Breakstones is $8.39 a pound at my grocery store, and Kerrygold is way better.

We get Kerrygold and it's $3.29 for the half pound stick thing. So $6.58/lb. 

I just looked up the Kerrygold price on my grocery store's website and 8 oz is $5.19.  So $8.80 doesn't sound bad at all -- I would have guessed sundry shop at a luxury hotel on an island that has to import this stuff would be more expensive than gross NY grocery store!