[BCN] Fwd: produce comparison between harvest and whole foods prospect street

[Jeffrey Rosenblum]

I was surprized by this, just wanted to pass this info on to other
coopers. I'm not sending this to discourage shopping at Harvest (I was
on the Board for 5 years), just to encourage coops to get active in
communicating their concerns to the Board.

Jeff
Bishop Allen Drive Coop

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jeffrey Rosenblum <rosenblum.jeff at gmail.com>
Date: Jan 5, 2007 8:58 PM
Subject: produce comparison between harvest and whole foods prospect street


All--

I'm catering a party for 100, and part of the menu is lamb (which I
rarely cook), so I bought that at Whole Foods Prospect Street store.
While I was there (I'm never there, I'm always at Harvest), I did some
comparisons pricing of organic produce, and ended up buying all my
produce there. I thought you might be interested in the difference,
which surprized me quite a bit.

Best,
Jeff


January 5, 2007

All items are organic.

item -- harvest price -- whole foods price

leeks -- $4.89/lb -- $2.98/lb
yellow onions -- $1.50/lb -- $1.98/lb
red onions -- $2.39/lb -- $1.98/lb
yukon potatoes -- $7 for 5lbs -- $3.98 for 5lbs
parsnips -- $3.79/lb -- $2.19/lb
carrots -- $5.99 for 5lb bag -- $4.49 for 5lb bag
beets -- $4.29 per bunch -- $2.49 per bunch
turnips -- $2.29/lb -- $1.98/lb
parsley -- $2.19/bunch -- $1.49/bunch
romaine lettuce -- $3.99 /head -- $2.49 /head
dates -- $9.99/lb -- $7.98/lb
arugula -- $2.99 /bunch -- $2.49 /bunch
cilantro -- $2.99 /bunch -- $1.49 /bunch
watercress (harvest did not have any)
endive (harvest did not have any)
local massachusetts boston-head lettuce -- $2.49 /head -- (harvest did
not carry)