Courtesy of SavvyKosherShopper.com
So how do local kosher supermarkets compare in prices to each other?
THE LIST
We created a typical light summer shopping list and compared the prices. The items on the list were 2 pounds of rye, 8 pounds of chicken legs, 3 two-liter bottles of soda, 108 slices of HaOlam cheese, 3 half gallon of milk containers, and a dozen Mehadrin fit n Free yogurts. The list was shopped on July 15th.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD
For the first neighborhood and its kosher stores, we chose the Five Towns. There are four central kosher shopping locations in the Five Towns and Far Rockaway vicinity. There is Gourmet Glatt Emporium, Seasons, Brachs, and Kosher World.
THE PRICES
The prices ranged for the shopping list ranged from $69.72 to $83.02, a range of close to twenty percent. The store that offered the best prices was Brachs which came in at the $69.72 figure. The stores with the closest pricing to each other were Gourmet Glatt Emporium and Kosher World which came in at $80.33 and $79.53 respectively. Seasons came in at $83.02. Seasons, however, did have the second most competitive prices on chicken legs which were at $3.29 per pound. Brach’s, however, had the most competitive pricing on chicken legs which was $2.39 per pound.
SIMILAR PRICING
Many of the prices, shockingly enough, were the same. Cholov Yisroel milk was $2.99 per half a gallon, except one store, Gourmet Glatt Emporium, offered it for $2.89. Rye bread was either $3.00 or $3.50 for a two pound loaf.
Let us know how your local store’s prices compare.
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8 Responses
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It’s a nice idea, but the results are completely meaningless. Prices fluctuate all the time. You would need many more shopping trips, on different days/weeks, in order to produce any statistically meaningful conclusions.
I am a regular shopper in the Five towns and found your article interesting. The comparison you made reflects your shopping list only. If you were to shop my weekly list it would be completely different.
The only way you could have a generic and useful comparison is to buy a full shopping cart of regular non sale items only, as the sales vary from store to store (trust me on that one, I shop them all). Regular priced items is the only way you could tell how one store compares to the next.
Meno #2: Some stores are generally less expensive than others overall.
Come to Brooklyn and shop KRM and Moishas for the best prices in the region.
Very interesting article.
I moved to the 5 towns aprx 5 years ago.
When I moved here people would tell me that Brach’s is the cheaper store so I would shop there.
A year or 2 later I decided to do my own price comparison.
After doing a few checks – going item by item on my Erev Shabbos shopping – I noticed that Gourmet Glatt’s prices are very similar to Brach’s prices and many items were cheaper. Besides the fact that the experience was a complete different experience. A super clean store, staff who were very helpful and I was able to find everything on my list and I’m paying less on my weekly orders.
I also notice that GG has a lot more weekly sales especially in their meat dept. Yom tov time it gets even better. They’re sales are amazing. You just can’t compare.
It’s a large community and BH there is enough to go around but if you ask me, as a frugal shopper, GG is by far the way to go.
#3 you are absolutely right & I couldn’t agree with you more.
#5 you bet KRM & Moishas are the most affordable prices
#6 you are a good salesman for Gourmet glatt. perhaps you should work for them.
i have lived in far rockaway for close to 10 years now. i used to only shop in Brachs as they were the cheapest in town but gourmet glatt for meat and produce. however the past few years i noticed the prices have been going up and up on many products. last year i switched to only gourmet. the prices are not always the cheapest but the overall i think its for sure better. (parking stinks but whatever)