If you plan on starting a weekly ‘ food prices nation wide ‘ ping list, feel free to add my name. I can give you the costs from downtown Boston.
It would be good if we could come up with a "standard" grocery cart, so we could be consistent. E.g. we could all have orange juice on our list, but it would have to be a certain type (1 frozen can), eggs (one dozen large grade A), etc.
Here are a few lists from sources I searched. They could be modified, have things added or taken away, etc. I'd add coffee to the list, for example. Here's a place to start:
Item Brand/Size
Milk Meadow Gold 2%, 1 gallon
Bread Home Pride white
Frozen corn Birds Eye Steamfresh 12 oz.
Hamburger 80%-85% lean ground
Eggs 1 dozen large
Orange juice Tropicana no pulp, 89 oz.
Cheerios 18 oz. box
Oreos 18 oz. bag
Bananas 1 lb.
Ice cream Dreyer's, 1.5 qt. vanilla
Diapers Pampers size 3 Baby Dry, 96 ct.
Laundry soap Tide powder, 141 oz.
Movie & treat Evening admission with medium popcorn and soda
Gasoline 1 gallon regular
Pizza Large pepperoni takeout
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/05/07/2205236/shoppers-use-strategy-to-save.html
Item
Loaf white bread, store-brand, 20 oz.
Cheddar cheese, store brand, 16 oz.
Dozen eggs, large, grade A
Ground chuck, per pound
Bacon, store brand, 16-oz. package
Gallon of whole milk, store brand, gallon
Tomatoes, Roma, 16 oz.
Green bell peppers, 16 oz.
Orange juice, store brand, half-gallon
http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2011/04/prices_graphic.html
A more expensive shopping list:
Prices per pound of pantry staples, compared to March 2010
Bacon, up 27.2 percent, to $4.33 a pound
Bananas, up 12.5 percent, to 58 cents per pound
Bologna, up 17.9 percent, to $3.34 a pound
Boneless beef for stew, up 13.1 percent, to $4.17 per pound
Boneless pork chop, up 23.7 percent, to $4.40 per pound
Broccoli, up 25.5 percent, to $1.83 per pound
Chicken breast (boneless), up 12.7 percent, to $3.60 a pound
Coffee, up 30.2 percent from last March, to $4.62 per pound
Field-grown tomatoes, up 3.9 percent, to $2.09 per pound
Ground beef, up 18.5 percent, to $2.44 a pound
Ice cream, up 24.2 percent, to $4.87 per half-gallon
Iceberg lettuce, up 49.5 percent, to $1.22 per pound
Navel oranges, up 14.5 percent, to $1.06 per pound
Processed American cheese, up 16.9 percent, to $3.70 per pound
Red delicious apples, up 12.0 percent, to $1.25 per pound.
Salted butter, up 32.7 percent, to $3.69 per pound
Sugar, up 8.7 percent, to 69 cents per pound
White potatoes, up 19.3 percent, to 61 cents per pound
Whole milk, up 17.2 percent, to $3.81 per gallon
(Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)