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Originally Posted by Allegiance
The food prices here seem higher than the NYC suburbs. Stores like Pathmark and Walbaums are cheaper and have better sales. I would like to hear a rational reason. Rents, labor and electricity are cheaper in Florida.....
Of course other things are cheaper and better here, but that is off topic.
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Usually higher food prices result when there is a lack of competition--i.e., the fewer the food wholesalers, the higher the price of food due to the lack of competition. Despite the high prices on everything we encountered living in NJ, the food was cheaper due to the many wholesalers around, creating stiffer competition than we found in Pittsburgh and moreso in west Michigan, where there were only two main wholesalers.