The Real Cost of Groceries in Charlotte »
On Saturday, the Charlotte Observer printed an article about the cost of groceries in Charlotte compared with other areas of the country. This was interesting enough, but what I found really interesting was the cost of groceries just within the Charlotte area.
For the article, the writer(s) purchased twenty items at four area stores. These four stores - Lowes Food on Providence Road, Harris Teeter on Central Avenue (now closed), Food Lion on Wendover Road and Bi-Lo on Park Road - yielded a price of $44.44 (Bi-Lo) to $49.27 (Lowes Food). All in all, not a huge difference in price, so it may or may not be worth your while to drive across town to save a dollar or two. But what was interesting was the sidebar about bargain shopping.
