Grocery Prices in Maui (Pics) (stores, local)

[HankDfrmSD]

Originally Posted by hotzcatz

There are two dairies left in the state, but both of them are on ka Moku Nui (Big Island) so it might be more expensive after it is shipped to Maui. Local milk is about $6 a gallon.

It is really amazing to me how the milk supply situation has changed over the 52 years I have been to/from Hawaii.

When I first arrived in 1957, we drank "Recombined" milk. That was milk made from powdered milk (shipped from the mainland) mixed with water and coconut oil in a plant on Oahu (before folks worried about their cholesterol - or maybe before they knew what it was). Local milk was scarce and expensive. Just 12 years after WWII.

In the 60's/70's, lots of dairies thrived. I lived fairly near one in Kailua. Now and then the cows would get loose and show up across the street at milking time, making quite a racket. There were two big dairy names – Meadow Gold and Foremost. I think it was Meadow Gold that had a big plant on Dillingham Boulevard, with a huge plaster cow out front. She was named “Lani-Moo”, and featured in TV commercials. In that era, we drank regular local milk, and I don’t remember complaints about the price. I also remember reading then that Hawaii produced more milk than any other state.

More sugar too.

Times change. Then they change back.

Hank

[HankDfrmSD]

Originally Posted by HankDfrmSD

I think it was Meadow Gold that had a big plant on Dillingham Boulevard, with a huge plaster cow out front. She was named “Lani-Moo”, and featured in TV commercials.

Now she's real, and lives at the zoo:

Google Image Result for http://www.honoluluzoo.org/images/lanimoo6_small.jpg

[syracuseorange]

[quote=Think!;6512611]Honestly, I don't think anyone even noticed that I was taking pictures. Maybe it's just me, but whenever I'm in there it seems most of the shoppers go out of their way to ignore each other. Almost no eye-contact, greetings, nuthin'. They're usually not rude, just not interested in what anyone else is doing.""

Hmm after seeing your photos and always wanting to vacation in hawaii --I was in sticker shock...perhaps most of customers are doing the same thing.... they are not ignoring eachother-just in price shock.. i was like 4 bucks for soup and 11 bucks for a gallon of juice. ??? I mean dont you grow the pineapples there????? and oranges????

ps new to the posting here...hope i did the quote thing correct....

[Afishwithabike]

Orange production isn't a major industry here. You might be thinking of Florida. People grow smaller citrus like tangerines but it's hardly big business. As for pineapples, pineapple production is shutting down. Maui Land & Pineapple is closing its operations at the end of the year. Del Monte is out of the pineapple business in Hawaii. Dole Food Co. still grows pineapple on Oahu but even they aren't growing the numbers they used to. They're looking to sell some of their land in Wahiawa, Oahu, and they closed their pineapple production on Lanai a few years ago. Some of Dole's land in Wahiawa is now leased to a company that grows Christmas trees.

[SkyBob]

Didn't Dole own Lanai at one time?

[10,000Lakes]

Can someone take pix of food in the commissary so us military reading this can compare>?

[Balad1]

Originally Posted by 10,000Lakes

Can someone take pix of food in the commissary so us military reading this can compare>?

The commissary makes a BIG difference here. Two items come to mind for comparison are Swanson chicken broth in cans, local super market $1.97, commissary (Pearl Harbor) $.25. Velvetta cheese, Wal Mart 1lb $3.99, commissary 3lb for $3.97. This of course is just the tip of the iceberg.

[Calico Salsa]

Originally Posted by SkyBob

Didn't Dole own Lanai at one time?

A while back. Lanai is mostly privately owned now. Dole sold to a gentleman who is now working on projects to test install both wind and solar farms. The idea would be to sell power back to Oahu.

[cloudcroft]

Balad1,

I don't use the Commissary here on the mainland as I didn't see enough difference between Commissary prices and local supermarkets...certainly not enough to make me drive further or deal with security nowadays at military base gates (and get a DoD registration sticker for your car) just to go to the Commissary. They are SUPPOSED (mandated) to be some degree of savings over local stores, but I don't think they were adhering to that as in years past. Don't know if anyone (such as inspectors) is making sure they DO.

But in HI, the Commissary may end up being my main store (at least to stock up on items), and local stores for weekly sale items and such.

So how are PX/BX prices (still don't charge state sales tax?) and gas prices on-base compared to off-base?

[roadfamily6now]

Originally Posted by cloudcroft

Balad1,

I don't use the Commissary here on the mainland as I didn't see enough difference between Commissary prices and local supermarkets...certainly not enough to make me drive further or deal with security nowadays at military base gates (and get a DoD registration sticker for your car) just to go to the Commissary. They are SUPPOSED (mandated) to be some degree of savings over local stores, but I don't think they were adhering to that as in years past. Don't know if anyone (such as inspectors) is making sure they DO.

But in HI, the Commissary may end up being my main store (at least to stock up on items), and local stores for weekly sale items and such.

So how are PX/BX prices (still don't charge state sales tax?) and gas prices on-base compared to off-base?

I'd like to know this too! We are coming from Alaska and here the commissary is about 1/2 the town prices. But from the pics (even though they are 2 years old) the civilian prices seem the be the same as here in Anchorage.

I find it funny that the soda is the cheapest thing there! LOL