Gas price survey

my3girls

LuAnn...I am in Northeast Ohio, near Akron/Medina.  I filled up last night for $153.00. $1.37 is awesome!!

Mary-Lou

trk_koa

We finally dropped below $3. I saw $2.95 yesterday (Kailua-Kona, HI). A loaf of Roman Meal wheat bread is $5.69.

coonie

WOW!! $1.29 is cheap!!!!  I thought I was doing good yesterday at $1.56.  

Anonymous

$1.85 in upstate NY and I'm doing a happy dance. Might have to add a cartwheel if it got to $1.29...

GryffinSong

Yesterday in Spokane Washington I saw $1.58 at Safeway (that's factoring in the 3 cent member discount, and membership is free). Most other gas stations were $1.61 - $1.69.

mzmiller99

Felicia - I'm near Queensbury.  I love to get my gas down that way, 'cuz it's always cheaper than up here in the hills...$1.86, I think, I paid this week.

ggrose

We are at 1.69 in the suburbs of Chicago -- Filled the car up for less than $20 -- whoo hoo!!!!

otter

There are quite a few stations here in east-central Alabama that are now at or below $1.50/gal for regular gas.

otter 

sccruiser

Just bought gas in Central Coast area of CA for $1.69 per gallon--with 7 cent discount if pay cash.

That's the lowest I've seen.

However, the prices of foods (other than local which are really cheap right now) have not dropped one iota. And I heard on the news that some manufacturers are using this rise in gas costs to retool their plants; putting less in smaller boxes and keeping the same price. That's happened before in this country as I recall. Remember when candy bars were much bigger and less expensive? The consumers will be bled a little more than at the gas pump. Now it's cheaper to get my bread at the local bakery.

Mary-Lou

Gas is now down to $1.25 in Roanoke Va. about 45 minutes from my home. Here in my town it is $1.46.

$20.00 fill up is so much better. And our truck was around $80.00 per fill up. But food seems to be off the map.

my3girls

It's a trade off....lower gas...higher food!

I paid 1.44 the other day...nice!

sccruiser

I don't agree that it's a trade-off. If gas goes up it takes more to get foodstuffs where they have to go, so of course, food is more expensive. But when the cost of gas goes down, the cost of our food is never lowered!

I buy local now. fruit, veges, bread, etc. I get either at my local grocers or at a small business. I stopped buying cereal and grain products. I buy milk brought in from local dairy. In my small way I am boycotting paying outrageous costs for what I need to survive. Have even found local chicken and other meats available. The big box stores are driving our small local businesses out of business. It's frustrating! 

Anonymous

Grace, there's an article about the box stores/chain stores ...talks about how "they" push our "I am a smart consumer with shopping options" buttons when we should be fighting that with our "I am an engaged citizen" button ...  This war of a community with independant business vs chain stores has been going on since the 30's ...  ".....chains threatened democracy by undermining local economic independence and community self-determination. As they drove out the local merchant -- a "loyal and energetic type of citizen"-- the chains replaced him with a manager, a "transient," who was discouraged from independent thought and community involvement, and who served as "merely a representative of a non-resident group of stockholders who pay him according to his ability to line their pockets with silver."

http://www.alternet.org/story/45166/?page=entire

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Gas:  $1.57 in Riverside County!

Dejaboo

I am bumping this because gas here in MN was 1.49 last night & today it is $1.79!

Dh did not fill up the truck the other night because it was too cold.

Well its much colder today & the price is much worse ;p   Grrr.

Pam

my3girls

Same here in Ohio Dejaboo!  In one night, it went up 30cents!

Grace...I didn't mean literally that food and gas were a trade off...just figuratively.  Just that as soon as we are saving on gas...we are spending more on food.

iodine

Rural east TN.==1.39---of course, they charge more to bring it UP the mountain!  LOL

lewisfamily503

Filled up the Acura AND the Jeep Wrangler today for $50 in Oregon , at  $1.65 a gallon here in Oregon.  Food is lower as well.  I have noticed many price drops at our local Winco grocery store.  I have to say I NEVER would have predicted gas EVER going bellow $2 a gallon.  I can't remember prices being this low since the 90s.

Mary-Lou

On the rise here, and food is still high.

JudeBB

$2.04 here in California

Mary-Lou

Glad to see Ca down in price....It took long enough.

nosurrender

$1.89 regular in NY

Anonymous

We're still around $1.79 a little further upstate, NS...

nosurrender

Hey Felicia! Am I finally going to get you in my Mini on the 24th???

heh heh- I haven't forgotten!

Anonymous

Probably not, G. Too cold to open the sunroof, LOL...

Mary-Lou

Gas is back up to $1.79 here in Virginia.

I hope it will soon come to a stand still.

footprintsangel

Some places in Washington (Seattle) are over 3.00

1WonderWoman

Hello all-

I could not help but notice this active topic as I was logging off.

I am in CONNECTICUT and it is OVER $3.  I got 2.83 for basic unleaded but Super is over $3 just about everywhere,

VA at 1.7?!?!?!   Lucky u....NY, NJ and CT should be combined b/c we are like 1 state anyway and we are always paying....

Liz

iodine

it's $2.24 in TN--guess we have tourists and need to rip them off.

justpayton1

It's $2.79 for the cheap stuff in Indiana. $2.99 for the premium