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From The New York Times: The city has approved 1,000 new mobile food carts for neighborhoods in all five boroughs known as "food deserts" where traditional supermarkets, grocery stores and farmers’ markets with fresh produce are scarce. When comparing prices between the cart and a market a few blocks away, the market was more expensive. "Bananas were 99 cents a pound instead of 50 cents, strawberries were $3.99 a container instead of $1.50 and peppers were $1.89 a pound instead of $1."
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SE, I love you and all, but you killed that quote. You make it seem like the Green Cart is more expensive than the supermarket when in fact it's the other way around!
Fruits and vegetables were available, but the prices were higher, at the Compare Foods market at East 189th Street and Park Avenue, a few blocks away from the Green Cart. Bananas were 99 cents a pound instead of 50 cents, strawberries were $3.99 a container instead of $1.50 and peppers were $1.89 a pound instead of $1.
I work at the Health Department - we're one of the partners in the Green Carts initiative - so I felt the need to clarify. :)
charm city cupcake at 11:45PM on 06/11/09
um.. in Erin's defense.. her quote says the same thing as the real one. She just left out the name of the market. She did clearly write "the market was more expensive".
Anyhow.. this is great! I really hope people are encouraged to buy fresh produce. :D
engmcmuffin at 9:11AM on 06/12/09
yeah, great news. supermarkets get away with charging way too much for mediocre produce.
sloppy at 1:20PM on 06/12/09