These prices are the lowest in my neighborhood (Boston area) on a weekly
basis, mostly from Market Basket. They do not include sale prices or any marked-down goods I might find on the discount rack. Of course, I
believe in stocking up when there IS a sale, but not everyone wants to
have large amounts of butter, yeast or soy flour taking up space in the freezer. (Butter goes on sale maybe 3 times a year, where I live.)

The Tightwad Gazette chart (created by Amy Dacyczyn) had: price per
pound, weight per cup, price per cup, price per tablespoon, and price
per teaspoon. To save time, I'm only listing the price per cup or
tablespoon (sometimes rounded up or down). If it doesn't say "Tb," then
it means the price per cup. The main purpose is to allow you to compare made-from-scratch foods with each other.

If you use soy flour/powder and powdered milk in a pancake mix, you can
add water instead of milk. (Soy powder and water can be used instead of
eggs - but NOT in cookies or in many cakes!)

Baking powder 12 cents (Tb)
Baking soda 2.4 (Tb)
Brown sugar 59
Butter $1.99
Cocoa powder 8 (Tb)
Coconut 35.5
Cornmeal 47
Cornstarch 37 (Tb)
Honey $3
Imitation vanilla 7 (Tb)
Liquid milk 16
Margarine 62.5
Molasses $1.75
Oats 38
Powdered milk 9 (Tb)
Powdered sugar 34
Raisins 90
Salt 2 (Tb)
Soy flour 11 (Tb)
Vanilla 94 (Tb)
Vegetable oil: 59
Wheat flour 33
White flour 22.5
White sugar 43.5
Yeast 19.5 (Tb)

And here are the weights per cup.

In ounces:

Baking powder 8
Baking soda 8
Brown sugar 7
Butter 8
Cocoa 4
Coconut 2
Cornmeal 6
Cornstarch 5
Cream of tartar 8
Honey 12
Imitation vanilla 8
Liquid skim milk 8
Margarine 8
Molasses 12
Oatmeal 4
Powdered milk 4.5
Powdered sugar 4
Raisins 4
Salt 10
Soy flour 4
Vanilla 6.75
Vegetable oil: 8
Wheat flour 4.5
White flour 6
White sugar 8
Yeast 5


Btw, when I posted this at rec.food.cooking in April, I made a few
errors - but I've straightened them out.

And, of course, meals made from scratch - or plain fruit - tend to be
cheaper per ounce than cold cereals or most processed foods. Leaving
aside anything made with eggs - sometimes.

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On 25/06/2025 20:45, Lenona wrote:

These prices are the lowest in my neighborhood (Boston area) on a
weekly basis, mostly from Market Basket. They do not include sale
prices or any marked-down goods I might find on the discount rack.

Very interesting, thank you. Are these all "lowest cost regardless of
quality" or "lowest cost you'd want to go and still taste OK"?

Peter

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Actually, I was simply referring to the fact that when it comes to
baking ingredients, Market Basket (aka DeMoula's) is the cheapest
supermarket around here.

I CAN say that I've never seen any difference in quality when it comes
to their products vs Star (Shaw's).

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