Grocery Pricebook Instructions

Grocery Pricebook Instructions:

Directions for a pricebook page:

One pricebook page per store, per day
Note date, the name of the store, location (city & country/state), and name of the chain it belongs to
Note currency used locally

For each item, the list needs:

Item kind (from list below)
Brand of item (for store brands, just put "store")

Store brand (cheapest of them possible), plus most common national/regional brand

Price
Quantity (use specified units)

Try to include the most common size to use, and price per size for the biggest bulk one if possible. Note separate prices for each!

Special notes for each item about packaging, quality/variety of goods, and special quality notes:

Quality notes for comparison:

Use common sense, try to get the cheapest, most common variety. When in doubt, write a note if you think the quality or variety of items is different.
For comparison, try to get prices for NON-organic, not special-quality items
Treat pesticide/hormone free versions as special, note this if listed on packaging
For produce, try to note variety if possible, get closest one to the one listed below
For meat, eggs, and dairy, it is assumed to be:

NOT free range
Grain-fed (note if otherwise)

Items to get info for:

ITEM:	Units for Quantity:	Notes:
Milk, 2% milkfat.	Liters/gallons	Not ultra-pasteurized. Should require refrigeration. If only whole milk is available, note the variety
Eggs, large	number
Heavy/whipping/double cream	Liters/quarts	Highest milkfat variety. Note % milkfat if possible
Butter, salted, blocks, uncultured	kg/pounds	If salted not available, use unsalted and note accordingly
Parmagiano Reggiano, chunks	kg/pounds	Fully seal and certified. Feel free to also include numbers for grana padano and non-certified Parmesan clones (labelled accordingly)
All-purpose flour	kg/pounds
Olive oil, extra-virgin olive oil	liters	Note any special quality info on bottle
Bananas	kg/pounds	standard yellow bananas (these are Cavendish variety)
Tomatoes, Roma	kg/pounds	note if vine-ripened
Onions, yellow	kg/pounds	Sweet vidalia okay too, if noted
Lettuce, Romaine, hearts	pick one: kg/pounds OR per standard Romaine heart
Potatoes, Yukon-gold variety or waxy/vastkokend	kg/pound	Standard size, note variety if substituting other kind
Sliced sandwich bread, whole-grain	kg/pound (try for 500g or 750g or 1/1.5 pound loaves)
Pasta, dry, spaghetti	kg/pound	Not whole-wheat
Chicken breasts, boneless/skinless, fresh and/or frozen	kg/pound
Bacon, the kind that is refrigerated	kg/pound
Whole chicken, fresh	kg/pound
Ground beef, 80/20 meat: fat ratio	kg/pound