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WHAT’S REALLY GOING ON WITH MILK PRICES… AND WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT???D’Agostino offers Smart Prices… A Quart of Milk All Year Round/Everyday!! is $.49 plus 400 greenpoints in NYC.. Half Gallon is $.99 in Westchester!Larchmont, New York ... According to the Associated Press, MSNBC.com and the Boston Globe, it’s clear that “Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani hasn't done a lot of grocery shopping lately - at least based on his answers about the cost of milk and bread. "A gallon of milk is probably about a $1.50, a loaf of bread about a $1.25, $1.30," Giuliani said when questioned by a reporter. "A check of the Web site for D'Agostino supermarket in Manhattan showed a gallon of milk priced at $3.99 and a loaf of white bread at $2.99 to $3.39. A quart of milk is $1.19." BUT WITH SMART PRICES, D’Agostino OFFERS MILK AT REMARKABLY LOW PRICES EVERYDAY. USE YOUR D’Agostino REWARDS CARD… EACH PURCHASE YOU MAKE PUTS S&H GREENPOINTS IN YOUR “BANK”…THEN, IT’S LIKE FREQUENT FLYER MILES—USE YOUR POINTS ALONG WITH CASH FOR PURCHASES… AND BRING DOWN THE COST OF ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT STAPLES…MILK…TO PRICES OF TWENTY YEARS AGO!SMART PRICES AT ALL D’Agostino STORES IN NYC AND WESTCHESTER ARE GOOD FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR, SO, THE EXPECETED ADDITIONAL PRICE HIKES IN MILK CAN BE AMELIORATED.Explained Nick D’Agostino III, COO of D’Agostino: "It’s our goal to provide quality, service, value and selection to New York…just as my grandfather did when he opened D’Agostino Brothers 75 years ago. And like he did, we want to make sure we’re providing the newest innovative products. He offered home delivery before anyone else, and we’re the only grocer in NY to carry a complete line Certified Humane veal, chicken, bacon and dairy products. He provided value for the everyday items…and that’s what we’re doing with Smart Prices. It’s the staples New Yorkers love and need and want… milk, rotisserie chickens fresh off the spit, Tropicana Orange Juice, Tide and so many others at remarkable Smart Prices. It’s our way of consistently giving value to our customers." New reports indicate that "The price of milk and some other dairy products are headed for record highs this summer, with raw milk prices expected to jump as much as 40 cents a gallon since last year, according to industry officials. "Costs have surged for fuel and petroleum-based products and for the corn used to feed dairy cows, a side effect of increases in the production of ethanol. "Asian nations are buying large amounts of American nonfat dry milk and dry whey to use as relatively inexpensive sources of protein in processed foods. Nonfat dry milk and dry whey are key price components used by federal regulators in setting raw milk prices in the United States. "At the same, milk production for the US market has fallen behind demand, which has remained fairly strong. Many dairy farmers either went out of business or scaled back production last year when the price they were paid for milk fell while costs for feed and energy soared." Though many other supermarket chains raise milk prices as soon as the wholesale prices increase, D’Agostino has kept the price steady though wholesale prices have increased $.30 since the first of the year. The first increase in 2007 at D’Agostino came in April, with a ten-cent increase in the price of a quart of milk in the city.And by using S&H greenpoints from the D’Agostino Rewards Card, that price increase doesn't exist at all.Anyone may apply for a D’Agostino Rewards Card that gives 10 S&H greenpoints with every dollar spent. Applications are available at every cashier in every D’Agostino store, or online at www.dagnyc.comFor more information, please contact Amy Krakow PMC, Inc. 212 710 0529 office or 212 587 0540 mobile. Please note that all source material in this press release comes from the Associated Press, MSNBC.com and/or the Boston Globe. |
