Please complete a price survey of Albertson?s (or any of the companies
that are owned by Albertson?s like Jewel, Acme, or Shaw?s) vs.
Wal-Mart vs. Target on the 36 items that I have listed below. I?ve
listed the specific markets in which I?m interested below as well. An
example of a good answer is as follows: ?In the San Francisco market,
there are an Albertson?s, a Target, and a Wal-Mart within 10 miles of
each other. Included in this answer are a list of the 36 items and
prices on each item for Albertson?s, Target, and Wal-Mart.?
Thanks in advance for your help!!

Items to be Priced
Dry Grocery
1.	Aquafina 6-Pack 144 Ounces
2.	Campbell?s Spaghetti O?s with Meatballs 15 Ounces
3.	Coke 2 Liter 64 Ounces
4.	Del Monte Mandarin Oranges 15 Ounces
5.	Frito?s Original Corn Chips 10 Ounces
6.	General Mills Cheerios 20 Ounces
7.	Heinz Ketchup 24 Ounces
8.	Jiff Creamy Peanut Butter 28 Ounces
9.	Kraft Pop Tarts-Strawberry 8 Count 15 Ounces
10.	Nabisco Chips Ahoy 16 Ounces
11.	Red Bull 4 Pack 33 Ounces

Non-frozen refrigerated Foods
12.	2% Reduced Fat Milk (store brand varies by store) 128 Ounces
13.	Jumbo Grade A Eggs (store brand-varies by store) Dozen
14.	Land O? Lakes Sweet Cream Salted Butter 8 Ounces
15.	Oscar Mayer Wieners 16 Ounces
16.	Philadelphia Original Cream Cheese 8 Ounces

Produce
17.	Del Monte Pineapple-Each
18.	Green Seedless Grapes-16 Ounces
19.	Head of Lettuce-Each
20.	Lemons-Each
21.	White Onions-16 Ounces

Health & Beauty Aids
22.	Centrum Silver 150 Tablets
23.	Edge Shave Gel 9 Ounces
24.	Lever 2000 2-Bar AntiBacterial Soap
25.	Q-Tips 300 Count
26.	Vicks Nyquil 10 Ounces

Household Chemicals and Paper Products
27.	Bounce 120 Sheets
28.	Glade PlugIn?s Refills 3 Pack
29.	Pledge 13 Ounces
30.	Reynolds Wrap 75 Sq. Ft.
31.	Tide Mountain Spring Liquid 100 Ounces

Light Bulbs, Batteries and Pet Food
32.	Duracell C 4 Pack
33.	Energizer D 4 Pack
34.	GE Reveal 75 Watt 4 Pack
35.	Original Milk-Bone Medium Dog Biscuits 26 Ounces
36.	Purina Kitten Chow 56 Ounces

Key Markets:

Albertsons
Boise, Idaho
Portland, Oregon
Seattle, Washington
Las Vegas, Nevada and Reno, Nevada
San Francisco, California and Los Angeles, California and San Diego, California
Salt Lake City, Utah
Great Falls, Montana

Jewel
Chicago, Illinois

Acme
Philadelphia, PA

Shaw?s
Manchester, New Hampshire and Nashua, NH and Concord, NH
Boston, Massachusetts and Worcester and Springfield and Lowell and Cambridge, MA
Bridgeport, Connecticut and New Haven, Connecticut and Hartford and Stamford CT

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Clarification of Question by hes6c-ga on 30 Jun 2006 09:25 PDT

Just for clarity's sake, an answer to this question would not include
all of the markets I've listed. A complete answer to this question
would be a 36 item price survey for each of Target SuperCenter,
Wal-Mart Supercenter, and an Albertsons for any ONE of the markets
(within a one week period just for comparability's sake). I'm not sure
which researchers live where, so that's why I listed all of the
markets. So, I would pay $100 for a researcher who lived in San
Francisco, for example, to go to these three stores in his market and
get the prices for 36 items in each of the stores. I figure the
researcher could just do this stuff in his/her normal shopping
patterns. I hope this clarifies my question. If it doesn't, please let
me know. Thanks!

Just a free comment.  I guess some or most of the pricing information
can be found on the websites (I checked one), but it looks like a
laborious task to find the items, not to mention identifying competing
stores in each area.

You would have a better chance of getting answers if you post a
question for each geographical area, thus allowing a Researcher to
answer for just one area.
Since only one answer can be posted to a question, an answer to this
question would have to be complete for all stores and areas, a
frightening task.

Yes, this would cost more, but you could start with one question for
some amount and see if anyone is interested.  Researchers will tell
you if they think the price is too low.

If you go this route, you might say how time sensitive the data is;
i.e., if the price data all need to be collected within a certain
period, say, two weeks, for comparability.

Good luck.

Hey, that makes the project a lot more realistic.  This comment will
bring it back to the top of deck.  Hope a Researcher takes it on.
Good luck.