Prices at a glance

Item	Open Mart	Supermarkets	MoBay

		& groceries

Pork Chops (lb)	$180	$350/$400	$350

Eve Mixed Vegetables

(255g tin)	$150	$150	$152

Caribbean Choice Corned

Beef (340g tin)	$197	$197	$199
Carrot (lb)	$50	$80	$50
Sweet Potato (lb)	$40/$50	$70	$50
Onion (lb)	$30/$4050	$80	$40

Gourmet Cooking Oil

(500ml btle)	$173	$173	$175

Geddy's Select baked

Beans (430g tin)	$118	$118	$120

Grace Coconut Milk

(400ml tin)	$100	$100	$102
Cabbage (lb)	$50	$70	$50
Ripe Plantain (ea)	$30/$50	$50/$80	$40/$50
Coco (lb)	$50	$70	$50

Pork ChopS

This is on good offer in meat shops and supermarkets across the island.

Meat shops will ask $180 while supermarkets will charge $350 to $400 per pound.

Carrot

Markets in May Pen and Spanish Town range from $50 to $60 per pound.

Most rural retail markets are asking those same prices, and so will Montego Bay's Charles Gordon Market.

Downtown Kingston's less-expensive outlets will quote prices ranging from $40-$50 at this time for a pound of carrott.

Sweet potato

This is not easy to come by in most retail markets.

Montego Bay's Charles Gordon Market will this week ask $50 for a pound of sweet potato, while rural retail markets will have a price range of $40 to $50.

In downtown Kingston, the asking price will be $40 this week for a pound of sweet potato.

Onion

This is very reasonable and popular this week in most retail markets.

Most rural retail markets are asking $50 for a pound of onions at this time, and so is Montego bay's Charles Gordon Market.

In downtown Kingston, the asking price is $40 per pound for onions this week.

Cabbage

Montego Bay's Charles Gordon Market is asking $50 for a pound of cabbage, and so are most rural retail markets.

In downtown Kingston, prices range from $30 to $40 this week for a pound cabbage.

Ripe Plantain

You will not see ripe plantains in abundance this week.

The asking price for a finger of ripe plantain starts at $40 and can go up to $50.

Montego Bay's Charles Gordon Market is offering ripe plantains this week at prices ranging from $30 to $50 per finger.

Downtown Kingston's less-expensive spots can quote prices ranging from $25 to $40 for a finger of ripe plantain at this time.

Coco

Downtown Kingston is asking $40 a pound for coco at this time, while most rural retail markets will ask $50.

Montego Bay's Charles Gordon Market will ask $40 this week for a pound of coco.