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IDAHOSTATESMAN:AMcClatchyNewspaper, 1200N.CurtisRoad,Boise, ID•P.O.Box40,Boise, ID83707• (208)377-6200•©2014 IdahoStatesman,Vol. 149,No. 236, 4sections,30pages
INSIDETODAY “You can seeback to thebeginningof time.” LAWRENCEKRAUSS, physicist atArizona StateUniversity, about new Big Bang evidenceWORLD,A6
BESTPRICE:
$1.49atTrader Joe’s
andWholeFoodsShells andwhitecheddarorganic
pasta
BESTPRICE:
$1.29atTrader Joe’sSweet chilisauce
BESTPRICE:
$1.79atWal-MartCanolaoil
BESTPRICE:
$0.99atFredMeyerDish soap
BESTPRICE:
$0.68atWinCoFoodsandWal-MartChunk light tuna
KATHERINE [email protected]
The IdahoStatesman thismonthsurveyedeightBoisestores that sell groceries,inaquest to find the lowest-priceversionsof these 17products.
Boise Fred Natural Trader Wal-Mart Whole WinCoAlbertsons Co-op Meyer Grocers Joe’s Foods Foods
Blackbeans, 15oz.can $1.49 -- $0.69 None $0.89 $0.67 $0.89 $0.68Chunk light tuna, 5oz.can $1.29 $2.99 $0.89 $2.55 $1.49 $0.68 $1.69 $0.68Canolaoil,32oz.bottle $6.25 $8.49 $2.69 $6.79 $3.59 $1.79 $3.59 $2.14Cereal (O’s), 14oz.box $3.19 -- $1.89 -- $1.86 $2.24 $2.99 $1.86Chickenbreast,free-rangeorganic,1lb.$8.49 $9.99 -- -- $6.99 -- $8.99 --Dishsoap,25oz.bottle $3.01 $3.59 $0.99 $3.59 $2.99 $1.45 $2.99 $2.21Eggs, dozen $1.79 $2.99 $1.79 -- $1.89 $1.23 $2.99 $1.23Eggs, free-rangeorganic, dozen $4.19 $4.79 -- $4.39 $4.98 -- $4.69 --Flour, 5 lb.bag $5.19 $6.49 $1.59 $5.49 $2.99 $1.64 $2.99 $1.58GrannySmithapples, organic, 1 lb. -- $2.49 $1.89 $2.79 $1.50 -- $2.99 $2.38Merlotwine,750ml.bottle $3.99 $5.99 $4.99 -- $2.99 $3.38 $4.99 $3.08Peanutbutter, 18oz. jar $3.19 -- $2.19 -- $2.49 $1.98 $2.79 $2.15Raisins,20oz. $5.32 $9.98 $3.89 -- $3.11 $2.98 $8.23 $2.98Raisins, organic, 16oz. -- $6.07 $3.35 $2.29 $2.99 -- $4.87 --Shellsandwhitecheddar $2.59 $2.99 $2.59 $2.15 $1.49 $1.56 $1.49 $1.98organicpasta,6oz.boxSweetchilisauce, 10.1oz.bottle $3.89 $2.99 $3.61 $4.07 $1.29 $1.98 $2.99 $4.11Wholewheatbread,24oz. loaf $1.99 -- $1.89 -- $2.69 $1.48 $3.49 $1.98
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© 2014 Idaho StatesmanWhen a long-awaited Trader Joe’s
store opened Downtown at the end ofFebruary, it became the third grocerystore in amile along Front Street, join-ing WinCo Foods and another new-comer,WholeFoodsMarket.
A week later, Boise’s Albertsonschain made national headlines when itannounced a multibillion-dollartakeover ofCalifornia’s Safeway.As heintroduced the merger plan toreporters on a conference call, BobMiller, CEO of the Albertsons parentcompany, commented on how shop-ping has changed.
“In today’s world, shoppers havemore choices than ever, and there arelots of competitors out there who allwant a share of a shopper’s foodbudget, from local grocery stores to su-percenters, gourmet stores, conven-ience stores, online retailers and homedelivery options,”Miller said.
That is true inBoise,where thenum-ber of businesses selling a pound ofchicken breast — regular, “natural,”
You’ll have to shoparound, as three recentadditions to themarketbring new prices
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Jewellawaits Idaho invitation to talkBYROCKYBARKER
[email protected]© 2014 Idaho Statesman
Interior Secretary Sally Jewellmay want an official invitationfrom the state’scongressional dele-gation to study the Boulder-WhiteClouds National Monument pro-posal,but that’s unlikely tohappen.
All four IdahoRepublican sena-tors and representatives expressedopposition inFebruary touseof the1906 Antiquities Act by PresidentBarack Obama to designate thecentral Idaho mountains as a na-tionalmonument.
But Jewell looks forward to aninvitation from local officials.
“I think we wouldbe very happy tomeetwith the community,whoever invites us,”Jewell said in BoiseMonday.
The Stanley CityCouncil authorized
letters last week asking Jewell andAgricultureSecretaryTomVilsackThursday or their staffs to meetwith the council on or about June12.
“Wewant them to explain theirintent in more detail and exactlywhatmeasures would be requiredin a management plan to protectthe historic, scientific and culturalvalues,” said Councilman SteveBotti.
Designation of a 570,000-acreBoulder-White Clouds NationalMonument has emerged as a seri-ous option, especially since thedeath of Idaho Rep. MikeSimpson’s bill.His billwould have
protected swaths of wildernesswhile preserving some popularATVandmotorcycle trails.Amon-ument can be createdwith a presi-dent’s signature and does not re-quire congressional action; it alsohas more flexibility in its imple-mentation thandoes landdesignat-ed wilderness, which generallybans all mechanized uses,includingbicycles.
Stanley is askingObama officials to come in Juneto discuss a Boulder-WhiteClouds designation.
SeeGROCERIES,BACKPAGE
Whoosh!Acold frontpacking highwindsblew across southern IdahoonMonday,hitting theCityofTrees before 5 a.m.Windgusts up to 52mphwere recorded at theBoiseAirport (9:53 a.m.).Peakwindswereeven stronger to the east—MountainHome, 59mph (10:45 a.m. and 11:13 a.m.);Jerome, 62mph (1:53p.m.); andTwinFalls,67mph (11:57 a.m.).About3,000 customers in theTreasureValley lostpower.Trees andbranches intopower lines knocked outpower early
Major quake threatlurks offNorthernCalifornia coast
BYRONG-GONGLIN IIANDROSANNAXIALOSANGELES TIMES
A giant tsunami would wash away coastaltowns, destroyU.S. 101 and cause $70 billion indamage over a large swath of the Pacific coast.More than 100 bridges would be lost, powerlines toppled and coastal towns isolated.Resi-dentswouldhaveas fewas 15minutes’notice toflee to higher ground, and as many as 10,000would perish.
Scientists last year published this grim sce-nario for amassive rupture along theCascadiafault system, which runs 700 miles off shorefromNorthernCalifornia toVancouver Island.
TheCascadia subductionzone is lessknownthan the San Andreas fault, which scientistshave long predicted will produce the big one.But in recent years, scientists have come to be-lieve that the Cascadia is far more dangerousthan originally believed and have been givingthe systemmore attention.
The Cascadia begins at a geologically
A9.0 temblor and resulting tidalwavewould have a catastrophic ripple effect.
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STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL COULD DERAIL TAX-INCENTIVE BILL BUSINESS, B1
Ourcomparisonusedstore-brandor lowest-pricedbrand-nameitems—nocouponsor saleprices.Somepriceshad tobe recalculated toaccount for sizevariationsatdifferent stores.
Emptyprices indicate theproductwasavail-ableonly insignificantlydifferent varieties,
notatall oronly inorganic form(fornonorganic items listed).
THATCOSTSWHATWHERE?
Provided by Idaho State PoliceThe IdahoStatePoliceposted thisphotoofablown-over semitraileron theHansenBridgenearTwin Fallson theirTwitteraccountMondayafter-noon.
SallyJewell
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free-range organic, free-range nonorganic, frozen orfresh — has grown signifi-cantly just in the past twoyears.
And shoppers now havedifferent habits, Miller said:“Rather than one weeklyvisit to their local grocerystore to stock up on every-thing they need, most cus-tomers nowvisit a variety ofplaces, oftenmultiple timesaweek, seeking out the best
discounts, the freshest food,especially items that theysplurge on, and the most di-verseproductofferings.”
The Albertsons chainconcluded that it needs tochange, he said. The mergerwith Safeway will give thegrocers enoughbuying pow-er to lowerprices, he said.
Butwhat do shoppers paynow?
The Idaho Statesman dida survey during the past fewweeks of prices at eight localgrocery stores.
The survey of severalitems — chosen based in
part on a national retail con-sultant’s price-comparisoncategories— showed awidevariation in prices, even forthe samebrandnames.Somestores didn’t stock certainitems, or they had larger orsmaller versions of the samething.
MichaelRead, spokesmanfor WinCo, says peopleshouldn’t take anunscientific price compari-son too seriously.
“To take theWinCoFoodsbrand on an item and com-pare it to the private label onWhole Foods is a compari-
son, certainly, but is it …valid?”he said.
WinCo and Wal-Martchaseeachother’s lowpriceson several of the items sur-veyed by the Statesman.That’s becauseWinCo doesweekly price checks on itscompetitors, just as “I thinkmostof our competitorsdo,”Read said. “Can you find anitem at a competitor thatmay be lower priced? Yes,but we think typically if youdo your family shopping (atWinCo) you’ll have a lowerprice” as awhole, he said.
The introduction of new
stores locally in thepastcou-ple years has not necessarilychanged price dynamics, hesaid.Whole Foods andWin-Co serve “a differentmarketniche and primarily a differ-ent customer,” with WholeFoods offeringmore organicand natural-foods productsthat “are typically a littlehigherpriced,”he said.
Trader Joe’s, though, is“interesting,” he said. Ithasn’t been open longenough for WinCo to havedrawn any conclusionsabout how it will affectWin-Co, butRead said it’s a desti-
nation for people seekingspecialty itemsandhasmoreofa “treasurehunt”appeal toshoppers.
Almost every grocer hadthe lowest price for at leastone item.A family searchingfor the lowest sticker pricesfor items on the Statesman’sshopping listwould spend 35minutes in the car, driving18.5 miles in a circuit to hitseven stores.
AudreyDutton: 377-6448,Twitter:@IDS_Audrey
Statesman reporter ZachKylecontributed.
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Sunny. High 44-49. West wind10-15 mph with gusts to 25 mph.
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TWOCOUNTIES,TWOVIEWS
The Boulder and WhiteCloud mountains lie east ofStanley and Idaho 75, andnorth ofKetchum.
The two counties thatcontain the 700,000-acreroadless area managed bythe Forest Service and theBureau of Land Manage-ment are on opposite sidesof the issue.
Blaine County’s commis-sioners have approved aresolution in support of aBoulder-White Clouds Na-tionalMonument.Commis-sion Chairman LarrySchoen has been trying toorganize several roundta-bles with commissionersand business people in thetwo counties.
“We’re trying to engagewith peoplewho are skepti-cal and say, ‘Let’s see, whatare the opportunities,’ ”Schoen saidMonday.
Custer County is op-posed.Nonetheless,CountyCommission ChairmanWayne Butts said he wouldwelcome the administrationcoming to meet with localofficials.He even has a ven-ue for them: The Idaho As-sociation of County Com-missioners and Clerks ismeeting inChallis theweekof June 12.
Butts saidObama admin-istration officials couldspeak at the meeting, or setup its own sessions.
“I think it would be a
great opportunity for all thecommissioners to sit in thesame room” and hear thesamedetails,Butts said.
ACTIVEADMINISTRATION
Jewell was in Californialast week to celebrate thedecision by President Oba-ma to designate the 1,665-acre Point Arena-Stornettanature preserve on Califor-nia’s coast as a nationalmonument. It was Obama’s10thmonumentdesignation.
In January, Jewell met with150 local residents near theOrgan Mountain DesertPeaks area that two NewMexico congressmen areseeking toprotect.
Former InteriorSecretaryand IdahoGov.CecilAndrushas sought to get theObamaadministration to designatethe Boulder-White Cloudsas a national monument,even before it was clear thatSimpson’s Central IdahoEconomicDevelopment and Recre-
ation Act — a 300,000-acrewilderness proposal — hadstalled inCongress.
The Wilderness Societyand the Idaho ConservationLeague lead a coalition thatincludesmountain-bike andother nonmotorized-recre-ation groups pressing for amonument.
Motorized-recreationgroups opposed Simpson’sbill andmonument designa-tion for the Boulder-WhiteClouds, but are in talks withthe supporters.
Jewell said she has talkedto Simpson about the Boul-der-WhiteClouds—part ofthe Sawtooth NationalRecreation Area — andabouthisCIEDRAbill.
“It is beautiful, and I’vebeen to that area before,”
Jewell said.Rocky Barker: 377-6484
DemocraticOregonSen.RonWydenand IdahoSens.MikeCrapoand JimRischreturnedMonday to theNa-tional InteragencyFireCen-ter inBoise,where lastAu-gust theycalled for reform-ing fire funding.
This time theybrought In-teriorSecretarySally Jewell,aswellas IdahoRep.RaulLabrador, oneof theHouse’smostconservativemem-bers.
Wyden’sOregoncol-league,Sen. JeffMerkley,al-sowas there,aswas IdahoGov.ButchOtter.
Allspoke insupportof theWildfireDisasterAct thatWydenandCrapoareco-sponsoring.Wydensaid itwas themeetingAug. 20withCrapoandRisch—Rischserveson theEnergyandNaturalResourcesCommitteewithWyden—that sparked the ideaoftreating large firesasdisas-ters,when itcomes to feder-almoney.
Thatwillallowtheagen-cies tostop “robbing”otherprogramfunds,suchas log-gingand thinningandotherfire-preventionsteps, topay
for firefightingcosts,Wydensaid.
“This isanationalshift infightingwildfire,”Wydensaid. “It (was) righthere inthissetofbuildings lastAu-gust.”
Craposaid thebillalsowillallowcollaborative forestprograms tokeepmovingforward,whichwillspeedupresourcedevelopment.
“Ifwecanmoreeffectivelymanage these lands,wewillhave fewer fires thatwillbe-comedisasters,”Craposaid.
Jewellsaidpassageof thebillwill end theuncertaintyfederal employeesnow faceover theirwork, includingseasonalworkersandstu-dents in jobprogramswhogetcutoffabruptlywhen firefunds runout.
Labrador saidhewouldlike tosee less than thecur-rent63percentof Idahoownedby the federal gov-ernment.Buthesupportsthebill.
“As longas it’sownedbythe federal government, it’sourmoral responsibility tomakesure it’smanagedwell,”Labrador said.
RockyBarker
OREGON, IDAHOCONGRESSMENSUPPORTFIRE-FUNDINGFIX
ROCKYBARKER / [email protected] Jewell talks toBoiseMayorDaveBieteronMondayat theNationalInteragencyFireCenter.
!SEEAVIDEOFROMMONDAY’SFIRE
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