Cost of Food at Home for a Week in Alaska: December 2000 21 Communities Surveyed

Up to three stores in each of 21 communities were surveyed during December of 2000 for the cost of a specific set of food and nonfood items. The 104 food items selected were taken, with some modification, from the USDA Low-cost Food Plan which is itself based on a nationwide survey of eating habits of Americans, conducted in 1977-78. In addition, the costs of such items as water, propane and electricity were collected. All costs were adjusted to reflect local sales tax where applicable.