Haines has the fourth most expensive groceries in a list of 12 Alaskan communities, printed in “The Cost of Living” report in July’s Alaska Economic Trends, a state Department of Labor publication.
In the winter of 2018, weekly groceries cost a family of four an average of $262 in Haines, behind Sitka, with an average of $274, Cordova with $303, and Bethel with $396. Fairbanks had the most affordable groceries of any Alaskan community on…