Bronx bodega owners say the Adams administration’s move to limit how long trash sits on the curb is a step in the right direction, but the city needs to do more to curb rampant rat and rodent infestations.
The third edition of WNYC and Gothamist’s community survey of Bronx bodegas dove into how the shops and their customers were adjusting to new trash pickup times and this year’s slate of environmental disasters — including the wildfire smoke crisis in June and the large rainstorms this autumn.
Like the first and second surveys, we and our partners asked owners and their customers about how inflation and the economy are influencing the price of a New York City staple: bacon, egg and cheese sandwiches.
WNYC is partnering with the New York City-based research institute Knology and the Bodega and Small Business Group to poll people at the trusted business hubs where customers can connect with their communities.
This latest iteration concludes the project’s pilot phase, which focused on bodegas in the largely Black and Latino working-class neighborhoods in the west and South Bronx.
This round included visits to four bodegas and interviews with 24 of their customers, but it also expanded slightly to include other types of businesses in the neighborhoods.
That included owners, workers and patrons at four barbershops and salons, three laundromats, more than a dozen street vendors, the occasional pedestrian and people waiting at a bus stop. We had more than 70 conversations on and around Grand Concourse between Mt. Hope Place and Kingsbridge Road on Oct. 19 and 20.
The Bacon, Egg and Cheese Indicator — October
Bodega owners — or bodegueros — said the price of a bacon, egg and cheese remains roughly stable. Although eggs are cheaper than they were last spring, bacon prices have stayed high or continued to climb, bodegueros said.
Their observations mirror food price reporting from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Daily prices for New York eggs were mostly flat…
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