Headline: New York Times, 7/4/2025
Dionne Searcey reports:
In New York City, Zohran Mamdani just won the Democratic nomination for mayor after running on a platform that included city-run grocery stores to help struggling residents. Yet a $1,195 helicopter ride away in the Hamptons, signs of extreme affluence have long been celebrated: at the Pilates studio where exercisers in designer athleisure compete for spots in $50 classes, on the beach where $20 smoothies can be delivered to sunbathers, on restaurant menus with $100 salads, and now at the grocery store.
This summer, an arms race among gourmet groceries has emerged with new specialty stores opening and longtime favorites expanding or adding new items — along with new, higher prices — to their shelves. Some of the big-ticket items top even the Hamptons’ much maligned $100-a-pound lobster salad that debuted several years ago.
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