Monday, June 26, 2000
What Price Paradise?
The Award-Winning Series
What Price Paradise?
By Rob Perez
Star-Bulletin
- Series Introduction
September 1, 1999
SPECIAL SECTION PART I What price paradise - For some, it may be a gallon of milk for others, a takeout pizza or a video rental. Many Hawaii residents have their pet peeves about retail items that cost much more here than... https://archives.starbulletin.com/1999/09/01/news/story1.html
- What Price Paradise, Day One
September 1, 1999
Critics say consumers are taken for a ride by some Hawaii retailers, with prices up to 200 percent higher than on the West Coast By Rob Perez Star-Bulletin Broccoli crowns -- 200 percent more. Eye exams -- 76 percent...
https://archives.starbulletin.com/1999/09/01/special/index.html
- What Price Paradise, Day Two
September 2, 1999
Dollar-stretching Hawaii consumers are getting more bang from their bucks as competition -- and alas, the economic slump -- combine to whittle away at...
https://archives.starbulletin.com/1999/09/02/special/index.html
- Changing Hawaii
Editorial Column By Diane Yukihiro Chang
September 3, 1999
Getting gouged in paradise EVERY time I see business reporter Rob Perez in the Star-Bulletin newsroom, my face involuntarily scrunches up. No offense, Rob. Maybe he reminds me of the...
https://archives.starbulletin.com/1999/09/03/editorial/chang.html
- What Price Paradise, Part II
November 17, 1999
Hardware giants loom large over Hawaii's little guys - City Mill and Hardware Hawaii respond to the challenge...
https://archives.starbulletin.com/1999/11/17/news/story2.html
- What Price Paradise, Part III
June 26, 2000
Local supermarkets take different tacks to bag your business...
https://archives.starbulletin.com/2000/06/26/news/story1.html
Series garners awards
- Star-Bulletin reporter wins Headliner Award
March 14, 2000
Rob Perez, a Honolulu Star-Bulletin business reporter, has been named a first-place winner by the National...
https://archives.starbulletin.com/2000/03/14/news/story10.html
- Star-Bulletin takes lion's share of Pa'i Awards
April 13, 2000
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin was named tops in 10 categories and...
https://archives.starbulletin.com/2000/04/13/news/story7.html
- Star-Bulletin's Perez honored again at Loeb Awards
May 23, 2000
Star-Bulletin reporter Rob Perez was named a finalist for the second year in a row in the Gerald Loeb Awards for...
https://archives.starbulletin.com/2000/05/23/news/story8.html
- Star-Bulletin dominates SPJ awards
June 19, 2000
The afternoon paper takes 12 of the top prizes in the Society of Professional Journalists' competition ...
https://archives.starbulletin.com/2000/06/19/news/story7.html
