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Skriven 2011-07-21 17:08:49 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 13478 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
Ärende: change in plans
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Hi Nancy,

 NB>  NB>> there; when they were replaced by Price Chopper, my son got the
 NB> card  NB>> and just gave me one of his.  He'll use the Sunoco gas
 NB> discount that  NB>> comes along with it, I'm not so likely to...

 RH> All in the family.........................

 NB> Exactly..

Your son lives close enough to do such things; we're a good day's drive
from any family. (Actually, we split it over 2 dyas sometimes, like our
next trip. We're going to stop at the Shipp's for a couple of day's;
they're about mid point.)


 RH> That's what we thought. We've found some nice little surprises at
 RH> Fresh Town, and despite what the locals think, their prices aren't
 RH> really out of line with what we pay for the most part. We pay more at
 RH> stores like Whole Foods but the FT prices are on par with Lowe's. I
 RH> think the locals were hoping for a Wal-Mart Super center type pricing
 RH> and got reality. There's no real competition in town, just convenience
 RH> stores with even higher prices. Nearest place with any sort of
 RH> competition in grocery stores is an hour away.

 NB> Sounds like not only did they get the slightly higher pricing, they
 NB> got quality at least commensurate with it if not better... unlike what
 NB> they would have got quality-wise at a SuperCenter type place.  They
 NB> should
 NB> count their blessings... ;)

They should be glad there's a grocery store in town. Quite a few smaller
towns (villages) in the area don't even have one. Folks there come to
Margaretville to shop, spending money on both food and gas. My parents
like to shop in Kingston or Oneonta if there for medical appointments.
Heard on the news last night and saw in today's paper that Wal-Mart will
start putting grocery stores in some "desert" (probably inner city)
areas so folks will have more access to fresh produce, etc. It'll be
hard for some to lose their convenience store shopping mentalities but
others will welcome better shopping at hopefully a better price.


 RH> My folks buy a lot of their meats from a door to door distributer. Pre
 RH> portioned "seasoned" "stuff. My dad is not thrilled with it but it's

 NB> Schwann's, perhaps...?

No, this is an independent distributer. It's good in one way that Mom
doesn't have to do much to prepare it but it is not gourmet cuisine by a
long shot!


 RH> We came back with a lot more
 RH> cooler type stuff than we'd started with as our friends in PA gave us
 RH> several pounds of cherries. Made cobbler, preserves, etc with them as
 RH> well as enjoying them fresh.

 NB> That's a nice "catch"...  :)

Definately!  BTW, update--my parents are having a lift put in between
the main floor and bedroom level today. Dad has forbidden Mom to go down
into the cellar as there's no safe way she can do so. That means he has
to bring things down to/up from the freezer and does all the laundry.
They'll get a few day's reprieve in August when we are up there for a
few days. Hopefully we'll get a chance to do some better cooking too.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net  FIDO 1:396/45.28


... Get shopping while the gettin' is good!!!

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