Text 14085, 92 rader
Skriven 2014-06-10 21:18:38 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 14039 av DAVE DRUM (1:123/140)
Ärende: Hy-Vee                                                   [1]
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Hi Dave,

 RH> So far it sounds like they're the kind of store I wouldn't mind in the
 RH> area. How's the selection of organics/natural foods? The Wegman's we go

 DD> I still have not been inside the store itself. So, I dunno. But, I am
 DD> sure that they will have a goodly amount ... if only to compete with
 DD> other markets in town.

You'll get inside one of these days, and then write up a major message
to all, describing the various wondrous or not so wondrous discoveries
of the place. (G)

 RH> to whenever we're in western NY has a good sized area, plus more
 RH> scattered around the store of those products. Of course they carry the
 RH> unnaturally colored/flavored products too but we don't look for them.
 RH> (G)


 DD> It hasn't abated much, if any, as far as I can tell.

 RH> Give it a few months--they're still new enough that people are coming
 RH> in to check them out. They'll soon go back to where they used to shop
 RH> if it's closer to where they live or prices are the same or lower. A
 RH> new store, especially one that's a new brand to the area, has to be

 DD> There used to be four fairly major stupormarkups in the area. A Jewel,
 DD> A National, two family-owned independents as well as a selection of
 DD> "neighbourhood" Mom & Pop groceries. The National, which was the
 DD> anchor store of the strip mall just to the south of the current Hy-Vee
 DD> location was the last to go - over 10 years ago. So the area has been
 DD> pretty starved for a
 DD> stupormarkup anyway. I anticipate that they will do well. As do their
 DD> bean counters else they'd not have come to the area.

Not quite a food desert but getting close? At least you won't have to go
very far before or after work, should you wish to pick something up.


 DD> 15c per gallon would prompt me to drive a fair distance to get in on
 DD> the deal. As it is my Moto-Mart - where I have been buying fuel since

 RH> I wouldn't go too far away as it would burn up any savings in getting
 RH> there/coming back. Steve was up in Louisburg yesterday and paid
 RH> 5c/gallon less than the Lowe's grocery station near us. Probably burned
 RH> about a gallon or so in the drive home.

 DD> Depends on how far "out-of-route" I have to go. I'm not one of those
 DD> who will drive to the next town to save $5 on a tank of fuel and burn
 DD> two to three gallons of $3.00 (or more) gasoline getting there and
 DD> back. If I have a reason for going there other than just for the cheap
 DD> gasoline ....... that's a different deal. Nothing wrong with a bargain
 DD> on my planet.   Bv)=

He went up there to renew his driver's license. Beats the crowds at the
DMVs in Raleigh and has a fairly scenic drive in the deal. Gas prices
were good enough to fill up while he was there.


 DD> Sunday you get a coupon for a free car wash. That's not just for

 RH> We try not to buy gas on Sundays, unless travelling.

 DD> We fill the company vans there on Sundays. Sometimes twice. So, we
 DD> keep the white, Moby Dick-like, haulers pretty clean - on their
 DD> nickle. I just sent an e-mail to Moto-Mart's headquarters asking for
 DD> locations between Illinois and Maryland - thinking ahead, as it were.

We just take the luck of the road most times when travelling. Same as
finding meals--and we've found some good ones in least anticipated
places.


 DD> The Mobil stations here feature a price that is 10c/gallon lower than
 DD> the market - until you read the small print "w/wash". A six or seven
 DD> dollar wash will save you two bucks on 20 gallons ... not nearly so
 DD> good a deal as a $7 wash with 10 gallons of gas you were gonna buy
 DD> anyway.   Bv)=

Plus taking the time to go thru the was, especially if there's a line.
Sounds like a deal we can easily forego.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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