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Michael A. Terrell
Guest
William Sommerwerck wrote:
The last Alberson's in my area closed a couple years ago. It had the
highest prices of any supermarket, so most of the customers lived within
walking distance.
We have:
Aldi
Publix
Save-A-Lot
Sweetbay
Wal-mart
Winn-Dixie
K-mart and Target have grocery sections, but the selection is
limited. We also have a huge liquidator that buys tractor trailer loads
of food and anything else you can imagine. At times they have full
cases of food that just hit the expiration date for $1. A few months
ago I bought five, four pound boxes of TUC peppered Crackers for $5. I
gave one away, and only have one full box left. 12 bottles of lime
juice for $1, and other deals show up, as well. The dates on the food
is actually a 'best used by' date, not a date it becomes unsafe.
Both of the 'day old stores here are gone. One went too retail
operation, the other closed when it was bought by a larger bakery. A
lot of what they sold was overstock, and not day old. I know there is
one about 15 miles from here, but that isn't worth the drive, unless I
need a lot of bread. It is near the new VA clinic, though, and I am
waiting to get on the transfer list.
I have days like that, because some stops are to restock the basics
instead of buying things for that day, but it rarely ever passes $50. I
only shop a few times a month for most things, as well. Canned foods
are bought by the case, spices and some other items are restaurant sized
containers Why pay $1.99 for 3.75 ounces of black pepper, when I can
get 80 ounces for $18.88? That is 21.33 times the weight for 9.48 times
he price. It also makes it easy not to run out in the middle of
preparing a meal.
I also have the problem of not being hungry while shopping and not
finding anything I want to eat that night, while shopping. Diabetes
plays hell with your appetite, and the medicine to treat it is worse.
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Politicians should only get paid if the budget is balanced, and there is
enough left over to pay them.
The last Alberson's in my area closed a couple years ago. It had the
highest prices of any supermarket, so most of the customers lived within
walking distance.
We have:
Aldi
Publix
Save-A-Lot
Sweetbay
Wal-mart
Winn-Dixie
K-mart and Target have grocery sections, but the selection is
limited. We also have a huge liquidator that buys tractor trailer loads
of food and anything else you can imagine. At times they have full
cases of food that just hit the expiration date for $1. A few months
ago I bought five, four pound boxes of TUC peppered Crackers for $5. I
gave one away, and only have one full box left. 12 bottles of lime
juice for $1, and other deals show up, as well. The dates on the food
is actually a 'best used by' date, not a date it becomes unsafe.
Both of the 'day old stores here are gone. One went too retail
operation, the other closed when it was bought by a larger bakery. A
lot of what they sold was overstock, and not day old. I know there is
one about 15 miles from here, but that isn't worth the drive, unless I
need a lot of bread. It is near the new VA clinic, though, and I am
waiting to get on the transfer list.
I have days like that, because some stops are to restock the basics
instead of buying things for that day, but it rarely ever passes $50. I
only shop a few times a month for most things, as well. Canned foods
are bought by the case, spices and some other items are restaurant sized
containers Why pay $1.99 for 3.75 ounces of black pepper, when I can
get 80 ounces for $18.88? That is 21.33 times the weight for 9.48 times
he price. It also makes it easy not to run out in the middle of
preparing a meal.
I also have the problem of not being hungry while shopping and not
finding anything I want to eat that night, while shopping. Diabetes
plays hell with your appetite, and the medicine to treat it is worse.
--
Politicians should only get paid if the budget is balanced, and there is
enough left over to pay them.