[Magdalen] a question you should never ask at Walmart

[Jay Weigel]

We have a co-op grocery in Harrisonburg, but it works out to be nothing but
an expensive grocery store. I occasionally go there for things I can't find
elsewhere. I do *much* better with our online grocery, Relay Foods, plus
the bulk section of one of the local supermarkets. Because we have a strong
local and fresh food movement, it's possible to buy such things in the
supermarket.

On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 9:54 AM, Charles Wohlers <charles.wohlers at verizon.net
> wrote:

> I went into a Whole Foods (in Hingham, MA) once. When I saw the *exact*
> same apple cider as I get in the local supermarket for a dollar more a
> gallon, I walked right out - never to return. There's a reason they call it
> "Whole Paycheck".
>
> In Vermont we have local coops, where you can get the same stuff as Whole
> Foods - well, not everything as they're smaller, but a lot more local and a
> lot in bulk, and a whole lot cheaper. And, guess what - there are no Whole
> Foods in Vermont.
>
> Chad Wohlers
> East Bridgewater, MA USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Grace Cangialosi
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 9:37 AM
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] a question you should never ask at Walmart
>
>
> We have a new Fresh Market here, and their prices are definitely right up
> there with Whole Foods. The only thing that's better is their parking!
>
>  On Feb 4, 2015, at 9:02 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Is there a Fresh Market where you are, ME? We stopped there first on our
>> way to Sanibel. Turns out we wouldn't have needed to stop anywhere in Ft.
>> Myers, as there is a perfectly fine supermarket on Sanibel now, but there
>> was not at the time of S/O's prior visit. Anyway, Fresh Market is a fine
>> purveyor of fresh stuff, albeit slightly (but only slightly!) more
>> expensive than Publix.
>>
>>  On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 8:39 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> We generally shop at Publix, which is within walking distance, but
>>> they didn't have it. So I drove over to the WalMart to try there.
>>> A foolish waste of time, but hey,
>>>
>>> Whole Foods is an hour away <sigh>
>>>
>>> One of the things I've noticed here is the tiny amount of real estate
>>> Publix, Food Lion & Winn Dixie devote to fresh produce. It's like
>>> a kiosk in the back corner of the store. Half the size of the bakery
>>> section. Less than a quarter the size of the frozen food section.
>>> Weird.
>>> -M
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, February 4, 2015, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Oh, ME, find the nearest Publix, and everything you want will be there.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>