[Magdalen] a question you should never ask at Walmart

[Jay Weigel]

We have to drive 15 miles to do our shopping. We also buy from an online
grocery which is where we get a large share of our veggies (mostly
fresh/local, many organic) and our eggs and some meat and dairy. I should
patronize the local farmers' market but I don't get up at the crack o'
dawn. Today is pickup day for the online grocery. When I see what is in the
bounty box I will know what I need to buy from the supermarket this
weekend. In addition to the bounty box, I ordered green beans and broccoli
crowns.

On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 11:41 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I buy selectively at Trader Joes.. their nuts and dried fruit can be a
> good value. Also their quinoa seems to be less expensive (at least last
> time I purchased) than anywhere else.  There are finally 3 in our greater
> metro area, none of which are close to me (20+ miles) but I'm usually out
> and about enough I fit trips in my erratic routine.
>
> The Kroger store near me has organic peanuts in a grind-it-yourself set up
> for peanut butter. Grind into containers provided, weigh and print label.
> It is very good and very inexpensive, IMO. And.... no additives at all.
>
> In some ways I'm spoiled/fortunate that I can shop at maybe 8 different
> stores (not Joes) within less than 10 minutes from my house, so I do
> selectively buy 'deals' wherever they are (checking circulars, not hitting
> all the stores : ). I also have a small freezer so I take advantage of that
> and try not to let it 'get away from me'...
>
> Lynn
>
> My email has changed to: houstonKLR at gmail.com
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Grace Cangialosi" <gracecan at gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 10:24 AM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] a question you should never ask at Walmart
>
>  But Trader Joe's is also very high-end! I went to the new one here a
>> couple of weeks ago just to see what all the buzz was about and decided I
>> probably won't go back. I did buy some peanut butter made with nothing but
>> peanuts and told my daughter about it.
>> I guess Harris-Teeter is about as high-end as I'm willing to go. For
>> every day, I'm a regular Food Lion customer. Ours has very good produce and
>> a small, but good, natural and organic section.
>>
>>  On Feb 4, 2015, at 10:32 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> It is always a Good Thing to drive past Whole Paycheck. I used to do that
>>> every week on my way to Trader Joe's when I lived in Richmond ;->
>>>
>>>  On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 10:27 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Haven't found one. Maybe up near Jacksonville (but that would
>>>> mean driving past Whole Foods).
>>>>
>>>> Several small farms on the Massachusetts/New Hampshire line
>>>> have been saved by Asian immigration. Instead of struggling to
>>>> compete with onions and corn brought in from Pennsylvania
>>>> and Florida, they now thrive growing bok choy and daikon and
>>>> gorgeous crisp fresh green vegetable.
>>>> -M
>>>>
>>>>  On Wednesday, February 4, 2015, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> No Asian grocery? Seems like there was an influx of Asian
>>>>> fisherman/shrimpers in the 1979s, but maybe they didn't make it past
>>>>>
>>>> Texas
>>>>
>>>>> and Louisiana. We have a very strange grocery here, run by some Thai
>>>>>
>>>> folks,
>>>>
>>>>