SmileyBoy
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Thu Jun-09-05 09:00 PM
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What store do you or your family always shop for groceries?? |
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Edited on Thu Jun-09-05 09:01 PM by SmileyBoy
My parents shop for food at Cub Foods, a local Minnesota chain. And for most of the year, when I'm in college living in a dorm, I shop for food at Sun Mart (A local Fargo-Moorhead chain).
And I better not hear many replies of "Wal-Mart Supercenter".:D
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Thu Jun-09-05 09:01 PM
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1. Most of the time one of three places |
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Whole (paycheck) foods Wild Oats Schnucks (a local chain in St Louis and parts of the Midwest)
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Thu Jun-09-05 09:02 PM
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3. I've heard of Schnucks, but never Wild Oats... |
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I didn't see one when I drove through St. Louis a while ago...
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Thu Jun-09-05 09:04 PM
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7. There's only one in St Louis right now.... |
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Edited on Thu Jun-09-05 09:05 PM by ikojo
It's in Clayton (a wealthy suburb of St Louis). There used to be one in Chesterfield in West County but I guess it didn't do well so they closed it. I like the Wild Oats in Clayton because it's small and I can usually find things on sale.
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Fri Jun-10-05 09:42 AM
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27. I remember Schnuck's from my youth in southern IL. |
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Thu Jun-09-05 09:02 PM
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Price Chopper and sometimes Hanniford.
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Thu Jun-09-05 09:02 PM
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4. We have Cub here, too. |
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But I mainly shop at Logli's, a local supermarket chain that is now owned by Schnuck's. Other times, I shop at Hilander, which is now owned by Kroger. I used to work at both, too, otherwise, I would try not to support corporate oligarchy. But my friends have to eat! :P
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Thu Jun-09-05 09:04 PM
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6. I didn't know Cub spread out into Illinois. |
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Then again, TCF Bank has spread out into Chicagoland too.
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Thu Jun-09-05 09:06 PM
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9. Cub spread into Indiana about 20 years ago, now they're gone. |
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We had several Cub stores in Indy but I think they have all closed.
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Thu Jun-09-05 09:07 PM
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12. Cub Foods has been in Springfield Illinois for approx |
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ten years now. For a long time unions in Springfield urged a boycott of Cub Foods. I think it was due to the use of non union labor to build it and I think their workers are non union. If only that was the only non union grocery in Springfield IL....now there is a Super Wal-Mart in the more working class north side of town.
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Thu Jun-09-05 09:02 PM
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5. Bruno's, and occasionally Manna Grocery |
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Edited on Thu Jun-09-05 09:07 PM by unsavedtrash
but I miss shopping at Acme. (PA grocery store)
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Thu Jun-09-05 09:05 PM
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1. Whole Foods 2. Magruder's - the last locally-owned food store chain in the DC area 3. Costco - the blue place.
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Thu Jun-09-05 09:06 PM
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10. Oooh! Whole Foods, I forgot about Whole Foods! |
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Thu Jun-09-05 09:10 PM
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........nice to have a place that doesn't sell stuff loaded up with high fructose corn syrup, isn't it?
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Fri Jun-10-05 09:25 AM
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Thu Jun-09-05 09:05 PM
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8. Me, Shop Rite. Other half, Costco. |
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Thu Jun-09-05 09:06 PM
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11. A small locally owned grocery store. |
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The chain stores are too big and busy. They can be maddening!
B-)
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Thu Jun-09-05 09:07 PM
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13. I go to a locally own grocery.... |
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Edited on Thu Jun-09-05 09:19 PM by liberalnurse
Dorothy Lane Market.......It has the finest selection of well, everything! Go look for yourself.... http://www.dorothylane.com/
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Thu Jun-09-05 09:08 PM
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14. Bi-Lo , WinnDixie , Harris Teeter or Food Lion |
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Fri Jun-10-05 09:35 AM
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My dad lives in Wilmington, NC and the Harris teeter stores there have a good selection of Organics and are nice and clean....
We have a few in the DC area, only in Northern Virginia though.
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Thu Jun-09-05 09:15 PM
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16. Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, Farmer's Market |
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Thu Jun-09-05 09:21 PM
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I swear to all things holy, I will never set foot in a Wal-Mart Supercenter.
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Thu Jun-09-05 09:22 PM
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18. Albertson's and the local food co-op. (nt). |
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Fri Jun-10-05 09:26 AM
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Edited on Fri Jun-10-05 09:35 AM by Bunny
Or, "Jine Iggle" as it's more commonly pronounced here.
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Fri Jun-10-05 09:28 AM
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except for the local farms stands, Price Chopper has the best produce.
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Fri Jun-10-05 09:28 AM
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22. Here in San Antonio, I have 3 choices, Walmart, Target or HEB. |
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so.......I usually go to HEB. Kinda sucks not having a real choice. But at least HEB keeps their price low.
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Fri Jun-10-05 09:34 AM
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23. Whole Foods, Giant, Shopper's Food Warehouse, Trader Joe's |
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and of course local Farmers' Markets
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Fri Jun-10-05 09:35 AM
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25. HEB (Texas) Kash 'n Karry (Florida) |
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Fri Jun-10-05 09:41 AM
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26. I have a small mom and pop store really close |
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Pretty good prices. Some food I buy at Target. I rarely go to the bigname stores (Jewel, Dominics) around here unless theres a sale on what I need.
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Fri Jun-10-05 09:46 AM
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28. Dominick's here in Chicago n/t |
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Fri Jun-10-05 09:49 AM
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29. Meijer, now that I have no money |
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I used to shop at the Holiday Market in Royal Oak, because they had all this gourmet cooking stuff. I am now saving $20+ a week shopping at Meijer, which has most of the stuff I need anyways.
Meijer is a competitor of WalMart. Meijer is owned by conservative christians, but they are a union outfit and treat their employees much better than their competitor. Also, the Meijer family is not all that in your face about religion, unlike other dutch reformed business leaders in W. Michigan, like the DeVos criminal enterprise formerly known as Amway.
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