"Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
...
> Kroger has bought the small regional chain where I shop, and is converting
> my grocery store to a Kroger.
>
> Goodbye, excellent meat!
>
> Goodbye, ethnic ingredients.
>
> Goodbye, grocery store.
>
> My tentative plan is to shop for meat at Costco and everything else
> at Meijer (which is a bit like Walmart--groceries, department store,
> garden center all in one). We've got a few Asian groceries for the
> oddments like ponzu sauce.
>
> *sigh*
>
> Cindy Hamilton

We don't have actual Kroger here but we do have QFC and Fred Meyer, both of
which are owned by Kroger. Both have excellent meat and ethnic ingredients.
But, IMO, high prices.