On Mon, 11 Mar 2019 00:02:31 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Fri, 08 Mar 2019 13:29:44 -0700, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>
>> We're pretty much hicks out here. Is this the kind of supermarkets
>> you have in the "big" cities? Take the tour. We have nothing like
>> this here. How are the prices on stuff?
>> https://idahonews.com/news/photo-gal...of-wow#photo-1
>> or
>> http://tinyurl.com/yxj76755
>> Janet US
>
>We have stores with all of the features, but not all in one store.
>No hard alcohol sales in stores, but we do have wine bars and beer,
>plus all the prepared and cooked to order stations. $14/lb for
>brisket at a restaurant is lower than anything around here, but we
>have top-o-the-line smoked brisket here. Good price for roast beef
>(we pay $12-14 here lately). Are those fish balls or mochi?
>
>Nothing there we don't have, but not all under one roof. Whole
>Foods an Central Market come pretty close, though. Excpect those to
>be "introductory prices" that will start rising gradually but
>consistently. It's very hard to run stores like this efficiently
>and profitably. but overall that looks like a pretty score - "the
>largest Albertson's ever" - for a Podunk.
>
>-sw

We don't do hard alcohol sales here anywhere but the state owned
liquor stores. What this Albertsons has is a bar. Surprising because
I wouldn't have thought that would get past our ultra conservative
busy bodies. We have some of the features in another new Albertsons
that was opened last year in our city proper. It is disconcerting to
shop there because the layout doesn't follow traditional supermarket
layout. I suppose that's why I avoid Whole Foods.
As to fish balls or mochi, I haven't a clue. I guess I'll find out
when I go to the store. The store is really out of my travel and
access pattern and I'll wait until the hubbub dies down.
Thanks for telling me about stores in bigger communities.
You didn't put a smiley after Podunk ;-(
Janet US