Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:

> I live near enough to the store in Bethlehem on 512 and the one in Allentown
> on Tilghman Street. Both have the same set up and color scheme, etc. There
> are some good deals (if you watch the ads and buy what's on sale) but then
> there are some really pricy items as well. In this area, the 'uppa crust'
> refer to 'doing Wegman's' and look at contempt at those of us to shop at
> Kings/Weis or Giant. It is the Abercrombie and Fitch of food for the
> Lehigh Valley.
>
> Took hubby in the other week, in dirty jeans and tee shirt. Of course some
> of the uppas looked at us in disgust. He picked up on this....held up a
> package of liver and and said 'looky Ma, innerts.....' Every now and again
> I like to pull the chain of those who think they are better than everyone
> else.

Those kind of people are too pathetic to laugh at. Imagine needing
your ego propped up by a store.

> On the plus side, when they have contests, people usually win. I won a
> salmon at the Allentown Wegmans'. A whole floppin, flippin 50 lb. salmon.
> When asked, I let them them gut it and cut it into serving pieces. It was
> great. I've entered a few others, but know people who have won them as
> well....unlike Kings who runs contests and then posts a picture of a woman
> in Florida who won big (they don't even have stores in FL).

Now, when I was working and in school in north jersey, Kings was an
upscale supermarket. Is that not the case elsewhere? It certainly
wasn't anything to sneer at. Perhaps it's not the same Kings chain.

nancy