On Saturday, January 12, 2013 10:08:33 AM UTC-6, jmcquown wrote:
> On 1/11/2013 9:06 PM, Bryan wrote:
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> > I really don't understand how Shop 'n Save undersells Schnucks and Dierbergs so consistently, yet folks still shop Schnucks and Dierbergs, even in a depressed economy. It really seems like a bourgeois thing, like folks think that shopping at Shop 'n Save is an admission of low socio-economic status.
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> > --Bryan
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> Better purchasing agreements? Dunno, I have never seen a Shop 'n Save
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> store in my part of the US.
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> When I shopped at Schnucks in TN it was because it was nearby, not
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> because of some weird bourgeois thing.



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> I've got two grocery stores near my home. Publix and Food Lion. They
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> are right next door to each other. I know the prices at Food Lion are a
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> little lower. But it is a very old and grubby looking store. It has
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> very poor lighting. The tile floor badly in need of replacing. The
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> whole thing needs a makeover. It is not an inviting place to shop.
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> Publix costs a little more but it's bright, well stocked and the
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> employees are very friendly and helpful.

Publix and Food Lion are very different. Food Lion is the bottom of the barrel. When we lived in Hudson, Florida, there was a Food Lion there. I used to go there occasionally for a few things that were way cheaper than the Jewel right behind our apartment complex. It wasn't the sort of store my wife would ever choose to shop, but she had been curious about it because I had described it, and every time I went there when she was at work, she'd say that she'd like to see it some time. Finally one day, I think it was a Saturday morning, we went there and she agreed that it was a dump. In the parking lot, where quite a few people could overhear, I asked, "There. Are you happy now that I've finally taken you to Food Lion?" I was joking, of course, but we've gotten plenty of laughs over the years imagining what the other shoppers who heard that must have thought.
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> Jill

--Bryan

On 1/12/2013 11:43 AM, Bryan wrote:
> Publix and Food Lion are very different. Food Lion is the bottom of the barrel. When we lived in Hudson, Florida, there was a Food Lion there. I used to go there occasionally for a few things that were way cheaper than the Jewel right behind our apartment complex. It wasn't the sort of store my wife would ever choose to shop, but she had been curious about it because I had described it, and every time I went there when she was at work, she'd say that she'd like to see it some time. Finally one day, I think it was a Saturday morning, we went there and she agreed that it was a dump. In the parking lot, where quite a few people could overhear, I asked, "There. Are you happy now that I've finally taken you to Food Lion?" I was joking, of course, but we've gotten plenty of laughs over the years imagining what the other shoppers who heard that must have thought.
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Yeah. But I don't have a multitude of supermarkets to choose from. I
could drive 10 miles farther to Piggly Wiggly. I can't think of a
reason to do that.

Jill

On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 12:12:42 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 1/12/2013 11:43 AM, Bryan wrote:
>> Publix and Food Lion are very different. Food Lion is the bottom of the barrel. When we lived in Hudson, Florida, there was a Food Lion there. I used to go there occasionally for a few things that were way cheaper than the Jewel right behind our apartment complex. It wasn't the sort of store my wife would ever choose to shop, but she had been curious about it because I had described it, and every time I went there when she was at work, she'd say that she'd like to see it some time. Finally one day, I think it was a Saturday morning, we went there and she agreed that it was a dump. In the parking lot, where quite a few people could overhear, I asked, "There. Are you happy now that I've finally taken you to Food Lion?" I was joking, of course, but we've gotten plenty of laughs over the years imagining what the other shoppers who heard that must have thought.
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>Yeah. But I don't have a multitude of supermarkets to choose from. I
>could drive 10 miles farther to Piggly Wiggly. I can't think of a
>reason to do that.
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>Jill
I've been to The Pig in southern TN and I wouldn't make an effort to
go there either. The Pig in Nashville was so-so. When I lived in
Wisconsin years ago, it was a fine store.
Janet US

On 1/12/2013 12:59 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 12:12:42 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
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>> On 1/12/2013 11:43 AM, Bryan wrote:
>>> Publix and Food Lion are very different. Food Lion is the bottom of the barrel. When we lived in Hudson, Florida, there was a Food Lion there. I used to go there occasionally for a few things that were way cheaper than the Jewel right behind our apartment complex. It wasn't the sort of store my wife would ever choose to shop, but she had been curious about it because I had described it, and every time I went there when she was at work, she'd say that she'd like to see it some time. Finally one day, I think it was a Saturday morning, we went there and she agreed that it was a dump. In the parking lot, where quite a few people could overhear, I asked, "There. Are you happy now that I've finally taken you to Food Lion?" I was joking, of course, but we've gotten plenty of laughs over the years imagining what the other shoppers who heard that must have thought.
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>> Yeah. But I don't have a multitude of supermarkets to choose from. I
>> could drive 10 miles farther to Piggly Wiggly. I can't think of a
>> reason to do that.
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>> Jill
> I've been to The Pig in southern TN and I wouldn't make an effort to
> go there either. The Pig in Nashville was so-so. When I lived in
> Wisconsin years ago, it was a fine store.
> Janet US
>
'The Pig' claims to be the first "self serve" grocery store.
http://www.pigglywiggly.com/about-us.

I've shopped in some nice ones. But that was many years ago. I
probably wouldn't go out of my way to shop at the one in Beaufort.
Seems like they've been going downhill for a while.

Jill