"notbob" > wrote in message
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> Natch, it also got the dimly lit soothing country store produce dept
> treatment, too, so they can charge prices like, persimmons: $3.95 EA!!
>
> nb

I had to laugh about Safeway's persimmon price too. I just bought over 9
pounds of beautiful persimmons at a Mexican market for $9 total (99 cents a
pound), not 3 persimmons (probably 1 pound) for $12.

Ken Kozak
Walnut Creek, CA