On 1/12/2013 12:59 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> 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