On Tue, 16 Jul 2013 21:15:13 -0700, wrote:

>On Tue, 16 Jul 2013 20:59:59 -0400, jmcquown >
>wrote:
>
>>A woman sent an email to the Dataw listserv. Subject: Whole Foods to
>>Open in August! She was all excited.
>>
>>I read the email. She's excited because she won't have to drive to Mt.
>>Pleasant, SC anymore. Mt. Pleasant is at least 100 miles away. Now
>>she'll only have to drive about 50 miles to Savannah, GA!
>>
>>Would you drive that far just to shop at a Whole Foods? Or any specific
>>store, for that matter?
>>
>>I would need more than that one reason to make the trip.
>>
>>Jill
>
>I live out in the boonies, so driving 50 miles to shop is no big deal.
>I do, however, try and squeeze as much as I can into one trip, so it's
>usually an all day deal.
>
>koko

Me too. But I also do a lot of shopping on line, I can usually find
better prices and free shipping right to my door for many
non-perishable food items, especially ethnic condiments. I'd rather
search for difficult to find items by mouse than drive my car all over
creation... also saves me from having to lug heavy items from distant
stores and I buy several items by the case/bulk. I shop often at
http://store.honeyvillegrain.com/ They have good products, good
prices and only charge a flate rate of $4.49 (a little more than one
gallon of gas) for any size order. I bought my lawn mower on line,
from Amazon, better price than anywhere else, free shipping... saved
me from having to drive a 40 mile round trip to a big box store, have
to lug it home, and waste a day. On line is my first place to shop...
the last time I was at a maul has to be some twenty five years ago.