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On 10/31/2018 8:03 PM, cshenk wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>
>> On 10/31/2018 4:58 AM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
>>
>> Julie wouldn't know what to do with herself if she lived in my area.
>> There are only three grocery stores here - Publix, Food Lion, Piggly
>> Wiggly. Four if you count the Super Walmart (I don't). She'd have
>> to drive to Georgia to find a Whole Foods, Trader Joes and Costco.
>>
>> Fortunately, I nearly always manage to find what I want at Publix.
>>
>> Jill

>
> She'd be in Hogs Heaven if she wants to trek all over town here!
> Within about 5 miles of me:
>
> Harris Teeter
> Kroger
> Food Lion
> Farm Fresh
> TJ's
> Whole Foods
> Walmart
> SAMS
> BJ's
>
> Ethnic:
> American Asian
> Family (international) Market
> Mediterrainian
> Japanese #1 Ichiban
>
> A little further and you have:
> Large Farmers Market (about 7 miles from me)
> International Market (Used to be on my way home last job)
> Fresh local catch seafood market about 12 miles, havent been there)
> Another seasonal farmer market (not bigger than the closer one above)
>
>
> Sunday I went to Asian American then HT on the way back. It's rare for
> me to hit 2 in the same week, but when I do the second is almost always
> Asian American or #1 Ichiban which are both on my way home from work.
>
>

Sure sounds like she'd love it, Carol! (She likely wouldn't go to the
farmers markets, though.) I'd be exhausted if I had to shop in all
those different places. Then again, I really don't enjoy shopping. I
make a list, do all my shopping in one day.

I can't help but laugh when I hear Ichiban. It reminds me of this
episode from Friends:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4F0UnnHFzM

Ichiban lipstick for men! LOL

Jill