Dave Smith wrote:
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> biig wrote:
> >
> > Dave Smith wrote:
> > >
> > > Holy cow. I was out shopping today and was astounded at the prices of some
> > > of the vegetables. The cold weather in parts of the US is being blamed for
> > > shortages.
> >
> > A decent stalk of celery in our local Sobey's yesterday was 3.99 (SW
> > Ontario, Canada) Since I was going to use it for soup, I bought a
> > lesser quality at our no frills, but it was 1.99.....Sharon
>
> Ah yes,.... celery.... that was the one that really stunned me. I don't
> usually do much shopping at out local Sobey's because I find them
> expensive, but I had been to the local butcher and didn't want to back
> track and head to t "the city" for the few other things I needed. So I
> went to Sobey's for the few things i needed. The celery was outrageously
> expensive but I needed <?> it because we are having Buffalo wings and you
> just aren't wings unless you have celery sticks and blue cheese
> dressing...... and beer.... lots of beer.

I shop at both stores. In our small town, they are basically side by
each. I buy the staples that are the same price as no frills, and the
items that no frills don't stock. DH likes the deli cut lunchmeats
rather than packaged stuff. Their veggies are usually better quality
for most, but priced accordingly. Recently, my son's best friend took
over the Sobey's and I like to patronize them as much as possible, but
don't spend extra there because of it. I pick and choose what I buy in
which store. Works for my budget.....Sharon