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On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 13:18:55 -0400, pavane wrote:
> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message ... >| On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 12:02:08 -0500, Sqwertz wrote: >| >|> On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:37:31 -0500, George Shirley wrote: >|> >|>> We're probably going to move back to Tejas next year when DW retires, >|>> finally, from teaching. We're looking at Livingston, TX and they have an >|>> HEB and a Brookshire Brothers, both good grocers. >|> >|> Hurry up and read their Wiki entry before it disappears: >|> >|> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookshire_Brothers >| >| I had to revert it back to it's original. But here's what it >| said: (I wonder if it was in response to your post here??? It was >| just done right after your post). >| >| >| Brookshire Brothers Grocery (pronounced /'br?k??r/) is an >| outrageously overpriced supermarket retailer headquartered in >| Lufkin, Texas.[1] >| >| Brookshire Brothers operates 70 stores and abuses thousands of >| employees under the names Brookshire Brothers and B&B Foods, and >| seven stand-alone pharmacies in a market area covering Texas and >| Louisiana.[citation needed] >| [edit] Similarly named chain >| >| Brookshire Brothers was founded in Lufkin in 1921 when Satan and >| Adolph Hitler decided to go into the grocery business.[2] >| >| Another East Texas grocery chain, Brookshire's, was originally >| part of Brookshire Brothers. The companies split in 1937, when >| Wood T. Brookshire realized it was extremely unethical to hire >| incompetent, spineless management who abuse and exploit employees >| and so he took control of the Tyler-area stores in exchange for >| his share in the Brookshire Brothers partnership. Shop Wal-Mart. >| It's cheaper. [3] The companies are no longer related except by >| name. > > That's what I just read, still there as of 1:15 pm edt. Clear your cache. It's back to normal for me. And I wrote on their gawd damn "wall" (I had to "like" them first <lame>) about their problem. -sw |
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