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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

paxamicus AT earthlink.net wrote:
> I've never been to a Piggly Wiggly, but the name makes me laugh. : ) I  
> am afraid if I tried to go into a Piggly Wiggly I would be afflicted  
> with a need to snort my way through the aisles making pig noises.  If  
> I go to a conventional store up here it's usually Giant, or their  
> slightly cheaper little sister, Martin's. Neither inspires me to  
> wiggle-y a non-existent tail.

Giant:  Wear Green and walk through saying Fe Fi Fo Fum....
Martin's: Wear Purple and whistle.

The Pig is a second tier grocery store now, a bit above the wholesale 
grocers, but not up to Kroger and Publix stature.  They are mostly 
independently owned and operated, and the ones around here are rather 
old fashioned-for people who still cook and bake....You can still see 
the butchers cutting meat, and they still know you by name because they 
will cut or trim meat for you.  Paper bags are the standard, and you ask 
for plastic if you want that.  There's only one aisle for international 
foods, and much of the produce is purchased from locals.
In the old days, the Pig was *the* store...along with A&P and Winn 
Dixie.  Then came Kroger, and now Publix..  Thus is the South.  I 
suppose I should include Bi-Lo and Ingles, but they, like the Pig, are 
second tier, too.

In Calhoun, we don't have a Publix, or any kind of club discount stores 
like Aldi's or BJ's or anything like Trader Joes etc. etc.
Kroger is expensive here, Walmart is too crowded, it's too hard to get 
in and out of the Ingles shopping center, and Wholesale Foods is more 
expensive...the Pig is my store because it is the cheapest, cleanest, 
and closest, and it feels like the stores I grew up with...

Bev



> I was doing my buying in TJ's because the divine Miss M...(that would  
> be my teenager) used to go to a fabulous school which just happened to  
> be next door to it.
> Now, Roy just combines a trip to his Yoga class with a coffee haul  
> whenever we need it.
>
> I'm looking forward to Gimme Coffee and the Ithaca Coffee Company and  
> the Smart Monkey, though. My occasional pod-cast-grabbing-java-jolt is  
> going to have variety!
>
>
>
> On Jul 3, 2008, at 11:17 PM, EarthNSky wrote:
>
> > paxamicus AT earthlink.net wrote:
> > > I forgot, they also carry the whole Bob's Red Mill line, too, and are
> > > always cheaper than WF.
> >
> > All those fancy schmancy stores...<g> I buy my Bob's specialty flours
> > and such at the local Piggly Wiggly. :)
> > --
> > BevanRon of EarthNSky Farm   NW Georgia USDA Zone 7
> > 34.498N 85.076W    Bev is Earth, Ron is Sky                                   
> >   
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BevanRon of EarthNSky Farm   NW Georgia USDA Zone 7
34.498N 85.076W    Bev is Earth, Ron is Sky