You forgot to mention that a lot of the baggers are seniors and/or handicapped. Plus, they insist on helping you out to your car with your cart and won't accept tips for that service. They even held an umbrella over me the last time I got caught in the storm so delicate me wouldn't melt in the rain. lol
Lucille
Gill Murray ,in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote: and entertained us with
But, but...Publix, nine out of ten signs I saw had the L taken or painted out lol
"Lucille" ,in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote: and entertained us with
Sigh, it's the name, not the people or service !
Why do you have to peak my curiosity. Now I've simply got to find out where that kind of peculiar name came from. lol
It's not much better than WaWa in NJ
Well. I went on their website, and read the history, but their was no explanation. So I emailed the company to see if they can answer the question..Why Publix!
Gill
I guess it's not worse than Higgly-Piggly either.
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Thanks Gill. I was just going to send a note asking but you saved me the trouble.
Why do we need to know these things ???
OOPS--That didn't look right so I checked and the real supermarket name is Piggly Wiggly. I still think it's a silly name.
Anybody remember Piggly Wriggly?----LOL Clarice in AZ
Innate curiosity!!
Gill
The Piggly Wiggly is still around. I shopped at one last summer, but can't remember just where I was (we were in 22 states!). Most probably it was Georgia, or Alabama. I think they used to advertise it as "the home of the Pig".
Gillian
scottnh wrote:
Rub in the much better price of groceries in FL than here in pricey DC. We're happy when it's below $4/#, a big salae is $2.99/# .
Ellice
Don't know the history - but that's been the main market down there since the 60's. There was something like Food Fair, which was from NY, when we first moved there - but I believe they were bought by something else, and then changed names and then went away.
ellice
I don't know where they're based, but definitely a southern store. First one I recalled was in NC . When I was at summer camp in western NC, especially when I was teaching riding, we would ride into town the couple of miles - to the Piggly Wiggly. Tie up right at a hitchin' post in front of the store. It always made me laugh, their ads as well. I think the other shop in the south is Kroger.
Ellice
We often buy our sprouts that way - particularly at Christmas. Since they usually still have their roots we tend to plant them in the garden and water them in - they last for ages that way!
Winter`s back - lots of snow in Scotland, and we had snow showers all afternoon and evening today - after two or three weeks of lovely Springtime! So warm until now, that John just wore a short sleeved shirt to take the dog out. Back to fleeces today!
Pat
Funny - John loves asparagus but I think it`s grossly overated! Still, I love sprouts and he`s not keen.
Pat
$1.99 a pound is $3.98 a pound tooooooooo much!!
We can't have asparagus in the house. Blue has become allergic (hit him at age 35). And based on the rapid change between his first reaction and his second; he's been told his third would be his last.
He's told me I can make it for myself, but knowing how much he loved it, I can't do that to him.
Tara
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That happened to my husband with lobster. He had to be careful seafood dishes contained no lobster, he had the same warning. He had not long had a course of chemo and the doctors told him, super allergies were fairly common after undergoing chemo.
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