2005-01-22
WEATHER WARNINGS
Blizzard preparations | Bill and I went to two stores last night to do his regular grocery trip ~ one a discount place, the other more upscale | The stores were jammed with people | I checked to see which shelves were bare | The predictable ~ milk and bread were low | What I found interesting was that the upscale place had their greens shelves and the on-site bakery cabinets stripped | And while the picture here is from the internet, the carrots were pretty much untouched | Broccoli, mushrooms, beans and salad greens were decimated |
At the low-priced store, [where it appears to be basically the same brand-name foods but lower prices] the shelves seemed
adequately stocked | There were more people of color and folks speaking other languages than at the upscale place | We go there regularly, and the time was typical | It was more crowded than usual, and people's cart's were fuller, but outside of that, it didn't seem like a run on the groceries |
Tomorrow, if the weather forcasters are accurate, I can expect to wake up to something like the scene shown on the left, only with more snow |
Blizzard preparations | Bill and I went to two stores last night to do his regular grocery trip ~ one a discount place, the other more upscale | The stores were jammed with people | I checked to see which shelves were bare | The predictable ~ milk and bread were low | What I found interesting was that the upscale place had their greens shelves and the on-site bakery cabinets stripped | And while the picture here is from the internet, the carrots were pretty much untouched | Broccoli, mushrooms, beans and salad greens were decimated |
At the low-priced store, [where it appears to be basically the same brand-name foods but lower prices] the shelves seemed
adequately stocked | There were more people of color and folks speaking other languages than at the upscale place | We go there regularly, and the time was typical | It was more crowded than usual, and people's cart's were fuller, but outside of that, it didn't seem like a run on the groceries |
Tomorrow, if the weather forcasters are accurate, I can expect to wake up to something like the scene shown on the left, only with more snow |
GROCERY STORE PIX CREDIT: Copenhagen [NY] High School site discussing agricultural careers © 2005 |
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