[Vision2020] Palouse Monopoly Empire Mall; Gas/Food prices

[lfalen]

I shop at Winco, but I do think Rosaures has a better produce department.

Roger
-----Original message-----
From: "Sue Hovey" suehovey at moscow.com
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 08:28:51 -0700
To: "Chasuk" chasuk at gmail.com, "Donovan Arnold" donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Palouse Monopoly Empire Mall; Gas/Food prices

> Price is an important, I agree.  And I know that shopping at Rosauers 
> probably means I don't save as much money as I could otherwise, even though 
> I take advantage of weekly sales.  However, there are other reasons why 
> folks choose to shop at other places.  I like the customer service at 
> Rosauers.  I like having someone take my bags to the car when it's snowing. 
> But the main reason I always shop at Rosauers is because they hire my 
> disabled daughter.  They treat her as a valuable employee and even honored 
> her last year at their annual banquet in Spokane for her years of work.  She 
> was one of several disabled adults who were honored.  It does take me 
> forever to buy groceries there because I keep running into folks I haven't 
> seen for a whole and have to stop and catch up, but that isn't the store's 
> fault.  I suspect they'd appreciate if we'd move on and quit blocking the 
> aisles.
> 
> Sue
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chasuk" <chasuk at gmail.com>
> To: "Donovan Arnold" <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 4:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Palouse Monopoly Empire Mall; Gas/Food prices
> 
> 
> > Winco is cheaper than any other grocery store in town, by a huge
> > margin.  I've recently shopped at a Super Wal-Mart, and it was not
> > cheaper than Winco.  I shop at Costco regularly, and it isn't cheaper
> > than Winco, either.
> >
> > Before I get replies saying "but I bought X at Y, and it was cheaper
> > than Winco," let me save you the trouble: I already know that some
> > items are cheaper elsewhere.  However, overall, for a family or
> > individual  of average shopping patterns, Winco is far cheaper.
> >
> > And the jury is out on the bee threat; some dispute whether it even
> > exists.  I've read arguments from both sides, with both parties
> > equally qualified to hold an opinion.
> >
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