With the Thanksgiving holiday approaching, one grocery chain is trying to help lighten the strain on our wallets by dropping holiday staples to 2019 prices.
The new Meijer Superstore on North Green River Road in Evansville had it's "soft opening" on Thursday morning, ahead of their Grand Opening on Sunday, and I had the opportunity to stroll through the store to see what it's all about.
The Holiday season is a time for giving. The economy is tight right now and every little bit helps. Lately, there have been a lot of 'pay it forward' stories at fast food drive thrus, the gas station and sometimes even in grocery stores.
OK, we've all seen the free sample lady at places like Wal-Mart and other grocery stores. The question is can you take too many, even if they are free? Well, in Minnesota, the answer is a big fat YES! Erwin Lingitz, 68, of Gem Lake, was shopping at Cub Foods and was arrested for taking too much from the lunch meat sample tray.
On the morning show today, Leslie and I were talking about Downtown Evansville and all of the increased activity thanks to the Deaconess GLVC basketball tournament that started today at the Ford Center. We got on the topic of what downtown needs in the absence of something like the GLVC tournament to bring people downtown.
Guys, imagine an aisle just for you at the grocery store with all of the things that we guys love. Well, Westside Market in New York City has created a brand new aisle that is just for men and they call it the "Man Isle.” The aisle has things like every kind of beer you can imagine, chips, barbeque and hot sauces, cereal, soda, beef jerky and Chock Full O'Nuts coffee all in one aisle...
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