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Post by ohwell on Sept 25, 2009 5:59:13 GMT -5
I shop at BiLo because the manager stocks my favorite bread that I can't find anywhere else. Went to Publix one time, won't go back.
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Post by Conservator on Sept 25, 2009 8:55:42 GMT -5
No. Ohwell is not going back. Period. No pumpernickel, no business.
oh... btw... Publix rocks.
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Post by BlackFox on Sept 25, 2009 8:58:05 GMT -5
+1 for Publix
Great beer selection.
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Post by Justin Thyme on Sept 25, 2009 8:58:57 GMT -5
I hope your Publix has a better selection in their produce section than mine. The last time I was in a Bi-Lo in your area I was impressed by the produce.
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Post by gridbug on Sept 25, 2009 9:00:31 GMT -5
I'd just be happy to have the Pruetts on Cherokee back  |
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Post by Jay on Sept 25, 2009 10:20:15 GMT -5
I shop at BiLo because the manager stocks my favorite bread that I can't find anywhere else. Went to Publix one time, won't go back. Why won't you go back to Publix? Just because they don't stock your favorite bread? And what's so special about this bread?  |
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Post by Babs on Sept 25, 2009 11:47:17 GMT -5
I'd love to have that Pruitts back. A lot of their old employees work at Greenlife, but they don't sell Diet Sprites or diet bread or cheap no fat cheese. The closest stores to Grid and us or the BiLos on Signal Mt. Blvd or Red Bankistan.
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Post by gridbug on Sept 25, 2009 11:52:57 GMT -5
Babs, they have YOUR kind of "Diet Sprites" at Greenlife  I'm sure they have good stuff, but I've only been there a few times. It just isn't a grocery store. |
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Post by Jay on Sept 25, 2009 12:02:00 GMT -5
The new Chattanooga Times Free Press "Best of the Best" names Publix as "Best Supermarket" in Chattanooga, as voted by the readers of the TFP. But there is a Bi-Lo ad in the publication in which Bi-Lo claims they won it. So which is it?  |
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Post by MSwafford on Sept 25, 2009 12:14:50 GMT -5
From what I've seen and few times I've been in Publix, Bi-Lo has better prices.
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Post by Jay on Sept 25, 2009 13:44:26 GMT -5
And Bi-Lo isn't exactly cheap to begin with...
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Post by ScarlettP on Sept 25, 2009 17:15:44 GMT -5
Over all, I prefer Food Lion. Bi-Lo has good sales and a nice deli department.
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Post by TNBear on Sept 25, 2009 19:39:36 GMT -5
The Publix in Hixson has a great produce section. Prices vary by item, sometimes very competitive, sometimes not. The seafood counter is also top notch. Usually a good selection of wild caught fresh as well as the previously frozen farmed stuff. Today they had mussels for $1.99/lb., very inexpensive. For a couple of weeks they had wild caught fresh Pacific Salmon for $9.99/lb., also a great deal.
No, I do not work there.
No one market does everything, we also shop Bi-Hi, Food Lion and Greenlife.
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Post by RuneDeer on Sept 25, 2009 21:10:36 GMT -5
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Post by chiliman on Sept 26, 2009 8:38:47 GMT -5
C'mon, the results printed in the"best of" section are driven by everything else that's printed in the tfp, the winners provide the most ad revenue annually.
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Post by naturedude11 on Sept 26, 2009 10:04:46 GMT -5
After checking some of the other "winners" (Luther, Cindy Sexton, Mark Kennedy, Neil Pascal) I can only conclude that the handful of people who voted were blue-haired old ladies with lots of time on their hands...
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Post by ohwell on Sept 26, 2009 15:58:58 GMT -5
Pepperidge Farm sandwich bread. Period, end of subject. The worst thing on the face of the earth is Texas toast. I can't stand thick bread, makes me sick and unable to eat. Love that Pepperidge Farm. Oh Yeah.
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Post by ohwell on Sept 26, 2009 18:43:23 GMT -5
Oh, by the way - if you want really great beer, go to Canada. Hic up. Oh Yeah. Lots of good stuff that you can't buy in the US. Vienna in the pony. The best. If its cold, they will take it inside and warm it up. There is no ice tea, there is no ice in cola. What a wonderful place. Loved the fishing. Get up, catch worms, catch perch, and then use them as bait to catch the Great Northerns or Walleyes. Life at its best.
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Post by exccinsider on Sept 26, 2009 20:13:28 GMT -5
I gave up on the TFP readers choice when they kept naming Chef Lin the best Chinese buffet in town. There's not a damn thing there worth eating, and I normally love Chinese food!
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Post by el Gusano on Sept 26, 2009 21:03:04 GMT -5
I don't know, Worm and I rather liked Chef Lin, unless they've changed.
We made them quake when we walked through the door together.
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Post by Warkitty on Sept 26, 2009 21:25:03 GMT -5
They're ok I guess, but I wouldn't call what they serve "Chinese food." More like "soy laden gut bombs."
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Post by JC on Sept 27, 2009 0:53:58 GMT -5
"but I wouldn't call what they serve "Chinese food." "
I call it a laxative
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Post by Tsavodiner on Sept 27, 2009 0:56:49 GMT -5
I get "lax" between the eyes after spending an hour eating about two pounds of it, whatever it is!
For $7.81, the Price is definitely Right!
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Post by gridbug on Sept 28, 2009 11:18:47 GMT -5
They're ok I guess, but I wouldn't call what they serve "Chinese food." More like "soy laden gut bombs." They won "Best Chinese Buffet", not "Best Chinese Food". The award may be deserved. I can't say, given the choice I lean toward restaurants with menus. I believe most Americans prefer their chinese food to be americanized, but then most Americans shy way from food that still has a face  |
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Post by el Gusano on Sept 28, 2009 13:15:29 GMT -5
For best Chinese food in Chattanooga, I'd go with Mandarin Garden.
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Post by daworm on Sept 28, 2009 14:24:40 GMT -5
I don't know about Chef Lin's. Sometimes it is good, sometimes not so much. Consistently good for a buffet is Asia Buffet on Lee Highway. Consistently bad is Buffet King in Hixson (although for some reason my mother likes it, go figure).
Oh, and Cat, haven't you seen the commercials? Soy is the food of the gods or something like that and should give you Joy. Or not...
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Post by LimitedRecourse on Sept 28, 2009 15:25:29 GMT -5
"Anyhow, despite the dumbness of most people..."
Looking down on all the little folk again, are we?
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Post by Warkitty on Sept 29, 2009 6:16:02 GMT -5
It might Worm, if it were soy sauce made from actual soy instead of soy sauce made from wheat as most of it is.
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Post by Justin Thyme on Sept 29, 2009 6:29:35 GMT -5
"Anyhow, despite the dumbness of most people..." Looking down on all the little folk again, are we? From what other angle can "little folk" be viewed? |
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Post by daworm on Sept 29, 2009 9:23:10 GMT -5
Is that why the stuff in the little packets tastes like crap? I can't find too many ingredient lists for them online, although of the ones I do see most are soy and corn. One lists "vegetable protein" which could be wheat. I see Kari-Out makes a gluten free packet. Didn't know anyone used that crap to cook with though.
Looking a little more, I come to find my favorite brand (Kikkioman) uses wheat as well. Of course, wheat doesn't bother me, but I didn't realize it was an integral part of their product (they even list it as an advantage over "traditional" Chinese soy sauce).
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