The Dinette Set by Julie Larson for February 14, 2025

Now they’ll be the first to complain when the doors are shut for good….

Winn Dixie investors bought back the chain from the Aldi chain. YEAH

I remember a lot of stores when I was growing up. Piggly Wiggly, Winn Dixie, Cas Walkers, TG&Y.

……we had lots of “Mom & Pop” stores, way back when I was this creepy ‘lil kid……….takin’ the empty “pop” bottle you found along the road on the way to there and cashing them in to buy candycandycandycandy was always such a hoot……

That space will soon be sectioned off into a tattoo clinic, a smoke shop, a martial arts place, and Burl’s favorite ice cream parlor…!

In Illinois, this was probably an IGA.

Fun fact: Lincoln, IL still has an IGA!

But there was a serious shortage of free samples.

Grocery store consolidation has done a remarkable job of slowly increasing prices all around.

The Era of Trump…

I can’t believe Wigley’s has been closed for almost 15 years.

we’ll be back!… or… not

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