Food Fight
Feb. 5th, 2016 05:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stoutfellowI am growing increasingly annoyed with Shop'n'Save. I will continue to shop there for most things; the advantage they have in convenience over the other nearby groceries is huge. But they won't get all of my business.
I mentioned the coffee debacle a while back. They have, it turns out, continued to offer two kinds of whole beans, both by Java Delight: French Roast and House Blend. Needless to say, this limitation isn't to my taste. A few days ago, I put in an order with Goshen Coffee, an online distributor with a considerably greater selection. I bought a pound each of their Ethiopian and Sumatran blends; they also have a number of special blends, which I haven't looked over yet. (I bought two bags; when I finish one, I will order another. That way, I will still have the other bag while I'm waiting for the new one.) If Goshen's offerings prove satisfactory, they will have my custom from now on.
Meanwhile, the cheese situation is worsening. (I'm speaking only of the cheeses sold in sliced form, as opposed to bricks, wedges, rounds, and shreds.) Asiago disappeared from their shelves some time ago. This morning, Lorraine and Vermont Cheddar were missing as well. That may be temporary; Colby reappeared today after being absent last time. On the other hand, the racks were full, the extra slots being filled with pepper cheeses (which I have no interest in) and thin-sliced meats. I no longer trust them. There's a deli up the road a ways, and I've been meaning to check them out for a while; the time has come.
(I'm also less than pleased with the packaging of some of the cheeses. Many of the softer cheeses, when packaged in slices, need to have the slices separated by sheets of waxed paper. Swiss, Muenster, and provolone are especially in such need. But it really doesn't do much good if the sheets are too small; the slices simply tear along the edges of the paper, leaving ugly and hard-to-dislodge clumps where the paper wasn't. The last packet of Muenster I bought was just... I want to say "awful", but it's not a question of taste; it was just incredibly unpleasant trying to get a decent slice loose, every time I tried to make a sandwich. I'm hoping, without too much hope, that the deli will handle things better.)
Shop'n'Save is convenient, and I know and like a lot of the cashiers, but there are limits to my patience.
I mentioned the coffee debacle a while back. They have, it turns out, continued to offer two kinds of whole beans, both by Java Delight: French Roast and House Blend. Needless to say, this limitation isn't to my taste. A few days ago, I put in an order with Goshen Coffee, an online distributor with a considerably greater selection. I bought a pound each of their Ethiopian and Sumatran blends; they also have a number of special blends, which I haven't looked over yet. (I bought two bags; when I finish one, I will order another. That way, I will still have the other bag while I'm waiting for the new one.) If Goshen's offerings prove satisfactory, they will have my custom from now on.
Meanwhile, the cheese situation is worsening. (I'm speaking only of the cheeses sold in sliced form, as opposed to bricks, wedges, rounds, and shreds.) Asiago disappeared from their shelves some time ago. This morning, Lorraine and Vermont Cheddar were missing as well. That may be temporary; Colby reappeared today after being absent last time. On the other hand, the racks were full, the extra slots being filled with pepper cheeses (which I have no interest in) and thin-sliced meats. I no longer trust them. There's a deli up the road a ways, and I've been meaning to check them out for a while; the time has come.
(I'm also less than pleased with the packaging of some of the cheeses. Many of the softer cheeses, when packaged in slices, need to have the slices separated by sheets of waxed paper. Swiss, Muenster, and provolone are especially in such need. But it really doesn't do much good if the sheets are too small; the slices simply tear along the edges of the paper, leaving ugly and hard-to-dislodge clumps where the paper wasn't. The last packet of Muenster I bought was just... I want to say "awful", but it's not a question of taste; it was just incredibly unpleasant trying to get a decent slice loose, every time I tried to make a sandwich. I'm hoping, without too much hope, that the deli will handle things better.)
Shop'n'Save is convenient, and I know and like a lot of the cashiers, but there are limits to my patience.
