Time Passes
Oct. 19th, 2018 09:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stoutfellowThe local Shop'n'Save, where I have bought almost all of my groceries for nigh on twenty-five years, closed its doors yesterday afternoon. Like most SnS stores in the St. Louis metro area, it was bought by the rival chain Schnucks last month. It will reopen as a Schnucks on Sunday. That means there will be two Schnucks within a couple of blocks, which seems odd, but I understand that both stores will be kept open for the time being.
I liked SnS, for the most part; the staff - cashiers, stockers, and supervisors - were usually friendly and helpful. But I've felt the store as store was going downhill for the last several years - the selection of cheeses shrank drastically, they stopped selling whole-bean coffee, and so on. I've occasionally shopped at the old Schnucks, but not often enough to have a feel for their range of goods, so I don't know whether they will be an improvement. I guess I'll begin finding that out on Sunday.
I liked SnS, for the most part; the staff - cashiers, stockers, and supervisors - were usually friendly and helpful. But I've felt the store as store was going downhill for the last several years - the selection of cheeses shrank drastically, they stopped selling whole-bean coffee, and so on. I've occasionally shopped at the old Schnucks, but not often enough to have a feel for their range of goods, so I don't know whether they will be an improvement. I guess I'll begin finding that out on Sunday.
