We have a Tractor Supply on the other side of Charlottesville, so I don’t make regular visits. But occasionally, I pass by and stop in. It is truly an interesting store. I generally go in when I’m low on birdseed as they have a huge selection of interesting varieties, and the prices are fair. I like to offer my backyard bird friends an assortment of seeds to draw lots of different types of … [Read more...]
Tiger Fuel
We put in gas logs about 20-years ago, one of the best decisions we ever made. Tiger Fuel was there to help us get started and they have since been Johnny-on-the-spot when we need refills. They are also experts at servicing and maintaining gas logs. Each year, we have them come out and check on things, adjust the logs and add batteries as needed. They are efficient, courteous, and most … [Read more...]
Shop at Reid’s
Our community grocery store, Reid’s Super Save, is making a great comeback. Struggling a month or so ago with spiraling labor, and product costs, Reid’s cut back their stock on canned goods and certain items and continued to concentrate on their specialty - quality meats and produce products, and they are recovering nicely as the Charlottesville community responds. Though it’s on the … [Read more...]
A Shout Out for Reid’s Super-Save Market
The sign below was recently posted at Reid’s Super Save Market on Preston Avenue “Just like individual consumers have felt the pinch, so have we. We have seen increases in all our expenses, not just in the cost of product. With low profit margins in the grocery business, it makes it extremely hard for independent grocery stores like us to operate and make ends meet. This … [Read more...]
A2D Appliances
Appliances went from “On Sale” to “No Sale” when Covid hit the fan. Suddenly there were no appliances, nor appliance parts in any warehouse. People trying to buy a refrigerator were told, “Maybe in 6 months, maybe not.” It has gotten a little better, but long delays are still the norm. A friend of mine, , Elaine Callahan, said she got so tired of waiting for her very expensive … [Read more...]
Check Out A2D Appliances
Elaine Callahan, loyal Cville Buzz reader and frog expert, shot me an email with a recommended business. Says Elaine, “Consider visiting A2D Appliances in the Forest Lakes strip mall, near Food Lion. It occupies the former Tuesday Morning site. After looking around at the appliances, ask for Adolpho, the owner/manager, to see their business model. Fabulous prices because there are … [Read more...]
Cross Keys Takes Home the Bacon
Early this summer, Cross Keys Vineyards participated in the 2023 Finger Lakes International Wine & Spirits Competition, in Rochester, New York. This is one of the largest charitable wine and spirits competitions in the United States, with some 3,000 entries, judged over three days by fifty industry professionals including: masters of wine, sommeliers (CMS), journalists, winemakers, and other … [Read more...]
Newspapers: R.I.P.
I have been an avid newspaper reader since I was 10 when I passionately followed Duke Snider and the Brooklyn Dodgers. I have been a reader of newspapers; I have delivered newspapers; and I have written for newspapers. I had been a Daily Progress subscriber for 50 years. This year, I gave it up. Every year, they raised prices and reduced content, and what content there was was out of a … [Read more...]
Aldi’s Rules
They should hire me to be their spokesman, Aldi’s, that is. I am a non-stop preacher of the Aldi gospel of great prices. I am also a frequent visitor and shopper at the convenient store in Albemarle Square. Aldi’s, I believe, has better prices that Wal-Mart and they simply crush Kroger’s. They also have great service and extremely friendly personnel – which makes shopping there a more enjoyable … [Read more...]
Brown’s Lock and Safe
We were heading out of town and were leaving our key for the house sitter. To make cwertain, Nancy stuck one of our several house keys in the front door and it stuck. We removed the knob and pulled and tugged and cussed and wiggled but – like Br’er Rabbit in the Tar Baby - it was stuck. You hate to go away with no doorknob on your front door, so we called Brown’s Lock and Safe. They said they … [Read more...]
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