Ouch, Donatella! I remember when I first moved to Clinton Hill in 1989, I went into Met Food and saw that the caps on the Batampe pickle jars in the dairy refrigerator were swelling. I tried to tell them but they said it was fine. I didn’t dare pick up the bottles to see how outdated they were. They had a gigantic fire the next week. That was the first upgrade I can recall of that market.
I was in the Pioneer (used to be Dan’s Supreme, then Key Food, then C-Town, maybe I am skipping some steps) on Lafayette at Grand a few months ago and it seemed much improved from when I lived in the nabe. Plus there’s a very small parking area.
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The prices were 25-40% higher than Fairway. Even Yafa (the Yemeni bodega on Clinton/Fulton) is way cheaper. It used to be that supermarket sold rotten, wilted, expired foods only. Now the quality is ok, just the prices are expensive.
there is honestly NO ONE to blame but the moonfaces for this phenomenon. they perversely get off at overpriced things, even basic simple things. it makes them feel cosmopolitan. plus the oversaturation of overpriced organic stores has caused marketered of regular food items to be like hmmmm, looks like we can up our prices too and there is nothing no one can do about it! there’s also a low margin of profit in the supermarket business so in a sense commercial landlords are partially to blame..
The subject of eugenics is very complicated and extensive. It doesn’t simply boil sown to Planned Parenthood and Nazis. And it one form or another it seems to be still in practice today- designer babies? DNA testing for genetic diseases- there are some shared concepts but eugenics went far far overboard when it began interfering in government and determining laws such as the forced sterilization of the mentally ill. I believe at least one state still has that law on the books. On the other hand, Planned Parenthood aimed to give women a choice in birth control- something the Church was against.
Taking a brief lunch break. Another tight deadline today, ugh, but TGIF in a big way. Anyway, is it me or do the other threads pretty much SUCK today???
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I am lacking in homo intuition, rob. Is there another method?
i guess you could crouch down and sniff? if you smell something cheesey then there’s a foreskin in there..
*rob*
Ouch, Donatella! I remember when I first moved to Clinton Hill in 1989, I went into Met Food and saw that the caps on the Batampe pickle jars in the dairy refrigerator were swelling. I tried to tell them but they said it was fine. I didn’t dare pick up the bottles to see how outdated they were. They had a gigantic fire the next week. That was the first upgrade I can recall of that market.
I was in the Pioneer (used to be Dan’s Supreme, then Key Food, then C-Town, maybe I am skipping some steps) on Lafayette at Grand a few months ago and it seemed much improved from when I lived in the nabe. Plus there’s a very small parking area.
I’ve never shopped at the Met before. The Associate on Waverly (& Greene) is solid.
Where the hell is DeLepp???
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The prices were 25-40% higher than Fairway. Even Yafa (the Yemeni bodega on Clinton/Fulton) is way cheaper. It used to be that supermarket sold rotten, wilted, expired foods only. Now the quality is ok, just the prices are expensive.
there is honestly NO ONE to blame but the moonfaces for this phenomenon. they perversely get off at overpriced things, even basic simple things. it makes them feel cosmopolitan. plus the oversaturation of overpriced organic stores has caused marketered of regular food items to be like hmmmm, looks like we can up our prices too and there is nothing no one can do about it! there’s also a low margin of profit in the supermarket business so in a sense commercial landlords are partially to blame..
*rob*
I am lacking in homo intuition, rob. Is there another method?
The subject of eugenics is very complicated and extensive. It doesn’t simply boil sown to Planned Parenthood and Nazis. And it one form or another it seems to be still in practice today- designer babies? DNA testing for genetic diseases- there are some shared concepts but eugenics went far far overboard when it began interfering in government and determining laws such as the forced sterilization of the mentally ill. I believe at least one state still has that law on the books. On the other hand, Planned Parenthood aimed to give women a choice in birth control- something the Church was against.
I kept thinking about Arkady when I was shopping.
I really admire Arkady.
Taking a brief lunch break. Another tight deadline today, ugh, but TGIF in a big way. Anyway, is it me or do the other threads pretty much SUCK today???