Re: PING! Michael

Dave Smith wrote:

On 2024-11-21 4:08 p.m., Carol wrote:

ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
 

 

Nearest to me is in North Carolina.  I honestly thought
they were in Europe only.

 
It's relatively recent they moved here, just like Aldi's.  Last 2-3
years for Lidl, I think.

 
 
It's funny how franchises grow in various place and not in others.
Krispy Kreme has only 13 stores in Canada, 8 in Ontario, 5 in Quebec
and 1 in BC Tim Hortons has 5700 outlets Maybe that is not a good
comparison because  Hortons seems to be doing better in the US than
KK.

Yes.  In NextDoor there is yet another grocery store debate.  'Which is
best/cheapeest'? and yet again, they are being told there is no 'best'.
It's about what you eat and buy.

A grocery here has huge competition so has to cater to various nitches,
aiming sales and products there.  I have heard, with no reason to
disbelieve, that Aldi's it great for scratch cooks in other areas.
Here, not so much so.  In fact, they seem to deliverately discourage it
to drive shoppers to more expensive pre-made meals.  The only area
*here* they win, seems to be GF and even then they have stiff
competition.  You can't even make chocolate cookies from Aldi's here
without going to another store to get what Aldi's doesn't have.  Again,
that's Aldi's in VB.

We break down to:

1- I'm too busy to do more than the microwave (freezer/cans crowd)

2- I'm busy but if you make the sides, I can do a quick box kit for the
mains

3- I mostly use a lot of scratch things but want some easy fix

4- I want a lot of variety in products

(Number 3 and 4 are me.  Number 1 is a 'sometimes' such as a frozen
Pizza and number 2 is the stray box rice-a-roni or Zatarains or wildly,
Don's stroganoff hamburger helper).

What did I cook last night?  Hash brown casserole with my home made
pork sausage balls.  Dunno about tonight but a scratch pot of beans
with ham going in chicken broth with my last cube of Pho seasonings.

Oh, my 'new to me thing' finally gotten, parsnip.  I know some roast
them but frankly I have little use for roasted veggies but next time I
make bread, I'll roast a piece of it. I plan to steam a piece and if
the flavor suits, I'll come up with a soup to match it after googling
some recipes.