Coffee and grocery stores

Our family moved to a fairly rural area almost five years ago, and we love it here. We love being able to see stars on a clear night, and having some elbow room around our home. There are a few things that we miss from Jacksonville. Our church is the first thing on the list. We miss you all at CLC!

Another thing we miss is the grocery store. Publix, please expand to the eastern shore! (And not to the east side. We low rent people need you more than the saturated beach communities do!)

A few months ago on the radio I heard a guy talk about how happy consumers are with various businesses, and he mentioned Publix as the grocery store chain that just far and away has the highest customer satisfaction ratings of all. At the bottom of the list is the store affectionately known as 'Wally World.' Moving to the eastern shore took me away from Publix and parked me at Wally World. Ironic, isn't it?

The past year has brought a good number of new businesses to this town with the grand opening of a new Lowes store. One of the new businesses to come here is Starbucks.
Starbucks is a great indicator of urban civility. I like them for a treat, but not as a daily part of life. Guess what! Our shiny new Starbucks is on the list of stores to be closed. Ah well, just as well that I didn't make you a habit. Or maybe that is why it is closing. No urban civility in this neck of the soybean fields.

Norb and I love our coffee here. Our ritual is normally one pot a day, cleaned between brews, (really important, IMHO) Eight O Clock coffee, French Roast, ground just before brewing, made with filtered water. Drink it black.
Sure wish that Wally World would carry French Roast. Publix does.