Whole Foods, 6001 N. Western, and Sunflower Farmers Market, 6410 N. May, are new and shiny, and who doesn’t like that? But how will they affect your pocketbook? Let’s find out! PANTRY REQUISITESEveryone’s “staples” might look a bit different, but here’s a general rundown of items that you’ll need regularly: EGGS (ORGANIC, CAGE-FREE DOZEN) WHOLE: […]
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Organic Oklahoma
Fresh food, all-natural meats and produce grown by Oklahoma farmers are about to get a wider audience, thanks to three big venues coming to the metro. Edmond will be home to a “one-of-a-kind” market at the southwest corner of Kelly Avenue and Covell Road: Uptown Grocery, a 50,000-square-foot organic grocery store. Uptown Grocery is a […]
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Downtown lacks a decent grocery store
We lack a decent grocery store in this part of town. I am not talking some giant megastore (like Walmart), but something smaller along the lines of a Trader Joe’s. With the number of apartment complexes in this part of town, we do have enough of a population base to support a smaller store like […]
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Quality control
Bill Bishop’s Commentary (“Counterpoint: Paying the price,” Jan. 19, Gazette) is frustrating and loaded with half-truths. The idea that Texas liquor laws have a negative impact on selection and price in that state is an outright fallacy. Most major cities in Texas have robust selections in grocery and chain stores, and have thriving niche liquor […]
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Liquor store owner needs some cheese with his ‘whine’
After reading the Point/Counterpoint Commentary in the Jan. 19 issue, I felt it necessary to write down some thoughts. I must agree with Roy Williams (“Point: Revise outmoded liquor laws”) that discussions about such hot-button topics as expanding the sale of wine and beer into grocery stores are healthy to a free-market economy and should […]
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Spirited competition
Come on, Gazette; if you’re presenting a Point/Counterpoint discussion, present both sides! Regarding the idea of selling so-called strong beer and wine in grocery stores, Roy Williams (“Point: Revise outmoded liquor laws,” Jan. 19) offered nothing of any substance in his allotted number of words. It was pure political/ambassador speak: blah, blah, blah. But being […]