#grocery-stores

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Getting food to stores is not a problem despite the empty shelves brought on by coronavirus fears

Food industry officials say supply chains are not being disrupted.

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There was More, More, Just Inside the Door

There was More, More, Just Inside the Door

  Bennett’s store on the corner of Bridge and Bell Street–Photos from Carleton Place and Beckwith Heritage Museum

  A long time ago sugar used to be sold in barrels, along with  good old brown sugar– and there wasn’t a plastic bag around in sight.  My Grandmother Mary Louise Deller Knight used to often remind me to be careful of using sugar as she remembered when sugar was a luxury. She smiled…

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The Days of the Loosey Cigarette, Slinky and Mailing a Letter

The Days of the Loosey Cigarette, Slinky and Mailing a Letter

Photo from the files of the Carleton Place Canadian –Carleton Place and Beckwith Heritage Museum-originally came from the Shane Edwards family.

Back in the 1950s my Father could go to any store and buy a single cigarette for a penny or three. It was specifically aimed (at that time) at low earners and children, and my Father who realized he shouldn’t be smoking so much. Some of the local…

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Apples $8 a Bag ???

I have been reading some threads on my local Facebook groups complaining about rising prices in our local grocery stores. Did you know since February that all your grocers have faced a stiff 7.5% jump in how much they’re paying for fruits, vegetables and produce in general? Of course the prices for fresh food always jump in the winter because the produce is imported from the United States and…

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