My favorite store in town closed last week. I was just in there a couple of weeks before and she never said a word to me about going out of business. If she had I would have stocked up on dried herbs and spices way more than I had. She sold items there that can only be found now at Kroger a couple of towns over from here or ordered from Amazon. They are three times the price at Kroger. She carried an assortment of smoked cheese that I'm really gonna miss.
I am really hoping some else opens the store back up but in this town and this economy I doubt it.

key word - economy - but then again - many feel that even though they have a good product to sell, they will make big bucks from the beginning and we all know that it doesn't happen that way

it's a shame too - we need more specialty shops and less of the large stores that control everything - it's so impersonal - they only care about the bottom line and not what we really want - if we don't fin what we want we are forced into substituting - that's not right

I really miss that store. She bought things in bulk and that meant a lot of savings to the customers. She was a terrible baker though. The people they bought the place from had a lot of customers for their baked breads and other goods. She lost those right away. You could break windows with her cookies.

JG, when Wal-Mart opened here we lost all our small stores. Downtown now is completely empty. I buy lot of things off the internet. CF

geez - I would have baked for her - it would keep my mind occupied and keep me busy. Let me re-phrase that - it would give me a good busy - something to keep my mind occupied with other things.