If you want a change from a traditional grocery store, you might want to check out the new SaveSmart coming to Weigelstown soon. It'll replace the old Nell's Shurfine that closed earlier this month.
Here is what we have so far on it.
Discount is how they are marketing it, and it won't look like a traditional grocery store to keep costs low. So what do you think? Will that make you come check it out?
Another reason to buy American: The same sort of chemical that made its way into pet food shipped to the United States last year from China and killed our pets has made its way into baby formula.
Three babies have died and thousands are sick in China, and evidence of the tainted milk has spread to other countries.
And again, the reason is shady people using chemicals to fool quality inspectors and make more money. This makes me sick.
I've had trouble getting into Mad Men, the uber-nominated show from American Movie Classics, a network I've traditionally turned to for my John Wayne fix. My trouble probably has something to do with its rise from cable near obscurity while the new Battlestar Galactica languishes off the Emmy radar screen.
But during a commercial for Mad Men the other week, month, or however long ago, I could have sworn I heard them talk about Utz.
Note: If you've never seen the show, it follows the all-male world of Madison Avenue advertising in the 1960s and how ad execs use all kinds of tactics to get their customers' products sold. And, there are a whole lot of bedroom antics without happily ever afters to follow.
Well, looks like they were talking about Utz after all. So what do you think about such a big show making a storyline out of one of our local companies?
If you didn't catch it in this morning's paper, check out Nicki Lefever's story in the Living section about a local mother-daughter duo who went into business selling homemade granola.
This story about Utz Quality Foods on "Mad Men" reminded me of a movie I watched Saturday night with my family, "Alvin and Chipmunks." If you have kids and have checked it out, there are tons of Utz products in the movie. Let us know if you see any local product placements. My personal Utz favorite: The sour cream and onion chips.
