{"id":9500,"date":"2012-03-23T18:09:15","date_gmt":"2012-03-24T01:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=9500"},"modified":"2012-03-23T18:09:15","modified_gmt":"2012-03-24T01:09:15","slug":"so-there-i-was-at-walmart-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/23\/so-there-i-was-at-walmart-again\/","title":{"rendered":"So there I was at Walmart again …"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now they’ve moved all those storage foods<\/a> to their own spot in the grocery aisles. Added a couple more items, too.<\/p>\n

I’m standing there choosing this week’s purchases and making notes on what to get on future trips. While I’m scribbling, the section turns, once again, into Walmart’s own little social center. I’m not doing any talking this time. But so many people are standing there chatting with each other about freeze-dried and dehydrated foods as they load up their carts that I’m thinking Walmart should install a Starbucks right there to take advantage of all the friendly idling.<\/p>\n

This time it begins with a husband and wife judiciously discussing and choosing items. Another woman carts up the aisle and soon the three of them are chatting about favorite ways of using their storage foods. While they’re going on about best tips for serving cheese powder and broccoli florets, another man does the “pardon me, pardon me” routine through the crowd, and he, too, pops a couple #10 cans into his cart and pauses for a few words before moving on. Me, I’m speechless.<\/p>\n

This evening one of my friends will probably be making her<\/i> storage-food Walmart run. <\/p>\n

Hm. I get the impression this idea is working out pretty well. These foods might be appearing at a Walmart near you — even if your Walmart is farther from Mormon country than mine is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now they’ve moved all those storage foods to their own spot in the grocery aisles. Added a couple more items, too. I’m standing there choosing this week’s purchases and making notes on what to get on future trips. While I’m scribbling, the section turns, once again, into Walmart’s own little social center. I’m not doing any talking this time. But so many people are standing there chatting with each other about freeze-dried and dehydrated foods as they load up their carts that I’m thinking Walmart should install a Starbucks right there to take advantage of all the friendly idling. This…<\/p>\n

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