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#981 Rob Randall

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Posted 15 October 2020 - 02:33 PM

Since I couldn't have Thanksgiving dinner this year, my husband bought himself a lovely boneless, skinless turkey thigh from Oxford, $2.85! 

 

I'm not going to admit it's not a great value but I will point out there's a peacock missing from Beacon Hill Park.


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#982 Kapten Kapsell

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Posted 15 October 2020 - 02:35 PM

Since I couldn't have Thanksgiving dinner this year, my husband bought himself a lovely boneless, skinless turkey thigh from Oxford, $2.85!  He's a good cook so did all the trimmings including homemade stuffing with herbs from the garden. There was enough for two meals. I challenge any grocery store in Victoria to meet that price. He was just up at Oxford and bought two lovely small chicken breasts for $4. He's trying to find out where they get their chicken as it is so superior to what others sell and at half the price. He was talking to the cashier and she said older folks are coming in in tears. There's no way they can afford much more for their groceries than what they're paying at Oxford, and nice small quantities and sizes of things. The clerk grimaced at the mention of Root Cellar.

Fortunately there are alternatives to Root Cellar, and some of the grocers in town (including Wal-Mart, which definitely sells groceries at a discount price point) offer delivery options to seniors who cannot make it to the stores to shop in person.  Thrifty Foods continues to offer their Sendial program to seniors allowing them to put in a telephone offer with a volunteer and get their groceries the following day via a $5 delivery fee.  I know that these alternatives aren't the same as shopping at a grocer in-person but hopefully they can (mostly) fill the gap for those who utilize them.  

 

PS I think that Root Cellar is planning to offer employment to some of the Oxford Foods staff.



#983 marks_28

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Posted 15 October 2020 - 02:46 PM

Urban Grocer on Fort Street to open on Saturday, 7am.



#984 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 15 October 2020 - 02:48 PM

Urban Grocer on Fort Street to open on Saturday, 7am.

 

is that a safeway, does anyone know?  safeway used to have a great "dollar forty-nine day".  but that was on tuedays.


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#985 Nparker

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Posted 15 October 2020 - 03:01 PM

....Safeway used to have a great "dollar forty-nine day".  but that was on tuedays.

I thought that was Woodwards 

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#986 aastra

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Posted 15 October 2020 - 03:08 PM

You're thinking of the blue light special at Eaton's.


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#987 Nparker

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Posted 15 October 2020 - 03:10 PM

You're thinking of the blue light special at Eaton's.

I am much too young to know about that. Besides I only remember the blue light specials at K-Mart.


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#988 Rob Randall

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Posted 15 October 2020 - 03:11 PM

^The Blue Specials were only at Red Hot Video.

 

You're thinking of the blue light special at Eaton's.

 

You spelled it wrong. When they merged with Sears they combined the apostrophes from the two companies so it was spelled Eaton''s.


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#989 aastra

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Posted 15 October 2020 - 03:25 PM

After the merger I thought they changed the name to Sears-Reebok? Because they had a large shoe department? Because people back then had large feet? Or am I being a simpleton about Sears?

 

I just remember eatin' at Eaton's, checking what the wool was worth at Woolworth's, and pondering how much wood would Woodward's sell if Woodward's would sell wood.


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#990 Matt R.

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Posted 15 October 2020 - 07:07 PM

^The Blue Specials were only at Red Hot Video.

 

 

You spelled it wrong. When they merged with Sears they combined the apostrophes from the two companies so it was spelled Eaton''s.

 

There was a short-lived attempt to appeal to a younger demo - remember when they changed it to Yeeton'z for a few months?  Wack.

 

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#991 Midnightly

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Posted 15 October 2020 - 07:40 PM

is that a safeway, does anyone know?  safeway used to have a great "dollar forty-nine day".  but that was on tuedays.

quality foods does a $1.49 day last tuesday of the month.. pre-pandemic... really been missing the $1.49 day


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#992 kxl

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Posted 16 October 2020 - 04:54 PM

I thought that was Woodwards

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The Woodward’s Food Floors (at some locations) got converted to Safeways - maybe after they closed? I don’t remember if they carried over the 1.49 days, though

#993 Mike K.

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Posted 17 October 2020 - 04:41 AM

It’s nice to see Safeway coming back, I think? To the Fort Street space at OBJ?
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#994 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 17 October 2020 - 04:53 AM

it's either that or a new post office i believe.

 

although there is no new info.



#995 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 17 October 2020 - 05:15 AM

It’s nice to see Safeway coming back, I think? To the Fort Street space at OBJ?

 

 

History is repeating itself this morning as the Urban Grocer opens its doors at the junction of Oak Bay Avenue and Fort Street.

 

The location had been a Safeway store 60 years ago and returns to form as a place for the Jubilee, Rockland and Oak Bay neighbourhoods to gather at its deli and coffee shop, and to buy meat, produce and household items.

 

 

https://www.timescol...t-st-1.24222289


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#996 Mike K.

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Posted 17 October 2020 - 06:41 AM

So it’s a Safeway. We suspected it all along.
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#997 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 17 October 2020 - 08:14 AM

with the successful return of safeway will we see others?

Fuddruckrrs?

Bonanza?

Red Hot Video?

K-mart?

Johnny Zee’s?

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#998 mbjj

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Posted 17 October 2020 - 08:50 AM

I would love to have Safeways back again. I wish we were getting a real grocery store in Cook St. Village. The trouble with the alternatives mentioned are it means way more driving for us and I doubt the prices are that great. We walk or pop into Oxford at least twice a week. When the pandemic started, we ordered groceries online a few times, wasn't very satisfactory. Things we would never have chosen arrived as "alternatives".


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#999 Matt R.

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Posted 17 October 2020 - 07:18 PM

Fuddruckers was ahead of their time here.

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#1000 aastra

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Posted 18 October 2020 - 08:54 AM

I've got a scoop: apparently a small urban-format grocery store will be coming soon on Fort Street. Stay tuned for more info.



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