Sharp Shopper Grocery Outlet
1595 Jamesway Plaza
Middletown, PA 17057
717-944-6606
M - F : 8 AM to 8 PM
Sat: 8 AM - 6 PM
http://www.sharpshopper.net/middletown.htm
Accepts credit cards, debit cards and local checks.
They bag your groceries in FREE bags!
Well, NOW You've Gone And Done It!
You went and told everyone you know about the great deals there are to be had by sucking it up and going to visit the local, friendly salvage grocer. And the store closest to YOU is the fabulous Sharp Shopper, Middletown, isn't it?
I know.
You Know How I Know?
Because I was THERE this morning and I saw TWO Lincoln Towncars and a cobalt blue Jaguar in the parking lot! The gentrification of the Harrisburg Salvage Grocery has begun.
And this is made evident by a once-over on the shelves: The prices in this store have gone up between 15 and 40% on some items just since I was here last month and it's all because they know what they're doing!!
Get in the way back machine and travel to that Intro to Economics class you snored through freshman year... what do you remember from that long ago time? Right. Supply and Demand. Well, the demand has finally shown up in Middletown, dammit, and the white gloved hand of the market is now at work.
I hope you're happy with yourself.
The Proof
The Duraflame log-sized roll of Land O' Lakes cheese that was $1.79 a pound is now $1.99 a pound for the medium cheddar and colby jack favors this morning. Granted, it's a pretty great deal. Still.
Now the 2/ $1 salad dressings are 99 cents each and the 89 cent salad dressings are $1.29 including a VERY good 12 oz. Gardini's Southwest Caesar that I got at the B.B.'s - Shaefferstown 3 weeks ago as a grouping of 4 / $1.
The $1 tubes of Colgate toothpaste are suddenly $1.49. The usually 99 cent 24 oz boxes of really good Premium Milk Bones were $1.39 today.
This is the difference between the true salvage grocery like B.B.'s and the hybrid of the breed of which the Sharp Shopper chain is one: About 30%.
I don't mean to bitch too hard. The 2-1/2 dozen medium eggs are still $2.35 and you'd have to be able to buy a dozen eggs for 93 cents to get that deal at a regular supermarket. There was a whole shelf full of Polly-O 32 oz. containers of ricotta cheese for 99 cents again. And they had 8 lb. bags of shredded lettuce for $2.99! I don't know what you do with 8 pounds of shredded lettuce, either, but I know you're not going to get it for $2.99 at the Giant. So, you know...
I'm not seeing the eye-popping deals I used to at the Sharp Shopper but you know what that means: it's time to head out to the country...
If You Go:
From Mooville head towards the airport on I-283. Before you get to the airport take the PA230 exit and go L at the bottom of the ramp at the light. The next light is the shopping center plaza on the left. Watch. The parking lot is a wreck.
1595 Jamesway Plaza
Middletown, PA 17057
717-944-6606
M - F : 8 AM to 8 PM
Sat: 8 AM - 6 PM
http://www.sharpshopper.net/middletown.htm
Accepts credit cards, debit cards and local checks.
They bag your groceries in FREE bags!
Well, NOW You've Gone And Done It!
You went and told everyone you know about the great deals there are to be had by sucking it up and going to visit the local, friendly salvage grocer. And the store closest to YOU is the fabulous Sharp Shopper, Middletown, isn't it?
I know.
You Know How I Know?
Because I was THERE this morning and I saw TWO Lincoln Towncars and a cobalt blue Jaguar in the parking lot! The gentrification of the Harrisburg Salvage Grocery has begun.
And this is made evident by a once-over on the shelves: The prices in this store have gone up between 15 and 40% on some items just since I was here last month and it's all because they know what they're doing!!
Get in the way back machine and travel to that Intro to Economics class you snored through freshman year... what do you remember from that long ago time? Right. Supply and Demand. Well, the demand has finally shown up in Middletown, dammit, and the white gloved hand of the market is now at work.
I hope you're happy with yourself.
The Proof
The Duraflame log-sized roll of Land O' Lakes cheese that was $1.79 a pound is now $1.99 a pound for the medium cheddar and colby jack favors this morning. Granted, it's a pretty great deal. Still.
Now the 2/ $1 salad dressings are 99 cents each and the 89 cent salad dressings are $1.29 including a VERY good 12 oz. Gardini's Southwest Caesar that I got at the B.B.'s - Shaefferstown 3 weeks ago as a grouping of 4 / $1.
The $1 tubes of Colgate toothpaste are suddenly $1.49. The usually 99 cent 24 oz boxes of really good Premium Milk Bones were $1.39 today.
This is the difference between the true salvage grocery like B.B.'s and the hybrid of the breed of which the Sharp Shopper chain is one: About 30%.
I don't mean to bitch too hard. The 2-1/2 dozen medium eggs are still $2.35 and you'd have to be able to buy a dozen eggs for 93 cents to get that deal at a regular supermarket. There was a whole shelf full of Polly-O 32 oz. containers of ricotta cheese for 99 cents again. And they had 8 lb. bags of shredded lettuce for $2.99! I don't know what you do with 8 pounds of shredded lettuce, either, but I know you're not going to get it for $2.99 at the Giant. So, you know...
I'm not seeing the eye-popping deals I used to at the Sharp Shopper but you know what that means: it's time to head out to the country...
If You Go:
From Mooville head towards the airport on I-283. Before you get to the airport take the PA230 exit and go L at the bottom of the ramp at the light. The next light is the shopping center plaza on the left. Watch. The parking lot is a wreck.
1 comment:
Trying to find Mooville and found your blog. I am sure gentrification had something to do with the price increases, but August '08 was also when I noticed a sharp jump in grocery prices across the board after the gas price boom of the summer. It got even worse after the storm Fay and hurrican Gustav in August made oil price mania hit harder.
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