Dear Customers, The wintriest month of the year is behind us!  Sure, we’ll have lots more snow and ice in the remaining months of winter and even into spring, but interspersed with the cold throughout February, March and even April will be some periods of thaw, sunshine and even some unseasonably warm temperatures.  You don’t…

Dear Customers, The month of January is generally slower in the grocery industry than, say November and/or December.  It’s probably due to several things, not the least of which is people cutting back after spending more than usual the previous couple of months.  January is also the month when those that are going to attempt…

Dear Customers, This morning, while driving down Water Street to work, I had one of those unbeckoned flashbacks from about 60 years ago.  The lot where Costa’s Supermarket sits was once the community ice skating rink.  It was surrounded by forest which is now occupied by the Emerald Isle trailer court.  From the first freeze…

Dear Customers, Perhaps you haven’t seen them yet due to the holidays.  But you will, inevitably become closer and more familiar with them in the near future.  I’m not referring to long lost friends or visiting relatives from afar, but rather the deluge of credit card bills which result from spending the month of December…

Dear Customers, Starting a new year is stressful, at least for me.  Instead of looking at it as a “clean slate” with endless possibilities, I seem to dwell on the negative aspects:  Writing “2022” has become automatic and now I’m pretty sure at some point I’m going to slip up and forget the ‘3’ at…