WEEK #49 DEC 2nd – 8th

Dear Customers,             I dream almost every night and at my age, that’s to be expected.  What I don’t enjoy is a good nightmare!  My worst ones seem to follow one of two themes; either I’m being chased by something unseen or I’m late for something I can ill afford to miss!           What a…

WEEK #48 NOV 25th – DEC 1st

Dear Customers,            The Pilgrims had plenty to be thankful for on that first Thanksgiving! The’d left their homes and families, traveling more than two months across a turbulent sea to a hostile land.  By the following autumn, having made friends with the local Indian tribes and having suffered a harsh winter, they held what…

WEEK #47 NOV 18th-24th

Dear Customers,              This is where it gets a little confusing, at least for me.  Since transitioning from Olean Wholesale to C&S Wholesalers several years ago, our Thanksgiving ad remains essentially the same for two weeks.  This week and again next week will be extremely similar, perhaps with a change or two.  This does…

WEEK #46 NOVEMBER 11th-17th

Dear Customers,            Just a heads up! Due to the quirks of the calendar, Thanksgiving, which is always on the 4th Thursday of November, is late this year falling on the 28th.    As usual, our Thanksgiving ad prices will run for two weeks, but due to the lateness of the holiday they will run from…

WEEK #45 NOVEMBER 4th-10th

Dear Customers,            “November” is generally not one of those words you find starting the following sentence, “______________ is my favorite month of the year.  I’ve heard April, May, June, July, August, September and even December used in that slot, but never November.            Our eleventh month is gray, cold, windy and often snowy even…

WEEK #44 OCTOBER 28th – NOVEMBER 3rd

Dear Customers,            The end of October is always a little bittersweet for me.  All the leaves are off the trees (except for my extremely stubborn Silver Maple) leaving the landscape barren and brown with tinges of gray.  The evenings come on sooner and sooner as we near the winter equinox on December 21st.  It’s…

WEEK #43 OCT 21-27th, 2024

Dear Customers,            When I stop to consider my favorite fruit, I realize that I pretty much like them all.  The lone exception may be kiwi fruit.  They’re fuzzy and they have some ugly little seeds on the inside.  Watermelon in season might just be first, followed closely by bananas, strawberries, cherries, blueberries, oranges, grapefruit…

WEEK #42 OCTOBER 14th, 2024

Dear Customers,           The thing about legends is that they’re usually at least a little bit based in fact, though often embellished to make them more interesting.  In grade school, we listened to the Legend of Johnny Appleseed who traveled throughout the Midwest, particularly Pennsylvania & Ohio and is attributed with planting numerous apple orchards.…

WEEK #41 OCTOBER 7th, 2024

Dear Customers,            Everybody has joined the movement to get all the sponsorship money they can possibly squeeze out of advertisers.  There is a new collective bargaining agreement that allows MLB teams to wear a patch on their uniforms, identifying them with an advertiser.  The Pirates wear a Sheetz patch, the San Diego Padres have…

WEEK #40 SEPT 30th, 2024

  Dear Customers,             Some 60 years ago, a cartoon appeared on the NBC lineup on Saturday mornings which featured the vocal talents of comedian, Wally Cox.  It only ran for about 2½ years ending in March of 1967, and continued in syndication until 1973, but it was part of my Saturday morning ritual.  The…