03-24-2011, 08:51 PM
Love the new store -- if a grocery store can be sexy, it's got it.
Wish I'd seen the live music and partying, but there was such a traffic jam at 6 that I laid low at Starbucks until 7. Didn't help, store was mad packed with people.
By about 8:30 it cleared out enough to where I could move around. The samples back at the meat department were yummy. Hilo Coffee Mill folks were there, a new presence on the shelf. Prices too high test for me but nice to see it. There were lots of new brands. There's a real wine and liquor section instead of half an aisle.
Even a section just for regional winds from other countries.
Olive bar was a big hit. Sadly, not an open bar.
Biggest surprise was the in store branch of BOH. Very cool as a place other than KTA to do Saturday banking. Pharmacy is open until 8 now too.
I doubt I've ever seen so many people in one store in Hilo. It left Walmart first of the month in the dust. Look forward to when it gets normal.
The coupon was 10% off excluding liquor and milk and some other things.
"let the music keep our spirits high
And let the buildings keep our children dry
Let creation reveal its secrets by and by ~ Before the Deluge, Jackson Browne
Wish I'd seen the live music and partying, but there was such a traffic jam at 6 that I laid low at Starbucks until 7. Didn't help, store was mad packed with people.
By about 8:30 it cleared out enough to where I could move around. The samples back at the meat department were yummy. Hilo Coffee Mill folks were there, a new presence on the shelf. Prices too high test for me but nice to see it. There were lots of new brands. There's a real wine and liquor section instead of half an aisle.
Even a section just for regional winds from other countries.
Olive bar was a big hit. Sadly, not an open bar.
Biggest surprise was the in store branch of BOH. Very cool as a place other than KTA to do Saturday banking. Pharmacy is open until 8 now too.
I doubt I've ever seen so many people in one store in Hilo. It left Walmart first of the month in the dust. Look forward to when it gets normal.
The coupon was 10% off excluding liquor and milk and some other things.
"let the music keep our spirits high
And let the buildings keep our children dry
Let creation reveal its secrets by and by ~ Before the Deluge, Jackson Browne