Kroger

This Kroger has recently undergone some major remodeling. From what I see they wanted it to look like the Payless stores. The way they moved some of the items around now I think is confusing. Definitely check out the deli section now as they have hot soups and sandwiches and other stuff all ready to go if you want an easy meal.

I don’t mean to be a Scrooge or anything, but I went to Kroger last night and saw that the place was already fully decked out for Christmas — complete with holiday displays, red & green decorations, and a jolly Frosty the Snowman out front. This would be well and good … with one important caveat:
IT’S NOVEMBER 5^th, PEOPLE!
There is simply NO EXCUSE for starting Christmas in early November. For all I know, the decorations were up on November 1^st.
I hold this belief for two reasons:
1. Allowing Christmas to last for so long actually detracts from the sanctity of the holiday. Christmas is a special day — and for some people, a HOLYday — that comes on a specific day of the year. And while it might be natural to ‘anticipate’ the festival for a couple weeks beforehand, and maybe even to savor the flavor for a couple days after, allowing the ‘Christmas Season’ to bubble over into everything from Halloween to President’s Day has the effect of diluting the inviolability of the day itself.
And yes, it’s particularly irksome to see the sanctity of a special day — and the celebration of a special life –sacrificed on the alters of capitalism. Seriously people, what would Jesus do if he saw a celebration of his life turned into a paltry and shameless attempt to make a buck?! «Take these things away; make not My Father’s house a house of merchandise!» [John 2:16]
2. Moreover, allowing Christmas to start in early November leaves us no special time to celebrate Thanksgiving on its own terms. Thanksgiving is an all-​American holiday, and is (to most Americans) as blessed to a patriotic life as Christmas is to a spiritual one. Thanksgiving deserves to be more than a minor prelude to our enjoyment of ‘the main event.’ A Christmas-​November renders Thanksgiving little more than a speed-​bump.
Bah humbug!

Of the 2 Krogers in town, this one os better. However, it still isn’t great. No help out to the car with groceries, indifferent stocking, and they do a terrible job of checking for expired dates on the food.