[Waterbaby]

Originally Posted by Irish mist

The future of Belknap county long-term is going to be great. This is becoming a retirement area, and those people bring a lot of money, and don't use too many services. This is a rural area that depends on tourism and retail. So though I'm upset manufacturing is leaving....I'm not surprised.

I do everything at Tilton: Market Basket which has incredible prices, Wal-Mat, and BJ's. An I agree with you: I only step into Shaws when I get their sale items....otherwise I buy nothing there.

Gotta ask -- have you been watching the market lately? And hearing what's happening to retirement and pension funds? People are now thinking they're going to have to work longer before they can retire, so the future you are seeing will probably not arrive as soon as you may think.

On another note, I too shop at Market Basket here where I live, and unless Shaw's has at least three great specials to make it worthwhile for me to go there I don't step foot into the place. Same for Stop and Shop, which is in the same general area, here.