Hi Dave,
RH> McD's had better PR folks. (G) Seriously, it was probably the Golden Arches
RH> and the fact you could get the same cheap meal at whatever franchise you
RH> went to, whether it be in Peoria, IL or Peoria, AZ.
DD> Sandy's didn't have Ronald McDonald or the Hamburglar. Just a figure
DD> in a kilt w/bagpipes. And nothing remotely Scottish on the menu.
None of the kitsch, just good, inexpensive food.
DD> I've got apps for Hardee's, Wendy's, Popeyes, Arby's, Domino's Pizza
DD> and Jimmy John's (subs). They are a convenience for me. Not to mention
DD> there are a lot of "app/on-line only" specials I take adbvantage.
RH> We've got no apps for any of the above and will keep it that way. Of
RH> your listing, we go to Arby's and Popeyes, but neither one one of them that
RH> often.
DD> As I said, they're a convenience. I can order while at work and
DD> pick-up on my way home ... or order from home and then do the quick
DD> trip. That
DD> works especially well with Popeyes on Tuesdays when the drive thru
DD> lines a "around the block" long due to the "Tuesday" special. I order
DD> from my confuser, drive to my nearby Popeyes and park right by the
DD> door, nip
DD> inside and go to the Door Dash station. I tell the clerk who I am,
DD> pick up my food and beat feet for the house.
Nearest Popeyes for us is Raleigh so not convenient to do that.
Especially since northbound late afternoon/early evening traffic is very
slow going,chicken would be cold by the time we got home. Not worth
going down just to eat in either, more of "if we're in the area, we'll
stop" kind of place. Same plaza as Harbor Freight, an occaisional stop.
DD> Popeyes just wound up a "Buy 6 wings ($5.99) and get another 6 for
DD> $1." That was supper last night for both me and Dennis - and the
DD> mutts loved the bones.
RH> We went to Alpaca's (Peruvian chicken) yesterday after church, split a half
RH> chicken and several sides. Brought some chicken home that we had
RH> for supper.
DD> Never had Peruvian chicken. What is the distinguishing characteristic
DD> that makes it "special"?
Charcoal grilled, not sure what spices they use but it's good.
RH> Yes, we get the recycle bag flyer with all sorts of coupons. Haven't
RH> seen the Hardee's one in a while, last set was for Subway and BK.
DD> I give the Subway sheet to Dennis as he prefers them over Jimmy
DD> John's. The BK goes into the clipper pile. Every couple of months I go
DD> through
DD> the pile and send the expired sheets to the newspaper pile for another trip
DD> through the system.
DD> The bundle also contains window, siding and gutter hutles. As well as
DD> a BelTone hearing aid flyer and general beauty & bath merch coupons.
Same here, also some for several of the local Mexican restaurants.
RH> Fodder for the recycle bag.
DD> True dat.
RH> Our recycle can is usually fuller than the regular trash can.
DD> Sprig-a-leak's recycle program uses blue totes and the disposal
DD> company that has the contract with the city runs "sorter" trucks that
DD> aluminum cans, etc. where the pay $$$ for your old cans. Sadly,
DD> neither takes plastic grocery sacks. You have to haul those back to
DD> one of the grocers who do recycle them.
Our trucks do a trash run, empty out and do a recycle run. We can't do
plastic bags either, and are limited in recyclable plastics. Used to
have a smaller recycle can but a few years ago we were allowed to get a
larger one, use the old can for yard waste, increasing the amount we
could dispose of there.
DD> Hy-Vee is the only one of my local stupormarkups that offer paper
or DD> plastic at their check-outs.
We have to buy paper or plastic at Aldi's or Lidl, buy paper at Wegman's
(no plastic for sale) so we usually bring our own reuseable bags. We've
quite a collection, including several insulated and a couple that are
regular one side, insulated the other.
DD> 8<----- SNIP----->8
RH> with a proper salad bar. (We stopped there in May, on our way to Ohio
RH> from visiting family in the Rochester, NY area & had lunch there.)
DD> Was this at your college? Most campus dining halls don't do
DD> "walk-ins". Unless it's run as a concession by an outside party.
RH> It is run by an outside company with supplimental student staff. We
RH> were there over graduation week end/class of '74 reunion but we've
RH> been able to have a meal there other times.
DD> So, it was/is a concession. Graduation time is pretty crazy at most of
DD> the colleges/universities I've been around.
True, but this is a smaller school. Student population is @1200+/-
bodies.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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