Dear Customers, This week marks the first of two weeks of Christmas special sales.  The bulk of the items in this week’s ad will be repeated next week – just as we did for Thanksgiving.  This practice works out well for our customers, particularly those who may get paid on an off week.  There’s no…

Dear Customers, Much like Ralphie’s dad in “The Christmas Story”, himself a self-proclaimed ‘turkey junkie’, I am undoubtedly a “Christmas junkie”!  From the time I was old enough to walk, I’ve been thrilled with the entire month of December; the brightly colored lights, the sweet delicacies, and of course the gaily wrapped gifts hiding on…

Dear Customers, There are certain things you’d like to think you can count on in life, but often can’t!  For instance, if there’s a once-in-a-lifetime meteor shower happening or a Blue Moon occurring in the night sky this evening – even if the sun is brightly shining in a clear blue sky all day –…

Dear Customers, As if you needed reminding, Thursday of this week is Thanksgiving!  What you may need to be reminded about is the holiday hours we incorporate this particular week every year.  As most of you long-time shoppers at Costa’s Supermarket already know, we only close two days a year: Christmas and Easter!  On Thanksgiving,…

Dear Customers, Thanksgiving is little more than a week away, so it’s time to contemplate your choice of turkeys for this year’s feast.  You could opt for a frozen turkey, a fresh turkey (never been frozen), or even just a turkey breast and be completely pleased with your choice.  Some customers, year after year, stick…

Dear Customers, With approximately 83% of this year already in the books for 2023, we’re left with two of the biggest “celebratory” months of the year.  November and December are arguably the penultimate food celebration months out of all of them. Thanksgiving is the largest food consumption day of the year in the United States…

Dear Customers, You may remember a few weeks ago when I announced some future changes to our web site:   www.costassupermarket.com.  Well, the future is literally now, and the changes have been in place for a few weeks if you haven’t already noticed. If you’ve ever shopped the aisles of a grocery store, looking for specific…

Dear Customers, If you think “inflation” is just something you do to your tires when the temperature drops, you’re absolutely correct.  But the term hits home in a more global context when you sit down with your checkbook to pay the month’s bills.  Something’s not right here. . . there’s more out-go than in-come! Simply…

Dear Customers, October, our tenth month, gets its name from the Latin word for eight, “octo”, because it originally was the eighth month in the Roman calendar.  Americans have a penchant for assigning the term, “National _____________ Month” (you fill in the blank, apparently! In the grocery business, October is known as National Apple Month,…

Dear Customers, Gradually, one vegetable at a time, I’m pulling the vines out of my garden and consigning them to the compost heap.  Vegetables, like people, mature at different rates and times so the cucumbers that were done back in August are way ahead of the sauce tomatoes I’ve been harvesting of late.  This is…