Pays to shop around

Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 6, Issue 280, 28 March 1989, Page 2

Pays to shop around

I am angry, and would like to bring to the attention of the public the huge difference that we have to pay for goods in our town, and in particular I am talking about vegetables. In the past I have not been too worried about comparing prices but as I am now on a benefit I am becoming increasingly aware of the difference in prices. Several weeks ago I purchased carrots at $1.76 kg only to find later in the day that another shop was selling them for .99c kg, needless to say I returned the first purchase and got my money refunded. Only this week I purchased potatoes at $1.29 kg and Broccoli at $1.70 kg only to find that another shop had potatoes at .99c kg and the price of Broccoli at this shop was $3 kg. The Broccoli that I purchased at $1.70 kg had a lot of stalk and on weighing this up on my old scales (pounds and ounces) discovered that the head of the Broccoli weighed 11b and 5> ounces, and the stalk weighed 11b and 4 ounces, so not a good buy after all. It certainly pays to shop around. The difference on these three items alone is enormous when compared against each other and it makes one wonder just how much difference there would be on a whole grocery order which includes fruit and vegetables for

a family for a whole week, makes the mind BOGGLE!!!! I realise that retailers probably purchase their goods from various outlets and that freight must come into calculations as well but I feel that if they are to keep good faith with their customers, and lets face it without customers they would be in dire straits, then all prices should be within only a few cents of each other. It is most important to support our retailers, and I have always maintained that we should SHOP IN RAETIHI, but in this economic climate folk are going to shop where they can afford to. Don't get me wrong. I am not criticizing any shop in particular but making a general statement as to prices as a whole.

Faith Wise Raetihi.

Oh dear! A sign Can I say to your readers what a wonderful job the proprietors of Ohakune's best little wine shop have done in their move to new premises. But oh dear! What a disappointment our wine shop signs are! If this is the trend in signs around the town for the future then let another trend begin immediately I say! Yes, advertising pays, but surely it can be done with taste and decorum to match the fine tasting wines within. The aspects of the Turnpage4

Oh Dear, a sign!

From page 2 signage that disappoint me are the colours - so tiring, but more importantly, the lettering. A capital double-u underdeveloped to the point one feels so sorry for it's hopes as a potential parent, and letter spacing that causes nausea if gazed upon too long. No doubt I am causing a proud amateur

sign writer some pain in my criticism but the signs, I feel, will cause pain to beholders that is tant pis. I entreat the proprietors of this fine establishment to reverse this trend and "go with the flow", which I hear is the phrase to use, and see to the erection of more aesthetically appealing designs.

Then we might enjoy the facade of our fine wine purveyor as much as we enjoy the innards. ^

Sign

Whiner

Crystal ball skiinq

Good news for skiers and retailers alike. This year's ski season is going to be a cracker! I moved here three years ago and the summer of that year was as good as the summer of this time around. (except unfortunately we had more rain this summer). But maybe not so unfortunate, because our beautiful Ruapehu region is looking so charmingly green and alive. The winter following our first summer here it snowed in Raetihi! So good news folks, this year will be a boomer!

Optomistic Jane Woodhouse