Oh, man! I just had a soccer game near there, and it was convenient to tell people it was "past the Piggly Wiggly" because if you say that, there's only one possible location that I'm talking about.

Just to be clear (and as noted above)...

It does NOT appear the store is closing.

It does appear that the Piggly Wiggly name may be lost in its remodeling.

aside from the super ones over in superior, Piggly's the one most in need of remodeling...and no, ak, they're definitely not closing...


like i said, we move a fair amount of beans through there, and have heard nothing through the worker bee grapevine and tamara would have known through union channels.

And, Tamara is a union thug?  Cool.  My union thug wife is up doing GOTV for the city council race.  Remember to vote Tuesday!

I'm very glad Tamara Jones is my friend. She is one bad ass.

Yeah, anyone who shopped there every other day like us would know that the place has been falling apart for a couple of years, at least. They are just re-doing the roof, guys. Chill out. Like Karasu said, the place has smelled like a putrefied body for a log time, and that black ooze in the plastic was certainly not appetizing.

Can you all please poll what the *worst* grocery store in Duluth is? (and include 3 reasons plus one redeeming feature)


my vote:
Super One on 60th Ave W (Central)

1. One road. Really? It would take hours and hours going from one car to a full parking lot. Some huge truck should just clear that fence so we can go in right from the off-ramp.

2. Organic section? (dry) Put it all next to everything else. Do you think you're breeding more hippies? (you're not)

3. Don't herd me through your 'discount' aisle. Your dumbest customers will find it even if it is in the next also-aisle-you-have-to-go-through to get to the cashier.

quite possible they are changing their name to SuperOne (I think) I believe that's what their bags already say, and what their new cash registers display on screen. 

Incidentally, has anyone noticed the new screens at some supermarkets? They not only tell the cashiers how much change to give, but have a pictogram of the cash-drawer telling them how many of each denomination to give (2 pennies, 1 nickle 1 $5 etc). Don't want to devolve into a "kids these days" but sheesh.

Miners is well known for its Pallucian facility upkeep practices, which border on some serious OSHA violations. They only fix just enough to get by, and rather shoddily at best...It seems they have plenty of dough to go on safari/big game hunting trips around the world, but not enough to maintain and repair their equipment to keep their employees safe.

I've been going there for years--they've been working on the freezer cases for just as long. They've never wanted to invest in a building they didn't own but it's still a great store. The Miners are very benevolent people--can you say anonymous donation? 

One funny story: My nephew--in ski boots--walks by the dairy case and sees a dead mouse on the floor. We go to check out and he says in a loud voice, "Hey lady you have a dead rat back there by your dairy case." I'm still lol and this was 7 years ago.