Upcoming is the last weekend of our Hockey with Heart door to door food drive. How it works is that we come by on Saturday and leave a VG bag……and some instructions, and we return in force, with a VG truck AND a giant firetruck, and pick up the bag full of food (or money)
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This week marks the beginning of the Florida Strawberry season. The California Season has waned, with diminishing quality, and the Florida Berries have arrived just in time! And…..just so you know, we are now re-stocked with our Calendars. They are literally Works of Art, and they are Free with a $5.00 donation to our
Read MoreI am lucky to have a number of chums who operate stores similar to ours, and they are widely scattered not just across the province, but across the country. What we try to do is be as helpful as we can, and we keep few secrets from one another that would make our stores better
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Ambrosia Apples from British Columbia are now in! I look forward to their arrival every year, and many of you as well, judging from the number of enquiries we get. Another really nice addition is boxes of 4 Canadian Lobster Tails, available at the meat counter, priced at a great price; $29.95 per box. Lastly,
Read MoreCheck out the fantastic pumpkins that Evan carved with the kids during the pumpkin carving event! Happy Halloween, everybody!
Read MoreWe’ve just held our first Pumpkin carving episode upstairs with a full house of goblins and zombies, much excitement was had by all, and there was a lot of scary thinking that went into the preparation of the pumpkins. Make sure you stop by and check out some of the extra pumpkins that Linda, Karen
Read MoreKids, take your best guess on the weight of our BIG Pumpkin. Admittedly, as not as overwhelming as years past, but it is BIG. A clue is that it’s more than 250lb but less than 400lb. If you guess the closest, you win it, we’ll deliver it and we’ll pick it up after Halloween if
Read MoreFor those of you who wish to be up-to-date, we have been working on a Village Grocer Calendar for 2013. The Markham Group of Artists have been kind enough to provide some painting of scenes and aspects of our store, we’ve photographed them and we’ve ‘personalized the calendar portion so you ‘ll get friendly reminders
Read MoreA little update for today! I am excited about a few things; firstly, we have a really nice display of beautiful Organic Royal Gala Apples in the produce section today for ½ price, and that deal will continue till they’re gone. Secondly, I just met with one of my old-time market buddies who will be
Read MoreHi folks! Thanksgiving is over, and now Halloween is right around the corner! And who loves Halloween more than children? That’s why we have some Halloween themed events planned for the young’ins that are sure to thrill! This Saturday, October 20th, we have a Scarylicious Hands-On Halloween party! This event is for children aged 6-12,
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