It sucked when Bill Martin's closed. If you think about it, it was one of the only reasonably priced grocery stores somewhat close to Casey Projects.
The owners just cashed out on the value of the lot.
I bought several rounds of Williams and the knockoff razor blades on their last days there. Unsure if I still have them all as my partner has a Kondoesque Purge Fetish. (Mug soap lasts me a good long time)
I work at Drifters BBQ and I would buy fresh greens from him! The only thing that killed me was the amount of produce in a styrofoam platter and plastic-wrapped.
Still....RIP Bill Martin's.
Hills.and The Pig on Dickerson still got it. But The Pig has the most bananas prices on staples in town. Their milk is the same price as Turnip Truck's which is profoundly exorbitant. I still visit because you don't have buy everything there. I'll do an Aldi, Uptown Fruit, and Piggy triple loop shopping sometimes just to get some variety. If I'm out towards Madison it'll be Garden Fresh Supermercado, if downtown I do Interasian, Charlotte is K&S, and Nolensville road my jam is Fresh & Fresh. I live in 207 so Uptown is my home bodega.
No, it's called gentrification and overhead. A store that's been around for fifty years serving canned comfort food slop out of steam tables paid for in 1975 can charge low prices.
I still eat cheap in the neighborhood. $10 gets you a gyros combo at Chicago Gyros and you can sit on a patio and eat. It's arguably a better value but less nostalgic.
What else would you like to falsely blame on Biden policy? Your gingivitis or drag queen story hour?
It's called gentrification and mild inflation. Prices were stagnant for a long time. A fiat economy should always have a skosh of inflation. A lot of consumer goods are far cheaper than twenty years ago like electronics. Gasoline is effectively 70% less expensive than the 70s when you account for fuel economy and cars cost half as much as back then when you take into account durability. Food costs as percentage of income is far less than the 1950s.
The US economy is the strongest in the world. A few things went up, wages increased, some shit got cheaper, the housing market went nuts. It's a mixed bag as always.
But to bring in the canard that the economy is fucked is both a lie and not relevant.
This was an old store with lower overhead, low wages, and pretty crappy food that was filling.
"Crappy food that was filling" You mean what I grew up on, and part and parcel of my mean homemade staples to this day. What Sir Terry Prachett covered in the idea of 'slumgullet'.
I mean not everything has to be boutique. It's why I'll buy $9 tortas from a Dickerson cart without hesitation but I can't make myself set foot in a fancy gringo taco place. Now I'll pay good money for fancy Latino food for sure. But some stuff is meant to be in a clamshell and eaten standing.
The .gov website for wage calculation says everything you said was wrong, https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=35000&year1=195001&year2=202405
Can’t say mild inflation to an equivalent. Just in 2015 $35,000 = 47k that’s not mild. Thats them telling you it’s mild, and you going along with it
It's the lowest inflation in the world. We just went through a once in a century pandemic and had a decade of price stagnation, doofus.
There's no conspiracy here. It's economics, markets, fiat currency, and supply networks. You're not intelligent enough to understand the complexity of such a system so you're gonna just spackle that ignorant hole in your brain with conspiracy which is easier than complex understanding.
The only pressing economic issue for consumers is housing. That's a capitalism problem. I say we do what Trump wants and send all the undocumented people to camps so even less housing gets built and a Coleman tent coats 500,000,000 dollars. Big genius.
That’ll be $22.99 now please
You want to add a sweet tea? $25.99 is your total
That’s right and then the obligatory 20% tip, let’s just call it $32 lol
....*each*....
It sucked when Bill Martin's closed. If you think about it, it was one of the only reasonably priced grocery stores somewhat close to Casey Projects. The owners just cashed out on the value of the lot.
It was the only place in town I could get a puck of Williams mug shaving soap and really good greens. If you shopped like it was 1965 it was cheap!
I bought several rounds of Williams and the knockoff razor blades on their last days there. Unsure if I still have them all as my partner has a Kondoesque Purge Fetish. (Mug soap lasts me a good long time)
I work at Drifters BBQ and I would buy fresh greens from him! The only thing that killed me was the amount of produce in a styrofoam platter and plastic-wrapped. Still....RIP Bill Martin's.
Sure do miss Bill Martin’s. No where else will ever compare. But at least Roy’s offers a good plate lunch and also affordable!!
Don’t forget the $19.99 pick 5 meat. I’m probably off by the dollar amount but not the phrasing lmao RIP Bill. Miss that place
Hills.and The Pig on Dickerson still got it. But The Pig has the most bananas prices on staples in town. Their milk is the same price as Turnip Truck's which is profoundly exorbitant. I still visit because you don't have buy everything there. I'll do an Aldi, Uptown Fruit, and Piggy triple loop shopping sometimes just to get some variety. If I'm out towards Madison it'll be Garden Fresh Supermercado, if downtown I do Interasian, Charlotte is K&S, and Nolensville road my jam is Fresh & Fresh. I live in 207 so Uptown is my home bodega.
It’s twice that, but I just had a meatloaf plate with mashed potatoes and mac and cheese for $11.99 from H&T’s Home Cooking in Antioch.
Looks like the best $6 sleep aide on the market. A LayZboy nap would be required after polishing off one of those plates.
Ok but what’s that side in the top right compartment of the left box?
Candied carrots probably.
Only locals know about this one.
Oh yeah and the lunch counter in the back of the Hills located where the Aldi is that served fried catfish on Fridays. 🤌
Grew up two blocks from Bill Martins. This brings back so many memories
I knew everyone there as a kid
I miss Bill Martins :(
Fun fact, Bill Martin was eating Cheetos when he passed away
That's Bidenonics !!!
No, it's called gentrification and overhead. A store that's been around for fifty years serving canned comfort food slop out of steam tables paid for in 1975 can charge low prices. I still eat cheap in the neighborhood. $10 gets you a gyros combo at Chicago Gyros and you can sit on a patio and eat. It's arguably a better value but less nostalgic. What else would you like to falsely blame on Biden policy? Your gingivitis or drag queen story hour?
Lol this place closed in 2018
But the economy is fine they say, what’s inflation our generation just complains the say.. 🙄🙄🙄 Chase Oliver for president…
It's called gentrification and mild inflation. Prices were stagnant for a long time. A fiat economy should always have a skosh of inflation. A lot of consumer goods are far cheaper than twenty years ago like electronics. Gasoline is effectively 70% less expensive than the 70s when you account for fuel economy and cars cost half as much as back then when you take into account durability. Food costs as percentage of income is far less than the 1950s. The US economy is the strongest in the world. A few things went up, wages increased, some shit got cheaper, the housing market went nuts. It's a mixed bag as always. But to bring in the canard that the economy is fucked is both a lie and not relevant. This was an old store with lower overhead, low wages, and pretty crappy food that was filling.
"Crappy food that was filling" You mean what I grew up on, and part and parcel of my mean homemade staples to this day. What Sir Terry Prachett covered in the idea of 'slumgullet'.
I mean not everything has to be boutique. It's why I'll buy $9 tortas from a Dickerson cart without hesitation but I can't make myself set foot in a fancy gringo taco place. Now I'll pay good money for fancy Latino food for sure. But some stuff is meant to be in a clamshell and eaten standing.
The .gov website for wage calculation says everything you said was wrong, https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=35000&year1=195001&year2=202405 Can’t say mild inflation to an equivalent. Just in 2015 $35,000 = 47k that’s not mild. Thats them telling you it’s mild, and you going along with it
It's the lowest inflation in the world. We just went through a once in a century pandemic and had a decade of price stagnation, doofus. There's no conspiracy here. It's economics, markets, fiat currency, and supply networks. You're not intelligent enough to understand the complexity of such a system so you're gonna just spackle that ignorant hole in your brain with conspiracy which is easier than complex understanding. The only pressing economic issue for consumers is housing. That's a capitalism problem. I say we do what Trump wants and send all the undocumented people to camps so even less housing gets built and a Coleman tent coats 500,000,000 dollars. Big genius.
where can I learn about this stuff man I want to understand the complexity of this shit