Make sure you have the perfect bottle of bubbly for the holiday. Come in and have a chat with Justin or Chris. They are both experts in wines and champagnes and will help you pick the best bottle to make New Year’s Eve complete.

Trying to cut back on the alcohol? We also have a great selection of non-alcoholic sparkling beverages.

You’re going to need snacks too, right? Or perhaps you are having some people over and want to make a good impression. How about some expertly crafted hors devours (is that how you spell that?) from our skilled chefs? Just get those orders in soon! There isn’t much time left.

Party on, Wayne,
Kyle

Hey,

Merry Christmas!

Really, have a merry one.

-Kyle

Hey Everyone,
I just wanted to give you all a head’s up about our holiday hours.

Christmas Eve: 8am - 6pm
Christmas Day: 8am - 2pm
New Year’s Eve: 8am - 6pm
New Year’s Day: 8am - 5pm

Catch you on the flipside,
Kyle

Just a reminder. You can purchase First Night Buttons here at the store. They are $15 for adults and $5 for children. On the 30th, the adult buttons go up to $20, so get them early!

Spit-spot,
Kyle

You can now watch Brad’s slideshow by clicking on the link to the right, under the ‘Blogroll’ heading.

You may have heard by now how a nice gentleman decided to park his car in our store’s entrance. I know this time of year can make our store feel cramped, and for that matter, our parking lot too. But, I must request that you refrain from parking within the building itself. If you’ve circled the parking lot a couple times without success, wave an arm and flag down Marc. He’ll come out and help you park.

In fact, right now he is manning our ‘out’ door, which is recent days has become just our door. That should be changed by today, however. Our temporary ‘in’ door should be completed during the day, making the inconvenience much less.

We’d like to thank our customers for their understanding during the last few days. Despite the accident, it has been business as usual for the most part.

Thanks again,
Kyle

Greetings to all,
Over the past few years, the Shelburne Supermarket has been making efforts to become more and more aware of our business’ effect on our local environment, as well as the global ecosystem. We’ve made slight changes here and there in order to become more green. We changed and enhanced our recycling practices, cut down on food waste in our produce and deli departments, and have strove to use, as well as promote, more renewable energy sources. Most of these changes have been smaller steps taken over time and have been somewhat imperceptible to our customers.

Our next planned change, however, is going to directly affect our customers. Beginning on the first of the year, 2010, the Shelburne Supermarket will be eliminating the use of plastic shopping bags. There will still be plastic available for uses such as packaging meat and/or produce products, but the general use plastic shopping bags will no longer be available. Statistics have shown the amount of waste that is produced through the manufacturing, distribution, use, and discarding of these bags. Did you know that there is a “continent” of plastic bags that has formed in the Pacific Ocean. Over 50 years of careless dumping has resulted in a plastic “land mass” twice the size of Texas.

We understand that this change may not be welcomed by all. Many customers prefer plastic bags over other forms, as well as reuse our plastic bags for other purposes. We hope that our customers will understand our motives for this move and not hold ill will toward us.

Alongside our desire to eliminate plastic, is our desire to promote the use of reusable shopping bags, made from cloth, canvas and other more environmentally friendly materials. To aid in both the adjustment away from plastic and toward cloth, we will be giving away a free ChicoBag to each customer who makes a purchase of $50 or over. These bags are full size, yet stuff into an attached pouch for easy storage and transportation. They are attractive and made of durable & washable material. I’ve personally been using one for the past few weeks and have found them more sturdy and effective than either regular plastic or paper shopping bags. Plus, it’s nice to know that in the past month I’ve already not used a dozen or so bags.

We hope that you will be as proud of this change as we are and help us to promote the use of reusable bags. We’ve only one Earth and we should do all we can to take care of her.

Have a good day,
Kyle

Hello Everyone,
I’d like to let you know about a couple in-store wine tastings we will be hosting in the near future. The first one will be this Saturday, the 12th, from 2pm - 6pm. On the following Friday, the 18th, we will be hosting another tasting from 3pm - 6pm. Come try some delicious vintages!

Yippee-ki-yay,
Kyle