Sharing a PRODUCT/PRODUCE: ICE CREAM (A Shrinking Product)

SAME PRODUCT, SMALLER CONTAINER, MORE MONEY…

Lately it seems, we are getting less and less for our money.  Now they’ve ‘shrank’ the ice cream containers but not the price. As you can see below, Nestle, a popular brand of ice cream, has been reduced significantly.

Gone are the days of paying $3.25 to $4.75 for this brand of ice cream. Even at the most ‘competitive’ stores such as Walmart, it was expensive…

Boo Hoo. BIG LOTS Closing Its 'CANADIAN' Doors

If you haven’t heard by now, American-based retailer, Big Lots, parent company of (Canada’s) Liquidation World, is closing its doors. Yes, that includes the one here in St. Catharines on Bunting Rd – one of only 5 locations in North America! From what I’ve read, I guess they’ve decided that doing business in Canada is not such a great idea. They will try to focus strictly on the American marketplace.

Winter Series | Ice-Storm 2013, ST. CATHARINES (22 Photos)

We didn’t seem to get hit as hard here in the Niagara Region as the Kingston, Toronto and Hamilton regions. Kingston, Toronto and Eastern Ontario had major power outages. As we were writing this post, up to 350,000 homes have been reported by Hydro One to be without power – which could take up t o 72 hours to repair.  Arthur, Ontario has 4cm of ice, (almost 2 inches)!

Even a centimetre of ice writes the weather network, coating a heavily-laden tree branch can cause it to snap and fall on either a vehicle or a power line. Here now are some pictures we’ve taken in a nearby neighbourhood in northern St. Catharines capturing the ice storm of 2013.

I was still learning how to use my camera...