Walk down to Bestmar supermarket. Just over a mile, and mostly rural walk. Could in fact take a dolmuş there but not back, or at least not back without going miles out of our way as the circular routes work. It’s a bigger supermarket than “ours” and has a little more variety but for the most part prices no better and sometimes not as good. Which is good because ours is a five minute walk.
The one advantage to Bestmar, qualifying it for an occasional trip, is that they not only have a wider selection of wine and liquor - and our little supermarket has a wider selection than Sioux Lookout’s liquor store - but the price on most bottles is noticeably less than at ours. One reviewer said the cheapest on the island. Not in a position to judge, but impressive. Jameson whiskey, for example, less than half of Ontario’s LCBO price. Although as I noted in a previous year’s blog one doesn’t wish to become alcoholic simply because it would be affordable. Also, I do approve of Ontario charging the same price everywhere, so that a bottle in a remote northern community costs the same as it would in Toronto, should it be available. Assume Premier Ford may not have noticed or that small benefit would have disappeared.
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