Giant Eagle is Sneaky

We tried out a new store Saturday because we had a coupon, just to see how it was.  It is called "Good Sense" and is located right next to our Giant Eagle.  Our first impression of it was that it was like a large Aldis.  I felt like I was in a warehouse rather than a retail store.  Customers have to bag their own groceries and buy bags.  Fortunately, we did not have to do that because we have boxes in the car to hold the groceries so we just wheeled them out in the cart unbagged.   Some prices were lower than Giant Eagle's.

Then we went to Giant Eagle to finish our shopping and when we got to the checkout, we remarked about trying out Good Cents and saying Giant Eagle didn't have anything to worry about.  The cashier told us that Giant Eagle owns Good Cents and any coupons for Good Cents are also good at Giant Eagle!  She said they moved in right next door to keep the competition from locating there. 

I don't see why a competitor would choose to move right next to a well-established Giant Eagle anyway.  It really seemed a bit silly to me for Giant Eagle to do that.  What do you think?

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Cats In Business

I always like being greeted by a cat when I go into certain business. There are some local businesses that I have come across that have cats. I’m surprised with so many people who are allergic to cats, that any business would have one.

In the Arcade between Euclid and Prospect, The Bancroft Gallery has a big bushy black cat in it. They do framing and sell artwork. Sometimes I’ll go there on my lunch hour to visit. The owner actually had two cats at one time and has some pictures up on his door of one of them on his back.

There used to be a photography store with a nice cat that lived in there. Sometimes I would go in on my lunch hour just to pet that cat. Last time I went though, I was disappointed to see the store wasn’t there anymore.

When we go to Richardson’s for our spring flowers, there is an orange cat there too who hangs out near the register. That’s one of the reasons we go there even though there are other places closer where we could buy our flowers. I like petting that orange cat.

Our vet, Dr. Hart on Akins Road in Cleveland has two greeter cats. It’s nice because usually we have to wait and they provide some entertainment. The one is very friendly and will usually come over and let me pet him while I wait. My dad’s vet on Memphis also had a friendly greeter cat.

Both my husband and I liked the book, Dewey about a cat that was dropped into a book return box at a library and the librarian who found it and let it stay in the library. I wish our library had a cat.

Do you know of any businesses that have cats? What do you think about business with pets?