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Originally Posted by Argie's Wife
no-engine - I get your point about shopping local, but there's a few speciality items that TJ's has that I've never been able to find anywhere else and I'm very (very!) partial to some of those items. If there was local equivalent, I'd be glad to get it. As much as I love to do business close to home, there are some things that just can't be found here in Alton or the LR. In the meantime, I frequent Fiddleheads, Hannafords, Market Basket, Sunflowers (Laconia), etc.
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For sure, I well understand Trader Joe's, b/c I go there when we visit relatives in Brookline, NH, west of Hollis, west of Nashua. And returning from other reasons in eastern MA, almost always stop at TJ's. We have relatives in Somerville, MA and have stopped at TJ on Memorial Drive and/or Fresh Pond area Cambridge, which is across street from Whole Foods, another great market!
What my intent was really about stores like Michaels, there being art & frame shops in local Lakes Region, and I realize Michaels has more than merely framing.... Since people drive to Concord from northern areas of Lake, a branch in Gilford will please them.