No sympathy for the strikers

At first, I avoided the markets with the picket lines. After I read

that they were unwilling to pay a small share of their health

insurance and wanted it for free, I now shop anywhere I want.

Every hard-working person I know has had their insurance go up

some -- even doubled. It’s hard on everyone. So I say to them, get

over it and get back to work.

ANN MERRITT

Corona del Mar

I have been a shopper of organic foods for a number of years now.

So, my main shopping venue is Mother’s Market. On Thursdays, I would

go to the farmers market at the Orange County Fairgrounds because

Smith Farms sells organic products.

And then there’s a German bakery from Dana Point at the market,

and I sometimes would buy bread from them. For my meat and chicken, I

go to Whole Foods in Tustin.

So, as far as the grocery stores go; if they depended on my

patronage they would have been out of business a long time ago. So,

the strike really hasn’t hurt me.

The only time I go to Vons is for my recycling. I take my bottles

cans and plastic bottles and go to Vons and get my refund. Other than

that, I really don’t find it necessary to shop at the regular grocery

chains on a regular basis.

But I’m very grateful for Mother’s Market because they stock up a

wonderful supply of organic items. Especially the fruits and

vegetables: you can’t beat that.

Most of the large chain grocery stores may have organic foods but

its such a small, small, small section. It’s a token you might say,

so why even bother to go there.

At Mother’s they do sell Hagan Daas and I buy Hagan Daas

ice-cream. But if I want the larger size, I do go once in a while to

Ralphs because they have coupons.

But by in large I don’t patronize the markets just because they

don’t stock the organics like Mother’s Market does. And I am so

thankful that they are here.

JUNE MCKINZIE

Costa Mesa