Jackson Jambalaya

Olgas for steak!

The living wage in Hinds County is $8.93 hourly.

The Jackson Free Press pays below the living wage @ $8 hourly. Ain't a whole lotta local shopping at those Fondren boutique shoppes gettin' done rolling in that much green. Just sayin' sweetheart. ;-o

Doesn't one of those extra tall fat- free tofu lattes cost more than $8?

Oh, the humanity.

Typical Ladd. Do as she says, not as she pays.

Thank you for bringing this up! I picked up one of their recent issues, and it was themed, shop local. Ok, good so far. Into the issue, there's an article comparing local stores vs Kroger vs Walmart, etc. And how much of your spent $ remained in the community at the local stores, and how the chains invested little back. First of all, it was bogus and not researched well. They claimed WM invested -0-, however, I know better than that for a fact.

So, then I'm looking down the list at where I should shop to be a good citizen....and I think, man! I'm not shopping there. Be damned if I'm paying nearly twice for the same stuff over here.

I hate it that the locals need more business, and if I had a ton of discretionary income, it would be different. Has word not gotten around to JFP that there's a bit of economic upheaval going on? People need info on how to SAVE money, not spend more! It was a ridiculous, ridiculous issue. One of their all time worst. Rant over.

I prefer Kroger. Better selection, lower prices, better service. I'm in McDades every day almost so I'm very familiar with it. Poorly run store and whoever orders inventory could do a much better job. Example? What is most popular of Paul Prudhomme's seasonings? Blackened redfish? Think they carry it? nope. but the do carry the pork magic, vegetable magic, chicken magic, etc. Everything but the most popular one and that is just one exmaple.

Wanted to save money so I looked for some energy saving outdoor floodlights. DIdn't even carry them. Oops, that means Kroger or walmart just to be green.

Ever notice at various walmarts around the south local products are sold? So I guess those vendors should be subject to a boycott. I also bet Walmart offers more benefits to its employees than does the local hardware store or McDades.

what is even funnier is watching the JFP take up the cause of the Pelosi health care bill. Guess they don't realize its going to make THEM offer health insurance to their employees that aren't free interns or how it will affect their preferred local businesses. Of course wal mart is for it, its going to burden their competitors with more costs but they don' think that far ahead because Krugman didn't tell them to think about it.

Kroger has a better selection than Walmart for groceries but not better everyday prices. BUT if you leverage the weekly Kroger ad sales and Walmart everyday pricing and clip coupons you can do lower than 100% Walmart shopping.

I shop for 7 every week. I know. Donna Ladd is clueless. Thank goodness she is childless.

And now a word from local visionary, activist, mogul, developer, progressive pontificator, parenting expert and all-around know-it-all Brad Franklin as he takes a few minutes out of his busy, busy day to bash a local Fondren restaurant business and their clientele.

Brad Franklin: "Uhhh. Schimmels is ugly stoop stoopidy stupid packed! Yikes!"

Who needs the people of the suburbs to diss Jackson when it is ProJack to just do it yourself. Way to go Brad.

That's the truth ... sho-nuff!

Brad should really lay off the cartoons for a while. When you start twitting like Scoobie, it's time to put the 'toons down, man.