tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post4144305539799770456..comments2024-03-29T07:00:07.575-05:00Comments on Jackson Jambalaya: Rainbow ClosingKingfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-49262071192330848872018-07-15T02:38:05.089-05:002018-07-15T02:38:05.089-05:00"I wish the owners much success at their new ..."I wish the owners much success at their new location."<br /><br />Don't hold your breath on that one, Luther. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-13826307732103124952018-07-14T10:06:03.533-05:002018-07-14T10:06:03.533-05:00just to clarify, organic means it contains carbon....just to clarify, organic means it contains carbon. So, gasoline is all organic, even if you add ethanol made from corn. Moose shit is also organic as are the linoleum floor tiles you are walking upon. I even saw all organic and gluten free on some vodka the other day in the liquor store. So the next time you are chewing on the end of a pencil, remember everything but the metal that holds the eraser on the wood is organic and really fucking good for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-76904992366259199382018-07-14T02:14:14.383-05:002018-07-14T02:14:14.383-05:00lol @4:13's last sentence. Sounds about right....lol @4:13's last sentence. Sounds about right. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-79999753461667633962018-07-14T00:12:51.622-05:002018-07-14T00:12:51.622-05:00Just today (or yesterday according to my time stam...Just today (or yesterday according to my time stamp) I found myself leaving the steak counter at Madison Kroger 51, walking up the Free Range - Organic Aisle. Tons of interesting packaging but lots of bland colors. The Fondren crowd, preferring bland, doesn't like to be excited by happy colors and, yes, even Madison has its own knockoff of The Fondren crowd. <br /><br />Never saw so much misleading BS printed on packaging, false claims, hoopla thrown out there at triple prices to impress the gentried Millsaps and Belhaven grads....and those with MC School of Law stickers on their BMWs in the parking lot. This crap has become the new Ramen Noodles and Lentils of the seventies. Boneless Bananasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-87268118140575513742018-07-13T22:27:43.981-05:002018-07-13T22:27:43.981-05:00I’ve never been an organic food type person, but I...I’ve never been an organic food type person, but I really am sad to see another locally owned business close in Jackson. I wish the owners much success at their new location. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-81125222687600117732018-07-13T19:53:33.537-05:002018-07-13T19:53:33.537-05:009:42, Thank you. think we are so spoiled that we d...9:42, Thank you. think we are so spoiled that we don't know what we have.mbrookesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-48429351449091433862018-07-13T15:23:49.652-05:002018-07-13T15:23:49.652-05:00it's pretty clear that all the things that mad...it's pretty clear that all the things that made Fondren "Funky Fondren" are steadily being replaced by typical crap. Rest in peace, Funky Fondren. You've been develop-ized.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-74056080846301267382018-07-13T12:46:34.859-05:002018-07-13T12:46:34.859-05:00Maybe it will become a chestaurant with lots of bi...Maybe it will become a chestaurant with lots of big tits and cold beer. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-14569894221570360492018-07-13T10:33:12.739-05:002018-07-13T10:33:12.739-05:00KINGFISH - just love the pitiful Clarion Ledger co...KINGFISH - just love the pitiful Clarion Ledger coverage on Rainbow. Their sources: WAPT and Jackson Free Press. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-12209492502743451592018-07-13T09:52:41.760-05:002018-07-13T09:52:41.760-05:00True, true 9:34 a.m. No, no sign about coming fro...True, true 9:34 a.m. No, no sign about coming from a sustainable forest, but that's kind of like the "art installation" over in the courtyard at Highland Village that is now simply a large homemade picnic table and benches in front of Talbots. Brings back "Steel Magnolias" - an ounce of pretension is worth a pound of manure.<br /><br />Now how would you describe that appetizing skim that forms on the top of the Whole Foods food on their buffet tables around lunch? No haters, you all know you've seen it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-34557046867423513942018-07-13T09:42:57.727-05:002018-07-13T09:42:57.727-05:00Capitalism has fed more people than communism... a...Capitalism has fed more people than communism... always remember that... more rafts and boats leave Cuba for the Florida shore than leave Florida for Cuba. Look at Venezuela... average weight loss is 42 lbs per person due to lack of food. Dumpster diving for food. People come to this cou try bc it's an opportunity with capitalism. I feed Hungary in 1988 for the US. I swam 2 miles at 3 AM to escape. Americans are spoiled and hate capitalism bc they have never experienced socialism or communism. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-28514028090183592062018-07-13T09:34:51.026-05:002018-07-13T09:34:51.026-05:00The term "organic" has become a marketin...The term "organic" has become a marketing ploy to mark up and class up foods and people are going nuts over it. Anyone in the farming or food sector knows this but wont say it because they are reaping the benefits. Put it in a low flash/granola looking package, call it organic, charge 3x's the price, rinse and repeat.<br /><br />9:10 was the lovely wood table you were sitting at harvested from a sustainable forest? Did they have signs stating such? If not, they aren't practicing what they preach. Sometimes I think they spend more resources printing all the hoopla about their accolades of organic/fresh/sustainable than just having normal products.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-76408512915859157692018-07-13T09:10:24.196-05:002018-07-13T09:10:24.196-05:00Bravo to 4:34 p.m. - you made my day - hilarious!
...Bravo to 4:34 p.m. - you made my day - hilarious!<br /><br />Never been in Rainbow but as a lot of people have observed, the flooding issue was something they couldn't continue to live with - anyone who buys that building has a major problem and can find the news articles to prove it.<br /><br />Now on to choices - Kroger (lots of organic), Whole Foods (you all might find this interesting, at recent lunch over there, I got to talking w/a woman who works in the deli (she and I ate at the same lovely wood table) and she proceeded to tell me how the majority of the bakery goods (sold as fresh made) and numerous other items (also billed as fresh made) are simply prepared and packaged somewhere else and brought in (come in by semi on the Alabama/Mississippi run); but some people weigh the quality of their food by the price.<br /><br />Personally, living in Mississippi we have the advantage of farmers' markets - downtown, Gluckstadt, Hwy. 49 - Wrights, any number of places. So unfortunately, Rainbow is not one of a kind anymore. Everyone wants to eat healthy and any Mississippi Farmer I can buy from has my vote. Love me some Remington Farms. Point is - buy local and support our farmers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-34016934958380535802018-07-13T08:08:51.491-05:002018-07-13T08:08:51.491-05:00Years ago my office had a post office box at the p...Years ago my office had a post office box at the postal facility on Fondren <br />Place directly behind the Rainbow Co-Op. In fact, when parking at the facility I had a direct view of the back door of the Rainbow. I checked our mail usually six days a week. Using my best estimate, I would say that I would see one or more Rainbow employees on break at least two days a week smoking cigarettes near the back door--sometimes more often depending on what time I arrived.<br /><br />So much for healthy living. <br /><br />I only ate at the cafe twice in my life and decided the cafe was not my cup of tea. However, it makes me sad whenever local businesses struggle financially. I wish these folks well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-67902547505778372292018-07-13T07:34:48.760-05:002018-07-13T07:34:48.760-05:00Rankin County is really the promised land for any ...Rankin County is really the promised land for any business. Low crime, higher incomes, and more cultured clientele. Jackson is a graveyard. <br /><br />They will likely move out to Flowood or Brandon. Perhaps the might even open up off Spillway Rd in Brandon. <br /><br />The demographic that primaarily utilize EBT in Jackson have no interest in overpriced organic food. They get a lot less bang for their 'benefits' at Rainbow. <br /><br />In order for a business to really thrive you need paying customers. You also need customer that tip your waitstaff. That is Rankin County.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-50722842734613583092018-07-13T04:13:27.053-05:002018-07-13T04:13:27.053-05:00Economics 101 tells us that if there was enough de...Economics 101 tells us that if there was enough demand for this place and its products, they would not be closing. How difficult is that?<br /><br />Note: Look for Dick's Sporting Goods to follow suit by this time next year. Everybody used to like Dicks and now nobody do. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-79961255686421478772018-07-12T22:39:09.266-05:002018-07-12T22:39:09.266-05:00Thanks 9:24 for sort of explaining to us what a gl...Thanks 9:24 for sort of explaining to us what a gluten is. I've been hearing that word for about twenty years. I didn't know what it was. I only know two things: Somehow folks want to be 'free' of glutens. Second, when I was a kid we didn't have glutens. At least no one ever used the word.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-35746385791795416442018-07-12T22:31:23.639-05:002018-07-12T22:31:23.639-05:00Shop your local Piggly Wiggly!Shop your local Piggly Wiggly!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-73875560749240818212018-07-12T21:24:24.487-05:002018-07-12T21:24:24.487-05:00Once again, I'm on the other side. Fifteen yea...Once again, I'm on the other side. Fifteen years ago I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease, which means I can never again in my life eat wheat, rye or barley. At that time Rainbow was the only place I could buy bread, crackers, cereal and a host of other things. This is now known as gluten free and has been picked up by mainstream grocery stores. I stayed true to Rainbow until they quit carrying the things I needed. They dropped gluten free and moved more to vegan. I don't like Whole Foods, so I go to Kroger (which I really hate) or order on line. When a store desserts its dedicated following...… what can I say?mbrookesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-22229340185052988172018-07-12T21:18:38.934-05:002018-07-12T21:18:38.934-05:00I don't have a dog...er, avocado in this fight...I don't have a dog...er, avocado in this fight, but it does kinda amaze me that a Whole Paycheck and Kroger drove a co-op out of business in Jackson-friggin-Mississippi. Hell, I didn't even realize there was such stuff as organic free-range bologna, free-trade almond-milk American cheese singles and rainforest quinoa Bunny bread. I did realize there is tofu mayo, but I didn't think there was even a single jar east of Austin. Of course, I remember when picking a 'mater and a cuke out of your own garden wasn't "eating organic," it was just, well, the South.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-85018341098039491532018-07-12T20:51:01.324-05:002018-07-12T20:51:01.324-05:00Sorry they are closing but it had a filthy stinky ...Sorry they are closing but it had a filthy stinky funk about the place. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-72650034426886784452018-07-12T19:56:06.684-05:002018-07-12T19:56:06.684-05:00They claim capitalism is the downfall of mankind, ...They claim capitalism is the downfall of mankind, but I bet if I loaded up a cart and just walked or without paying, they'd get capitalist real quick.Sum Ting Wongnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-63122356293562764092018-07-12T19:33:56.311-05:002018-07-12T19:33:56.311-05:00Cold brew coffee and acai bowls are good (my wife ...Cold brew coffee and acai bowls are good (my wife loves acai). Please leave them out of this.Macy Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16201522944058021761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-27138546479353497222018-07-12T18:26:42.037-05:002018-07-12T18:26:42.037-05:00I am by no means a hippie, hipster, weedhead, or h...I am by no means a hippie, hipster, weedhead, or however you wish to characterize/stereotype the folks that shop(ped) at Rainbow, but they did have some really good prepared foods and some items that (GASP) are not available at Whole Foods. <br /><br />BUT, I'll have to admit the place has a certain funk about it, and I don't mean groovy music...seriously, what's wrong with taking a shower every now and again and giving a shit about your appearance and how you smell???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-60744331563275015742018-07-12T17:39:15.592-05:002018-07-12T17:39:15.592-05:00@3:38
It's obvious you haven't been to Fon...@3:38<br />It's obvious you haven't been to Fondren in the past 4 months or So. There is a ton of new development happening. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com