A Yankee who loves Mick or Mack grocery in Raleigh Court
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Your daily Letter to the Columnist — Dec. 5, 2012
Guess what: I was born & raised in Cortland, N.Y. Husband a salesman for Cobako [bread] in the 40′s covered Binghamton and may have serviced your family’s store.
Your column brought back memories of a time long ago when I lived in Cortland and my husband made a daily trip down U.S.11 to Binghamton. I still have family in the Cortland & Marathon/ Whitney Point area.
Also I am a Mick or Mack shopper where I am treated like a “Queen.” Has best made-in-store sausage.
As to the supermarkets: Let them find a way to make a profit so they can keep their work force.
If you need another subject, cover Grandin Road Automotive. They take care of all the widows in Raleigh Ct., pumping gas, cleaning windows, reminding us to get our inspection, and much more.
Mary Bowers
ROANOKE
December 5, 2012 - 1:30 PM
Mick or Mack in Raleigh Court is great. It’s like “The Store That Time Forgot.” A walk back into a 1950s grocery store.
Gotta love their 1 foot long conveyor belts at the cash registers.
It’s like – “Why even bother?”, but it’s quaint.
They may not have all the most popular brands or quite the variety of other chain stores, but I think it’s a cool store and hope they stay around a long time.
Dylan, you forgot to mention it, but the conveyors no longer work.
I used to call on Mick-or Macks headquarters when they had about 14 stores locally. Nice to see a piece of Roanoke culture still thriving!!!