A discount store in Stanwood is a type of department store, which sells products at prices lower than those asked by traditional retail outlets. Most discount department stores offer a wide assortment of goods; others specialize in such merchandise as jewelry, electronic equipment, or electrical appliances. Discount stores are not variety stores, which sell goods at a single price-point or multiples thereof. Discount stores differ from variety stores in that they sell many name-brand products, and because of the wide price range of the items offered. Many also operate as supercenters, which add a full-service grocery store to the traditional format.

Water, Water Everywhere … Part III

    Author is :  Lee Ann Rush Unfortunately, the large global food purveyors like Nestle aren’t the only ones interested in controlling the world’s water supply for financial gain.  It seems that some state and local governmental entities here in the United States have their own ideas about collecting water-based revenue.  A month or so ago, a performer at a..