Category Archives: shopping value

The land of milk and honey (which goes well with locally baked bread)

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Daryl Phillips, CEcD

On occasion, I mention the local food movement (slow food, localvore, etc.) and how folks are looking for great, locally produced food. I recently sampled (if you call two big loaves a sample) some really great bread made here in … Continue reading →

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Shop Local… (buy your meal here and we both can eat)

Posted on July 3, 2009 by Daryl Phillips, CEcD

A Wall Street Journal article, “Local Efforts to Save Main Street Bring In Traffic“, confirms ‘buy local’ programs work — but are ‘shop local’ programs a long-term fix for a community’s small retail business? Probably not on its own. Maybe … Continue reading →

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Find Values in Hickman County, whether it’s home or not!

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Daryl Phillips, CEcD

Though ‘Shop Local’ campaigns may smack of protectionism, if local retail business communicate their attractive products and services to the local market, the local consumer will see the value in spending their money close to home. For a more thorough … Continue reading →

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