"Land of Cheese" is our shorthand for the 3 different outlet stores near my mom's house in Leola PA.
Lantz's, Horseshoe road in Leola -- this is an amish-run discount outlet, with gas-powered refrigeration, and usually has the best prices (I deeply relish the memory of buying 2-year-old aged cheddar in wax there, .99 for 8 oz) but sometimes sells out of code items (the cheddar, while quite good, was a year past sell-by date, thus making it 2 years old)
Glenwood Farms, Rt. 322, Ephrata - also sometimes sells out of code stuff, but the 2nd best prices on cheese. The best source for John F. Martin sausages (the best branded sausage I know, even better than Leidy's, and I've met the pigs that go into Leidy's). Random inexpensive foodstuffs (simply limeade for .99 / bottle, for instance). (Run by Mennonites.)
Sharp Shopper, Rt. 23, Leola -- my all around favorite; I get a lot of different things there. That's where I got the cheese this time, even though their prices are usually higher than the other two on cheese. Their preserved meat prices are great. I got 4 packages of no-additive smoked bacon ends at .79/lb, as well. Usually this is where I get my ring baloney for Royal dayboard fare.
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Land of Cheese
Date: 2006-08-28 04:24 pm (UTC)Lantz's, Horseshoe road in Leola -- this is an amish-run discount outlet, with gas-powered refrigeration, and usually has the best prices (I deeply relish the memory of buying 2-year-old aged cheddar in wax there, .99 for 8 oz) but sometimes sells out of code items (the cheddar, while quite good, was a year past sell-by date, thus making it 2 years old)
Glenwood Farms, Rt. 322, Ephrata - also sometimes sells out of code stuff, but the 2nd best prices on cheese. The best source for John F. Martin sausages (the best branded sausage I know, even better than Leidy's, and I've met the pigs that go into Leidy's). Random inexpensive foodstuffs (simply limeade for .99 / bottle, for instance). (Run by Mennonites.)
Sharp Shopper, Rt. 23, Leola -- my all around favorite; I get a lot of different things there. That's where I got the cheese this time, even though their prices are usually higher than the other two on cheese. Their preserved meat prices are great. I got 4 packages of no-additive smoked bacon ends at .79/lb, as well. Usually this is where I get my ring baloney for Royal dayboard fare.