These little markets starting showing up last year all over the place. One opened up right near me and a month or so after driving by it daily and curious about it, I finally stopped.
First off, they won my heart for having 'car's with kids' parking spots, right up front! Sorta like the stork spots at some stores. Love it. Second, it is a small enough store that I can let the boys walk without fear of losing them. They are about the size of a pharmacy type store. So you can't think that you can do ALL your list there, Walmart they are not. But, they have shelves of fresh veggies and freshly prepared healthy meals all ready to go. Not to mention their flowers, which are always so pretty.
Head straight back to the kitchen area and taste a few of their foods. Wander through the dinner stuff where I recommend the Chicken (or shrimp) Alfredo, Mac n Cheese, egg rolls and their chocolate pudding. Gross, not all together though. Their little dessert section has cute little pies and cakes, pudding and lots of yummy things. Down the grocery isle and pick up some of their pre made pizza dough, white or wheat, and bam you have instant dinner! My boys love, and Braden begs, for 'noddle pizza' every week (Chicken Alfredo + Pizza dough fr less than $6).
The snacks isle has a large assortment of F&E brands that rival national ones. My kids new favorite snack- kinda a combo of popcorn shape and cheetos crunch, is called Pirates Treasure. Braden & Berk polished off a bag in less than an hour. But it is white cheddar, who can blame them?
They are an organic store, and I noticed a lot of gluten free products for those of you with kids on special needs diets. And their prices are reasonable. They do have cereal, milk, bread ect for those forgotten dinner items too.
Bottom line, if you need a dinner fast and don't want fast food, pop in to a Fresh and Easy and get something! I am telling you, they are now on my weekly grocery shopping rotation, mostly because of the Pirate Treasure, but whatever. Let me know what you think! They should pay me for this blog I think.
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I wish we had one of those in Utah. I love that they have parking spots for cars with kids. Even if we had those in Utah they would always be full :)
I still need to check it out. I know I'd love it. Jonikka tried to hook me on it when they first opened.
Ya they should pay you for that post. I love your blog Ryn because you always bring us info on the latest greatest things that help make our mommy lives easier/better. It is so funny you did this post because I drove past two today and thought "I wonder what that store is like, easy in the name makes it sound like they put together meals for you or something." And apparently I was right. I NEED easy meals right now. Thanks for the info!
Scott and I love it there! It's a good place to shop for a small family. They have tons of premade meals that I like.
Oh and Caryn, Dafnee's c-section was $700. Which is a pretty good price, most vets charge at least a thousand. Not as much as a human but still not cheap.
Oh yeah! I am getting a F&E right down the street and I was waiting to hear the low down on what kind of products they have. I can't wait for mine to open now. Thanks Caryn!
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