groceries

This might be some extra incentive to grab the local produce at the Angelina County Farmers Market this spring. Strange winter weather around the US is impacting crops, and that means prices might be going up on the food that's trucked in from other places.

If your grocery bill is at least a hundred bucks every time you go to the store, soon you might be able to a whole lot more stuff with it.  Two big grocery retailers in East Texas are slashing prices and that means good things for our tortilla chip and granola addictions.

Wednesday morning, the parking lot at the new Brookshire Brothers Express on Highway 94 in Hudson was filled to capacity as events surrounding the grand opening were taking place.

Not many folks in East Texas are familiar with the name Spit and Whittle.  But, back in 1921, that was how many affectionately referred to the new grocery store that was founded by Austin and Tom Brookshire.