Probably the Cheapest Super Market Overall Near the Center of Portland, Oregon
The Grocery Outlet is a Bargain Resource Just Blocks Away from Where the New Hollywood Whole Foods Market Will Be
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The building that used to be Value Village in the Hollywood district, at 4420 NE Hancock, may be the cheapest grocery store in Portland City proper. The selection was almost as large as other local supermarket , it was clean and service was good. The owners of Value village recently traded buildings with the franchise owner of this store and moved to Idaho. Each Grocery Outlet is franchised and independently owned. It is not far from the Hollywood trader Joe's and about two blocks across sandy blvd from where the new whole foods super market will be going in the lot where Washington mutual used to have it's own freestanding building. I am sure the whole foods will have a much larger selection but it's prices are not bargains compared to this store where everything is advertised as a bargain. The signs on the windows outside say something like shopping here is like food prices living at home with your parents. Some items are half the price they are at trader Joe's or Fred Meyers. I also think the prices often beat Walmart prices. The 24 hour Walmart in Troutdale can not compete on all of the prices at the grocery outlet. A website for the company is www.groceryoutlets.com For those looking to save money shopping this is a must see if you don't have to travel too far to get there. There are other grocery outlets in the Portland area. See the website above for other locations. The store had a variety of discount wines , some off brand cheeses made in Uruguay . I found a nice bottle of "salad olives" from Argentina for just 99 cents. Not too many people have discovered this particular store yet so there were no big check out lines. It is nice to have new niche grocery stores in Portland to help people save money on basic food items.
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Best Kept Secret Park in Lake Oswego Great for Bike Riders, Walking and Running with Scenic River Views Lex Loeb Contributor Network . Lake Oswego does not like to advertise some of its best attractions for fear of attracting non-locals. The area has many interesting treasures almost no one from the Portland area bothers to explore. Lake Oswego has long had the cache' of an upper middle class white Anglo Saxon enclave that does not want the company of everyone from the Portland Metro Area coming in. One can't blame the present day city for trying to protect itself against crowds of non local strangers using their public facilities. Anyone who has been to lake Oswego actual lake knows it is a privately owned body of water that does not welcome the public access in anyway. That is not true of the Oswego Furnace Tower in George Rogers Park or Old River Drive that connects to the park's main pathway up along the Willamette river front. Along most of Old River drive the fro
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