Linn, it looks like it's time to speak out to the parent company and offer some pushback to the decision. It can't hurt and it might help. How much profit do they need to make in a business such as this?

I conclude this morning as I pull on a snug pair of jeans for casual Friday that my weight has been at a plateau for most of the winter. We're now to warm weather and I need to spend a vigorous weekend in the garden, so I hope to shift back to losing the rest of this weight. Twenty pounds or so to go.

There is a container of asparagus in my fridge for dinner tonight. It came out of the garden. Mmmmm!

SRS