This is about the most depressing “failing economy” local news I’ve heard lately: Plumgood is closing it’s doors after four years of customer oriented, quality service.

Dave just received word in an email, where the founders said this about their situation:

Today???s economy has taken its toll on our business the same way it has on many other businesses our size. The primary driver for our customer was always convenience. This consumer value proposition becomes far less compelling in an environment where the perceived value of one???s time declines as significantly and rapidly as it has over the past few months. We???ve seen our weekly deliveries decline from more than 800 to less than 700. We simply do not have the scale and purchasing power required to compete on price with the country???s largest grocers and outlast the current economic crisis.

This sucks.

We’ve been loyal Plumgood customers and advocates for two years now. We even ordered all of our Thanksgiving food from them. I’m sad. It was more expensive than a big box store, yes. But we loved the convenience and the fact that we weren’t spending money on other random stuff we used to buy a the grocery -  like candles, magazines, nail polish and what not.

Best of luck to the owners on their next business venture. Plumgood’s dedication to serving the customer will be sorely missed and I’m grateful I was able to experience it!