The Yuckraker

There are times when a man must make a stand and for Matt Thompson of Washington County, Thursday night was one of those times.

As he did his weekly grocery shopping at Kroger, 115 W. Main St., he thought for a moment about buying a can of Chunky vegetable soup.

“But then I stopped and saw that the label said that it was ’savory,’” Thompson said. “I don’t have time for savory. Mouthwatering? Maybe. Full-flavored? Perhaps. Not savory.”

Help, it turned out, was just a can away.

“Right on the same shelf was vegetable soup with pasta. Hearty.” he said. “I stood there flabbergasted: They want to give me the same soup, with an equal number of fluid ounces, plus spiral pasta, for the same price?

“If I turn that down, they ought to take away my soup-buying permit.”