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FaceTime with the Content Guy:  Wegmans vs. H-E-B (& Does It Matter?)

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You can count on social media to host, even promulgate, a pointless conversation. Like recently, when a debate on Reddit blew up over whether Wegmans or H-E-B is a better supermarket.  In the words of my ancestors:  Oy.

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