Quote Originally Posted by CAM View Post
"food is not a discretionary item"

correct......but takeaway food is possibly...I would hardly call pizza a necessity.
But I get your point. Shouldn't be hit as hard as retail stocks.
Years ago small rural towns revolved around the local grocery store and the country garage. These days rural folk regularly make trips to the big smoke to stock up on food, and reliability and extended service distances of modern cars (plus the need for a computer to service them) have drvien many rural garages to the wall.

Take a look between the boarded up facades on the main street of rural New Zealand these days and you will find two constants. Every small town, without fail, has its own hairdressing salon and pizza parlour. Coiffure and chips. Welcome to the new definition of 'necessity'.

SNOOPY