Small-Town Market

    'Welcome to TJ's Market and Montgomery's Pharmacy' reads the chalk board greeting you entering the store. It also tells you to check out the deli specials, the hoagies and deli trays are made to order, and to take home smoked bologna and cheese. 

    Walking down past the several isles stocked full of all kinds of groceries, you'll start to smell a delectable aroma as you approach the deli. Their specials tend to change daily, however, there are some exceptions. For instance, their meal specials almost always have macaroni and cheese, and chicken legs and breasts. The cold items consist of many different options, like macaroni salad, tuna salad, baked beans, pickled eggs, and sometime include something new.

    Next to the deli you'll find a bunch of baked good, and the Grab and Go. The Grab and Go has many different items that get prepared in the deli. For instance, it has pre-sliced meats and
cheeses, all kinds of dips, premade hoagies, and left overs from the specials that were being sold the day before. It even has some pies and other baked goods that need to be kept cold.

    On the opposite side of the store is The Butchers Shop. They have all kinds of rapped up meats like pork, steaks, hamburger, and sausage. If you don't see something that you want or need, you can always place an order with the people back in the meat room to get what you need. "People who come into this store tend to know me, and the deli has homemade stuff while places like Weis has stuff made with preservatives purchased from other places." the owner stated.

    Circling back around to where you entered, you'll find Montgomery's pharmacy and the produce section of the store. The pharmacy sells all sorts of medicine, health care products, and even greeting cards. The store and pharmacy is about 63 years old, opened by the current owner's mother. "TJ's can stay open as long as someone manages it right." He began to talk about how TJ's gets their supplies, which they get it through places that sell to thousands of other places, "it's like buying insurance, buying it by itself is expensive, while at a factory insurance is at a cut rate." TJ's market is a friendly place that welcomes its customers, and helps those that need it.