Life style visit 1st week in April
 

Hi, my wife and I will be down the last weekend in March thru the April the 5th for our life style visit. We would like to know if cookware is provided in the homes? Our second day will be Easter Sunday we are not sure if we can find a place to eat dinner without reservations.

Yes, the kitchen comes with utensils, pots and pans, plates, coffeemaker, etc.

Will be hard to find an open supermarket though.

Current list .........might change, should shop early:

Stores Open on Easter
Acme, stores open, pharmacy hours vary
Albertsons, most stores open
CVS, regular hours
Dollar General, regular hours
Family Dollar, hours vary
Harris Teeter, normal hours
Kroger, hours vary by location, pharmacies closed
Meijer, hours vary by location
Piggly Wiggly, hours vary by location
RiteAid, regular hours
Safeway, hours may vary
ShopRite, hours vary
Stop & Shop, hours vary by location
Trader Joe’s, hours vary by location
Vons, most stores open
Walgreens, hours may vary by location
Walmart, most open, regular hours
Wegmans, most open, hours vary by location
Whole Foods, hours vary by location
Winn Dixie, hours vary by location


Stores Closed on Easter
While many chains will be open on Easter, others like Target and Aldi are granting their hard-working employees a day off.

Aldi
Central Market
Costco
Food City
H-E-B
Publix
Sam’s Club
Target

Note in the helpful list above, the only grocery stores accessible by golf cart in the Villages are Publix, Winn Dixie, Walmart, and one Aldi’s. You probably want to shop on Saturday.

If you can shop for Easter Sunday dinner on your first day that would be best. Scout out what kitchen ware is available in the villa so that you will be able to cook what you decide on. Otherwise some of the stores have good ready to heat meals. Aldi has a chicken & broccoli I love. On an earlier Sprouts thread here, several people praised the ready to heat meals. I remember salmon was one of them. The good thing about the ready to heat meals is that while not an ideal Easter Sunday dinner, they will be able to be made in the most rudimentarily outfitted kitchen.

We should probably re-do the accessible by golf cart grocery stores to those in the new area.

OP: What is the name of the Villas will you be staying in? Do you also know the name of the Village?

Thanks, this information is very helpful. We will probably shop on Saturday. Again thank you for all your help.

Have Fun!!!!!

They usually put you over near Brownwood Square and the Publix is right there.

On our Lifestyle Visit in December 2023 we were down south in Newell. On Phifer Ln., across Meggison from Franklin Rec.

Newell, you’ll be driving your car to any store unless you want to leave hours earlier to get to a shopping center by golf cart

Bit of an exaggeration don’t you think? No place in the villages is hours from a grocery store by golf cart.

try calling the Rose Plantation located in Fruitland Park for your Easter dinner

Those days are over. Lifestyle visits are now south of 44 with most in Newell, but a few I think still in Christopher Villas in DeLuna. It’s now all about selling the new homes being built close to Eastport.