Canning category is a can-do activity for customers. (Niche Marketing).(Citizens Ace Hardware offers canning supplies)(Brief Article)

Do-It-Yourself Retailing, October, 2002

Customers at Citizens Ace Hardware in Asheville, N.C., have discovered that they can indeed can.

That's right--with the help of Jim Calloway, store manager and general buyer, and the store's knowledgeable employees, local canning enthusiasts aren't in a pickle when their gardens are pumping out heaps of produce. The 15,000-square-foot store has become a hub for all the equipment and accessories canners need, including pressure cookers, stock pots, repair parts, recipe books, labels and specialty tools such as jar lifters.

In addition to stocking pot holders and other basic kitchen accessories, customers visit Citizens Ace to buy the glass canning jars they need for their vegetables, fruits and other concoctions including specialty jars with decorative...

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