[riri]

About two months ago, I saw an older company in the Albertson's buying, seriously, about 30 bottles of vinegar. It was before the SARS thing was really even making the news but I wondered if they were up on it.

[Judith Anne]

Hmmmm....

[jacquej]

I have used vinegar for years as a disinfectant. Also use it for a lot of other things. I do not buy any cleaning junk but bleach, hydrogen peroxide, and vinegar. And hydrogen peroxide will kill what vinegar doesn't! Just the regular store kind...

Don't use pesticides or fungicides in my house or garden or on my pets. We have a kitchen garden and eat out infrequently.

There are so many good uses for vinegar. One is in the rinse water of your washing machine, especially if you have hard water. Used to rinse our hair with it (mixed in water, of course, not straight) when we were kids to make sure we got all the soap out and to make it shine.

[jacquej]

Wonder if they have a lot of windows to wash, and are using that instead of Windex?

[TaxRelief]

Culturally, chinese people use vinegar as their number one choice of disinfectant. I thought grocery store vinegar targeted fungus more than bacteria. And I was under the impression that it did not cause "instant death" like alcohol or bleach.