Mast General Store Blog

Fall is the season best known for its bounty. After all, it hosts the holiday we most associate with food. Before Thanksgiving, though, there are plenty more fall feasts! Autumn...

My grandmother was a teacher, and she used the word primer, pronounced “primmer,” a lot. There were math primers to get the basics of operations, English primers to learn the...

While all Mast Store locations are intentionally placed in historic structures, several of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Columbia itself is one of the oldest...

On Saturday, September 7, we are celebrating organizations that work in each of our hometowns to activate volunteers around beautiful community assets. At the end of the day, each store...

Did you know that North Carolina annually ranks between seventh and ninth in apple production for the entire United States? The top apple-producing counties are Wilkes, Alexander, Lincoln, Cleveland, Haywood,...

There are so many questions to wonder about these days. Like, who was the first person brave enough to eat a chicken’s egg? Or why do some people think cilantro...