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Mast General Store Blog

Shelves full of honey in the Mast General Store.
02.14.24
A Story for the Ages
It’s no secret that Mast General Store loves to tell a good story. There’s the story of the Original Store – one of the most well-preserved examples of a 19th-century...
Behind The Scenes, Local Flavor
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Mast Store food products atop a barrel full of loose candy
01.31.24
Be a Sweetheart - Twenty-One Sweet Years and Counting
Mast General Store’s “Be a Sweetheart” campaign reaches 21 years of feeding neighbors in 2024. “Sweetheart” is one of the oldest terms of endearment in the English language. For most...
Local Flavor
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Gifts for your Valentine including mast candy, a handwarmer mug and a Stanley tumbler
01.25.24
What is Love and 14 Gift Ideas for your Valentine
There are literally thousands of songs, poems, and even scientific research that seeks to define and pinpoint the answer to the query “What is Love?” The Greeks, in fact, had...
Inspiration, Mast Family Favorites
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Three hikers in a snowy meadow off the Blue Ridge Parkway
01.18.24
Winter Hiking
Now that winter has set in it’s time to put the hiking boots in the back of the closet, lock away your daypack, put your feet up, and wait for...
Adventure, Inspiration
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Members of the Mast Store Marketing Department volunteered at Hunger & Health Coalition
01.10.24
More Than a Day Off
There’s something a little different about the day set aside to honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It is not noted as a holiday but is instead...
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The Middle Room of the Original Store circa early 1970s
01.04.24
The General Store - An Original Search Engine
Back in the not-so-old days, before everyone carried personal, pocket-sized computers equipped with search engines, answers to random questions that popped into a person’s mind were a little harder to...
Local Flavor
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