*** Quoting BOB KLAHN from a message to CAROL SHENKENBERGER ***

BK> ...

 CS> The 'freshness' aspect expected by the shoppers is *much*
 CS> higher here and one buys in smaller quantities and uses the
 CS> fresh up to get more.  From pure observation, I'd say the
 CS> average Japanese person shops for groceries 3 times a week
 CS> and 2 other times will drift by the local grocery corner
 CS> sites to 'see whats there' and get a little something.  If

BK>  That's how I shop. Maybe even more often.

BK>  So, all this time I didn't know I was Japanese.

Now you know!  Actually, it's a very 'Asian' trait to do that but I am
aware �it's common elsewhere as well.  They have a million little corner
markets �everywhere here so it's easy to do on the walk/bicykle ride home.


BK>  Actually... to be honest...

BK>  Before I met my current wife, I dated a woman, for a short
BK>  while, who suggested I should make fewer trips to the store and
BK>  get more of what I need each trip. Some time after I stopped
BK>  dating her I was at the store late at night, and looked at the
BK>  personell working at that time. I thought there are all these
BK>  people I know. Suddenaly I realized I know more people at that
BK>  store than any other place except church and work. There was
BK>  nothing going on at church that late, and I wasn't driving all
BK>  the way out to the plant just to socialize.

BK>  I had to face it, Krogers was my social life. Well... sorta.

;-)  I enjoy shopping and like to do it often so to combine it with a
little �fun for something I have to do anyways, suits me well.
                                       xxcarol

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