The other day, when I was in Meijer (regional grocery chain), I over heard one woman asking another “Where’s the bread?”<\/p>\n
This question surprised me because, judging by her proximity and direction in the store, she must have already pass the bread isle.\u00a0 It wasn’t until I rounded the corner that I realized that the bread isle was missing.<\/p>\n
That’s right, the entire bread isle was missing!\u00a0 And so was the beer isle!<\/p>\n
Now, I could understand if the bread isle was missing.\u00a0 After all, they had way too many brands of bread.\u00a0 And in all actuality, all you really need is your basic “white” and “wheat” and maybe a “rye”.\u00a0 But, the beer isle is a whole different matter.<\/p>\n
Lowell depends on it beer,…and frozen pizza.\u00a0 The main staples of the Lowell diet.<\/p>\n
And, not only were the beer and bread isles missing, so was the pop isle.\u00a0 And since I needed to buy some pop, I needed to find the pop isle.<\/p>\n
Well, I checked the ends of the isles.\u00a0 Sometimes they put their pop out there.\u00a0 It is intended to attract attention.\u00a0 I guess the idea is that if you put pop on the ends of the isle, you will attract impulse buyers.\u00a0 But, like beer, I think that most people already know what they want before they hit the store, so end isle displays of pop are a waste of time.<\/p>\n
But, there were no end isle displays of pop, so I had to look for the pop.\u00a0 Well, I found the pop.\u00a0 It was right next to the beer in the pet section.\u00a0 OK.<\/p>\n
Well, I guess they figure that if you need a case of beer you probably also need a pail of Kitty litter.<\/p>\n
And, I suppose you could also pick up a package of doggy snacks.<\/p>\n
I never did find the bread.\u00a0 Progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The other day, when I was in Meijer (regional grocery chain), I over heard one woman asking another “Where’s the bread?” This question surprised me because, judging by her proximity and direction in the store, she must have already pass … Continue reading