Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've gotten some great wines from our Nugget Market wine stewards who know their trade and their wines and have learned what I like so they recommend things. I dont' buy $$$ wine and they know I like to try local products and I have uniformly had pleasant results on <$20 and even <$10 wine. I think it matters to have a place where customer service is considered important. Adam On 3/6/07, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> wrote: > > On Mar 6, 2007, at 8:32 PM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote: > > > Here's an toast of some "inner aisle" California red wine to ya' > > Tina! Can I have some ice cream later? > > Gary Todoroff > > > > At 04:56 PM 03/06/07, you wrote: > >> At 07:08 PM 3/6/2007, you wrote: > >>> But the real killers are in the supermarket aisles. They make the > >>> fast > >>> food outlets look like pikers. > >>> > >>> Adam > >> > >> The best policy is to shop the "outside" aisles. Only the produce, > >> fresh meat and seafood, and dairy. Avoid all of the packaged meals, > >> carbohydrates, and sugars lurking in those inside aisles. I just > >> bought groceries today and nothing was in a package or box. I never > >> buy anything that has any type of sugar or especially high fructose > >> corn syrup listed in the ingredients. It takes a lot longer to read > >> all of the labels but it's worth it. > >> > >> Tina > > > Tina is right about the lower calorie foods being located on the > outside aisles of supermarkets. Supermarket designers and art museum > curators (my wife is one) are well aware of the right turning > tendency of shoppers and museum visitors. After entering the door, > most visitors turn right and proceed in a counter clockwise direction > around the facility. Supermarkets put the quick purchase necessities > like milk, eggs, bread, etc. on the far left outside aisle so the > prospective purchaser has to tour around the entire store to get to > the stuff he/she came for. Who knows how many impulse items are > bought by hungry consumers on the way to pick up a bottle of milk? > Paintings are hung in art museums on the assumption that visitors > will proceed in a similar counter clockwise direction. > > Curiously the big Tesco's supermarket where I used to shop in Wales > was laid out in exactly the opposite manner. The Brits shop in > reverse as well as drive on the wrong side of the road. > > Regrettably wine is not sold in supermarkets in New York State. > Certainly not California wine. Not even New York State wine. > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >