The Harbor's First Modern Grocery Store

First a little back ground as to what this store was all about. The first store was located in downtown Pittsburgh. He had one guy working for him. The store specialized

Somewhat annoyed by these conversational familiarities, Captain Delano turned curiously upon the attendant, then glanced inquiringly at

From somewhere in the stillness, she felt a soft breeze on her neck and heard a faint whisper in her ear “Lacey....” A trickle of fear ran down her spine as she gave a furtive glance around the room. She was alone, wasn’t she? Were there vagrants in the area? Afraid and needing to hear a human voice, she called out, “Hello? Is anyone here?”

In 1905 Florence Butt moved her family to Kerrville, Texas, with a sixty- dollar loan, where she then established Butt’s Staple and Fancy Grocery. A one – roomed grocery store on the bottom floor of the family home. In 1919 her younger son, Howard Butt’s ranned the business, delivering groceries from a wagon. Later on Howard Butt’s introduced low cost distribution, and eliminated the middleman, by maximizing profit and becoming the store manager.

Marion Nestle, a teacher at New York University, examines how supermarkets are designed and how the design affects consumers in her essay “The Supermarket: The Prime Estate”. “Nestle teaches in the department of nutrition, food studies, and public health” (496). The essay was published in one of her numerous books, What to Eat: An Aisle-by-Aisle Guide to Savvy Food Choices and Good Eating in 2006. Nestle investigates the strategic method behind the store’s layout in this essay for the average consumer. Nestle portrays the manipulations of supermarkets to sell the most products possible to consumers through the store’s order and design through logos, pathos, and cause and consequence in the development of her essay.

First, we compare Lutie and Linda from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. This is the

Earlier that afternoon, as he watched the town emptying to fill up the first season night at the Inlet Inn, it occurred to him that Lowell’s might provide answers and this would be an opportune time to find them.(The ledger had raised more questions.) In all likelihood, Glenn was planning to meet the Isabella to obtain

Thus, as she walks down the darkened streets of her neighborhood, Nell notes that she particularly enjoys her costume because it enables her to be “unseen, unknown, potentially terrifying, though all the time retaining, underneath, [her] own harmless, mundane, and dutiful self” (27). Nell had even attempted to capture this same duality when she constructed the costume, hoping that her paper mâché creation would convey both the “grisly legend” and the “joke” of the original story (24, 25). Unfortunately, the reception by the adults of the community is not what she hopes for. Over and again, they ask her, “’And who are you supposed to be?’” (28). On the other hand, Nell’s high-strung little sister Lizzie knows exactly how to react to her disguise—she screams in terror, and her screams only intensify when Nell reveals that she is the one beneath the

In 1883 Bernard (Barney) Kroger invested 372 dollars that consisted of his life savings to open the first ‘Kroger’ grocery. That first store, located at 66 Pearl Street in downtown Cincinnati, would soon turn into the giant retail chain that consists of nearly 2,500 stores all over the country and most recently produced sales of over 76 billion dollars. Barney Kroger was revolutionary in the formation of the modern grocery, in that he was the first grocer to have his own bakery, as well as selling meat and other groceries all under one roof. Kroger was also the first to manufacture the products that he in turn sold in his own store. This was the beginning of what is today one of the largest food manufacturing companies in America.

In “Miss Brill,” Katherine Mansfield utilizes Miss Brill’s thoughts and actions and the surroundings to characterize Miss Brill as a lonely character. Mansfield immediately introduces Miss Brill with a very odd scene that shows her conversation with the fur coat. This quickly and effectively establishes the type of person Miss Brill is. As a result, Mansfield suggests that Miss Brill is a lonely and an “abnormal” person to illustrate to the audience how society treats those who are not considered “normal” through the later actions of a young couple.

“Let me break that delusion of yours: you have no choice. Take the knife and do what you are told, Aisling.” The pencil tip tapped impatiently against her mother’s notebook, and each pointed descent further grated on her nerves, scraping against her eardrums. If asked, Aisling would insist that the woman before her wasn’t her mother…throughout her life, nay, existence; the woman had hardly ever showed her any warmth associated with such a role. And the near non-existent moments she had, it was to manipulate Aisling into doing what she wanted. Every interaction was bred out of necessity…were this not so important, she was sure the other would have given up years ago.

All the harbor girls whispered in delight; gossiping, speculating and wondering who would land the first date with this new guy.

Steve Oliver Maass purchased a grocery store that was in bankruptcy back in 1988, in Cotati, CA, mortgaging his house to come up with the payment of $200,000. Although he had no grocery store experience besides working in the produce department of one, he felt he could not do any worse than the previous owner did. The store was run down and a mess requiring a lot of cleaning. With limited funds, he was only able to paint instead of doing much remodeling, as he wanted to do. Maass renamed the store Oliver’s Market after his middle name, and he and his wife worked the store for the first four years. During those years, Oliver’s added a Service deli and a Health foods section. Following the format of Whole Foods, Oliver’s carried a

While Reed had started as a lower-end retailer 80 years ago, it had continually expanded and upgraded its stores, adding new departments and expanding higher-margin offerings like prepared foods and flowers. For two decades, Reed stores had been considered high-end in the supermarket business. In addition to a full assortment of standard groceries, baked goods, meats, seafood, paper goods, and health and beauty items and a pharmacy, a typical Reed’s featured a vast case of mostly fresh seafood, including live lobsters and crabs; imported packaged goods ranging from 27 kinds of mustard to three different brands of snails; and an array of 20 different prepared entrees available for takeaway. The chain was well-known for the quality of its produce and its emphasis on organic produce. Reed also differentiated itself by offering attractive stores, long hours, elegant (and often creative) serving-case displays, and exceptionally attentive customer service. The checkout clerks wore distinctive red aprons, greeters offered free cookies to customers on the weekend, high staffing levels ensured short checkout times, and runners shuttled bags to customers’ cars—no tipping, please.

Summer of 1989 was blazing hot and maybe hotter than ‘88. Paulie and his brothers, most likely Italian, came to the hood and opened a supermarket on Broad and Wingohocking streets. They looked out for us in the hood by giving us cashier, stock, or office jobs. Baggers were also hired ranging from the ages of 9-16. Sometimes as a bagger, you’d make 25-40 dollars a day in quarters and