"Gregory Morrow" > wrote in message
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/10/bu...10grocery.html
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> After years of building bigger stores - many larger than a football field
> and carrying 60,000 items - retailers are experimenting with radically
> smaller grocery stores that emphasize prepared meals, fresh produce and
> grab-and-go drinks.
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> The idea is to lure time-starved shoppers who want to pick up a few items
> or
> a fast meal without wandering long grocery aisles or paying restaurant
> prices.

Makes a lot of sense. We have three grocery stores in town. Two are big and
carry everything including books, small appliances and aisles of stuff I
never look at. So, when I need one or two quick items I go to the smallest
store and grab what I need at prices often lower. In and out in about a
quarter of the time.