On Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:32:48 +0000, Horry wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:10:11 -0500, metspitzer wrote:
>
>> I sat down in a Mexican restaurant today in Georgia. I was the only
>> customer. It was only around 4:30 so I really didn't think much about
>> it being empty.
>>
>> The menu was Spanish only.......I ordered a burrito and sweet tea. The
>> girl said there was no tea made in broken English. She pointed to a
>> drink cooler with an open glass display. I pointed to a Fanta Orange.
>>
>> She took the my order to the back...........When she came back I
>> said.....No chips? She brought out an order of chips and salsa. The
>> chips were cold. One of them looked like it had been recycled.
>>
>> The thing that struck me as most odd was that the Fanta orange had a
>> stick on label on the back with the nutrition information. At the
>> bottom of the label it said.....made in India. I took a picture of
>> the drink label with my cell phone, but my USB cable is broke.
>
> The Fanta was probably bought from a "cheap imports" store.
>
> We've got a few of them in our city. Crates and crates of close to the
> best-by date goods, imported from exotic overseas locations.
>
> $1.99 for a 500g can of Nescafe coffee from Vietnam, $2 for a pack of 6
> strange toothpastes from Indonesia, $1.50 for 10 cans of Indian Fanta
> etc., etc.
Ours are apparently called "Rite Price Grocery Clearance Stores".
Here's a thread about some dodgy juice.
http://www.adelaidetalkbacksa.com/fo...ead.php?t=4359