Best Stupidmarket
Brooklyn1 wrote:
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> sf wrote:
>>> Jean B. wrote:
>>>
>>>> That's one reason why I also don't like the idea of using one
>>>> of the delivery systems. I want to assess ripeness for example.
>>>
>>> I have the same misgivings about ordering produce. However, I was in
>>> one of my stores and saw someone doing the "shopping" - he really took
>>> his time and picked out the best produce. I was happy to see it, but
>>> also wondered how often that happens. One guy in one store, one time
>>> does not make a trend.
>>
>> Smart stores do it that way. My wife worked for local produce supplier
>> with an excellent reputation for high quality. In addition to retail,
>> they supplied some of the nicer local restaurants.
>>
>> The long time owner retired. The new owner no longer picked the best.
>> You just sent what was grabbed out of the bin. About a year and a half
>> later, he was out of business and did not know why.
>
> When I was a kid there were essentially no stupidmarkets, food stores
> were individualized, butcher, deli, green grocer, bakery, fish monger,
> dairies, small general stores that sold dry goods; grains, canned
> goods, cleaning products, hardware, pharmacy, and others. Most of
> these individualized stores delivered for free, you phoned in your
> order or sent a child with a written list to be delivered or to buy a
> small order to carry home. There was enough competition to ensure
> that the shopkeepers delivered only their best products in order to
> keep their regular customers... sometimes they'd tell a customer that
> something was not very good so would recommend something else. These
> small stores couldn't afford to mistreat their customers... and their
> service was impeccable, in those times "The customer is always right."
> was a truism.
>
Too bad this is not the situation now.
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