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A blaring car horn sliced through the warm summer’s night. A door swung open on my left, bringing with it swirls of broken conversations from within and the unmistakable aroma of cardamom ensnared my nostrils. On a grocery run for sugar cane and dried mango slices, I found myself standing in the collision site of two different worlds, cultures and philosophies. In the humble street named Oak Tree Road in New Jersey, I saw a part of my identity spilled over across ten blocks of roadside…

In 1833, The Kroger Company was founded by Barney Kroger in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is one of the world’s largest retailers and it operates more than 2,600 stores in 34 states under two dozen banners and 786 convenience stores under 6 banners and 326 jewelry stores under Littman Jewelers and Fred Meyer Jewelers. Today, The Kroger Company operates several store formats for almost every kind of shopper such as, Supermarkets, Multi-department stores, Price-Impact warehouse stores, and Marketplace…

Being that I live in Colorado Springs, Colorado, which is considered to be a big city there are a lot of supermarket chains around the area. I decided to choose three chains that I felt have different business level strategies in order to gain a better grasp on the three questions. First, I chose King Soopers because it is considered to be the local supermarket or something the general population doesn’t consider to be a huge chain, but it in all actuality one can find it all over the nation.…

Filling That Fruit One of the many folk groups that I belong to is the fruit filling folk group. This is just a fun way of saying that I am a produce clerk inside a grocery store. At this position I preform all tasks that have to do with vegetables and fruits. My job is also maintaining a clean and proficient work space and environment. In my position I fill all of the fruit and vegetables after they have been properly conditioned. I also have to clean the trays and racks that hold the produce…

Shopping for groceries is one thing that everyone does in their life, but not all grocery stores provide a good shopping experience for their customers probably because of their “Profit first” business theory. Another reason is that employees in the shop is not being helpful or being friendly. There are different markets or stores available for shopping, but a store that provides pleasant shopping experience is always more preferable to customers because it makes their life easier. Often times,…

One business industry I have knowledge about is the grocery store industry. I worked as a cashier which is at the non-management level for about two years, that job taught me a lot about a business and how they work. It is hard to pick only two business intelligence categories because they are all so relevant in this field. Many people don’t realize what goes into making a company function smoothly and the different bits of intelligence that apply to an industry. A grocery store, I feel, is a…

Motivational Situation at Asda Asda is one of the biggest and leading grocery retail stores in the UK. They first got their start in 1920 in Northern England as a simple dairy farm. Over the years they expanded into Grocery Super Stores and had a total of 200 stores. Asda main selling point was, to sell at lower cost and sell as much as they can. But due to the 1991 economic changes and lack of communication through the executive’s department, the company began to fail. Going from 1 billion…

Not knowing The most unaware anyone can be is when shopping. The fully stocked shelves that have all types of merchandise in various different shapes and colors can make one get lost in the moment. Coming in for a quick stock up on a favorite can lead two bags of merchandise that one didn’t need when coming through the motion-censored doors. These daily struggles aren’t just happening at departments store, but also at your local grocery store. Seeing that canned corn is on the Buy One get One…

The protagonist/ narrator of John Updike’s short story “A&P”, is a caucasian, heterosexual, nineteen year old male, by the name of Sammy. The story takes place in the summer, on a Thursday afternoon, in small town north of Boston, Massachusetts. The story takes place over a short amount of time, when three young caucasion females walk into the local A&P with only their bathing suits on. Throughout the story Sammy 's emotions turn from lust at the beginning of the story (when the three females…

Customer Service Standard and Store Ambience and Layout The store stocks a wide variety of services and goods, which allows for Reed Supermarkets to be a one-stop shop for consumers in the area, driving traffic into stores and enticing potential customers to position themselves around their store. The customer service standard of the Reed Supermarkets is exceptional. Not only is this a huge differentiator in an increasingly automated world, Reed Supermarkets also pays special attention to its…