On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 09:29:07 -0500, Brian Lawson
wrote:



Hey Jim,

And now you reminded me of another one from my past. 1958, Edmonton,
Alberta gets a new Loblaws grocery store, and Brian gets a bag-boy
job. The store was the first that had a bakery sales shop as an
'associated' vendor within. Now remember it was 1958, so the store
was closed on Sundays, and on Saturday afternoon, the un-sold baked
goods went on special half-price to employees. So the regular sales
dropped while we all waited for the late special pricing. The bakery
company manager didn't like us doing that and said to the girls at the
bakery counter "No more at half-price. If it isn't sold by five
o'clock , it must be put into the garbage cans out back!!" So all us
Loblaws employees chipped in a buck and bought three nice new large
galvanized garbage cans for the bakery ladies to put stuff in. Worked
a treat (pun intended).

Early fifties, and the Bread Company used to deliver to the grocery
stores four miles each way from us,three times a week. Company policy
permitted en-route sales more than three miles from an outlet, so they
could stop at our house and drop off a group order for all three
neighbours. Since we had pigs and chickens they could safely dispose
of stale baked goods. This worked well until one neighbour thought he
should get a cut of the freebies and demanded that the truck stop at
his house which was within the three mile limit. From then on, we had
to stipulate that none of the group purchase would go to this
individual.
This is where I developed my taste for somewhat well aged baked goods!
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada