Karen Kraft
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… living in large numbers in your neighborhood?
Some people think a neighborhood comes down with Mexicans the same way it might be inflicted with flies or grasshoppers. Just to be clear, we are not talking about La Chicanada. No, I mean real, honest-to-God, born-in Mexico MEXICANS. These are two substantially different cultures and blending them in this discussion is beyond the point.
Anyway, if you DO have Mexicans in large numbers, and you still are shopping at Safeway-Vons-The Pavilion, Kroger (Ralphs, Smiths, Fry’s, Fred Meyer, etc.), Albertsons, and so on, for mean, fruit, and vegetables, you need to hunt for a Mexican Supermarket. Admittedly, painting with a broad brush here, one notices that in most Latino families, the girls do the shopping and the boys do the eating. Like their Norteamericano counterparts, The Men are responsible for all things BBQ. That is universal, so it seems. That said, you can sell good looking but crappy produce to Gringos, but not so much to many Latino grocery shoppers. They tend to take their time and carefully inspect and evaluate each and every item they select before placing in their carts. Additionally, they expect staple food items to be perpetually “on sale” without the necessity of a loyalty card membership.
If you do not have enough Mexicans to support a dedicated supermarket, like Vallarta Supermarket*, either you have to import more Mexicans or you have to move. Simple as that.
*http://www.vallartasupermarket.com/
As you were.
Some people think a neighborhood comes down with Mexicans the same way it might be inflicted with flies or grasshoppers. Just to be clear, we are not talking about La Chicanada. No, I mean real, honest-to-God, born-in Mexico MEXICANS. These are two substantially different cultures and blending them in this discussion is beyond the point.
Anyway, if you DO have Mexicans in large numbers, and you still are shopping at Safeway-Vons-The Pavilion, Kroger (Ralphs, Smiths, Fry’s, Fred Meyer, etc.), Albertsons, and so on, for mean, fruit, and vegetables, you need to hunt for a Mexican Supermarket. Admittedly, painting with a broad brush here, one notices that in most Latino families, the girls do the shopping and the boys do the eating. Like their Norteamericano counterparts, The Men are responsible for all things BBQ. That is universal, so it seems. That said, you can sell good looking but crappy produce to Gringos, but not so much to many Latino grocery shoppers. They tend to take their time and carefully inspect and evaluate each and every item they select before placing in their carts. Additionally, they expect staple food items to be perpetually “on sale” without the necessity of a loyalty card membership.
If you do not have enough Mexicans to support a dedicated supermarket, like Vallarta Supermarket*, either you have to import more Mexicans or you have to move. Simple as that.
*http://www.vallartasupermarket.com/
As you were.
