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...POTASHBROS.COM This small Chicago grocer's site impressed us with its convenient, 30-min. windows and same-day delivery for orders placed by 10 a.m. Asparagus and vine-ripened tomatoes arrived "perfect and unblemished," our secret shopper reports. Best of all, she adds, "I didn't have to wait in line and worry about my car being hit in the parking lot by crazy carts." Delivery is from...
...disappointed to find a slim selection of fresh fish and organic food. "I had to go through six pages of yogurt to find out that they didn't have any organic yogurt," he says. And while the delivery person was prompt and polite (deliveries are scheduled in 90-min. blocks from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.), the fresh flowers the shopper ordered were forgotten. He decided he'd rather avoid the $9.95 delivery fee and do his own shopping...
...quality of the produce was mixed: tomatoes were red and ripe but bean sprouts were wilted, watery and brown. Still, "I would definitely do it again," she says. The minimum order is $50, with a $7.95 delivery fee. Deliveries are from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. in 90-min. slots...
...disappointed" with the generals' refusal to grant him a visa for the past six months so that he could try to foster dialogue between the two sides: "I really cannot understand why I'm being denied access." Apparently the change in tactics was effective. Junta spokesman Colonel Hla Min announced last week that the U.N. envoy would be allowed back into Burma for four days beginning June 6. Several analysts said the generals may have relented because of hints the European Union and the U.S. were considering broadening economic sanctions against the regime. Burma's banking system is already near...
...business model is even more intriguing--is that it ignores the received wisdom about luxury-obsessed boomers. Curves' gyms are small, simple workout joints, often in strip malls, that cater to overweight women who have never worked out. They offer only one service: a tightly structured, 30-min. circuit-training workout on eight to 12 exercise machines. A recorded voice tells you when to move to the next machine. Most locations are open just seven hours a day, and there are no showers, massages or fruit smoothies. You walk in, follow the drill and leave...