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Those waiting in line, mostly working women or elderly pensioners, stand grim-faced, speaking little and frequently checking the time. If they wait too long in the meat line, they may find no fresh bread, milk or cheese. Some shoppers solve this problem by having someone hold a place for them in one line while they scurry over to another shop and queue up for something else. That tactic has its risks. If the first line moves too fast, the shopper might find that he has lost his place when he gets back...
...should have broken into a smile. The American Express-Shearson marriage was part of a rapidly accelerating revolution in the U.S. financial world. Banks like New York's Citibank and brokerage firms like Merrill Lynch are now attempting to become nationwide financial centers that could eventually provide a shopper's choice of money services ranging from life insurance to traveler's checks. This trend got a big push in March when Prudential Insurance offered to pay $385 million to buy Bache Group Inc., parent company of Bache Halsey Stuart Shields, the sixth largest U.S. broker. Said James...
Before you congratulate yourself for being such a savvy shopper, one caution: Always pay monthly bills in full to avoid interest charges...
Gourmets of moderate means often scrimp on basic foods like breakfast cereals so that they can splurge on exotica. Jamail's, the premier gourmet store in Houston, offers this kind of shopper a spectrum of choices from Van Camp's pork and beans to shark meat pâté. Moreover, epicurean dining need not be exorbitant. Fine Italian pasta at $2.10 per lb. makes a cheaper meal than American beef tenderloin at about $4 per lb. Says Frank Cloudt, who owns a gourmet grocery in Atlanta: "People would rather have an exquisite beef stew than a mediocre...
...which was introduced last week, is not the same as familiar plastic money. With a normal credit card, the bill for a shopping spree may not arrive for weeks. But with MasterCard II, which bankers call a debit card, payment takes place instantly. A computer deducts funds from the shopper's bank account and transfers them into that of the store or restaurant where purchases have been made. Cardholders may carry either the regular MasterCard, MasterCard II, or both...