Word: supermarketeering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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From the very beginning, Netsch had ruled out what he calls "a supermarket cathedral"-a single chapel that can change faith at will, using gimmicks such as revolving altars. Each religion would have a chapel of its own. The Protestants, being in the majority, got the largest, and since the academy service is fairly formal, the chapel was endowed with lofty grandeur. The Roman Catholic chapel and the Jewish place of worship are underneath, which caused one Catholic chaplain to observe: "The Protestants are nearer to Heaven, but they need the head start." The Catholic chapel, with its gentle arches...
Faulk brought suit for libel against AWARE, Inc., and against Vincent Hartnett, writer of the pamphlet, and Laurence Johnson, a Syracuse supermarket operator and AWARE, Inc. member, who energetically circulated Hartnett's pamphlet to TV sponsors. The case finally came to trial last April...
...department stores. Not having their money tied up in huge and costly property, the discounters moved out to where the housewives and buyers were, catered to the car-borne family trade by providing huge parking lots, kept night hours, and sold on Sundays. The typical discount center became part supermarket, part department store, part carnival. (The pretzel vendor who operates in front of Korvette's discount center in Westbury, Long Island, pays Korvette $800 a month rent.) Even when the department stores began opening more and more suburban branches, the discounters continued to prosper...
Slice the Pasta. The supermarkets have grown fastest in Europe's rich soil. In Florence and Milan, the Rockefellers' International Basic Economy Corp. has opened eight supermarkets that the Italians fondly call "the Americano stores"; the Americanos have brought down the price of pasta as much as 40%. In Belgium, Chicago's Jewel Tea and Antwerp's Grand Bazar company have combined to open eleven supermarkets in the past two years, and last fortnight announced plans to open four more. Not only do these Belgian markets dramatically undersell corner grocers (examples...
Bumps in the Aisle. The supermarketeers have run into some initial opposition in Europe. In Italy, Communists damn the supermarket as "American monopolies," and local chambers of commerce have a way of stalling licenses for new ones. In France big stores are taxed more heavily than small shops...