Word: supermarketer
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...pain, but that's the law, and the bosses are applying it," says a 34 year-old supermarket employee named Christophe who declined to give his last name as he paced the sidewalk for his smoke. Before the ban, Christophe says he and fellow inhalers were allowed to smoke in the large storage room in the central-Paris supermarket. "Now we can't and we're out here," he says, shrugging between drags. "That's life...
...apparent that the inquiry was focusing on a series of unusual stock transactions that had surrounded a bitter takeover fight earlier this year for control of the Distillers Company, makers of Gordon's Gin and Johnnie Walker scotch. Two companies were bidding for Distillers, Guinness and a supermarket chain called the Argyll Group. Both bidders had offered Distillers' shareholders a mix of stock and cash. But shortly before the contest was over, a sudden and mysterious flurry of trading raised the value of Guinness's stock while lowering Argyll's. Its offer thus sweetened, the giant brewery acquired Distillers...
...blocks away, actors rehearse a supermarket scene from the Ostravak show on an intimate round stage equipped with shopping carts. "I was not looking for him," the show's director, Radovan Lipus, shrugs. "I enjoy this game. Once it ends, something nice will be lost. Why couldn't it remain a secret? Who minds...
...very good at turning down a free meal. But I made it for almost three days, during which I ate some surprisingly awesome stuff and felt pretty good, if often hungry. Plus, I saved a lot of time because I could shop in only one supermarket aisle. And to put it delicately, I did not waste many minutes in the bathroom...
...Here's another dubious idea that's gotten plugged in, turned on and marketed as wizardry. Say aloud what you'd like to pick up at the supermarket and this contraption will print out a list for you. Its motto is "Say it. Print it. Go get it!" Hmm. An earlier iteration of grocery-list makers, the pen-paper combo, didn't require batteries or a manual. And it didn't cost $150. Is this progress or regression...