Trivially Speaking: Old-Time Grocery Stores Were Worth Checking Out

Trivially Speaking: Old-time grocery stores were worth checking out

National Tea, Red Owl, Council Oak. Could those be the codes for access to a Defense​ Department Signal Chat or even the pass codes to shoot the nukes? Probably not, although at one point in time my security clearance was higher than some of those included on recent​ classified chats. Nor were they possible “shoot the nukes” codes — which I opened unwittingly during a “practice” exercise some decades ago. They are actually the names of some groc…

COLUMN: From bag boy to shopper — how grocery stores have changed

From night shifts stocking summer crowds to dodging skids in narrow aisles, reporter Bob Bruton shares how industry has aged — and not for the better