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Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy

From	jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com>
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy
Date	2015-07-31 12:13 +0000
Organization	"Have EDDT, will travel"
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Rod Speed wrote:
>
>
> "jmfbahciv" <See.above@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:PM00051C16275C22FF@aca40d24.ipt.aol.com...
>> Rod Speed wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "jmfbahciv" <See.above@aol.com> wrote in message
>>> news:PM00051BEE84810BE9@aca41479.ipt.aol.com...
>>>> Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
>>>>> Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> I'm not sure it's a trend, but one local chain opened a smaller
>>>>>>>>> version
>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> their regular supermarket downtown, so it's in walking distance of
>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>> lot
>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> people.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is commonplace in the UK. Large supermarket chains opening
>>>>>>>> "corner
>>>>>>>> stores"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tesco (the largest supermarket chain in the UK) set up a chain of
>>>>>>> small stores a decade ago in the western US called Fresh & Easy.  It
>>>>>>> was a total flop, lost them £2 billion, went bankrupt in 2013 and
>>>>>>> they
>>>>>>> sold them to Yucaipa, a private equity company that happens to own a
>>>>>>> large share of what's left of A&P.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When I looked at Fresh & Easy stores, they seemed entirely reasonable
>>>>>>> little groceries.  Dunno why Americans don't like them.  The year I
>>>>>>> lived in England I certainly bought a lot of stuff from the small
>>>>>>> Tesco, Sainsbury, M&S, and Co-op stores when I didn't want to schlep
>>>>>>> out to the big ones.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't know where in the "western US", but it's very hard to get
>>>>>> Californians out of their cars.  This sort of thing only works in
>>>>>> urban
>>>>>> areas where the store is in easy walking distance and the customers
>>>>>> are
>>>>>> middle-class or so.  This limits the market, although such areas are
>>>>>> increasing.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't have much interest in going to half a dozen small stores to get
>>>>> food to make tonight's dinner.  Yeah, I should be better about planning
>>>>> meals far enough in advance that I'm not going to the store every day
>>>>> or
>>>>> so....  but I'm not.  My wife and I have tried, and we just don't think
>>>>> that way.
>>>
>>>> I make one supper and eat it for n days.
>>>
>>> I don’t do that for n consecutive days, too boring.
>>>
>>> With some stuff like currys I do make a decent sized batch, eat
>>> the first one freshly made and put the rest into meal sized small
>>> plastic lidded containers in the freezer. Cook just enough rice
>>> for a single meal and do one of those each time one of the
>>> containers is used from the freezer.
>>
>> <snip>
>
>> The goal is to not have to cook.
>
> Its completely trivial to cook rice once you work out how
> to do it in the microwave. Just weight the rice, weigh the
> water, punch in the 2 phase stuff into the microwave, wait
> for it to beep when its done.

It still takes body energy.  To minimize energy expenditure, I
cook a large amount once and then reheat for the meal.

>
>> If I have rice with the entree, I cook enough
>> rice and vegetables for the entire batch.
>
> You still have to heat it up when you eat each bit of the batch.
> Doesn’t take any more effort to cook the rice from scratch.
>

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  Re: OT:  A&P supermarket bankruptcy Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2015-07-22 01:00 +0000
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      Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-07-27 14:08 +0000
        Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2015-07-27 10:00 -0500
        Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-07-27 15:08 +0000
          Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> - 2015-07-27 17:41 +0000
            Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-07-28 00:21 +0000
              Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2015-07-27 21:42 -0600
                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2015-07-27 23:17 -0500
                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2015-07-28 03:30 -0300
                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2015-07-28 08:19 -0600
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                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-07-29 11:18 -0400
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                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2015-07-28 14:24 -0500
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                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-07-28 15:57 -0500
                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2015-07-30 11:58 -0700
                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2015-07-30 14:36 -0500
                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2015-07-30 19:42 -0700
                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2015-07-30 22:06 -0600
                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-07-31 12:14 +0000
                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2015-07-31 07:10 -0600
                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-08-01 12:36 +0000
                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-08-02 05:55 +1000
                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy Tom Dadey <tomdzip1@gmail.com> - 2015-08-02 13:10 -0700
                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-08-03 09:24 +1000
                Re: OT: franchises, was A&P supermarket bankruptcy John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> - 2015-08-03 00:42 +0000
                Re: OT: franchises, was A&P supermarket bankruptcy "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-08-03 14:54 +1000
                Re: OT: franchises, was A&P supermarket bankruptcy hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-08-03 19:43 -0700
                Re: OT: franchises, was A&P supermarket bankruptcy Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-08-04 13:38 +0000
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                Re: OT: franchises, was A&P supermarket bankruptcy JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-08-04 18:45 -0500
                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2015-08-01 15:22 -0500
                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy "JHY" <JHY5566@nospam.com> - 2015-08-02 09:14 +1000
                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2015-08-01 14:24 -0700
                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2015-08-03 13:36 -0500
                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy "JHY" <JHY5566@nospam.com> - 2015-08-02 07:59 +1000
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                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-07-30 23:18 +0000
                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy "JHY" <JHY5566@nospam.com> - 2015-07-31 14:05 +1000
                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2015-07-31 09:48 -0500
                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-07-31 18:00 +0000
                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2015-07-31 17:47 -0700
                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy "JHY" <JHY5566@nospam.com> - 2015-07-30 16:20 +1000
                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 16:31 +1000
                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-07-30 11:50 +0000
                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-31 06:40 +1000
                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2015-07-30 16:57 -0500
                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-31 13:56 +1000
                Re: OT: A&P supermarket bankruptcy jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-07-31 12:13 +0000
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