A Big Day At Vons

October 9, 2005

By Bump Diamond
Man About Town

    This is the day all of Mammoth has been waiting for.
    No, not the Open House at Main Lodge.
    No, not a drop-dead gorgeous late October day.
    Rather, this is the day of the Vons Grand Re-Opening, capping a 13-week remodel that flummoxed most of us along the way.
    The verdict is in, too, and it's good.
    Vons is a much better store now.  Lots more booze and beer and stuff, and nice wide aisles.  Better produce and etc. etc.  There is nothing in the store that's not better than it was.
    On thing, though:
    The new motto is, "Experience the Unexpected."
    Well, if Vons wants a PR disaster, all they have too do is stick with that motto.
    Me myself, I was in the produce department the other day, looking for sprouts to top off my wowzer Pad Thai. Couldn't find fresh sprouts, and the produce guy shrugged and said they didn't come in on the truck, but there was some packaged "Spicy Sprouts" down by the ginger root.
    "Hey!" said I. "I am experiencing the unexpected!"
    Wait until the holiday weeks come around. If there's snow, like there usually is, all kinds of unexpected things can happen.  One year, Vons ran completely out of bread.  There was another time when the store ran short on grocery bags.  That was unexpected.  And there also was the day they ran out of tampons, which made many of women more than a little ornery around here.  Talk about unexpected!
    But anyway, I'm getting ready to head on down there in about a half hour.  Then off to enjoy the beautiful day before heading up to the hill for the Open House.

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