Vons In 2006

January 5, 2006

Naturally I was curious to see how Vons made it through the mayhem of the last storms—snowstorms and the storm of visitors.

First and foremost, the biggest crisis since the Summer Remodel occurred New Year's Eve, when Mammoth's only supermarket could not keep up with the demand for quality vodka. Good ol' Mammoth, huh? Mammothists beat a path of desire right on over to Country Liquor, scrambled on over to A-Frame Liquor and then began scrounging around in condo cupboards.

Nothing could stop them.

One man found a bottle of Absolut in a golf bag that was in the garage of the single-family home he and his pals from Manhattan Beach were illegally renting for the week.

That's how serious it was.

The cracker aisle took a big hit, too, and we're not talking about jubilant Texans. By the time I got there, the store had been cleaned out of original Triscuits, and the only Cheez-Its left were the big ones. Wheat Thins were in good shape, though.

The other shortage was in parking. With that much snow, that fast, well ...

Suffice it to say that the handicapped parking spots didn't exactly go to the handicapped, you know?

Otherwise, Vons made it through pretty well. Plenty of bags, no severe bread shortages and the Alka Seltzer supply was never threatened.

By the way, is it just me, or are those oversized, plastic carts not exactly holding up? Seeing quite a few cracked and damaged carts, but maybe that's just me, you know? I'm getting nostalgic for the old, smaller, metal carts, though, and who woulda thunk that, ever?

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