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He's elusive, everyone knows that much. And we found one of his Vons lists recently. It had rice noodles, pad thai sauce, miso soup, bagged salad and Mammoth Brewing Co.'s Double Nut Brown.
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The Vons Report Archive
Bagged Salad Crisis At Vons
November 21, 2005
A bagged salad crisis, which also involved some bagged veggies and all alfalfa sprouts, developed overnight Nov. 20 at Vons, where bagged salads occupy a whole wall in the produce section. Nobody wanted this.A Big Day At Vons
November 14, 2005
This was the day all of Mammoth was been waiting for.No, not the Open House at Main Lodge.
No, not a drop-dead gorgeous late October day.
Rather, this was 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.
A Big Day At Vons
October 9, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan 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...Vons Adds A Meat And Fish Counter
October 1, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town Hey look at that, will ya? That's a meat and fish counter, with an actual butcher, just like supermarkets in the rest of the world, right here at our very own Vons. ...Finally, A Little Sense At Vons
September 12, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town Just before I got outta Dodge for a little low-altitude attitude I dropped in at Vons to experience another slice of remodeling horror, but I didn't get it. The store is...Vons Is Getting Really Messy
August 31, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town Everybody knew this re-model was going to be an ordeal, but clearly some shoppers at Vons are going out of their skulls trying to navigate through the store. Doesn't help that it's...Cheese On Aisle 4
August 29, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town Lotsa locals are wandering around Vons this weekend looking a little bit like ducks that have been hit in the head with a mallet. It's starting to get to where nothing is...The Beer, Wine And Booze Have Moved
August 28, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town Very disorienting stuff happening at Vons all week, but nothing like Friday and Saturday, when they moved the beer and the booze. This is all about the 10-week re-model of our only grocery...Vons Pharmacy Aisles Take A Hit
August 23, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town Just got back from Vons to see what's what with the big remodel, and there's a lot, that's what. I already covered, in my last post to The Vons Report, the disappearance...10 Weeks Of Nightmare At Vons
August 17, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town The mayhem has begun at Vons, Mammoth's only supermarket. Over the next 10 weeks the store will be remodeled, according to store employees, who say the schedule—it is the height of the...Long Lines For No Apparent Reason
July 4, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town I don't mean to be gripin', what with a bona fide summer day out there and all, but wow the situation at Vons last night was way grim. This was about 7...Vons Is Paved Over, Creating Agitation
June 22, 2005
By Lyin' Judy Bridger Now this is what we call a crisis day. Black Gold Asphalt showed up at Vons yesterday and bollixed up the whole neighborhood, and that ain’t no lie. It's likely to happen again...VONS TO REMODEL IN AUGUST
An inside-out makeover
April 29, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town In Mammoth, the Center of the Universe is at Vons Supermarket, somewhere between frozen foods and the pharmacy. The Universe is about to be remade, at just about the worst time imaginable. ...
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