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SUGGESTION BOX NOTES: We would like to extend our thanks to the small number
of patrons who take the time to jot 'down their desires or comments and drop
these ideas into the suggestion box located on the sales floor. As we mention
ed previously, we are looking for new; items to add to our stocks and we feel
that you patrons are our best source of information. Your attention is invited
to the new/ form we are using for your suggestions and if you would like a spec
ific reply to one of your suggestions., please insure that you have filled in
your name and box number. We have quite a number of new items on order which
should be arriving on the next two cargo vessels (new snack items, baking mixes,
frostings, puddings, cookies, corn flake crumbs, plus adequate stocks of the
small cans of fruits and vegetables which proved more popular than we anticipat
ed )•
FROZEN PASTRIES DUE NEXT MONTH: We know that many of you patrons will be happy ^
to hear that we will be back in business with a complete line of frozen pastries ^
with the arrival of the first ship in October (the 20th). The CB‘s expect to
complete their big job of renovating our main Cold Storage facilities in the near
future and once again we will havs the storage facilities to stock Frozen state
side bread, bown & serve rolls, waffles, engldsh muffins and the frozen breakfast
pastries so many of you have been inquiring about. Again, we thank all of our
patrons for their cooperation in "doing without" during the past few months.
HELP WANTED! Not a major crisis, but lately we have been finding many items that
patrons have apparently intended buying, but later changed their minds and they
will unload the particular item wherevsrrthey chance to be. Generally speaking
it is not too much trouble for our personnel to replace these items in their re
spective places, however we do feel that a line should be drawn when we find such
items as ice cream and other frozen foods left on shelves thru-out the store.
These items are perishable and besides being messy," they are usually unfit for
sale when we find them several hours later. ^
SHOPPING CARTS; We have tried to be patient and have made it a point to period
ically mention the requirement that shopping carts are expected to be returned to
the sales floor as soon as the patron has removed the packages upon transferring
their purchases to their private vehicles. Unfortunately it appears that approx
imately 5/o of the patrons are complying with this directive. This requirement is
not merely "policy" of the store management, it is included (and posted) with the
basic Commissary Store Regulations. As we have mentioned in our previous articles
on this subject, this regulation is no different than the regular practice at any
stateside Commissary Store. True, most large super-markets do provide help in
transporting large purchases to your vehicle, but they1are operating under two
factors quite unique from our situation, (l) competition (2) considerable prof
its from which they can afford to pay for such services. Unless we are success
ful in making "converts" out of the 95% group of patrons we will have no choice
but to revise our regulations whereby shopping carts will not be permitted to
leave the sales floor proper of the Commissary Store and patrons will be require
ed to carry their purchases from the check-out stands. It seems ridiculous to
have to go to such measures to jolt patrons in line, but we feel we have no choice*