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SHOPPING HOURS - As this article goes to press we will be trying out a new system
for the peak business period of "ship arrival" and we will be interested in your
comments to guide us on future plans* It is foreseen that many of the patrons
may have to make two trips to accomplish what used to be accomplished in a single
trip, however we are basically interested in making maximum distribution of per
ishable products to the maximum number of patrons within the shortest period of
time* In addition, two of our blankety blank cash registers are out of commission
and undergoing repairs in Anchorage, which under normal heavy business hours could
result in long waiting periods to get checked out with your purchases* Speaking
of shopping hours, we are happy to see more and more patrons taking advantage of
our late shopping hours every Friday night (open regularly, until 1930). In case
you like to avoid the rush and leisurely shop, we suggest you try shopping during
the period from 1830 to 1930. Speaking of the devil and the old axium of "Trying
to please everybody and pleasing nobody", I just received a phone call from one
of our patrons who identified herself as a representative of six patrons already
complaining about our trial experiment for modified shopping hours this Saturday ^
and Monday* Please ladies, as the English say "Give er a fair go, Ladies" and
then let us know your comments. We are here to serve the majority in the best
possible manner and our present and future policies will be along those guidelines*
SPECIALS! Far too many to attempt to list, but they will include canned fruits,
canned meats and frozen pastries. The sale will commence on Tuesday 25 July, We
strongly recommend that you take advantage of these while they last, as we will
be shifting to different items on a strictly unannounced schedule,
GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY! During-the vacation period, we have been encountering heavy
"Juvenile" shoppers duly authorized by their mothers to make specific purchases
at the store, however we are discovering that many ofthese youngsters get carried
away with some of the goodies they chance to notice and lo and behold, when it
comes time to pay up fpr the-it6tae*theya' have adctodlatedy many bfmthem- have in
sufficient funds as "Momma" has provided only enough to cover the main item. We
do not wish to knock off the practice of admitting youngsters for emergency pur
chases, but we would like to emphasis "please provide your youngster with a note
and inform them to present this note to any one of the sales clerks and we will
be most happy to assist your youngster in making the purchase. We feel that you
will be rewarded with the right item and you will be helping us out considerably
with our lack of sufficient funds situation,
GENERAL MESS PASTRIES AND SPECIAL BREADS - Demand for these items is far exceed
ing the limited manpower production of the General Mess Bakery and we feel that
"limits" are the only way we can make a fair distribution of these tasty items.
This past week we instituted a policy of one loaf of "french" or "rye" bread per
customer and also a limit of one bag (6 each) Saturday morning pastries per cust
omer. (Consoling thought for the day "Think of all the calories you will be
eliminating"! )
DRIVE CAREFULLY -FOR YOUR CAR'S SAKE
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