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Petmol, Nico, Pekar, Blend-a-Med, Fairy... familiar brands to us in Russia, but likely a bit hard to recognize in southern Manitoba! Lena will certainly need some help when it comes to shopping in Canada–not too many similarities on our grocery shelves! Would some of you avid shoppers mind jotting down some of your shopping wisdom during the next few months? It would be a great help to Lena if she had some kind written guide to shopping in a foreign land! (Perhaps a ladies groups would like to tackle such a "guide" together?)The above was posted in our latest newsletter, and the suggestions are coming in! In order to help people see what has been suggested already, I've decided to post the helpful info on this blog!
Got any suggestions or tips for foreigners as they transistion to shopping in the North American marketplace? Drop them off in the comments, or send an email to lenahamm -at- gmail -dot- com. Thanks for your help!
posted by Kevin R. Hamm @ 9:50 p.m.
1 Comments:
At February 28, 2006 5:30 a.m.,
Anonymous said…
Dear Lena,
My name is Kirt Purdy, and I am an old friend of Kevin's from his Camp Arnes days.
One trick that the marketing departments have utilized in the West is the use of the word "light". BEWARE! "Light" can refer to anything, including weight, calories, fat content, or even the colour of the product!
Also, Superstore tends to display it's current coupons at the entrance, so you can save time.
One thing we do look for when we try a new grocery store is the "return-factor". Simply, if an item is not up to the quality you desired, (usually fruit, meat or dairy), you don't want to waste time convincing the staff that you are unhappy. Look for a store with staff who will quickly replace the unwanted item with a satisfactory one, and also apologize. This will save you time, money and energy in the long run.
Well, so long. I have to return some bad peaches I just bought at Extra Foods in Camrose.
Kirt
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