Managing to break free from my mother’s grasp, I charged. With arms flailing and chubby legs fluttering beneath me, I was the ferocious two year old rampaging through Costco on a Saturday morning. My mother’s eyes widened in horror as I jettisoned my churro; the cinnamonsugar rocket gracefully sliced its way through the air while I continued my spree. I sprinted through the aisles, looking up in awe at the massive bulk products that towered over me. Overcome with wonder, I wanted to touch and taste, to stick my head into industrialsized freezers, to explore every crevice. I was a conquistador, but rather than searching the land for El Dorado, I scoured aisles for free samples. Before inevitably being whisked away into a shopping cart, I…
“It works just as good as the name brand,” my mother would always suggest. As I have matured, I regret to admit that, in most instances, my mother’s notion was right. Consequently, those very words describe my shopping nature. When I think of what kind of shopper I am and how I have developed my shopping habits, there are three factors that are responsible for my consumer behavior. Those factors include my childhood shopping experiences, my knowledge of advertising and marketing, and my persona.…
Just a reminder, there will be a Food Handers course today, at 1300. The location will be the Bob Hope theater on MCAS Miramar. The course will last about 30 minutes. I would encourage Sailors and Marines who are volunteering, try to attend the course today. The LAST Food Handlers course will be Wednesday, 20 September at 1300. Please continue to pass word for this event, the last couple of days to sign up is approaching. If a person is thinking about volunteering, advised them to at least attend the course. Therefore, if they become available the course is completed. If you have any question, please contact me. Have a great day.…
When I first joined Walmart about six year or so ago, I had to run my store like a mom and pa store. If you don’t know what that mean it is a small town store that runs off of old fashion know how. I would have customers coming into the store yell at me why did not carry an item from there country. My only replay to that at first was we are in America that is why. Them I notice that I was being close minded and need to capture that market that I was missing out on. Being a manager in south Florida area there are about five to seven different type of people from different areas around the world. I have Jamaican, Spanish, and etc so I needed to reach out to the comutinty.so I did through the Walmart’s store of the community program I was able…
I have worked with Frito-Lay for a little under five years, I am pleased with my progress and I am always striving to be promoted. My boss calls me and wants to meet with me at one of our top account stores named Kroger’s at two o’clock. This meeting is a big deal to me because I want to show the boss that I have been doing my job quite well. I arrive at Kroger’s and proceed in the store, once I am in the store I go to the Frito-Lay display and I see that our product display size has been narrowed down. I panic because it is ten minutes until the time my boss will be arriving. What do I do?…
Once upon a time I lived a semi normal life. The last day I lived that life was Thanksgiving of 2002. The people that made up my semi normal life was Papa, Nannie, Mom, Aunt Jodi, and me. As you may of concluded it was Thanksgiving, but this one wasn’t like the rest. We were going to Chicago to my Aunt Jackie and Uncle John’s house to have Thanksgiving dinner.…
After a long while of thinking about what I believe in, I finally found the solution. I believe in cookies. Well, now you’re probably thinking this is some kind of dumb joke and that I’m not being sincere. But, it’s not what you think. Now you’re more than likely waiting for some sort of symbolism about cookies and their delicious, crispy edges. But no, we’re talking real cookies, right out of the oven, fresh off of the cookie sheet.…
i stole the crisp ten dollar bill you let on the edge of the table for your waitress, and not my grimy six year old hands.…
In major cities in the United States, citizen`s access to affordable nutritious food has become an emerging issue. Citizens find themselves without healthy options for nutritious food to feed themselves or their children. This is due to physical distance from supermarkets, food affordability, and many other factors. This phenomenon has been defined as a food desert. The Congressional report to the Economic Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture, about 2.3 million people (or 2.2 percent of all US households) live more than one mile away from a supermarket and do not own a car. This lack of transportation in conjunction with many over variables that will be discussed has contributed to this current issue in public health. A lack of healthy options could lead to poor diets and to diet-related conditions such as obesity or diabetes. If low-income households in food deserts can only purchase food at higher prices, they may be more prone to food insecurity—not having enough food for active, healthy living.…
The most depressing Thanksgiving for me so far was last year. Not because of food or anything but I had to meet my sister’s new boyfriend.…
As many of us try to become healthier in this overweight world, we turn to what we perceive is healthier, such as locally grown foods. Although locally grown foods appeal to many as beneficial to the environment and more nutritious, there are many more potent ways to become healthier while improving the environment and economy . The reality is that locally grown food does not significantly reduce the environmental and nutritional effects of food production, and therefore is not notably beneficial to the economy.…
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 says, “Two are better than one…If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!.” Chocolate chip cookies rank third most popular dessert in the USA. In order to enjoy the classic dessert, the baker will need both chocolate chips and cookie dough. Without chocolate chips, I would refer to the dessert as a simple cookie instead of a chocolate chip cookie; in the same way, without the cookie dough, I cannot refer to the chocolate chips as a chocolate chip cookie. Oddly enough, true friendships relate to chocolate chip cookies. Similar to how the chocolate chips and the cookie dough depend on each other to make a classic dessert, people count on each other as well. A close…
I could enter a time machine, I would love to be able to go back in time when I was a child. Taking the knowledge I have now from the life lessons I have experienced, I would definitely be able to change my life and take advantage of things like my parents and a high school education. Your parents try to explain to you the importance of school and an education when you are a child, but it is only after when you become an adult that you realize the value and importance it has and how it will benefit your life and future. I guess you can say as a parent, you are going back in time with your children, except you are hoping that they will learn from your experiences and live their life how you wish you could have.…
I’m sure that everyone at least once in his or her life thought: “If I could go back in time, I would…”. I think every person has something in their past that would want to change: some people regret about mistakes they’ve done, others about things they wanted to do, but didn’t resolve to. Mine would be that if I could go back in time I would pick one of the gifts I am good at and focus on one of them.…
But in away i think we us people think we can change time so we can go back to the places we loved and to be with the people we loved that we have lost another reson i would love to go back 5 years to the farm is because my gramal was still alive.i was really atached to my gramal we would do alot together she lived right up the road from me and evertime i got hurt she would make sure i got better i rember being out at the farm and getting hurt and i went over to my gramal and she made me all better there isnt a day that gose by where i do miss my gramal she one of the reasons i wanted to be a fire fighter not cause i wanted to be like my grampal but because i wanted to be like my gramal and grandpal there two weeks ago i got my first fire i was aould to go into it was a big rush of addrinelen but not only that my grampal was there and i couldnt help thinking that my gramal was there with me watching me just like my grampal was and just like my gramal use to do out at the farm when my aunt sold the farm i lost part of me that day becausenot to long after they sold the farm my gramal got sick and not to long after that she passed away i was devistaed i wished i could have just gone back to the farm and everthing would have been ok everything would have been fine i still wish i could do that just like today i wish i could just go back to the farm and be happy and crying and not hurting like have been so do i think we could go back in time yes because i want to go back to the place that bulit me the place were i was happy but in reality can we trun back time no do i wish we could you know it if we could id go back in time at least once a week to be happy and to be away from people and just out riding my horse and laying in the filds again just to be young and out on the farm again would be pricles thats one menory i will never forget and will never let go of so yea i wish we could go back in time i agree with gastby on this i would love to go back five…