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move more and more in the direction of storehousing, or a grocery store being primarily a distribution point. Recently I listened to a gentle fnan who has spent much of his life studying our food industry discuss this. Here are some, of, the things he saw for grocery stores of the future. Notice how they emphasize the distribution or storehouse approach.
One thing he predicted was virtual elimination of grocery meat rooms. Practically all cutting and wrapping would be done elsewhere. The grocery store itself would be just a storehouse and distribution point. No longer would we have a full time butcher to fix special cuts for us or to answer involved technical meaty questions. Then, he foresaw a future filled with automatic ordering, billing and delivery. You walk through the store, push buttons to order (using a customer'number or bill head), walk" to a pay (or charge) station and settle the bill, and walk out to find your order already packed and ready for you to load into your car. It is entirely possible this may happen. So, we have moved far toward a grocery store being mostly a storehouse. The chances are good we will move much further in this direction,
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