Sunday, August 23, 2015

Grocery Store Names

Safeway, Fareway, Hy-Vee, Food Maxx, Plus—all over the world grocery stores have strange names. Only when one sees a grocery store name for the first time though, does it come as a confusing surprise. Safeway? What's so safe about that store and its products? At least half of the foods sold there have high fructose corn syrup listed under ingredients I'm sure! Food Maxx? What even does Maxx mean? Looks like a typo to me! And yet, somehow, these names become sounds recognizable to the ear as the local grocery store rather than a strange combination of words. These stores receive many many customers each day, make millions of dollars, and no one blinks an eye. Stay safe, kids!

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