Every Tuesday for the last 11 yrs. there've been ads from several local grocery chains in the mailbox, generally Ralphs, Food 4 Less, Smart & Final, Pavilions & Jons. (It's actually gone on for well over 11 yrs. The L.A. Times used to mail them to every residence in their market that didn't subscribe to the Times, now some other outfit does it.) Today, for the first time in human memory, the only supermarket advertiser was Pavilions.
Tune in next Tues. as we advise you if the economy is down & out or getting off the canvas.
(Granted, it's as much wishful thinking as a clear-eyed look at the trends, but may I just point to my prescience in Labels, to wit, "Decline and Falling Down" & "Nature Wants You Dead"?)
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