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SHOP BY Phone grocery is

here!

. For most people time is an
elusive and precious com-
modity that. is increasingly
difficult to manage.

For most people the weekly
chore of grocery shopping is

- tedious and — unrewarding;
battling crowds, line-ups and
parking lots. : cs

* dist.

-, Shop-by-phone service,”
*. “Grocery By Phone owner
.-For..most . people. a com...

petitive time’ saving ‘service’

with brand name quality pro-

ducts, delivered to the home,'~

-: would .be a welcomed:

‘substitute for the weekly
chore of, supermarket
shopping.

: Grocery By Phone is a new -

Vancouver based . franchise

~ developed from the same -
marketing strategy as the suc- 2

cessful Grocery Express con-
cept in San Francisco.

. sional and shut-in the conve-
‘nience of shopping by
telephone. Simply by reading:

catalogue of brand: hame pro-
ducts, then by phoning the
order.

4

into~ Grocery By.

Phone’s convenient: number, ::

, hassles. ‘of the supermarkets.

the smselves. money. Prices
quoted. in: the. monthly
: catalogue are competitive
with ‘those ‘of Super” “Valu.

. --decreases ‘one’s
‘Tis by" preventing.

_ pulse. buying and
ws organized menu p

call,

Mt. Seymour

‘shoppers can..avoid the.

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bi

-orders.on a-. computer ter:
‘Mminal, -

° 42: years of age and over.
¢ clésses from beginner.to expert
* Lesson Times:10:30 a.m..or-1:30:p:m.

Adult Programs
also available in Feb. and March:

- traditional visits to the super-

. Barry Smith.-
“Canada “Research ° Director,

-marketplace.
10-15 per cent in the last year.

“studies. .also. suggest that by
; 1990,
*: Sumers* grocery” -orders ‘will
“~-be placed via in-home com-
Grocery By Phone offers ;
‘the busy homemaker, profes- . - the beginning.:-
, Grocery By Phone has divid- °
‘ed Vancouver and the Lower. :
_ the well-organized 3,000 item .....
2 Each i region Has. tor will have) -
“a service
“When shoppers wish:to’place
_a‘grocery order, they call the:
-centrally ‘located advertised _ §
+ number -°263-1777, Grocery.”
They’ can also“ ‘save: .

warehouse, ‘from where. all *
the merchandise

North Shore News

Telephone Jines are open
between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.
daily, and deliveries are made
six days a week, Monday to
Saturday. Grocery shopping
by phone is available to
residents of Greater Van-
couver and the lower
mainiand. . .

Home delivery is free on
orders over $100 ($50 for
seniors). The minimum order

‘caléutate how much they've ve
spent as they go through the

is

“Our system will certainly
be a lifesaver for working
homemakers,. or people who
can’t get out easily, replacing

market: with our convenient

says $2.

According to Mel Fruit-
man, Retail Council of

non-store shopping is carving
out a substantial niche in the
Retail sales
“outside stores” have grown:

Recent grocery industry

10. per, cent of. .con- . OO ;

Monday Friday 10-4
puters. Shop by Phone i isjust
. ota 83C8

A. franchise’ "Operation, ;

Mainland.. into’, 25 regions.’ -

Tepresentative. | where you receive prompt,

By- Phone’ then records. the" {

and: then- relays the.”
order “the central
is.

ow Mini-Blinids.

Payment
delivery driver, by cash, Visa,
or cheque (if cheque
pri
arranged).

Grocery By Phone minimum
order is reduced to $25. A

ply. This offer will be good
until February 23.

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