For a teenager, I go to the grocery store a lot. For example, when I was told to get milk, I checked the expiration dates and picked the milk with the expiration date farthest away. Of my own accord. Anyways, when Mr. Bolos said that sometimes grocery stores had "exotic aisles" I didn't recall seeing any but decided that I would keep my eyes open for one. It turns out, this particular Dominicks had an aisle labeled as kosher food, Mexican food, and rice.
Correct me if I'm wrong; in order for food to be kosher, it has to be made a certain way and adhere to certain cleanliness standards. If that's right, I think it makes sense to have a kosher isle so that customers can be sure that their food adheres to the kosher guidelines. In the same category, I think that Gluten free or Vegetarian isles are a good idea.
However, I'm not so sure why Mexican food in particular has it's own category. Mexico is one country; if Dominicks has part of an aisle that is devoted to one country, shouldn't there be more aisles for other countries? Or, maybe expand that to continents; Asian food, European food, South American food, etc.
If most stores are arranged according to food groups (produce, dairy, wheat, poultry/meat, etc) why do many of these stores spontaneously have an aisle arranged for nationalities?
Why do you think the store was organized this way? Is it helpful for customers or demeaning? How would you arrange a grocery store?
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