Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 August 1951 — Page 27

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Kroger

nand, “We've been working for

about six weeks getting the store that on the shelf today waiting for the opening gun are 160 cans facturers, {of mock turtle | doing it on an eight-hour day.” of pickled pigs SOUP And 12 jars As he spoke, he casually of everything to please the most fastidious palates. To satisfy the arget off an ash tray with his taste of cheese eaters are no less than 60 different type cheeses. Husbands who get roped into} Shopoing >i) be happy about the “There's nothing to it, new check-out system which man-|gtart ; 8 nota bit of ager Powell says will reduce theif. ling when you frst look at line standing.

stocked” he said, “and we're

reached over and picked my cig-

left hand.

Taking a long drag off my smoke he continued to explain:

confusion.” At this point the manager of

the newest and most complete chandise past the cash register| Kroger store in this area was tak-iand a packer loads them up. teral. “The area directly around

two|Really a speedy operation.

ing alternate drags off cigarets, one in each hand, and was still apparently not the least! bit excited. [

High State of Organization Getting the huge market ready

for the big opening is no simple/0ther iris are really sweating onto the top of a table model.

task, but the confusion was in a

high state of organization. I in, ner one” Nellie commented. his little triumph.

spected it, behind closed doors, yesterday. three. The building had been turned) ever to the Kroger Co. by the contractor just five and a half weeks before. When they got it, it was four walls and a roof. The rest was up to’ them. { Soon the walls were a dandy, peach eolor. This not only in the fruit department, but all around. Then the carpenters went to work on the shelves, This emporilum was to have some 3000 feet of shelf space. While the carpenters pounded and cut, manager Powell was working out his shelf space on paper.

More Than 300 Items

Fach of the more than 3000 {tems carried had to have space. Each item could have space only in‘ proportion to the quantity stocked and the cash return. The Kroger high brass want each foot of Mr. Powell's shelf space to return a certain amount of bucks to the stockholders per year, Mr. Powell has to figure it out. From Amident to Zweibach each item had to be considered. When he got the job done, everything was set. Then a discovery. No room for beer, Something had to give. Out went two rows of soup, three of peas, one of pickles, a section of flour and one row each of a number of other items. In short order, on the paper plan, appeared a nice section at the end of one wide aisle for beer, Aisles Are Wide

The aisles in the super duper market, by the way, are wide enough to take four grocery carts abreast. With women pilots predominating at the helm of the carts it is hoped that the ladies will be able to operate at least

“Everything in the ‘shop is brand

ed ibuages Paul Powell was almost unconcerned as he W the new big super duper Kroger Store at 1201 Prospect St., would open Tuesday. Nothing to it,” he said puffing a cigaret in his right

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Halo-Light—

Sylvania, which hasn't been making television sets very long, already has become one of the leading brands in Indianapolis,

Harley Litteral, branch manager .

of Peasiee-Gaulbert Corp., 1401 Stadium Drive, distributor, remarked today. And while set manufacture is new to the 50-year-old firm, it makes the big picture tubes for

feet. Plus acres

Conveyor belts carry the mer-

Await Assignments Assignments haven't been

given to the personnel yet, but a three-dimensional effect to the

cashier Nellle Royer and the

them out. “I sure hope I don’t get aisle

“In the other stores I worked

It was D-day minus I had aisle one. It was right next plastic,” he explained. “Cigarettes {to" soap flakes. Everybody bought/and wet drinking glasses don't

soap flakes last and headed for me.” Mr. Powell has removed this hazard by putting soap flakes away from any particular aisle

{ending thus giving every custom-

er a fair crack at any of the six check-outs, It will even up the check-out flow. I reflected as I passed through the check-out stand that grocery stores have come a long way since the days of my youth when I elerked behind a counter. As a matter of fact the new super duper market, opening Tuesday, is

years ago.’ 4

But what I reflected most was

" TV buyers. '

a big percent of the TV manu-

“The company is quality conscious,” Mr, Litteral said. In his mind, this is the secret of Sylvania's quick acceptance by Indi-

Mr. Litteral was showing his 11852 line to dealers last week. {Many of the 20-inch screen

{models have a new feature that is

Eliminates Sharp Edge “Halo-Light,” explains Mr. Lit-

{the picture tube is lighted by cold (light, It takes away the sharp edge, makes watching TV easter, and sometimes even seems to give

picture.” | He tossed his lighted cigarette

{Spectators drew in their breath sharply. Mr. Litteral was having

| “Mahogany veneer treated with

affect these tréated table models.” Turns On Automatically

He had another trick up his sleeve. He walked over to a com-| bination radio-TV-record player which was showing a horse opera on its picture tube. He closed the, door, and the set went off com-| pletely, like the light in an elec-! tric refrigerator or the dome, lights in a car. “And all you have to do to turn, it on again is open the doors,” he

a far cry from what used to bein sets, Sylvania also is making] called super markets a short 10 efforts to improve the programs the company charged that the|

[that come over them, Mr. Litteral reported.

Glow Framing Picture of New Sylvania Set Makes Watc

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Kennedy, a new Sylvania model TV set equipped with Halo-Light. |

Firm Files $150,000 Suit Against UEW

BUFFALO, N.Y, Aug. 18 (UP) —A $150,000 damage suit was filed yesterday against the inde-

pendent left-wing United Electrical Workers Union by the

said proudly. | strike-bound Markel Electric ProNot content with improvements ducts, Inc.

In the suit filed in federal court,|

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Mrs.

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spanking new, Including some of the 65 people who will man the

market. Those who are not ex-

perienced have spent from five to six * weeks working in other Kroger markets to learn the technique. Incidental intelligénce reveals

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