June 5, 2008 – For a small town grocery store, it might be considered unusual that Tom’s Market carries 16 kinds of olives, six kinds of tofu (if you count the Tofu Pups), ground lamb, Italian parsley and cheesecloth. Customers in the produce aisle can sometimes be heard exclaiming surprise at finding fresh jalapenos or shiitake mushrooms they were pretty sure their local grocery store wouldn’t have. But even after 43 years in the grocery business at that particular location, Tom Gray still finds that to succeed, he must get advice from his higher-ups on how to stock his store. Continue reading at YS NEWS.
