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Through the Eyes of a Delivery Goddess



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What's Up With Convenience Store Food?


Something I learned while working at a gas station / convenience store about eightteen years ago was that the station makes about two, maybe three cents per gallon on the gasoline - if they're lucky, and on a bottle of soda-pop, (in August of 2012) currently priced around $1.50, they make about thirty cents, and even more on fountain drinks, and even more than that on coffee. So, almost as cut-throat as advertising gimicks for the Super Bowl, making convenience store food desirable is big business. Most of a gas station / convenience store's profits are reached through the public's stomach, so to speak.

A few weeks ago, while trying to find something salty, low calorie and BBQ flavored, I noticed this bag of nuts. Can anyone tell me what "WICKED" hot tastes like? Similar to a Genie in a bottle, is this a demon in a bag? Will the witch watchers nab you and take you to Salem if you eat these? Or, does it just make your tongue burn like the fires of Hell? Would YOU buy "WICKED HOT" peanuts? I bought them just for the picture, but they disappeared at the junkyard when I left them on the kitchen table. And, just as an "FYI", there have been no noticable differences in the people I've been working with since someone ate these WICKED HOT peanuts. So, your guess is as good as mine.

About a week ago, I noticed something else new near the check-out counter at Sheetz. Again, strategic marketing placed this little bag of goodies immediately at my left hand while my right hand was reaching for my wallet. You guessed it -they jumped onto the counter with the rest of my purchases. Are you catching the oxy-moron here? KING SIZED bag of MINIs. So, then, what's a miniature sized mini? Or, a miniaturized king size? Because this is a miniature food, will it keep my body from becoming king sized or maximized? Is that perhaps, the idea of a miniature sized piece of candy? I'm not sure, but I'm willing to bet someone in advertising got a minature sized bonus for this one.

I won't even touch on the Amped, Ramped, Pumped Up names for the new fad energy drinks. That's a whole book in itself!!