European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Singles night at the supermarket by Lawrence Kilman associated press Here s something new Irv Iho supermarket Lor single Adular besides Frozen pizza and soup or one. Love and lust Are Here Loo. Tho Hollosy new idea in the supermarket business is singles Reghl a special evening when some stores become meet markets Lor unmarried adults looking Lor companionship. On a recent evening at one supermarket in Marsh old mass. A own of 3.300, about 30 Nules Southeast of Boson. Men in hawaiian shirts and women in hot Pink dresses turned out for such a night. A disc jockey near the fruit and vegetable Section played apes of Michael Jackson and other Rock n Roll stars Tor couples who danced in the aisles a Juggler losses Frozen pizza. Aboul boo people stuck on name tags Tor the three hour event with 9 4-Lo-t woman to Man ratio. It sure Breaks Tho ice said Nancy Malinkowski 36, who drove 46 Miles to shop on singles night. I Hale to sound stereotypical but i m not into the nightclub and bar scene. There s Only so Many things you can do alone. You have to go shopping. It s a great Way to meet a new York based supermarket company with 58 stores in several states has held five singles nights since november attracting shoppers from nearby towns who came to cruise the aisles looking for breakfast Cereal and maybe someone to share it with the people who showed up have played ice breaking games lacked with grooming experts sampled free products and even tried aerobic workout. The Boson based supermarket Chain that owns the store in Marshfield said singles nights have been an overwhelming Success. The first night we did it. It was said Michael j. Mahoney. A spokesman Lor the Chain. People were crowding in to he said police had to barricade the parking lot because traffic had backed up onto the main Highway. Dick Salt the singles guru of Boston who has a Call in radio show and a newspaper column said singles nights work because the supermarket is the most comfortable atmosphere they can find and they can be themselves. It s completely singles nights also Are Good business. At one new Jersey supermarket sales increased 72 percent on a singles night. In the United slates singles represent a growing share of supermarket receipts. The census Bureau says that half of All households in the country Are one and two person households said Karen Brown a spokeswoman for the food marketing Institute an Industry group. Shoppers at the Marshfield store had mixed reactions to the event. This is a Tess threatening environment and you can come away with groceries if you Don t come away with anything else said Bob Plausse 30. I wish they d have this in a laundromat. I d get my laundry done sooner. There Aren t enough Guys said a woman who every once in a while California and Newyork get real weird and try to influence the Way America rest of the 48 Stales Start hearing words like goal s cheese1 Lou and they read a lot about designer Yogurt from new York and see pictures of California sandwiches that look like salad bowls and contain hugs no one can pronounce. Los angelas says it s eating tanned and healthy. New York City contends ethnic is better Lor you. It s a Lood War. Finally a publication comes out and says los Angeles and new York City Are both going Back to hard Core. Middle America meat and potatoes food so the rest of the country can make the swing. I be got a Flash for you. We never left it. The other 48 Stales would t care in California ate ill � new York losses its Graffiti in a wok with Snow peas they re going to a like they be always eaten. Fat some nights Tup markets Are becoming meat Market for unmarried adult to looking . Declined to give her name because she said she did t want her Boyfriend to know she was there not every shopper was single. Even some married people got into the act. A lot of Tomalas Wilh Gray hair and wedding rings Are grabbing said Peter Hampton a 28-year-old research consultant. You can t keep them Oul bul they re abusing what s going instant celebrity by Ron Alexander new York times the other night Susan Thomas got a Hance to Pul her arms around Bruc Springsteen. Phillisia Bonneau grasped Hulk Hogan s biceps and Nadia Krupa Jivnani a9-year-old tourist from London stood on a Stool the belter to pose with her idol. Madonna Well sort of. Such co starring has been taking place since last saturday when famous folos unrolled a red carpal to open for business in Manhattan s healer District. The studio which is owned by Richard a. Basini and William Martin offers Tho Chance to play instant celebrity and pose with life size Culous of Springsteen Hogan Madonna and Don Johnson. Coming next week Linda Evans. In soon Tina Turner and the biggest cat from cats. On the streets people have been getting their photographs taken with president Reagan cutouts for the past year. Famous Fotos. Which features a red Velvel roped Entrance takes the idea indoors. A 3-by-4-Lnch color photograph costs $5 50 50 you Wanna Tell Texas to skim thai grease Olf the top of the Chili or Louisiana to leave the sugar Oil the Buignet doughnuts or Georgia to take the butter Oil that Fried Chicken get outta Here. With All the Flap about nutrition americans devoured 71 football Fields of pizza a Day last year. Wheels of brie did t even come close. During the last several years i be travelled a Tot for Good morning America and have broken bread with that Large segment of population thai never makes the food pages. I remember a farm in Illinois. When we got there at 5 in the morning the Farmers wife was serving Rolls juice and Coffee that was to get the men on their Leet. Two hours later when the milking was done she served the real breakfast Bacon Ham sausage eggs waffles fruit salad jams hot bread and Rolls. I ale All of it and then in a Flash of guilt asked. Do you have skim milk for the Coffee she looked at me like i was bilingual. On a cents of which Basini said goes to such charities As the actors fund of America and actors equity foundation As Well As for research on aids. Meanwhile in Greenwich Village a shop called Cove Rama offers Tho Chance to be on a Magazine cover with or Wilhour a celebrity. The Bvrby-11-Inch color covers include the saturday evening Post runner s world flock sail water sportsman. Ivres Tarj scene. Props include everything irom boxing gloves and fishing rods to imitation sweat and blood the Waist length mounted color Culous include Joan Collins Prince Michael Jackson and Michael j Fox the Price is $9.95. The other Day Lyron Ross asked Cove Rama if he could la on a cover Wilh Joan Collins and Heather Thomas. Gary Zwerin the owner said he could. Ross said he would shave and come Back. Jeffrey Kranz and John Burckley wearing Navy Blue business suits wondered in Cove Rama had something in the realm Otlin ances Forbes or Fortune for example. It did to Kranz settled for gambling times. Burckley removed his jacket and tie and wound up on the cover of Coll. Dairy farm the milk had the texture of Gravy. The two coasts can bad Mouth hot dogs bul me Midwest won t snarl a baseball game without them they can trash French Fries and onion rings but they la remain a Staple at last food places everywhere. A few years ago new York discovered pasta and sent out carbohydrate Waves throughout the country. California acknowledged it was great bul took away the Cream sauce and covered it Wilh fresh vegetables. Middle America they stuck with Macaroni and spa Ghelli and used the rest of the pasta family Tor what it was intended. Making jewelry at girl scout Craft meetings. Nutritionists Are probably spinning after Reading Allol this. They Are offended by words like meal loaf Gravy Chili dogs and milk shakes. Maybe they re right. Maybe the californians and new yorkers will live longer. Or maybe in will Only seem longer. C us. Log Hansawti monday. September 15, 198b the stars and stripes Page 17
