I am way too Midwestern.
When I saw these red and white tents popping up on the parking lots of the Fry's Marketplace grocery stores around Tucson, I assumed fireworks. Back home in the Midwest vendors would be selling fireworks out of these locations.
Not so in Arizona. This is a Valentine tent. Flowers, cards, candy, chocolate covered strawberries -- you name it, the Valentine Tent might have it and you don't have to plunge into the big store to find something for your sweetie.
The seasonal aisle, make that Valentine aisle, inside the store is half empty shelves. That's because lots of the merchandise is in the tent or in the refrigerated truck right next to the tent.
The Valentine tent -- a very cool marketing idea!
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Wanda Hayes Eichler
this is awesome! i think the rest of the country needs to have these.
ReplyDeleteEd and I like the bratwurst stands at the grocery stores in Wisconsin, too. Down in Houston, TX, the grocery parking lots have sweet corn stands. Gee, what a great country we live in! You could eat your way across America!
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