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The Safeway family of grocery stores (they own eight regional store brands, including Genuardi's, Vons and Tom Thumb) has always prided itself on being a friendly, consumer-oriented market. When I was growing up, we often shopped at Safeway, and the checkers always addressed my mom by name when she used her club card and they never failed to offer to help us out to the car with the groceries.

One of the ways in which Safeway tried to go offer service that was above and beyond was that at their stores, a baker's dozen always included a whopping 14 items (one more than the traditional baker's dozen). However, due to rising fuel and food prices, a dozen now includes just 12 items. Still a true dozen, it is one more sign that everyone is being forced to do a bit of belt tightening.

[via The Consumerist]

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That's not an editorial stance (I've never even been to Brooklyn), but it's the opinion of Ben over at The Consumerist when he talks about Tempo Presto. He calls the $7 sandwiches "amazing."

The sandwich shoppe comes from Tempo owner Michael Fiore, who decided to open Tempo Presto when he realized there weren't any good sandwich shops in the area. Fiore's quality-control is so tight that he recently dressed down a worker there in front of customers for putting too much oregano on a sandwich.

Anyone try this place? Sandwich shops are kinda hip right now. There are several in Boston where you'll often see a huge line.