Nānā nā hale kūʻai ʻoluʻolu i ka ʻoki hou
ʻO Jeff Lenard National Association of Convenience Stores
Me ka ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka loaʻa kālā ma ke kūʻai ʻana i ka ʻaila a me ka paka, a me nā ʻāpana ʻelua e kū nei i nā wā e hiki mai ana, ke ʻimi nei nā hale kūʻai maʻalahi i nā ala hou e hoʻonui ai i ka loaʻa kālā a hoʻokaʻawale iā lākou iho mai nā mea hoʻokūkū. ʻO kekahi o ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā huaʻai hou a me nā mea kanu i kā lākou papa kuhikuhi lawelawe meaʻai.
ʻO ke kūʻai ʻana i ka ʻaila a me ka cigakeke ma kahi o 75 pakeneka o nā kūʻai hale kūʻai maʻalahi, e like me Jeff Lenard, Alexandria, Va., Luna Hoʻokele o nā kamaʻilio no ka National Association of Convenience Stores. Eia nō naʻe, manaʻo ʻia e hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia kēlā mau kūʻai aku, a i ʻole ka emi ʻana, ʻoiai ke hakakā nei nā hale kūʻai maʻalahi i ka hoʻokūkū paʻakikī mai Wal-Mart, Costco a me nā kaulahao kalepa nui ʻē aʻe no ke kūʻai ʻana i ka ʻaila. Aia kekahi hoʻokūkū mai nā hale kūʻai pūnaewele me ka nānā ʻole i nā kānāwai ʻauhau mokuʻāina no ke kūʻai paka.
I ka ʻimi ʻana i nā kumu waiwai hou, ke ʻimi nei ʻo 7-Eleven a me nā hale kūʻai maʻalahi ʻē aʻe i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā huaʻai hou a me nā mea kanu. ʻO ka meaʻai hou ka huaʻōlelo buzz ma ka ʻoihana i kēia lā, kuhikuhi ʻo Lenard, a nui nā hale kūʻai maʻalahi e manaʻo nei e hoʻohana i nā huahana i ʻoki ʻia e hoʻonui i kā lākou laina lalo. ʻIke ʻia nā hua ʻoki hou ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻai ʻana, a hāʻawi ʻia i loko o nā kīʻaha a me nā ʻeke ʻē aʻe, hāʻawi pū kekahi i ka maʻalahi.
ʻO nā mea paʻa kīʻaha kūpono
ʻO nā SUV o kēia lā, nā kaʻa liʻiliʻi a me nā kaʻa ʻē aʻe i lako pono me nā kīʻaha kīʻaha, kūpono no ka lawelawe ʻana i ka melon, cantaloupe, pineapple, nā hua waina a me nā huaʻai ʻē aʻe, wahi āna. Hiki i nā kānaka ke kū i loko o kahi hale kūʻai maʻalahi a, i loko o nā minuke, hele lākou i ka wā e ʻai ai i kahi huahana olakino ma mua o ka Coke, Pepsi a i ʻole nā mea inu punawai ʻē aʻe.
"He ʻelua kā mākou mau keiki a he kaʻa kaʻa kā mākou," ʻakaʻaka ʻo Lenard, me ka wehewehe ʻana ua helu ʻo ia i ka helu o nā mea kīʻaha i loko o kāna kaʻa a loaʻa iā ia he 11. o na makahiki. Hana maikaʻi lākou no nā huaʻai hou, nā mea kanu a me nā ʻano mea ʻai. Aia kekahi pahu Kleenex hou ma ka mākeke ʻaʻole ia he pahu—he poepoe a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e komo i loko o kahi pahu kīʻaha. Hoʻolālā ʻia kēia mau kaʻa no nā ʻohana e hele nei i kēia lā, a me ka ulu ʻana o ka makemake o ka lehulehu e ʻai me ka olakino, ʻaʻole hiki ke kūpono ka manawa.
Aia ke koi no nā huaʻai hou a me nā mea kanu, ʻōlelo ʻo ia. Maikaʻi kēlā. Hoʻohui ʻia i ka makemake o ka lehulehu e lawelawe wikiwiki ʻia kāna meaʻai akā, ʻo ia hoʻi,
kupono. ʻOiai ʻo ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi huahana e kūpono i nā ʻano ʻekolu he kūpono, ʻo ka hui ʻana i ʻelua "e hoʻokomo iā ʻoe i ke kūlana maikaʻi e hoʻokūkū."
Akā ʻo ka hoʻohui ʻana i kahi laina o nā huaʻai hou a me nā mea kanu ʻaʻole ia no kēlā me kēia hale kūʻai e puhi i ke kinoea a kūʻai aku i nā paka, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lenard. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ia neʻe inā hele mai ia ma ke ʻano he hoʻonui i kahi papahana lawelawe meaʻai kūleʻa.
"He mea kūpono ke hoʻohui i nā huaʻai hou a me nā mea kanu i kāu kauoha inā e loaʻa ana ʻoe i nā sandwiches, nā ʻōmato, letus a me nā huahana ʻē aʻe mai kahi mea kūʻai aku," wahi āna. "Pono kēlā mau hale kūʻai i nā lako lawelawe meaʻai ma kahi a hiki ke hāʻawi i ka laina hou ma ke ʻano o kāna pūʻulu holoʻokoʻa. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ka ʻoki hou ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana i loko a nona iho akā e hui pū ʻia me nā mea a ka hui e hana nei. Hiki ke lilo i ala ikaika e hoʻonui i ke kūʻai aku.
"E hoʻohui ʻoe i kahi ʻike o nā huahana kiʻekiʻe a me ka huki ʻana i kahi waihona mea kūʻai aku," wahi a Lenard. "ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā huaʻai a me nā huaʻai hou i kāu mau makana e hōʻike i ka ʻōlelo e pili ana ʻoe i ka maikaʻi, e pili ana i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana iā ʻoe iho mai kāu mau mea hoʻokūkū a loaʻa i kahi pae hoʻokūkū. ʻAʻole ia e pili ana i ka ʻai ʻana i kāu cigakeke, lole a i ʻole ʻāpana ʻai meaʻai e loaʻa ai kahi lumi - pono kēia mau kumu no ka loaʻa kālā hoʻomau - e pili ana i ka hana ʻana i nā mea hou i loko o ka hui."
ʻOkoʻa
Ua ʻae ka hapa nui ʻo kekahi o nā mea hoʻokele ma hope o ka neʻe ʻana i nā huaʻai hou a me nā mea kanu ʻoi aku ka hakakā ʻana o nā hale kūʻai maʻalahi i kā lākou hoʻāʻo e hoʻokūkū a hoʻokaʻawale iā lākou iho mai Wal-Mart, nā hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, wahi a Lenard. Ua lawe ʻo Wal-Mart i kahi ʻāpana nui o ke kūʻai aku ʻana i nā huahana olakino a nani mai nā kaulahao hale kūʻai lāʻau; ʻo ia ke kumu maʻamau ka ʻike ʻana i nā meaʻai i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, ka lole, ka pia, ka waina a me nā mea kūʻai pili ʻole i ka lāʻau i nā hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau i kēia mau lā; Ua hoʻololi a lilo nā hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau, e like me kekahi o ka ʻoihana, "nā hale kūʻai ʻoluʻolu no nā wahine."
ʻO nā mea kūʻai niche e like me Best Buy a me Pet Smart ke kūʻai aku nei i ka candy, gum a me nā mea ʻē aʻe no ka loaʻa kālā hou, wahi āna. Ke lilo nei ka paʻakikī i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā hale kūʻai e like me ka nui o nā mea e hoʻonui ana i kā lākou huahana huahana, no laila e hoʻopōʻino i nā ʻokoʻa.
"ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo nā hale kūʻai maʻalahi, inā makemake lākou e ola, pono lākou e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā laina hou, e like me nā huaʻai hou a me nā mea kanu, inā lākou e hoʻokaʻawale iā lākou iho," wahi a Lenard.
Eia naʻe, hoʻokahi akahele, no ka 7-Eleven a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e komo ana i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu hou: "ʻO ka kūleʻa e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka hoʻohui ʻana i ke kīʻaha o nā hua ʻoki hou i kāu papa kuhikuhi," ʻōlelo aʻe ka ʻōlelo a NACS. He mea nui ka mālama ʻana i ka maikaʻi a me ke kūpaʻa.
"ʻO ka ʻoihana lawelawe meaʻai, kahi āu i ʻāpana - ke kūʻai aku nei ʻoe i nā hua ʻoki hou a me nā mea like - ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi.
kala ʻana ma mua o ke kūʻai aku i ka wā e hiki mai ana i nā mea kūʻai aku, "i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. “Inā ʻoe e ulu me ka mālama ʻole a kūʻai aku i nā huahana ʻaʻole e like me nā kūlana, e hana ʻoe ma mua o ka lilo ʻana o nā kūʻai; e lilo ana ʻoe i nā mea kūʻai aku.”
ʻOiai e hōʻike ana nā ʻoihana hana ʻoki hou e like me Obim Fresh Cut Fruit Co. LLC, Fort Worth, Texas, i ka piʻi nui ʻana o ke kūʻai aku ʻana o nā huahana huaʻai hou (kahi hōʻike hou i hōʻike ʻia he piʻi 50 pakeneka ma 2004) i ka mākeke hale kūʻai. ʻO ia mau kūʻai ʻana he hapa liʻiliʻi wale nō o ka huina holoʻokoʻa, ʻae ʻo Lenard.