Grocery store on Newkirk Plaza, at the Q line subway station

Grocery on Newkirk Place, at the subway station
Originally uploaded by rllayman

I probably took more photos like these, than of anything else. I appreciate how grocery stores in NYC merchandise their wares, often by being open to the street, and putting their produce and flowers in front of the store, "just like in the old days."

I find it hard to believe that modern supermarket operators have forgotten this lesson when they open urban stores. (This includes Safeway.) And certainly, managers from the national supermarket companies must visit New York City from time to time?