Hi, I went to the grocery store this morning and bought some food. 
What did you buy there this morning?
Mostly basics- milk, bread, breakfast. The store I went to has great deals- Aldi.
I love Aldi, they have a lot of goodies that are inexpensive. Did you know that they own Trader Joe's?
Really? I didn't know that, but I knew it was started by two brothers in Germany.
Correct, but they had a feud and split up the companies. I don't know the name of the other company.
such as gas stations, which will often operate under the store's name.
Some groceries specialize in the foods of a certain nationality or culture, such as Chinese, Italian, Middle-Eastern, or Polish. These stores are known as ethnic markets and may also serve as gathering places for immigrants. In many cases, the wide range of products carried by larger supermarkets has reduced the need for such specialty stores. The variety and availability of food is no longer restricted by the diversity of locally grown food or the
buy ... I persuaded her to buy this vase. It wasn't very expensive, and we took it home.
It was a very grey, kind of sleety, drizzly L.A. morning. And we got to the house in Laurel Canyon, and I said – got through the front door and I said, you know what? I'll light a fire. Why don't you put some flowers in that vase that you just bought? Well, she was in the garden getting flowers. That meant she