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Avanza

Supermarket Chain Adds 10% At Register, But Only In Some Stores

Nash Finch, a Minneapolis-based supermarket chain, adds a 10% fee to the bill at its stores catering to Hispanic shoppers in Colorado, reports 9News in Denver:

The Nash Finch stores Avanza, Food Bonanza and Wholesale Food Outlets add the 10 percent charge to food at the register and specialize in serving Hispanics, according to store workers.

However, the Nash Finch stores Sun Mart Foods, Econo Foods, Family Fresh Market, Pick N Save and Prairie Market stores do not charge extra at the register and do not cater to Hispanics, according to the store workers.

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2:44 PM on Fri Oct 10 2008
By Chris Walters
9,896 views, 106 comments

Latest by synergy: @Valhawk: Please provide info on what is specifically higher to the business in poor neighborhoods. Considering the low number of grocery more »

discrimination

Store Owner Demands Spanish-Speaking Customers Show Social Security Cards

David C. Richardson, the owner of Rhode Island Refrigeration in Providence, Rhode Island, overheard two customers speaking Spanish to each other, so he asked them to produce proof of citizenship. According to them, he then threatened to call Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and make a citizen's arrest, although Richardson denies he picked up the phone, but not that he made the threats. In fact, he says he's done this "fifteen or twenty times" in the past and refuses to do business with those who won't show their Social Security cards. More »

9:51 AM on Thu Mar 13 2008
By Chris Walters
17,126 views, 372 comments

Latest by dysthymia: @darkened: "American", que es lenguaje "american". Es ingles, y tu eres un idiota por no muchas razones. Oh wait probably don't more »

calls from a stranger

UPDATE: Calls From a Stranger

Reader Ben reports that 1) he received another strange Spanish phone spam scam call, this time from 401-200-9876 and 2) he still doesn't speak Spanish. More »

3:09 PM on Wed May 3 2006
By popkin
1,479 views, 6 comments

calls from a stranger

UPDATE: A Big Break in 'Calls From a Stranger' Story

More answers and more questions about our mysterious phone spammer. More »
calls from a stranger

954-678-8026 Voice Spam Translated

Hundreds of people across America have received a strange message in Spanish on their cellphone from one number. We hunted down who the number belonged to, got a copy of the message uploaded and now have a translation. More »

11:50 AM on Mon Apr 17 2006
By popkin
268 views, 2 comments

calls from a stranger

954-678-8026 Voice Spam Uploaded

For your listening pleasure, we have the message that an auto-dialer has been leaving on hundreds of people's cellphones the past month. All the calls came from 954-678-8026 More »

10:46 AM on Mon Apr 17 2006
By popkin
104 views, Comment

calls from a stranger

We Know His Name. Calls From a Stranger: UPDATE

We have a name. George Martinez. Found by shelling out the twenty bux at Intellus.us. We are lazy P.I's. Unfortunately, no address... yet. We caution, however, the information may not be current and there are a ton of George Martinez's in Ft. Lauderdale, including the Office Director of the U.S. Commercial Service in Florida. More »

6:54 PM on Fri Apr 14 2006
By popkin
69 views, 1 comment

Latest by Clampants: Impressive sleuthing! I feel like I am sitting in the stands of Consumerist Fieldhouse waving thundersticks! more »

calls from a stranger

UPDATE: Calls From a Stranger, 954-678-8026

So this number is auto-dialing people across the nation and leaving marketing messages in Spanish and we've decided to try and track them down. More »

6:30 PM on Fri Apr 14 2006
By popkin
82 views, 2 comments

calls from a stranger

UPDATE: Calls From a Stranger, 954-678-8026

We've been having a devil of a time tracking down this phone-spammer. None of the reverse phone-lookup services gave us more information than that the number used to be with "Global Crossing Local" and is now with the MetroPCS cellphone company. The number is listed as being in Fort Lauderale, FL, sleazy marketing capital of the world. More »

5:01 PM on Fri Apr 14 2006
By popkin
244 views, 4 comments

Latest by nweaver: Caller ID is trivial to spoof. You don't need to use the service, just have a PBX box., more »

calls from a stranger

UPDATE: Calls From a Stranger, 954-678-8026

We just received an email from Ben who says that he just received an unsolicited call from 954-678-8026 around 10:39 EST today. More »

12:48 PM on Fri Apr 14 2006
By popkin
194 views, 6 comments