Gary wrote:

> I would never expect a large food chain to even listen, much less stock something
> at *my* request. OTOH, that gives the smaller stores an advantage over the big
> ones. That's a way for them to take customers away from the big chains.

It never hurts to ask. I have had some luck in getting one of the large local grocery
stores to order things for me. Then again, I have had department managers tell me
that the things I was asking for were not available, and then I find them in a store
a few blocks away.