September 02, 2004
At The Grand Old marketPlace: While Supplies Last!
Posted by The Editors | 03:30 PM
Vendors at the Hilton's "Grand Old marketPlace" were doing a brisk business Thursday morning as customers looked for last-minute souveniers. Floridians and Texans, however, were out of luck. Kathy Grieshop, whose booth sells Bush buttons for all the delegations, said the Sunshine and Lone Star versions were both sold out. Texas "sells out every day," she said. They got an extra 500 at 10 a.m., and "they were gone in an hour."
A few bottles of W Ketchup were still left on Susie Oliver's table, but she said sales have been similarly brisk. "We've sold 80 or 90 cases since Sunday," she said. "And at 16 bottles per case, that's quite a bit of ketchup." -- From Gwen Glazer, NationalJournal.com
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