During a time in my much younger days, I recall going to make a purchase on behalf of wealthy family such as I was asked to do. It was not like any of the Buddie's that I was so familiar with. It was the Whole Foods of its day, only more hands on.
For my local neighborhood, we had a small mom and pop grocery with a deli, bread, candies, milk , meats and things. He and his wife called all of the neighborhood kids by our names. Those were the days.