T&T supermarket, Richmond, Vancouver, 18pm
I was told that T&T is the biggest Chinese supermarket in Richmond (Many names of places in Canada are the same as the UK but being placed differently. What is in the north in the UK goes to the south. What is dominated by English white in the UK is dominated by Chinese in Canada. Feeling quite displaced.).
In Richmond area, 70 present of population are Chinese, which includes mainly Taiwanese, Hong Kongese and Chinese. T&T is one of the largest Chinese supermarket in Richmond. Walking around the store, Mandarin, Taiwanese, Cantonese and various Chinese dialects can be heard. At the same time, musak is played through the broadcast system to generate senses of comfort and carefree to the customer. As playing musak is a common feature in supermarkets around Chinese countries, the seemly featureless tune in fact makes customers feel at home. This is a sonic example of how globalisation helps people to feel at home in a foreign place.
posted by Tsai-Wei Chen @ 3:17 pm
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The Vancouver T&T Supermarket store (owned by Loblow Companies Limited) has a lot of serious sanitation problems. If you saw what I saw, you'd be horrified.
I live in the building that T&T is located in, and as a result have seen first-hand the horrible food-handling practices they employ in the back (which I have access to from within my building). I've seen slabs of raw meat sitting out in the open for hours; garbage bags full of rotting meat being dragged down hallways where food is transported, leaving a putrid slimy trail that rarely gets cleaned up; food and groceries stored in areas that are infested with rats and pigeons; food-prep areas that are filthy and reeking from months of dried blood and guts, etc.
I could go on and on, and have photos to prove all of this. You can see some of them on this website created by a group of people who live in the same building and are disgusted with the constant filth and stench caused by Loblaw's T&T Supermarket: http://www.tandtsmells.com
How this store manages to not get shut down is surprising. I highly recommend you avoid this store for the sake of your health.
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