The interview was conducted on November 18, 1999.

The owners:
The store is owned by Francesco Dreyfus and run by Karl Gonzales, who is from Denver, Colorado.  Gonzales' parents were living in Munich when they asked him to settle over. That was a couple of years ago.
Dreyfus and Gonzales founded the store as an enterprise between friends. They decided to sell groceries because it was a good opportunity for them to start something on their own.
 

The store
The store is also called Schmankerlnische in order to attract German customers who are more familiar with the German name. G&A purchases the groceries from a big importer, which is the reason why they only have a certain number of products. It is very expensive to purchase American goods in Germany.
Among their products they have Oreo Cookies, BacOs, Jiffy, Pam, Cheese Balls, Corn Ships,   Muffins, Cesar Salad Dressings, Donuts, Aunt Jemina's, Raisin Bran, Dr. Pepper, Root Beer etc...
Mr. Gonzales employs both American and English people. He is doing this because he is also selling sandwiches and warm lunches. He said: "When I say make a BLT, they know what I mean, you know what I mean?" Mr. Gonzales has to work 15 hours a day to keep the store running. Although he has an American store, he has to go by German law, thus he is not allowed to have the store open on Sundays. Although his location in the Baaderstr. is not so bad, he would rather like to have the store in the Fussgängerzone at the Marienplatz, since he would have more customers.

The atmosphere in the store is very friendly and one has a good time enjoying all the American goods.
Come in and find out...

[by Mike and Phist]
 
 

Some of the groceries at the G&A Grocery Store:

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