Jump to full article: Salt Lake Tribune, 2007-09-22
Author: Donald W. Meyers The Salt Lake Tribune
Intro: PROVO - On his first day running a beer-and-cigarette-free store, Paul Ream said he has heard only one complaint, but lots of praise.
"The complaint was that I shouldn't force my values on others," Ream, owner of Ream's Family Foods, said Friday. But he said he has received a surprising amount of praise for his action.
Customers at the Provo grocery store said they didn't mind that there was no beer on the shelves or cigarettes behind the courtesy desk.
In fact, some said they came to the store Friday for that reason.
"When I saw it in the paper, I said we're going to Ream's,"
said Nina Childs of Provo, who was shopping with her husband, Ardeen.
Ream decided to stop stocking beer and cigarettes after his 9-year-old daughter, Shyanne, asked him why he sold "drugs" in his store.
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When I saw it in the paper, I said we're going to Ream's.
Nina Childs of Provo, UT, on Paul Ream's decision to stop stocking beer and cigarettes at his store, Ream's Family Foods.
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