Please Don’t Super Size Me
I type this as I sit here at my desk eating another lunchtime sandwich, getting crumbs all over my keyboard. This time it’s from Krankies. I love the sandwiches there - they are often vegetarian-friendly, but creative enough for carnivores - tapenade and manchego, gorgonzola, pear, arugula and walnut vinaigrette, egg salad with dill. They are also enormous. I can usually only eat half. I wish they’d sell them that way.
That’s why I think Whole Foods got it right when I recently noticed that they are now selling some wrapped sandwiches in petite versions. A small, savory chicken salad sandwich on a floury bun? Yes, please. They’re about half the size and price of the regular ones, which fits into a reporter’s budget and my appetite.
They were also selling tiny chocolate chip cookies yesterday for ten cents each. It’s a gimmick they apparently bring out the first Tuesday of the month. What genius. Who can resist a tiny cookie? Not the line of women lined up with bags of them in hand.
