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They put the “bar” in salad bar!
A Missouri supermarket is selling miniature liquor bottles instead of veggies at a serve-yourself salad station during the coronavirus crisis, according to a viral tweet.
“My grocery store has replaced the salad in the salad bar with…. liquor,” shopper Emily A. posted on Twitter, along with a photo of the boozy bar she says was found at a Dierbergs market.
The image — which shows piles of 99-cent hard liquor bottles on one side of the station, along with beer on the other — drew cheers from pandemic-weary boozehounds on social media.
“Best. Salad. Bar. EVAH,” one person wrote on Twitter.
One observer added, “That is the most quarantine thing I’ve ever seen” — while another quipped, “It’s for sanitizing.”
A rep for the store said workers simply got creative after the greens were removed two months ago to prevent customers from spreading germs.
“Looking for a way to leverage an empty salad bar, which has been closed since March of this year during the COVID-19 operational changes, Rick Rodemacher, our store director at our Manchester [branch] had the idea to place beer cans in the empty space,” store spokesman Jamie Collins told the Post. “It started with beer cans and then liquor bottles.”
Collins added, “It’s a safety precaution and not [due to food] supply issues.”
Dierbergs operates 25 stores in Missouri and Illinois.
