It amazes me sometimes that these tiny corner greengrocers can survive in today's world. You have big-chain supermarkets coming at them from one side, with their sprawling facilities and low prices; you have local supermarket cooperatives, which have allowed independent supermarkets to get the buying power of larger chains, which lowers their prices; and you have online ordering systems like Peapod, ShopRite from Home, Amazon Fresh, and Fresh Direct. Yet stores like California Fruit hang on. This store's success (and that of similar stores, mostly in New York City) must be due to the fact that the culture of the local residents is not very digitally-centered, and is highly local as most people walk Remember when, in the 1970s and 80s, the big chains were going to take over the entire industry? Guess what -- that hasn't happened. That's partially because of the two reasons I mentioned above, but it's also due to the quality of the local store. A mediocre ...