The Thunderbird Aisle

Today, Anja and I decided to do a little shopping/exploring. The weather was pleasant so we walked along the old city moat to, I am embarrassed to admit, Walmart. The Chinese version of Walmart is not the US version of Walmart. Although they tried, the "lowest possible price" model didn't work in China. They simply could not beat the local Chinese vendors and they lost a lot of money in China before changing their customer target to middle-class Chinese. The store is more like a mid-level department store in the US that has some good loss-leaders. There were a lot of clerks, but not a lot of shoppers. Strangely, many of the signs had English translations.

We did a lot of looking, but we didn't buy much. On the wine isle, we were very amused to see this sign:


The Chinese characters say the same thing, so it's not a mis-translation. Maybe these are "fortified wines"?