Men wander past in work suits, ties in their jacket pockets; the site's under a busy flight path; families tuck into M&S dip selection packs; shoppers lug round purchases from TopShop and Fopp.
Instead, I was handed a leather-bound book, almost 60 pages' worth with 2,000 selections, packed not only with trophy bottles like 19th-century first-growth Bordeaux, well-aged grand cru Burgundies and tête de cuvée Champagnes, but also wonderful selections in the neighborhood-friendly $50 and under range.
At its simplest, this just means something to munch on between mince pies, such as these chunky little C181 Venuezelan milk chocolate robots from Dorset-based Chococo (£3.50 a pack, chococo.co.uk): the connoisseur's equivalent of a selection pack.
My favourite is Almond Blossom Bath Oil (£8.50), but it also makes a great selection pack of six minis (£9.25), so you can decide for yourself.
British Corner Shop, which delivers all over the world, says its top Christmas sellers are Walkers Luxury Mincemeat Pies, Mr Kipling Mince Pies and Robertson's Classic Mincemeat, followed by the Cadbury Snowman Selection Pack, while British Essentials says it sees a rise in sales of Bird's Custard, apple sauce, cranberry sauce and British chocolate.
To examine factors influencing parents' selection of packed lunches over a school lunch, their choices in food preparation, and the role of children within these.
Preferably, choose a town like Starlight Shores (with the Showtime expansion pack) to get wider selection, but if you don't have any others, Sunset Valley will do time.
Column design and material selection for packing construction is discussed together with employee training and practices for safe column maintenance and operations.
With proper selection of packing form, such as simple cubic packing (SC) and particle shape, such as ellipsoidal particle, the pressure drops in the structured packed beds can be greatly reduced and the overall heat transfer performances will be improved.
