A Cool Name, But That's All

At the old India Cash and Carry, 2013

When the Charter Square shopping center was demolished to make way for the Beach Park Elementary School, only two tenants were viable enough to relocate, the Foster City post office and the India Cash and Carry. In their new quarters close to City Hall. Foster City's sole post office in our town of 30,000 residents has a captive audience, while India Cash and Carry caters to the burgeoning South Asian population of tech and medical personnel.

"Cash and carry" evokes a simpler, 19th century way of doing business, where obligations are settled on the spot with cash and the goods are carried out, not delivered. Of course, the business doesn't operate like that at all with credit cards being the primary payment mechanism and delivery options readily available.

Nevertheless, the name sounds cool.