1966 Press Photo Mr. And Mrs. Buzidragis, Son Joe, World's Fastest Shoppers

The world's fastest shopper in London : The family who hold the title of the world's fastest shoppers are in Britain. They are Mr & Mrs. Buzidragis, and son Joe. 19. from Hartshorne, Oklahoma, U.S.A. They won the title week in a nationwide shopping spree contest which attracted more than 25,000,000 entries in the United States. In 30mins. they grabbed groceries worth more than $2800, from the shelves and deep freeze of an American supermarket. Now they have come to London to do the same thing in one of our super markets, on Wednesday from 2 until 2-30 p.m. They will try to collect around $3000 of food at the giant Tesco supermarket in Brixton. They will receive a cheque for the cash equivalent of the food they carry to the registers. and the sponsors Pepsi-Cola will donate the same amount of money to the Variety Club of Great Britain for the Mentally Retarded Children. Photo shows: Mr. & Mrs. Buzidragis, and son Joe seen out shopping in London today. ready for tomorrows contest.

Photo measures 8 x 10 inches.

Photo is dated 8-9-1966.

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