The time of the upgrade depends on how many bells are spent in the store.
The woman would leave her home and mother-in-law to spend hours in the store setting up displays.
"Not to mention the money that the parent spends in the store while they are there."
Instead of money the workers were paid "labour notes" which they could spend in the co-operative store.
His neighbors said he kept to himself and spent time in the African herbal store on the ground floor.
He spent most of his hours in the store, and his children were raised there.
They spent nearly an hour in the store on each trip.
If there is a line at the bank counter, he added, "I'll walk around and spend more money in the store, that's all."
On a day during Thanksgiving week, I spent two hours in the store and could have stayed longer.
We spent almost two hours in the store.