The store's motto was "Have what the people want, let them know you have it, and organize to serve them quickly, courteously and satisfactorily."
In Sicily it is common for victims of the mob to disappear. It is known locally as the "lupara bianca'' (white lupara) . Lupara is the Sicilian word for a sawn-off shotgun and the term "lupara bianca" is used to refer to Mafia murders in which the body is never found.
