While in Texas, Yeltsin gave a speech in Dallas,[45] and on September 16,[46][47][48][49] he traveled to Houston to visit the Johnson Space Center.[50] While there, his entourage was given a private tour of the facility and shown the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center and a mockup of a planned space station that NASA was working on.[50][49] Part of the reason for the visit was so that Yeltsin, who had campaigned in part on reducing funding for the Soviet space program, could see the possibilities of what further funding for aeronautics research could lead to.[32] Yeltsin had a background in engineering and asked many questions regarding construction and design during the tour.[50] Following the tour, Yeltsin and his group departed the facility and began driving to the airport.[12][41]

While on the way to the airport, Yeltsin decided to take an unannounced visit to a grocery store.[12][41] Yeltsin said that he wanted to visit a typical store in order to see what the average American shopping experience was like.[32] The group decided to visit Randalls #30 at 570 El Dorado Boulevard, near the intersection with State Highway 3,[51][47][48][49] in Webster.[32] The store manager received a phone call from the group shortly before their arrival, and he was given about 15 minutes to prepare.[32][48] The visit was a low-key event, without heavy security or media presence,[48] with the exception of reporter Stefanie Asin of the Houston Chronicle.[49][48][46] Yeltsin arrived at the store around 1:30 p.m.[41] During his visit, Yeltsin inspected the product selection in the store and tried free samples of cheese and produce.[50][52] According to the manager on duty at the time, Yeltsin was very interested in the frozen food section,[48] and a picture of Yeltsin looking at a selection of Pudding Pops was widely republished.[49][52][32] He was astonished by the selection available in the store, which he was told offered about 30,000 unique products, and expressed disbelief that such a store was available to residents outside of major urban areas like New York City.[53][49] He also asked the store manager if he had required specialized training to earn his position.[46] Speaking through an interpreter, Yeltsin talked to employees and customers,[48] asking them questions about how much they spent on groceries compared to what their salary was.[46] In total, the trip lasted about 20 minutes,[50][52][54][55] with Yeltsin receiving a goodie bag from the store staff before leaving.[49]

Following the grocery store visit, Yeltsin and his entourage flew to Miami, their final location before returning to the Soviet Union.[56][46][49] During the flight, Yeltsin was in a state of shock regarding the grocery store and remained speechless for a long time.[56] According to Sukhanov, it was during the flight that "the last vestige of Bolshevism collapsed inside" Yeltsin.[56] Following his silence, Yeltsin asked aloud, "What have they done to our people?", questioning the Soviet Union's struggles with food.[56] In a later biography, Yeltsin commented regarding his grocery store visit,[46][32]

When I saw those shelves crammed with hundreds, thousands of cans, cartons and goods of every possible sort, for the first time I felt quite frankly sick with despair for the Soviet people. That such a potentially super-rich country as ours has been brought to a state of such poverty! It is terrible to think of it.

Yeltsin commented that if people in the Soviet Union were aware of the quality of the average American grocery store, "there would be a revolution", further saying that "Even the Politburo doesn't have this choice. Not even Mr. Gorbachev."[46][49][32]

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861533&forum_id=2...#49850490)

2 years later, the Soviet Union ceased to exist.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861533&forum_id=2...#49850491)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randalls

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861533&forum_id=2...#49850492)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861533&forum_id=2...#49850499)

and it kinda worked, because straight-up communism is making a comeback among the retarded kids today and among muds and mystery meats around the globe

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5861533&forum_id=2...#49850506)