""Let's just say there are a lot of people here who don't want me to write a book," he says with a laugh. "Larry Ellison came in one time and wanted to buy a giant loaf of cheese. Sitting in front of it are a bunch of pieces of cheese that are cut and priced, and he goes, 'No, I'll just take the whole thing.'""
""Located at the dead center of the wealthy, rural enclave 25 miles south of San Francisco, Roberts Market - now run by fourth-generation owner Christine Roberts - is as much a grocery store as it is a gossip mill. It's where you'll find delicious San Giacomo Heritage charcuterie from Golden Gate Meat Company and also hear rumors of the Rolling Stones playing a birthday show in the Getty family's backyard.""
Woodside, California is a small town of just over 5,000 residents served by a single 8,000-square-foot grocery, Roberts Market, founded 137 years ago. More than a dozen multibillionaires live in town, including Larry Ellison (about $243 billion), John Doerr ($20.3 billion), Charles Schwab ($13.9 billion), Gordon Getty ($5.5 billion) and Thomas Siebel ($4.1 billion). The market often attracts these wealthy residents because the next grocery is five miles away. Longtime general manager Mike Kerr recounts celebrity shopping anecdotes. Fourth-generation owner Christine Roberts runs the store, which doubles as a local gossip hub and specialty-food source.
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