I tried to use my mother's discount twice this weekend.

1. Harris Teeter took her phone # and didn't find her (she doesn't shop there). The manager offered the store card to save me about $4.

2. Lowes Foods took my mother's number, but the cashier made me identify myself before giving me the discount.

I miss the days when sale prices were available to everyone.

I miss the days when prices weren't marked up so the store card could give a discount.

We have two markets in town: Albertson's and Stater's. Albertson's has a card, Stater's does not. Bottom line will be the same cost for the same items.

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Originally Posted by Rejuvenated View Post
Register Clerks who throws merchandise after "bar-scanning" into the end with excessive strength (especially on the eggs and mangoes).

Yes, that's true ... after a few broken eggs I decided to scan the products myself!!! Which is easy since I don't buy much at once.

Yes, but Dave is doing it for comic effect. And speaking of David Letterman, he bagged groceries and stocked shelves at the Atlas Market in Indianapolis, Indiana.

That's strange. Albertsons did have a card here in Phoenix, until a year ago, and now you don't need it. I guess their rules are different, depending on the market.

My latest peeve is my neighborhood grocery store reorganizing their selves on a semi regular basis, I think I know where I'm going end up wondering the shelves without a clue (more so than my regular wanderings that is).

That's so you wander and find other things that weren't on your list. :)

Why is the produce section always the first thing you encounter, so everything in your basket/cart gets crushed. And why is Milk always at the total back corner of the store, so you have to carry the most awkward thing the furthest, and if you are only picking up a jug of milk you have to cross the entire store?

The produce section isn't in the front of the store where I shop. As for the milk... if you think about it, you just answered your own question! (I mean, maybe you'll grab something else you forgot you needed??)

/rant on/

Loyalty cards! I detest them. Now since this is FT someone will ask how that is different from FF cards. With a FF card you can earn rewards. The shopping cards penalize those who do not use them. To me, that is a big difference. Catalina Marketing etc do not need to learn about my shopping habits. It really ticks me off when I am traveling to some city and need to grab a qick something in a grocery store and have to pay the "penalty price" when the check out person can/will not use their card for you.

/rant off/

Let's Put This In Perspective...
 

16,000 children die per day on this planet from hunger-related illness -- that's one child every 5 seconds.

Read more (and it's a couple of years old): Bread.org -- Basic Hunger Facts

This drivel is disgusting...

Ugh, I noticed this with Roche Brothers a few years back. Nothing was in any kind of logical grouping any more. The oil was in a different section from vinegar and the rest of the condiments were in another section. Nothing could be more frustrating when you are trying to get your Easter dinner grocery shopping done after work and the store is crowded and you end up going down every aisle at least 3 times.

My local mega corporate grocery store refurbed the 18month old store (using the full suite of tricks learned from Wal Mart) and this week I had my first self-checkout run-in.

At this shop, checkout chix need to call a supervisor to make a decision when a checkout scan gives a different price to the advertised price.
Fine - but when that supervisor is flat out with self-checkout queries, it makes for a ten minute wait.

I did get the special offer price so it was worth it, I guess - some of this was our dinner!

The worst-designed self-checkout I've seen was in Giant supermarket here in Northern Virginia. It went something like this:

Stand in front of scanner, facing it. The computer screen is in front of you, at nearly eye-level. So far so good. Scan your items. Want to pay cash? The bill insert device is to your right at out-stretched-arm's length. Want to pay credit/debit? The credit card scanner is just to the left of the screen. Got change coming? It comes out at the far end, past the bagging area. But don't forget your reciept, which comes out at knee-level about 2 feet to the left of the scanner/screen.

Designs like this make me go postal and I'm a software engineer. It's a wonder the 85-year old lady who used the machine in front of me didn't have a stress-induced seizure.