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Bagging/package help at supermarkets
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cjd »
December 8th, 2024, 7:32 pm
Is it common for grocery store baggers to offer to push the cart/help a customer unload the groceries?
Publix used to always offer this service, it...
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"Sandwich Bar" self serve
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storewanderer »
December 8th, 2024, 12:44 am
Anyone seen this before in a grocery store?
A fixture for salad bar. Now one side of it is salad bar and one side of it is sandwich bar....
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Cooking area/equipment in supermarkets
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cjd »
December 8th, 2024, 5:38 am
Most supermarkets in my area offer fried and rotisserie chicken in the deli.
When Publix had the old store here, the cooking area was right behind...
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December 8th, 2024, 5:38 am
Fresh Turkey
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storewanderer »
November 28th, 2024, 1:24 am
Do stores in other areas have a glut of Fresh Whole Turkey or is it just something happening in my area?
At stores I went out to today, Smiths had...
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December 6th, 2024, 12:08 pm
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December 5th, 2024, 12:21 am
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December 4th, 2024, 7:26 am
SHRINK
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veteran+ »
October 28th, 2023, 8:50 am
This is being covered all over from Forbes to CNBC and beyond.
Surprised?
;)
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November 29th, 2024, 12:25 pm
How do stores pick which lane to open?
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cjd »
November 27th, 2024, 3:26 pm
I notice stores don’t always open the same checkout lane nor the same lanes closed, and don’t necessarily have adjacent lanes open.
How does it...
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November 28th, 2024, 9:45 am
Thanksgiving - Turkey Prices
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Bluelightspecial »
November 9th, 2024, 9:47 pm
I went to both a Kroger (Ralphs) and Albertsons (Vons) market for the first time in a while today due to a vacation. Neither had special holiday...
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November 21st, 2024, 11:12 pm
UNFI- Trouble?
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storewanderer »
June 18th, 2024, 6:49 pm
This would not surprise me. On the former Supervalu side they have had a lot of loss of customers in OR/WA to URM and a few to C&S. In SoCal they...
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November 19th, 2024, 11:19 pm
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November 13th, 2024, 9:02 am
Amazon Fresh, take 2
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ClownLoach »
November 15th, 2023, 12:35 am
Here is a good article about the failed Amazon Fresh 1.0, quite a few pictures and details about 2.0 along with future plans. Sounds like in a...
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November 11th, 2024, 3:06 pm
Grocery store cigarette sales
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cjd »
October 27th, 2024, 7:40 pm
With CVS stopping cigarette sales a decade ago now I thought Walgreens and other retailers would stop sales but that never happened.
I’m surprised...
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November 8th, 2024, 12:52 pm
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November 3rd, 2024, 9:44 pm
Strange Aldi Remodel
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ClownLoach »
October 27th, 2024, 6:05 pm
I'm not sure how widespread this program is, so I'm putting it in national.
Last Sunday I visited my roughly 2 year old Aldi and everything was...
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October 27th, 2024, 6:05 pm
Amazon head of Grocery Stores Leaving
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ClownLoach »
October 26th, 2024, 12:34 am
The head of grocery stores at Amazon, one of the last remaining from the big wave of Tesco people that were hired to set up Fresh, has left the...
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October 27th, 2024, 12:42 am
Grocery Store Hot/Fried Food
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storewanderer »
October 20th, 2024, 1:03 am
At this point I am continuing to see fewer and fewer people buying grocery store hot food. 8pc fried chicken is 9.99+ out at CA chains and I think...
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October 24th, 2024, 12:38 am
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October 21st, 2024, 12:05 pm
Grocery Outlet-Inventory levels
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storewanderer »
January 25th, 2024, 11:27 pm
Anyone else noticing really thin inventory levels at Grocery Outlet?
The Reno-Kietzke unit has been poorly stocked for months with empty spaces,...
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October 17th, 2024, 6:18 pm
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October 14th, 2024, 7:10 am
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October 10th, 2024, 12:40 am
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October 4th, 2024, 11:42 am
Kroger "Boost Member Price"
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storewanderer »
May 1st, 2024, 11:59 pm
New thing going on at Kroger. Various items have a sale tag that says 10% off Boost Members only. That is their paid membership program.
One item...
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September 30th, 2024, 5:48 pm
Safeway Remodels
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Alpha8472 »
September 14th, 2024, 1:50 pm
The Safeway remodels are getting cheaper looking by the day. A local Safeway in Moraga, California just finished a remodel to the Florida decor. It...
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September 28th, 2024, 11:00 pm
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