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Learned a new word phrase today. It sounds like 2 words unless you are shrieking it. Dejá dammit is that moment you have a split second vision of something glass you are handling dropping to the floor and shattering. And then it does.

Not an auspicious start to this day. A whole hour till my larger stovetop percolater finishes my coffee. Finally 7 am I sitting and sipping, as @Uncleharvey would say. But at 7 am it really a good cup of coffee now. And I guess I’ll be doing a trip to the evil modern Sears Roebuck catalog to look for a replacement glass knob for my smaller percolator. Maybe I should get 2. Hmmm

Oh, may as well attach another grocery store rant again as it’s been 3 days in a row I think of products I seek and have trouble finding. In this case the photo shows the 3 flavors of pudding mix I can actually use from this wall of options.

Silly me I thought I could just buy a variety of pudding mixes on sale. Here there is only the Jello brand. But old me still prefers “Cook and Serve” not Instant. Instant doesn’t have the texture I like, nor does it adequately incorporate banana slices as I planned. I can choose only from the packages I marked in purple on this photo. I get chocolate, vanilla or, oddly, butterscotch. If you exclude mine, my gosh look at this wall of varieties and flavors that are Instant. I am behind the times. #Pudding #Jello #Safeway #Phoenix #Arizona

Learned a new word phrase today. It sounds like 2 words unless you are shrieking it. Dejá dammit is that moment you have a split second vision of something glass you are handling dropping to the floor and shattering. And then it does.

Not an auspicious start to this day. A whole hour till my larger stovetop percolater finishes my coffee. Finally 7 am I sitting and sipping, as @Uncleharvey would say. But at 7 am it really a good cup of coffee now. And I guess I’ll be doing a trip to the evil modern Sears Roebuck catalog to look for a replacement glass knob for my smaller percolator. Maybe I should get 2. Hmmm

Oh, may as well attach another grocery store rant again as it’s been 3 days in a row I think of products I seek and have trouble finding. In this case the photo shows the 3 flavors of pudding mix I can actually use from this wall of options.

Silly me I thought I could just buy a variety of pudding mixes on sale. Here there is only the Jello brand. But old me still prefers “Cook and Serve” not Instant. Instant doesn’t have the texture I like, nor does it adequately incorporate banana slices as I planned. I can choose only from the packages I marked in purple on this photo. I get chocolate, vanilla or, oddly, butterscotch. If you exclude mine, my gosh look at this wall of varieties and flavors that are Instant. I am behind the times. #Pudding #Jello #Safeway #Phoenix #Arizona

Learned a new word phrase today. It sounds like 2 words unless you are shrieking it. Dejá dammit is that moment you have a split second vision of something glass you are handling dropping to the floor and shattering. And then it does.

Not an auspicious start to this day. A whole hour till my larger stovetop percolater finishes my coffee. Finally 7 am I sitting and sipping, as @Uncleharvey would say. But at 7 am it really a good cup of coffee now. And I guess I’ll be doing a trip to the evil modern Sears Roebuck catalog to look for a replacement glass knob for my smaller percolator. Maybe I should get 2. Hmmm

Oh, may as well attach another grocery store rant again as it’s been 3 days in a row I think of products I seek and have trouble finding. In this case the photo shows the 3 flavors of pudding mix I can actually use from this wall of options.

Silly me I thought I could just buy a variety of pudding mixes on sale. Here there is only the Jello brand. But old me still prefers “Cook and Serve” not Instant. Instant doesn’t have the texture I like, nor does it adequately incorporate banana slices as I planned. I can choose only from the packages I marked in purple on this photo. I get chocolate, vanilla or, oddly, butterscotch. If you exclude mine, my gosh look at this wall of varieties and flavors that are Instant. I am behind the times. #Pudding #Jello #Safeway #Phoenix #Arizona

Learned a new word phrase today. It sounds like 2 words unless you are shrieking it. Dejá dammit is that moment you have a split second vision of something glass you are handling dropping to the floor and shattering. And then it does.

Not an auspicious start to this day. A whole hour till my larger stovetop percolater finishes my coffee. Finally 7 am I sitting and sipping, as @Uncleharvey would say. But at 7 am it really a good cup of coffee now. And I guess I’ll be doing a trip to the evil modern Sears Roebuck catalog to look for a replacement glass knob for my smaller percolator. Maybe I should get 2. Hmmm

Oh, may as well attach another grocery store rant again as it’s been 3 days in a row I think of products I seek and have trouble finding. In this case the photo shows the 3 flavors of pudding mix I can actually use from this wall of options.

Silly me I thought I could just buy a variety of pudding mixes on sale. Here there is only the Jello brand. But old me still prefers “Cook and Serve” not Instant. Instant doesn’t have the texture I like, nor does it adequately incorporate banana slices as I planned. I can choose only from the packages I marked in purple on this photo. I get chocolate, vanilla or, oddly, butterscotch. If you exclude mine, my gosh look at this wall of varieties and flavors that are Instant. I am behind the times. #Pudding #Jello #Safeway #Phoenix #Arizona

Learned a new word phrase today. It sounds like 2 words unless you are shrieking it. Dejá dammit is that moment you have a split second vision of something glass you are handling dropping to the floor and shattering. And then it does.

Not an auspicious start to this day. A whole hour till my larger stovetop percolater finishes my coffee. Finally 7 am I sitting and sipping, as @Uncleharvey would say. But at 7 am it really a good cup of coffee now. And I guess I’ll be doing a trip to the evil modern Sears Roebuck catalog to look for a replacement glass knob for my smaller percolator. Maybe I should get 2. Hmmm

Oh, may as well attach another grocery store rant again as it’s been 3 days in a row I think of products I seek and have trouble finding. In this case the photo shows the 3 flavors of pudding mix I can actually use from this wall of options.

Silly me I thought I could just buy a variety of pudding mixes on sale. Here there is only the Jello brand. But old me still prefers “Cook and Serve” not Instant. Instant doesn’t have the texture I like, nor does it adequately incorporate banana slices as I planned. I can choose only from the packages I marked in purple on this photo. I get chocolate, vanilla or, oddly, butterscotch. If you exclude mine, my gosh look at this wall of varieties and flavors that are Instant. I am behind the times. #Pudding #Jello #Safeway #Phoenix #Arizona

If you wondered if cobalt here is done ranting about so-called food at the grocery store and prices, ah, nope. Exhibit 4 or so. American readymade gelatin is usually just called Jello due to that popular powerhouse brand. However people looking to buy the readymade small cups (6 oz) usually buy the Hunt brand because it’s far cheaper. Right now the typical 4 pack is on sale for 99¢ but regular price is $2.49.

But oh my, maybe don’t make the mistake of buying the new Hunt brand flavors in the 6 packs. Get this: SALE price is $4 for the 6 cups if you buy 2 packs for $8 total. Yikes! The “regular” price for 6 cups is $4.99. Egad. This is fruit flavor and sugar in gelatin form. See the photo with arrows to the various flavors and pricing. The actual Jello brand gelatin cups are in the cooler where you get prepackaged cheese. Seriously, you don’t want to know how much the Jello brand is. #Gelatin #Jello #SnackPac #Groceries #Safeway #Phoenix

If you wondered if cobalt here is done ranting about so-called food at the grocery store and prices, ah, nope. Exhibit 4 or so. American readymade gelatin is usually just called Jello due to that popular powerhouse brand. However people looking to buy the readymade small cups (6 oz) usually buy the Hunt brand because it’s far cheaper. Right now the typical 4 pack is on sale for 99¢ but regular price is $2.49.

But oh my, maybe don’t make the mistake of buying the new Hunt brand flavors in the 6 packs. Get this: SALE price is $4 for the 6 cups if you buy 2 packs for $8 total. Yikes! The “regular” price for 6 cups is $4.99. Egad. This is fruit flavor and sugar in gelatin form. See the photo with arrows to the various flavors and pricing. The actual Jello brand gelatin cups are in the cooler where you get prepackaged cheese. Seriously, you don’t want to know how much the Jello brand is. #Gelatin #Jello #SnackPac #Groceries #Safeway #Phoenix

If you wondered if cobalt here is done ranting about so-called food at the grocery store and prices, ah, nope. Exhibit 4 or so. American readymade gelatin is usually just called Jello due to that popular powerhouse brand. However people looking to buy the readymade small cups (6 oz) usually buy the Hunt brand because it’s far cheaper. Right now the typical 4 pack is on sale for 99¢ but regular price is $2.49.

But oh my, maybe don’t make the mistake of buying the new Hunt brand flavors in the 6 packs. Get this: SALE price is $4 for the 6 cups if you buy 2 packs for $8 total. Yikes! The “regular” price for 6 cups is $4.99. Egad. This is fruit flavor and sugar in gelatin form. See the photo with arrows to the various flavors and pricing. The actual Jello brand gelatin cups are in the cooler where you get prepackaged cheese. Seriously, you don’t want to know how much the Jello brand is. #Gelatin #Jello #SnackPac #Groceries #Safeway #Phoenix

If you wondered if cobalt here is done ranting about so-called food at the grocery store and prices, ah, nope. Exhibit 4 or so. American readymade gelatin is usually just called Jello due to that popular powerhouse brand. However people looking to buy the readymade small cups (6 oz) usually buy the Hunt brand because it’s far cheaper. Right now the typical 4 pack is on sale for 99¢ but regular price is $2.49.

But oh my, maybe don’t make the mistake of buying the new Hunt brand flavors in the 6 packs. Get this: SALE price is $4 for the 6 cups if you buy 2 packs for $8 total. Yikes! The “regular” price for 6 cups is $4.99. Egad. This is fruit flavor and sugar in gelatin form. See the photo with arrows to the various flavors and pricing. The actual Jello brand gelatin cups are in the cooler where you get prepackaged cheese. Seriously, you don’t want to know how much the Jello brand is. #Gelatin #Jello #SnackPac #Groceries #Safeway #Phoenix

If you wondered if cobalt here is done ranting about so-called food at the grocery store and prices, ah, nope. Exhibit 4 or so. American readymade gelatin is usually just called Jello due to that popular powerhouse brand. However people looking to buy the readymade small cups (6 oz) usually buy the Hunt brand because it’s far cheaper. Right now the typical 4 pack is on sale for 99¢ but regular price is $2.49.

But oh my, maybe don’t make the mistake of buying the new Hunt brand flavors in the 6 packs. Get this: SALE price is $4 for the 6 cups if you buy 2 packs for $8 total. Yikes! The “regular” price for 6 cups is $4.99. Egad. This is fruit flavor and sugar in gelatin form. See the photo with arrows to the various flavors and pricing. The actual Jello brand gelatin cups are in the cooler where you get prepackaged cheese. Seriously, you don’t want to know how much the Jello brand is. #Gelatin #Jello #SnackPac #Groceries #Safeway #Phoenix

Ok, I’m on a rip right now since I made a point of looking at some Safeway grocery store prices of products I buy occasionally. This post continues where I left off on a few previous posts and comments. This one is about condiments. I decided after all to buy fish sauce for my sweet chipotle chili I’m going to make today.

Calling attention to @MLE_online because although you said I could sub soy sauce, I remember from about 5-6 years ago there ARE ways I can use fish sauce again. I think it was in scrambled eggs, of all things! So now I’ll look into using this condiment again when I spot it in a recipe. Ideas welcome.

So there were no choices available at Safeway and I did buy the “Thai Fish Sauce” for $5.99. Bet if I’d had time to drive 9 miles to Lee Lee grocery I’d find 10 kinds and most far less. First photo has it enlarged and I made arrows to it. Second photo is the main section of Asian and other specialty sauces and marinades. Thought maybe someone would be interested in them or the pricing. Comments welcome. Bet @PhoenixSerenity has ideas 😁
#FishSauce #Sauce #Condiments #Safeway #Arizona #Phoenix

#Safeway (#Albertsons) self-check-out station software bug - consumer-facing *production software* in use in major national grocery store chain! WTH! - app in endless loop. Message: “Please wait, help is on the way”. Workaround: go to other checkout station and scan everything all over. ☹️😡 Hyper-capitalist commerce in the early 21st century.😡
#SoftwareBug #BadSoftware #StupidSoftware #EverythingIsStupid #EverythingIsBroken

#Safeway (#Albertsons) self-check-out station software bug - consumer-facing *production software* in use in major national grocery store chain! WTH! - app in endless loop. Message: “Please wait, help is on the way”. Workaround: go to other checkout station and scan everything all over. ☹️😡 Hyper-capitalist commerce in the early 21st century.😡
#SoftwareBug #BadSoftware #StupidSoftware #EverythingIsStupid #EverythingIsBroken

#Safeway (#Albertsons) self-check-out station software bug - consumer-facing *production software* in use in major national grocery store chain! WTH! - app in endless loop. Message: “Please wait, help is on the way”. Workaround: go to other checkout station and scan everything all over. ☹️😡 Hyper-capitalist commerce in the early 21st century.😡
#SoftwareBug #BadSoftware #StupidSoftware #EverythingIsStupid #EverythingIsBroken

A Flashback Friday to 3 years ago today when I took this photo of a sign in front of the Safeway in Chico. Parking cars for sale in the parking lot was prohibited, and buying another vowel for the sign was "prohibted" too. 💰👁😄

#California #Chico #Safeway #sign #misspelled #typo #flashbackfriday #flashback #Friday #funny

Okay, per my previous post about scam, shell-game pricing at Safeway (and likely other company chains like Albertsons and Vons, but I haven't checked), I made a statement that on any given day you could pay 100% more for the same ounce of soda depending on sales and container. But that was just a guess, and I hate guesses. So for science (and for you) I went back to Safeway to check today's price on an ounce of Diet Pepsi, and boy was I wrong...
Today you can spend 483% more for the same ounce of Pepsi! Photo evidence provided. Maximum cost, 14.5 cents per ounce regular price in a poorly named mini-can, and minimum price (3 cents per ounce) in a 2 liter bottle with a loyalty card. And if you don't like those prices, Safeway offers a whole RANGE of prices scattered through the middle! Something for everyone!
And if you DO like those prices, don't get used to them, because they'll certainly be different in a week, and they might be different tomorrow. You don't KNOW! Like I said, shell-game.
(To be fair, I didn't check individual containers for sale in cold cases at the register, and I didn't take the time to price Coke, since Pepsi is what I usually buy, so there are other prices for sugar water and sugar-free sugar water we could be talking about as well.)
#safeway #groceries #groceryprices #foodpriceinflation #albertsons #vons #pepsi #softdrinks

I've long been infuriated by the endless and malicious pricing shell game that my local Safeway (Albertsons, Vons and other chains are also part of the same company, and I assume pull the same B.S.). It seems to be a very conscious effort to keep consumers in the dark as to what "regular" prices on products are, and the real value (if any) of a sale price on any given item.
For example, just walk into the soda aisle and try to figure out what the going price for an ounce of Coke or Pepsi is. There are countless buying options (larger and smaller cans, often four or five kinds of plastic bottles, six packs and eight packs, "regular" or "real" sales that apply to everyone, loyalty card prices, digital coupon, multiple purchase requirement sales, limited purchase sales, and more. It's easily possible on any give day to pay at least 100% more per ounce on the same ounce of beverage, depending on what version you get and what hoops you leap through and how much of your privacy and information you're willing to sacrifice.
Multiply this by thousands of items changing day by day, and it's an unending dance of scammery. When my grocery bill routinely drops 20-30% when I use a loyalty card, this just tells me that Safeway's "regular" prices are likely overcharging by a large percentage, if not all, of that discount.
But the pictured price tag just really cheesed me off. My wife and I live alone, so we don't need vast quantities of most items. But many Safeway sales require mass purchases, often on perishable items (and many produce items are no longer even AVAILABLE in small quantities). Often that's applied to salad, which I often eat a lot of, but not TEN BAGS AT A TIME or whatever. Four is a stretch to eat before some of it goes bad, canceling out some or all of the savings, and just pointlessly wasting food.
So I checked to see if I really needed to buy three bags this time. But it turns out, no. Look closely, See the math problem? Yeah. Buy one, get the sale price. But buy the STRONGLY suggested three, and Safeway charges you an extra penny for their trouble!
Yeah, it's ONLY a penny, but there are principles here, and again, if they do this over hundreds of thousands of sales, over hundreds or thousands of products, over months and years, it ads up. Plus, they've duped you into possibly buying more than you need AND goosed their bottom-line a little in the process.
It should be illegal. The whole SYSTEM should be illegal. And, IMHO, whoever came up with it should have their testicles or other tender parts nailed to a shopping cart out in the parking lot for everyone's enjoyment. Are we together on this?

#safeway #groceries #grocerieprices #albertsons #vons #foodprices #foodpriceinflation #latestagecapitalism

Proposed #Kroger #Albertsons #megamerger affects future of #FredMeyer, #Safeway, #Vons, #Osco, #Food4Less, #HarrisTeeter #QFC stores too. Together, the two chains operate approx 5 thousand of consolidated #RetailStores under varous #BrandNames across #US and have annual revenue of more than $209 billion.

#AntiTrust issues arise everywhere, with nearly 200 #grocerystores between them in #Oregon alone, many within a mile of each other. State Attorney Generals have sought to block the massive #merger, but everyone knows #BigMoney talks loudest.

To meet #FTC requirements this week the chains announced plan to #divest at least 400 #stores to a single #SoftBank backed holding corp that operates #PigglyWiggly

https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2023/08/kroger-ceo-rodney-mcmullen-makes-case-for-proposed-albertsons-merger.html

More people are #masking in #Safeway today. Not enough but better.

#TalesFromSafeway #WearAMask #Tripledemic

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