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#FriedChicken . . .
When did fried chicken at #KFC get so expensive?🤔
I was in the mood for some & happened to be near a KFC & when I checked the menu board it said that 8 pieces of dark meat only would cost $24.99!!!
WTF??? 😲
The person at the counter tried to convince me to buy a package that included 2 sides & a cake plus 8 pieces of chicken for the same price but I refused. 😠
If they can give me all that extra stuff then they should be able to sell me 8 pieces of chicken only for less.🤷♂️
I'll just wait for the next sale at #Safeway & get 8 pieces of dark meat fried chicken for just $5 or go to #Costco to buy a whole rotisserie chicken for the same price. 😎
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I stop by my local Safeway in #EastCoCoCounty regularly & it doesn't seem to have the empty shelf problem your does.
The problem that I often face is that they do NOT have a sale item that I want in stock but the shelves are still well stocked.
I guess they're hoping people will buy something else if the sale items are not there but I usually only go to Safeway specifically to buy things that are on sale & I have no problem leaving empty handed.
Today, I went there to buy some corn for 10 cents/ear which they had but they didn't have any prepacked salmon at $8.99/lb, any 3# tubs of potato salad or any 8 pc dark meat fried chicken for $6.99 that I wanted to buy.
So, I just left with 4 ears of corn for 40 cents & headed to FoodMax where I bought a 2 bags full of food, including 2 salmon fillets at $8.99/@ , for at total of $80.
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I stop by my local Safeway in #EastCoCoCounty regularly & it doesn't seem to have the empty shelf problem your does.
The problem that I often face is that they do NOT have a sale item that I want in stock but the shelves are still well stocked.
I guess they're hoping people will buy something else if the sale items are not there but I usually only go to Safeway specifically to buy things that are on sale & I have no problem leaving empty handed.
Today, I went there to buy some corn for 10 cents/ear which they had but they didn't have any prepacked salmon at $8.99/lb, any 3# tubs of potato salad or any 8 pc dark meat fried chicken for $6.99 that I also wanted to buy.
So, I just left with 4 ears of corn for 40 cents & headed to FoodMax where I bought a 2 bags full of food, including 2 salmon fillets at $8.99/@, for at total of $80.
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I use to get gas rewards from #Safeway but they kept expiring so that I could never use then, which made them useless to me . 🤷🏻♂️
I've always been a member of #Costco going back to when it was called the #PriceClub.
And I've always preferred buying certain things in bulk, even if there isn't a great cost savings, because it minimizes shopping trips.
Even though I bought gas at Costco recently, I seldom bother going to Costco to do so, preferring to buy gas at a local independent gas station, even if it's more expensive, because its location is less busy & more convenient 🤷🏻♂️
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Just stopped by the HUGE & relatively new #Safeway in Oakley today to pick up a prescription & decided to walk thru this store for the 1st time.
It's no longer St. Patty's day but they were selling pre-packed #CornedBeef for 50% off at $4 instead of $8/pound for both #BottomRound & #FlatBrisket.
Flat brisket is the better & traditional (along with the point) cut to use for corned beef. So, I bought 2 packs of the flat for just $4/# & for a savings of about $24. 😊
In contrast, they had #ChuckRoast ridiculously priced at $13/pound. 🤦♂️
So it pays to look for sales & to avoid outrageously priced meat (along with other things) at Safeway (as well as other stores & supermarkets).
This sale was marked as a "Manager's Special" so it may apply to this store only but if you're in the market for some corned beef it would be worth checking to see if the Safeway in your area is currently pricing it similarly (or would be willing to match this price based on this info).
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Sometimes I'm just handed things just for sitting in a guard shack, as a gesture of thanks.
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@Starcade Why does #Safeway need to be "defensive" about only giving out paper bags w/o handles on them? 🤔
Those "handles" aren't secure & fall off with any significant about of weight in the bags.
If you need a handle to carry your groceries, you can put the paper bag in a fabric bag (or just use the fabric bag alone). 🤦♂️
I've got a bunch of fabric bags (all of which I got free at a fair somewhere) & I keep a couple in each of my cars to use when I go shopping.
I never "bag" my items in the store. I just leave them in the cart & "bag" them in one of the fabric bags when I get to the car.
Easy, peasy. 🤷♂️
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#FoodMax is my fave & go-to #supermarket.
Bought 2 pkgs of point cut corned beef (about 3.75# @) for just $1.99/# on St. Patty's Day
I only buy things that spot on sale at #Safeway, #Raleys & #Luckys. Mentioned to you recently, that U bought 4 doz eggs on sale at Raley's for just $10.
Seldom shop at #GroceryOutlet because their product selection is so limited & changes so often but I do buy things there occasionally
The best deal I saw there last was boxed mac & cheese for just $1/box. Bought 5 of them.
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#FoodMax is my fave & go-to #supermarket.
Bought 2 pkgs of point cut corned beef (about 3.75# @) for just $1.99/# on St. Patty's Day
I only buy things that spot on sale at #Safeway, #Raleys & #Luckys. Mentioned to you recently, that U bought 4 doz eggs on sale at Raley's for just $10.
Seldom shop at #GroceryOutlet because their product selection is so limited & changes so often but I do buy things there occasionally
The best deal I saw there last was boxed mac & cheese for just $1/box. Bought 5 of them.
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Food rescue program helps fill plates as hunger hits 10-year high
DENVER — With hunger in Colorado at its highest level in a decade and federal food aid shrinking, the Food Bank of the Rockies is turning to its “Food Rescue Program” to help bridge…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #7DaystoEndHungerCampaign #CommunityTable #FoodBankoftheRockies #FoodRescueProgram #hunger #Relief #safeway
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Food rescue program helps fill plates as hunger hits 10-year high
DENVER — With hunger in Colorado at its highest level in a decade and federal food aid shrinking, the Food Bank of the Rockies is turning to its “Food Rescue Program” to help bridge…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #7DaystoEndHungerCampaign #CommunityTable #FoodBankoftheRockies #FoodRescueProgram #hunger #Relief #safeway
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2511350/food-rescue-program-helps-fill-plates-as-hunger-hits-10-year-high/ -
Food rescue program helps fill plates as hunger hits 10-year high https://www.diningandcooking.com/2511350/food-rescue-program-helps-fill-plates-as-hunger-hits-10-year-high/ #7DaysToEndHungerCampaign #CommunityTable #food #FoodBankOfTheRockies #FoodRescueProgram #hunger #Relief #safeway
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Food rescue program helps fill plates as hunger hits 10-year high https://www.diningandcooking.com/2511350/food-rescue-program-helps-fill-plates-as-hunger-hits-10-year-high/ #7DaysToEndHungerCampaign #CommunityTable #food #FoodBankOfTheRockies #FoodRescueProgram #hunger #Relief #safeway
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There are different corporations involved. Windmill Mushrooms has been retaliating & refusing to bargain with workers who want to organize in the #PNW - those are subject to #Boycott
Glad to know there's a supplier using #Union #Labor
Gonna look for a place to buy that brand#Safeway & #FredMeyer in #Tacoma both sell Windmill 😒
What's disgusting?
#UnionBusting -
There are different corporations involved. Windmill Mushrooms has been retaliating & refusing to bargain with workers who want to organize in the #PNW - those are subject to #Boycott
Glad to know there's a supplier using #Union #Labor
Gonna look for a place to buy that brand#Safeway & #FredMeyer in #Tacoma both sell Windmill 😒
What's disgusting?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 😁
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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 😁
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Fred Meyer completely f'd up their interface.
Old: Start My Order was pages of choices.
New: It's a small side-scroller on a page with other side-scrollers and ads.
My old one was like 4 pages deep. Images and text were twice the size. I'm supposed to one-at-a-time this as if I'm on a cellphone?? How many damn hours do you expect people to spend scrolling through what used to be on a flat page??
Wtaf. Well, I guess FM wants us to search for new grocers, like they're the Bluesky of turnips. This may be my last order from them.
I haven't been to Safeway's site in a while. I wonder how bad it is now.
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Fred Meyer completely f'd up their interface.
Old: Start My Order was pages of choices.
New: It's a small side-scroller on a page with other side-scrollers and ads.
My old one was like 4 pages deep. Images and text were twice the size. I'm supposed to one-at-a-time this as if I'm on a cellphone?? How many damn hours do you expect people to spend scrolling through what used to be on a flat page??
Wtaf. Well, I guess FM wants us to search for new grocers, like they're the Bluesky of turnips. This may be my last order from them.
I haven't been to Safeway's site in a while. I wonder how bad it is now.
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#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.😡
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Earlier this week, at another #Safeway, they were entirely out of produce bags - all bag holders were empty (4 shown in the photo collage below). So I guess piercable bags are better than no bags? Perhaps I should start bringing in nets or so.
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It's great that Safeway has these compostable plastic bags to put your produce in, but they cannot even hold three sweet potatoes. I almost got another bag after the first potato easily ripped the bag, but that would defeat the purpose. #Safeway
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Last stop before heading home this morning was at #FoodMax. FoodMax generally has the lowest prices for food in my area.
Meat & poultry use to be very cheap there but their prices for beef/pork have risen about 100% in the past year to around $9-10/#. That's even for previously "cheap" cuts of meat, like chuck roast. There are times when you can buy NY strip & Ribeye steaks on sale for around $6 which is now less than the cost of chuck & tri-tip.
However, I was able to buy 3# of some "date expiring" chuck on sale for "just" $5/#.
The price for poultry has also risen but not as much. Just to be able to routinely buy leg quarters & whole chickens for 99 cents/# but the best prices currently for whole chickens is $1.30/# & $2/# for leg quarters.
I also use to be able to buy Progresso canned soups (my favorite) for $1.50/can but FoodMax has them "on sale" now for $2.50/can.
Tomorrow I'm going to #Safeway to buy their 8 piece dark meat fried chicken for $5. 😉
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@gtbray @technolass hasn't #Safeway learned their lesson after the class action lawsuit they just got slapped with some years back, of which I was a recipient of some money from, btw?
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📣 New Podcast! "Zorhan Mamdani's Mayoral Surge, Union Victories, and States Unite for Healthcare Justice" on @Spreaker #city #dauphin #democratic #funding #labor #local #mamdani #medicaid #new #parenthood #planned #politics #safeway #socialist #ufcw #victory #workers #york #zorhan
Zorhan Mamdani's Mayoral Surge... -
I should've known by the name that this thing tastes like Dr Pepper. Yikes!
#Safeway #IDislikeDrPepper -
I should've known by the name that this thing tastes like Dr Pepper. Yikes!
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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
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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 -
After #negotiations have stalled for weeks, #strike appears imminent for frustrated union workers at #KingSoopers #grocerystore chain in #Colorado. Mgmt has accused Kim Cordova, president of the United Food and Commercial #Workers Local 7, of bargaining in bad faith
The #UFCW is still in contract negotiations with #Albertsons, which owns #Safeway.
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The simple act of buying a tube of #toothpaste has turned into a chore.
I like #TomsOfMaine with floride and peppermint oil, which I think started as an early variety, perhaps their first.
Trader Joe's carried it for a while, then replaced it with a store brand knockoff, which I like less.
I dislike shopping at #Safeway (which also owns Lucky) for many reasons, including that it's run buy monopolistic religious zealots who have shown some willingness to rip off their customers.
The big drug store chains with local stores offer an "incentive" to get me to join and use their purchase-tracking programs by offering a lower price if I do, and jacking up the prices otherwise. What they don't seem to realize is that my "next best alternative" to joining their programs isn't paying their higher prices, it's buying what I want through Amazon and saving myself the hell of having to visit their stores at all.
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The simple act of buying a tube of #toothpaste has turned into a chore.
I like #TomsOfMaine with floride and peppermint oil, which I think started as an early variety, perhaps their first.
Trader Joe's carried it for a while, then replaced it with a store brand knockoff, which I like less.
I dislike shopping at #Safeway (which also owns Lucky) for many reasons, including that it's run buy monopolistic religious zealots who have shown some willingness to rip off their customers.
The big drug store chains with local stores offer an "incentive" to get me to join and use their purchase-tracking programs by offering a lower price if I do, and jacking up the prices otherwise. What they don't seem to realize is that my "next best alternative" to joining their programs isn't paying their higher prices, it's buying what I want through Amazon and saving myself the hell of having to visit their stores at all.
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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
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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
