I went grocery shopping at Vaughan's, Yummy Market this morning and saw some ' Wild King Salmon Ikura ' for sale at $15.99 per 100 gm. Decided to give them a try and bought 200 gm. The lady serv...
" . . . The United Food and Commercial Workers union Local 21, which organized Friday’s protests, responded in a statement that 'Kroger’s decision today shows that we can have an impact.' But they ...
" . . . The issue, it seems, has less to do with the sale of a few rolls of toilet paper and more to do with crowding inside the restaurant’s converted dining area, so Kronfli says ownership is con...
When the butcher asked “who’s next?”, I turned to the man standing next to me and asked him. When the young woman obliviously blocks the aisle with her shopping cart and case of cheap beer, I sa...
Is it/would it be "legal" to have a kosher and halal market share the same physical space? If there were fresh meat areas, would they have to be separate? Just curious.
Now I've seen everything in the brazen petty chiseling department! In the U. S., eggs are sold by size based on the average for a carton, so a dozen "large" eggs might have noticeable variation ...
Was this an aberration or do they try this on everyone? Went to Whole Foods after the gym. Get to the checker with my basket + reusable bag. I say, "there's a bag at the bottom." He starts to...
I recently shopped at a food store and was emailed a survey that asked what could have been done to improve the experience. I thought about it and replied "I don't like when employees call me 'bos...
This may not apply for citizens of other countries, but in the US, most of us have used shopping carts for grocery shopping especially supermarkets. I don't know why, but apparently, many peopl...
I work in a small shop in a touristy marina along the SoCal coast. Every person who comes through the door is greeted with a friendly "hello' or similar greeting. Maybe I'm getting old and crotchet...
I always get asked If I need help with my groceries out to the car . I decline . Someday I will need help . I think it's great the baggers ask . When the time comes and I need help out I'm probably...
My local butcher yelled out . As I started to motion a younger couple stepped up and yelled , " We are " . Who knew I was standing there before them . I bit my lip and just shut up . The butcher di...
Stopped into the Burlington Wegman's tonight waiting out the rush hour traffic. Checked out the strawberries, Driscoll's and Pell Farm. There was a woman at the Pell Farm display opening each box o...
Last night I trolled the new Mega Mall. I already wrote about my Aldi experience on "General topics." I needed a Hershey's almond chocolate bar so I went into the "5 Below" store. I guess I am n...
Maybe someone in the industry can respond. Do bulk bins every get cleaned? Or do they just keep dumping in new stuff? I've always been hesitant to get things from these, thinking that if it was con...
My brother just told me that the checker asked him, "Do you ever buy anything that's not on sale?"
It has become a pet peeve of mine. Every time I go shopping I find shopping carts scattered all over the lot blocking roads, sometimes right next to my car. Why don't shoppers have the courtesy of ...
Recently the Publix in my neighborhood shopping center moved a couple miles down the road to a larger space, and a Save-A-Lot opened up in the previous Publix building. I was excited to have a g...
I had the pleasure of being accused of stealing from a local grocery store this weekend. I usually avoid shopping on weekend afternoons because of the crowds. And especially so on the weekend be...
Just curious, do you always weight your own vegetables at the grocery stores? I was at the check out lane at Wegmans this weekend and the lady behind me got really angry that I didn't weight my ve...