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From: gregorymorrow@msn.com (gm)
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Subject: Re: Corned Beef Brisket (and a mild rant)
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:02:17 +0000
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On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 23:50:08 +0000, Hank Rogers wrote:

> gm wrote:
>> Hank Rogers wrote:
>>
>>> Jill McQuown wrote:
>>>> On 3/13/2025 4:37 PM, Ed P wrote:
>>>>> On 3/13/2025 3:16 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is actually a mild rant about those grocery store "loyalty"
>>>>>> cards. I went to my usual supermarket (Publix) yesterday.  They
>>>>>> advertised corned beef brisket priced at $4.99/lb.  They don't
>>>>>> require a "card" to get that price.  Unfortunately, they only had
>>>>>> one left.  I bought it and put it in the freezer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This morning on my way to work I stopped at Food Lion to buy a couple
>>>>>> more and fortunately they still had a few.  But Food Lion requires
>>>>>> what they call an MVP card to get the same price as Publix
>>>>>> ($4.99/lb.).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I paid just over $19 each for two of them at Food Lion.  Both
>>>>>> slightly over 3.5 lbs.  If I hadn't used the Food Lion "card", it
>>>>>> would have cost me $23 more for the two briskets.  It says so on
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> receipt.  My question is WHY?!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is what I don't understand about those loyalty cards/apps.Â
>>>>>> Let's pretend I was visiting friends or family from a place that
>>>>>> doesn't have a Food Lion [insert other grocery stores that require
>>>>>> loyalty cards/apps to get the best price].  I'd have no reason to
>>>>>> have their "card".  Let's further pretend I decided to go to this
>>>>>> grocery store to buy a corned beef brisket to cook for my friends.Â
>>>>>> Is there any logical reason why I should have to pay $30 for a corned
>>>>>> beef someone with the *card* could by for $19?  I can't think of a
>>>>>> single reason why they are allowed to price gouge someone simply
>>>>>> because they don't have a store loyalty card.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jill
>>>>>
>>>>> The simple explanation is "because they can"
>>>>>
>>>> Strikes me as unethical.
>>>>
>>>>> The idea is to build loyalty and people will shop there for the
>>>>> discount.
>>>>>
>>>> Yeah, I get the idea.  They jack up prices to fool people into thinking
>>>> they're getting a discount.  Imagine what you'd pay for a can of [e.g.]
>>>> green beans "on sale" if you didn't have the MVP card!  Twice what a
>>>> can
>>>> of green beans should actually cost.  Arrgh!
>>>>
>>>>> Rather than go to Food Lion, I'd wait a day or two and go back to
>>>>> Publix to see if they re-stocked.  That sale is until next
>>>>> Wednesday.
>>>>
>>>> Normally I would do that, Ed.  Thing is, when I went to Publix after
>>>> work the day before, the manager seemed surprised they'd run out and
>>>> wasn't sure if they'd be getting any more.  I'm off work tomorrow and I
>>>> try to do my shopping when I'm already in town.  So I made the decision
>>>> to stop at Food Lion on my way to the office.  I didn't know for sure
>>>> they still had any but it was on my way.  Fortunately, they did have
>>>> but
>>>> only a few left.  It still bugs me I had to use the "loyalty card" to
>>>> get the same price they'd have charged at Publix without using a card. I
>>>> object to those loyalty cards as a matter of general principle.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>>
>>> Your Majesty should ban that damn nasty food lion store.  How dare they
>>> treat your highness as a common customer!
>>
>>
>> Yes, REVOKE the HRH ROYAL WARRANT...!!!
>>
>> That way, Food Lion cannot emblazon their vittles with the Dataw Royale
>> Seal...!!!
>>
>> Then DESTROY those Food Lions and SALT THE EARTH...!!!
>>
>> PS:
>>
>> "Normally I would do that, Ed..."
>>
>
> Nah, you can't spare any of your time.  You're way too busy licking the
> donald's anus.
>
> No way he can get along without you.


Widder Jill wrote the "Normally I would do that, Ed..." line, Sire
Hank...!!!

Please to keep yoose mind outta THE GUTTER...!!!

😍

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