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Subject: Re: Corned Beef Brisket (and a mild rant)
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 19:34:53 +0000
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On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 19:16:42 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:

> I love corned beef brisket.  Unfortunately it is only available in
> grocery stores around St. Patrick's Day.  This is why I try to buy three
> of them so I can stash a couple in the freezer to cook later in the
> year.
>
> 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.  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.  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


NO one is forcing *anyone* to use an affinity card - or *not*...

It's called "the free market"... donchyaknow...

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