![]() ![]() One week you'll see breakfast items pushed, the next you will see a meat sale, then frozen food, etc. If you watch their ads you will see when various brands or products are pushed. We made a big bulk trip to Sam's a few weeks ago and were reminded how much the regular stores "getcha" on common items.ĭave hit most of it on the head. We used to plan Sam's trips much more carefully when the kids were younger and my wife was a stay-at-home mom, but in latter days that's a hit-and-miss proposition. For a family of four, it helps a great deal! We've tried to adopt a two-week menu and shop accordingly, and that often leads us right back to Sam's for bulk purchases of items no local chain can match on their best day - especially canned goods in bulk, bulk chicken breasts, things of that nature. Sounds like Venture's done the homework on most of the sale patterns and coupons, but finding the time to get that good at it may be more problematic for some folks than others. The key is knowing what you want, knowing when it goes on sale at the various outlets, and planning accordingly. Most patterns include "loss leaders" that are heavily promoted and get people in the store in an effort to lead you toward more expensive, regular-priced items. Most of the larger chains have a set policy that may vary slightly within regions, while smaller chains (like Crest) have a highly tailored pattern that's more tailored for the market they serve. Sale rotation just refers to the patterns and frequency with which certain slates of items are put on sale at a grocery. Not really a huge fan plus the coupon policy and deals at Homeland are better. I think they try to do scented candles around it but that makes it worse I think. The Meat Department makes me sick to my stomach. I've been to the Crest up on May and SW 104th. I would imagine those aren't all that great since it seemed the former Albertson's were better overall.Įither way. Don't have a clue about the Main or Lindsey locations. The Alameda store started to go through some upgrades over the last few months, but still need some work. Yeah Homeland has been trying to turn things around with upgrades. I still wouldn't say it's a fantastic store, but it is now the nicest grocery store in Norman. The bakery is much better, they have an enormous cheese station that is regularly staffed with an employee, they have a station with freshly cut fruit, a salad bar, an olive station, and so forth. I'm no fan of Homeland, but they have spent the past 6 months upgrading that store on Robinson, and it is significantly improved. ![]() Now, four items in about five years (when the store was built) is probably not too bad and I'm sure I could find the same problems elsewhere, but I haven't so I no longer go to any Crest store. It didn't have any date on it though, it was wrapped in brown paper while I waited. It spoiled pretty quick but I will chalk that off to senility because even though I didn't think it should have spoiled that quickly, I could have been wrong. One other item was their store made Italian sausage. So, this was a bad response (beer) and good response when the Lady took quick action. ![]() When I mentioned the eggs, his assistant got involved very quickly and instructed several employees to go check all eggs for expired dates. The first comment was that they didn't buy beer from anybody but the distributor but when I pulled it out of my basket and he saw the 7-11 stamp on the side, he got real quiet. That didn't bother me, I realize there is some tolerance/leeway in those dates but the same day went to pick up eggs and found several cartons that had passed the sell date and in this day and age with the salmonella problem, I decided to report the beer and eggs to the manager. I noticed that the case had a 7-11 sell by date of about a week prior to that day. Same store, about two years ago, my last visit, I bought a couple of 18 can packs of beer that were on sale at a pretty good price. At a Crest that will remain nameless (All stores are owned and managed by the same family, so what's the difference?), I bought some ground beef that was bad, even though the use or freeze by date (don't hold me to the exact words) was almost a week after I bought it. ![]()
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