Guest guest Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 That is a classic example, Tom. They will finally get the item you have requested they carry so you can buy all your desired foods in one location, but then they jack up the price.... when nobody is dumb enough to buy it they will shrug and stop carrying it feeling justified that there really was no demand for the product since nobody bought any. *shakes head* Another thing they [other stores, not just Safeway] do is put the vegetarian items in weird locations so you don't find them in a logical manner while shopping. i've been to stores that put the vegetarian lunch " meats " in the produce section, instead of in the deli cheese area one would expect to find it. i have also found soy milks kept in odd places away from the dairy case. ~ pt ~ Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that will come tomorrow. You have set Yourself a difficult task, but You will succeed if You persevere; and You will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. ~Helen Keller ~~~*~~~*~~~> , " Tom " <antipreophogistiii> wrote: > > Safeway is a fairly bureaucratic entity. Rarely can local managers > make marketing decisions without it having to go back to headquarters. > But it does work to write suggestions. I repeatedly suggested to > people in our Safeway that they carry a soy yogurt - they carried > Nancy's dairy yogurt and Silk soymilks, so it should have been easy > for them to get the soy yogurt from one or both of these companies - > and Safeway was the only large grocery in town without soy yogurt. > After suggesting it for about a year, they finally got in a selection > of Silk soy yogurts. Only problem is, they cost about double what they > cost at other stores. They'll eventually catch on, maybe.... > Peace and love, > Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 this is my biggest complaint, finding the stuff in larger stores. No rhyme or reason as far as I can tell. I suppose their idea is to get us to do impulse buying while we are searching. They have another thing coming. I leave. When I ask a clerk where something is and they haven't a clue why stay? linda " Whatever you do will be insignificant and it is very important that you do it. " Mohandas Gandhi - ~ PT ~ Another thing they [other stores, not just Safeway] do is put the vegetarian items in weird locations so you don't find them in a logical manner while shopping. i've been to stores that put the vegetarian lunch " meats " in the produce section, instead of in the deli cheese area one would expect to find it. i have also found soy milks kept in odd places away from the dairy case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 Ya know, if they could at least be consistent in every store with the odd placements, I wouldn't have a problem. LOL. Every store is a challenge though. It's like I have burned into my head several strange locations these products can be. If I find one of these products within my first 3 aisle guesses and within 10 minutes I feel I should win something! I've heard that certain industries pay stores to not have the vegetarian/vegan subsititutes and products not displayed next to their products. Don't know if this is true. Just find it amusing that I have to go through a Maze Craze to find them suckers! S. On 11/23/05, ~ PT ~ wrote: > Another thing they [other stores, not just Safeway] do > is put the vegetarian items in weird locations so you > don't find them in a logical manner while shopping. > i've been to stores that put the vegetarian lunch " meats " > in the produce section, instead of in the deli cheese area > one would expect to find it. i have also found soy milks > kept in odd places away from the dairy case. > > ~ pt ~ > > Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, > but of the success that will come tomorrow. > You have set Yourself a difficult task, but You will > succeed if You persevere; and You will find a joy > in overcoming obstacles. > ~Helen Keller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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