Originally Posted April 29, 2008
Old Habits Can Kill
Oh I'm probably making way more of this than I should. And of course its just a personal perspective I'm riffing on, but…..
Here in my little Oregon "burg" we have several options for groceries. We have a Safeway and an Albertsons and a Rays and a Fred Meyer and Wal-Mart. The Rays and the Fred Meyer are frankly a bit overpriced, Rays more so than Fred Meyer. That said I tend to try to do my shopping at Safeway and Albertsons, try…. being the operative word. As an aside both Safeway and Albertsons require the regular shopper to have a "club" card. An invention that has no worth, value or merit. And please don't try to explain to me how these cards might help a chain keep prices down, the chains don't want to keep prices down, they want to move prices up. These cards are simply a tool to try to lure your allegiance, after all you're invested, you've got a card…..
Anyway the point of this post is to share my dissatisfaction with both Safeway and Albertsons for forcing me to shop at Wal-Mart. Safeway and Albertsons run these sales and then mark up other items routinely to pay for these "loss leaders". This is the "Old Habit" that can kill. While Safeway and Albertsons compete between themselves Wal-Mart just throws up a price that’s routinely lower than offered by the chains and in doing so they are winning my business. That said the truth is: I DO NOT WANT TO SHOP AT WAL-MART!!!!
I don't have any political complaints against Wal-Mart but I don't like shopping there, it's too big, its noisy, ugly people are everywhere, their meat is scary and their produce is usually on the over ripe side. Still I'm starting to shop there because of the dishonest pricing that the two chains engage in. Again, I'm probably making way more of this than I should.
Posted 4:10 pm April 29, 2008
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