Re: Corned Beef Brisket (and a mild rant)

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:

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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.
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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.).
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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?!
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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.
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Jill

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The simple explanation is "because they can"
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Strikes me as unethical.
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The idea is to build loyalty and people will shop there for the
discount.
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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!
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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.

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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.
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Jill

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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..."
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