Subj : Re: Eggs! To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Sat Jun 29 2019 00:42:28 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 14-Jun-2019 08:39 <=- NB>>> So yesterday, I did try to check, and didn't see anything of the sort, NB>>> this time... Maybe the package of 2 eggs wasn't where it was supposed NB>>> to be.... the refrigerated cases were just drinks (sodas, waters, NB>>> etc)... And I've not seen them anywhere else in the store, though I've NB>>> not looked all that carefully for them... Just a curious thing.... BM>> May have been in the wrong place, may have been a one shot trial - BM>> though I sort of hate when not allowed sufficient time: takes a little BM>> while to trickle out -- "I'll have to remember if I need a quick lunch BM>> Wegman's has eggs up by the register. And I need to tell Marge when I BM>> see her next week." NB>> Exactly... there should be enough time allowed for things to register NB>> and then be tried.... Not everyone is going to do things totally on NB>> impulse.... ;) And sometimes things need to be tried more than once NB>> to catch on... BM> True. Or the customer would be interested but didn't see in this BM> instance the eggs because went to a different aisle. Or sometimes BM> sees, is interested, does a mental note to get next time and it's gone. It's got me a bit bugged... only saw the two-pack the one time, but did think how handy that could be (even if probably even more expensive a way to get them than even the 6-pack)... ;) Maybe I'll try to remember to ask someone at the store if I was just hallucinating that other day.... BM>>> I generally ignore the merchandise at the checkout lanes as is BM>>> usually stuff I don't want nor need but has that "buy me!" aspect. BM>>> Great for the store's profit, not so great for mine. NB>>> I can look at it without the "buy me" triggered... I just find it NB>>> interesting what gets put out there... :) BM>> They do have some eye-catching and aw-why-not merchandise! NB>> Some of it, anyway... ;) BM> From the bits and pieces I've caught about marketing and placement it BM> is an interesting science. Eye-level is best, though for kids cereal BM> it's at their eye-level, not the parents'. Bright colours and designs BM> are eye-catching, but duller colours and blockier designs can imply a BM> solidness, sturdiness, the product inside is good for you. Yup. Of course, not everything can be at eye-level, so they have to do some other things to get your attention... :) BM>>> That was one thing I noticed they didn't have: a grab-and-go for milk. NB>>> I guess not all stores do that... But Wegmans always has had some near NB>>> the front of the store as well as the full display back of the store NB>>> in Dairy... ;) BM>> Maybe my Hy-Vee figured wasn't worth the floor space: only a few BM>> customers coming in for just milk. Easy enough to monitor. NB>> I suppose... might depend on how large the store itself is, too... NB>> but I'd guess that your usual Hy-Vee is probably about the same size NB>> as my usual Wegmans store... I've not seen it, eg, at an IGA that's NB>> about half the size of my Wegmans... BM> Right, a smaller store will not have the same capacities to work with BM> as a larger store. 'My' Hy-Vee is fairly large; have been in one BM> locally that's larger with an actual restaurant with a bar inside BM> whereas mine is more a dining area and no liquor (though their liquor BM> store is on the opposite side of the building). Ours used to be considered a middle-sized store before they closed most if not all the smaller stores (including the one that we used to go to most often).... There's a lot of Wegmans stores larger than ours, with more bells and whistles.... BM>>> It can sometimes get a little more interesting as there are BM>>> two Princetons (towns) - one on each side. Probably more but can't BM>>> think of any right now. NB>>> That's what you get for being near the border of the next state... NB>>> Of course, that also happens (duplication of place names) from one NB>>> county to another.... :) There's a Town of Rochester in NYS, way over NB>>> in Ulster County (between Albany and NYC)... not to be confused with NB>>> the City of Rochester, where I live... :) BM>> There's a town _and_ city named "Rochester"? Bet the Post Office BM>> loves that! NB>> Yup.... that's what Zip Codes are for, to differentiate... But NB>> probably wouldn't be used in a postal address so much, since what NB>> would go there would be the village or hamlet name, or the closest NB>> community with a PO branch.... Here, more locally, the village of NB>> Brockport is in the town of Sweden... I don't think that the town NB>> name gets used on anything but maps and road signs... ;) BM> Awww, poor Brockport! You mean, poor Sweden... everyone knows where Brockport is.... :) BM> There have been towns and villages absorbed by their larger BM> neighbouring cities. We have some suburbs that part of the area has a Rochester address and Zip Code, and the rest has the discrete address and their own zip... like parts of Greece and of Henrietta... :) And then there are also communities that are now just considered sections of Rochester that once upon a time were their own little hamlet... just swallowed up, although the neighborhood might still call itself by the old name, like the area known as Charlotte.... BM> Then there are those which "make it big" but are still small: Riverdale, BM> IA, is just just upriver from me, is surrounded by Bettendorf, has the BM> same ZIP code as Bettendorf, has a population of of a little over 500, BM> but probably will never be absorbed because Arconic (formerly ALCOA) BM> has a major plant there. Plus the eagle's nest. :) The eagle's nest is a major claim to fame... If the plant closes, though, it probably would be absorbed.... NB>> I came across it in my family history research, many of my ancestors NB>> from my maternal grandma's side were in Ulster and surrounding NB>> counties... So far as I know, none of them were in that Rochester, NB>> but were in adjoining towns.... :) But you'd see it in the vital NB>> records listings... :) BM> Thinking some of the vital records could be a hare misleading: there BM> are no cemetaries here in Bettendorf and until recently no hospitals, BM> so the records would show as being born in Davenport. Unless the child was born at home.... Two of my siblings were born in the Abingdon Hospital, when we were living in Willow Grove... both outer suburbs of Philly... :) NB>>>> current supply lasts pretty well, too... the stashed stuff comes out NB>>>> gradually through the year.... The stuff at Halloween is the Fun Size NB>>>> Milky Way Caramel and Snickers Almond Bars... those get tossed into NB>>>> the freezer to help them not all be eaten at once.... :) BM>>> Noticed the 'help' -- frozen chocolate bars can be cooling and tasty BM>>> on a hot summer day! NB>>> I usually don't even think of them then, though.... ;) They're NB>>> tucked way to the back where one doesn't usually see them, even... :) BM>> The Great Backus Treasure Hunt in the back of their freezer!! Wonder BM>> what else is back there?! NB>> You probably don't want to know... ;) BM> Hmm, that's what Daryl suggested also. Maybe should take that advice! If you are curious enough, I suppose you could come for a visit, and help me defrost the freezer.... BM>>> I'll admit to assuming food is good and fresh on the shelf. About the BM>>> only I'll glance at expiration/best by/etc. dates is when buying milk, BM>>> orange juice, and bagged salads because here the milk and orange juice BM>>> usually have to last a while (don't gulp at a rate of a gallon a day!) BM>>> and salad probably won't be eaten until later in the week. Still look BM>>> to see isn't getting soft/mushy, NB>>> Perishables I tend to check in the store, just to get the ones with NB>>> farthest out dates, for the freshness, and also because sometimes we NB>>> don't use things quickly either... ;) BM>> I'll sort of glance at but not dig for a later expiration. Generally BM>> have found all of Hy-Vee's has the same expiry or sometimes a day or BM>> two later, so generally not worth the effort to dig. NB>> We generally don't dig, either... usually Wegmans is pretty good NB>> at rotating stock... But occasionally there's a wide spread on NB>> the milk expiry dates.... BM> I'm usually not the one to buy the milk but when I am 'requested' to BM> pick up a gallon get reminded to look at the expiry. Find a low BM> price, check a few dates, next! Hy-Vee is also good about monitoring BM> their stock -- LIS picked up those 25› slice-and-bake cookies and their BM> expiry was a good week or two out. Richard's usually the one grabbing the milk... sometimes they're all the same date, sometimes there's a wide spread of dates... so he always looks at least quickly at the selection... :) ttyl neb .... A classic is a book that is praised but not read --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .