Subj : Re: Eggs! To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Fri Aug 23 2019 00:57:52 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 12-Aug-2019 17:23 <=- NB>>> It's got me a bit bugged... only saw the two-pack the one time, NB>>> but did think how handy that could be (even if probably even more NB>>> expensive a way to get them than even the 6-pack)... ;) Maybe NB>>> I'll try to remember to ask someone at the store if I was just NB>>> hallucinating that other day.... BM>> A low blood sugar event?! NB>> Probably not, since we generally eat supper first right there at NB>> the store as we start our shopping... :) BM> So probably a short-term trial to see if a couple of hard boiled eggs BM> would be a seller. Does sound like a healthy alternative and quick BM> snack or fast-lunch idea. Not sure... maybe it was something from the employees' snack room that found its way down into the store... I really should probably try to remember to ask about it... :) BM>> As for the price, probably more expensive than the 6-pack but also BM>> could be less expensive for the event: maybe only need two eggs, so BM>> the other four could be sitting around, unused and possibly wasted. BM>> (I'm thinking I could always eat some hard boiled eggs in a week, BM>> but just something else to carry if on a long errand.) NB>> Price per egg is likely higher, price per package probably less... NB>> And yes, if one would just waste the rest, definitely better to NB>> get the smaller one... BM> I/we've purchased smaller-but-more-expensive items just because we BM> don't go through as fast and the item would go bad or otherwise be BM> wasted if purchased in a larger quantity. As always, depends on the BM> situation as to what makes sense. I've done likewise... and yes it does depend on the exact situation... :) 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. NB>>> Yup. Of course, not everything can be at eye-level, so they have NB>>> to do some other things to get your attention... :) BM>> True. All sorts of little advertising gimmicks. which are more BM>> psychological. And I'll admit it sometimes works: I've purchased wine BM>> because of a low 'comfortable' price and the label caught my BM>> attention. Sort of a 'if the wine's not that good at least i didn't pay BM>> too much and the bottle is interesting'. NB>> If it's something you'd be getting anyway, not a bad way to reason, NB>> and hopefully one will get a decent wine all the same... :) BM> Haven't had any rot-gut swill yet! Quite sure the wine aficionado BM> could tell from twenty paces but tastes fine to us. We don't buy wine for our own consumption... but will drink it when offered elsewhere... We know some aficionados, and also some that just are consumers... :) NB>> With Wegmans having started in Rochester, there are a number of NB>> stores that end up seeming outdated or not so close to their current NB>> sales model, and they either have remodeled the stores or built new NB>> ones nearby, and so figure they don't need some of the smaller, NB>> older ones... The ones they build in new cities and states tend to NB>> be the bigger and fancier ones... :) BM> So competition from the larger stores isn't all bad. OTOH the 'Mom BM> and Pop' store do often provide specialties not able to be provided for BM> by the big corprorates. Years ago a friend's aunt needed a new TV and BM> wanted a console model -- this was some time before LCD TVs came out. BM> The Big Box stores were not able to offer a console any longer but a BM> family-run store was able to order one for her and she was happy. I think that even with the trend to having bigger fancier stores, Wegmans still retains a lot of that mom-and-pop atmosphere... they really haven't become the big box store type of place yet, thankfully... 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! NB>>> You mean, poor Sweden... everyone knows where Brockport is.... :) BM>> The smaller is more famous than the larger! NB>> Yup... there's a SUNY (State Univ. of NY) college there... :) BM> That would tend to create a place on the map! I was thinking BM> 'Brockport' sounded familiar but then there is a Rockport, Maine, and BM> thinking maybe that was what I was thinking. There's also a Rockport Massachusetts... ;) 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. :) NB>>> The eagle's nest is a major claim to fame... If the plant NB>> closes, though, it probably would be absorbed.... BM>> Yes, the nest is more of an attraction than the aluminum processing BM>> facility! Don't think there's going to be a plant closing any time BM>> soon but if there is there's going to be a fight between Bettendorf BM>> and Pleasant Valley to grab Riverdale! NB>> Unless Pleasant Valley is also inside Bettendorf, I'd think that NB>> Bettendorf has a good claim to it... ;) BM> I think it's pretty much surrounded by Bettendorf but has direct BM> access to a few miles of the Mississippi. Haven't heard any 'noises' BM> to take over by Bettendorf but suppose possible some day. Which, Pleasant Valley or Riverdale....? Or both....? NB>>> Richard's usually the one grabbing the milk... sometimes they're NB>>> all the same date, sometimes there's a wide spread of dates... so NB>>> he always looks at least quickly at the selection... :) BM>> Good man! :) I bought orange juice the other day -- they must have BM>> just restocked as full except for two. Glance at the dates: left BM>> front 6th, all the other ones appeared to be 3rd. Hmm! Grabbed the BM>> 6th. NB>> Yup... we would have also.... :) BM> I'm thinking most people would but there are always those who do not BM> pay attention -- and I'll admit to being part of that group at times. We try to stay attentive... ;) ttyl neb .... System Error: (A)bort, (R)etry, (C)onsume Chocolate --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .