Subj : Re: Eggs! To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Fri Sep 06 2019 17:00:06 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 30-Aug-2019 10:36 <=- BM>> "So that's where my lunches went!!" One of the Store Managers used to BM>> bring in a week or so microwave meals - was just easier for her to BM>> probably buy a bags' worth, bring in the whole thing at once and store BM>> in the freezer than to bring one days' at a time. A couple of the BM>> employees would bring in two or three days' worth also. I made up a BM>> batch of lunches, froze them here, then brought in one at a time. NB>> Different approaches work for different people... :) BM> True. Can see where it would be easier to have three or four meals BM> available at the store instead of bringing them in daily, especially BM> if storage at home is minimal. Or the kids microwave the employee's BM> meal for a snack! Yup... that could be an issue, too... ;) And having a stock at the store means one doesn't have to think about it every day before coming in... Richard used to buy a box of individually wrapped burritos (I think it was) and stored them in the freezer at work... then he'd always have something available if he needed it... BM>> BTW, my Hy-Vee is undergoing a full-store make-over! Started while I BM>> was gone. So far a new facade for the front (outside) which makes it BM>> look newer/modern. Old front wasn't bad/dingy, just slightly dated. BM>> So far mostly working on the front and 'left' perimeter. NB>> Just outside, or inside too...? BM> Both! ...At first didn't look like much had been done since my BM> previous week's shopping other than the Visqueen on the ceiling walls BM> above the Deli area had been removed. Had gone to Customer Service to BM> mail a (large) envelope to my Mother. (Know Customer Service will be BM> 'moved to the left' because there's a large sign in front of a boarded BM> up area where it's going.) Did have to wait a bit because someone BM> didn't show up at 9 (it was around 10:15). Done with that, walked over BM> to the 'start aisle' and noticed Pharmacy was still caged (closed with BM> their security bars up). Half-thinking the 'late' thing from mailing BM> my letter, then noticed a sign on the cage indicating the Pharmacy is BM> temporarily located to next to Floral (on the other side of Customer BM> Service at the front of the store). So yes, check that out while BM> shopping. Pharmacy is temporarily in a section -- don't recall what BM> was there originally -- but has to be secure so is a wall with two BM> small windows that sort of reminds me of the old ice cream or food BM> trucks. I'm not sure how our pharmacy kept things secure, I think maybe behind the construction barriers, actually... they had a working set-up in the middle of the front of the store, with cash registers and pharmacist counseling stations and boxes of the filled prescriptions all right there... not sure where they were doing the actual work of filling scripts, but maybe that was being done off-site... NB>> Our Wegmans spent the summer renovating the pharmacy area... got it NB>> done earlier this month... or at least the part inside, I'm not sure NB>> if the driveup window is operational yet... Mostly it seems that NB>> they opened up the space so the whole back part of the pharmacy is NB>> now visible from the customer side of things... it might have made NB>> things more efficient for them.... BM> I didn't visit to find out what was going on. The old Pharmacy area BM> was relatively open -- visually. Effectively physically blocked to BM> keep customers, etc., from wandering in. LIS the temporary Pharmacy BM> sort of reminds me of an old food truck as far as the front looks. BM> Don't know if they're going to be remodelled and returned to the BM> original section -- will find out eventually! Yup, when the dust settles... Depending on how much they are turning the whole store topsy-turvy or not... you might just find it upgraded and back in the original spot.... or maybe on the other side of the store.... :) BM>> LIS above my Hy-Vee is remodeling. So far the inside has just had the BM>> front and one side torn away -- no idea what the new design is: don't BM>> think plywood-covered work area with Visqueen-draped ceilings is the BM>> final decor! NB>> Ah, so the inside as well.... ;) I guess you'll see what the new NB>> decor is when they unveil it... ;) Have they announced an expected NB>> date of completion....? :) BM> I was chatting last week and one indicated it was going to be a BM> several-year project and the remodel was only being done during the BM> day. (When the store where I worked was having a full remodel years ago BM> a lot was done overnight when the store was closed; Hy-Vee is a 24-hour BM> store.) Even if a 24-hour store, I'd think that the work might go easier if done on the night shift... unless the night stocking would be in the way of the remodel and vice versa... BM> I'm sort of doubting the several year remodel (didn't tell BM> him that!); maybe a year but that's also including the liquor store and BM> banquet hall areas next door. The banquet hall areas might account for some of the extra time... also if they really are doing a complete overhaul, move everything around to a different spot in the store, sort of remodel.... moving departments and setting things up in a different spot could account for a lot of extra time, too... ttyl neb .... "Amnesia used to be my favorite word, but then I forgot it." --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .