Subj : Eggs! To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Sat Sep 07 2019 08:30:00 Hi Nancy! 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! NB> Yup... that could be an issue, too... ;) And having a stock at NB> the store means one doesn't have to think about it every day NB> before coming in... Richard used to buy a box of individually NB> wrapped burritos (I think it was) and stored them in the freezer NB> at work... then he'd always have something available if he needed NB> it... Yes: if they're what I think they are they're Chimichangas (burritos) and we buy the 10-pack here and have for lunch or dinner. Individually wrapped makes more sense for The Wizard's situation: use the wrapper to microwave in and use as a wrapper to keep the hands clean. 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. NB> I'm not sure how our pharmacy kept things secure, I think maybe NB> behind the construction barriers, actually... they had a working NB> set-up in the middle of the front of the store, with cash NB> registers and pharmacist counseling stations and boxes of the NB> filled prescriptions all right there... not sure where they were NB> doing the actual work of filling scripts, but maybe that was NB> being done off-site... I'm guessing possibly a conference room or even a public meeting room was temporarily converted to temporary secure area where medications were stored and on-demand prescriptions were filled. Just guessing. I haven't peeked in to mine (the temporary Hy-Vee pharmacy) but guessing they have everything in the temporary site from the original site, just crowded together; the original site was roomy. Plus instead of two check out registers just the one window, so that's a bit of a space-savings. 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! NB> Yup, when the dust settles... Depending on how much they are NB> turning the whole store topsy-turvy or not... you might just find NB> it upgraded and back in the original spot.... or maybe on the NB> other side of the store.... :) "Stay tuned!" Last week there was construction going on in the old pharmacy area -- presume ripping apart for whatever will be in its place. I'm thinking the new pharmacy will be at the front of the store, possibly where the customer service counter is currently, but that position would not make sense for 'adjacencies': where one department/ section is next to another for a reason (purses next to dresses next to hosiery). ...Will see! 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.) NB> Even if a 24-hour store, I'd think that the work might go easier NB> if done on the night shift... unless the night stocking would be NB> in the way of the remodel and vice versa... Overall it would seem so. Hy-Vee does do stocking during the day, or at least when I'm there mid-morning. To me would make sense to do some overnight work: pretty sure Bakery and the various Deli Shops are not open all night. ...Quite sure they have it 99% figured out -- there's always a surprise!! 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. NB> The banquet hall areas might account for some of the extra NB> time... also if they really are doing a complete overhaul, move NB> everything around to a different spot in the store, sort of NB> remodel.... moving departments and setting things up in a NB> different spot could account for a lot of extra time, too... Right. AFAIK it's a 100% overhaul with everything being moved. Even the ret rooms (!): was told those are being moved to the front of the store. My guess is some of the fixtures will be moved and reused: the refrigerated cases were upgraded a couple years ago to have LED lighting on motion sensors: lights one on when a customer approaches. Well, supposed to. Most seem to stay on and a few don't. 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