Subj : Re: Eggs! To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Tue Nov 26 2019 01:41:18 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 13-Nov-2019 11:08 <=- BM>>> spots on the shelves. The Great Peeled and Ready-To-Eat Egg Hunt may BM>>> have to continue after the store is done updating - though I am keeping BM>>> my eye out for them and any other interesting-looking and within the BM>>> splurge budget items. NB>>> True, they may well have cut back on some of their choices/inventory NB>>> to make the moves around the store a little easier... and/or not added NB>>> choices until the update is completed... :) BM>> Right: everything has to go somewhere. Two things can not occupy the BM>> same space. NB>> True... :) At least not easily, could be squished together, or NB>> on top of each other... ;) BM> Right: there are possible ways to tightly mingle but so appears BM> occupying the same space. Dad had sometimes used that to remind me BM> about driving. Not due to an accident but a way to avoid them. Which, the not occupying the same exact space...? Or the being able to find spaces to move into, in order to make progress when crowded...? BM>> And probably gets a lot more complicated with the legal stuff: heard BM>> the suppliers buy space on the shelves. Probably not only space but BM>> locations. So if they have bought 10' of floor space (rack) can't just BM>> give them 8' and the other 2' to someone else. (I'd suppose there are BM>> clauses to cover remodels, damage to the racks/shelves, etc. Temporary BM>> situations.) NB>> I'd guess it would be more of a rental than an outright buy... but NB>> yes, the vendors would expect to have their allotted space(s)... and NB>> probably that sort of thing would be moved as a block, and possibly NB>> with the vendor involved with the relocation.... BM> "Rental" or "lease" would probably be the more correct term, or at BM> least as far as what us non-grocery types understand. As for the BM> vendor involvment, thinking two ways. One is the temporary reduction BM> in allocation while the moving/remodelling is going on. Other is the BM> physical assistance in moving the product. I wasn't really paying attention when the beverages section at our store got all moved around... dunno about the beer, but the sodas (CocaCola and Pepsi products at least, maybe more) are vendor items... they probably did help with that part of the move.... :) BM> Thinking how in Produce AFAIK the Hy-Vee staff restocks, moves, etc., BM> the Driscoll berries, Dole salads, etc., but the Frito Lay guy is BM> there daily to restock his brand's chips, so would he be the one BM> doing the move? announcer overvoice> Stay tuned for the next episode to find if BM> Frito Lay guy will move his chips. Will a mysterious Dole man BM> suddenly appear to the Salad House? Will ... GAAAH!!!!> GAAAH, indeed.... That imagination of yours does run wild...! ;) NB>>> There are times I do have to be creative to get everything in... NB>>> especially when putting away the new groceries.... BM>> Here too. "Worst" time seems to be around Thanksgiving and Christmas BM>> with the foods. A 20+ pound turkey takes up a lot of freezer then BM>> refrigerator space! Moving around, stacking, and sometimes not BM>> stocking up of items. You know the routine. :) NB>> Yup.... And with it just being the two of us, I've dispensed with NB>> getting the whole turkeys... A package of turkey thighs works well NB>> for us... and doesn't take up an excessive amount of space, either... NB>> A different situation also for the rest of the feast, since there NB>> won't be space needed for what others are bringing, or for things NB>> being made ahead... one can make a pretty sumptuous feast in a lot NB>> smaller space when it's only two people... BM> We generally host one and sometimes both of the holiday meals, BM> primarily because we have the Dining Room space, and two ovens (there's BM> one in the eventually-will-be-a-kitchenette in the basement), so a BM> larger turkey. If "an intimate holiday meal experience for two" (darn BM> advertising hooks!) I'll usually get a two-pack of Cornish Game Hens. My two local sisters take turns hosting the family Christmas, they have the space for our large extended family, and the kitchen areas needed... NB>>> I trust you were able to get the new refill before you did run out... BM>> Yes and no. Yes, they did have the refill approved: I had no refills BM>> left, switched medical doctors and the zero refills got overlooked but BM>> not in time for when I was at the pharmacy. A day or two later was BM>> filled but I had other things going on and so stretched what I had on BM>> hand. NB>> At least it worked out ok in the end.... :) BM> Yes. And the third one is ready for tomorrow's shopping. BM> (Pharmacy within Hy-Vee.) ...Actually good thing I checked Monday BM> night: no 'in progress', which seemed odd. Checked a little deeper: BM> all the automatic refills had been turned off! Turned back on, did a BM> request to fill the one I'm almost out of; checked later and saw 'in BM> progress'. Recall that's happened once or twice before over the last BM> few years; always seem to have been associated with a doctor having to BM> be involved. Just keep an eye on things. Guess you'd have to... :) One of these days I might look into that sort of thing for us, the pharmacy does offer it... but so far we're doing fine with the system we're using now... :) BM>> She (the lady I was talking to with the hand scanner picking the BM>> on-line shopper's groceries) indicated it was a location app for BM>> employee use only. The customer app doesn't have the locations. Could BM>> be all kinds of guesses as to why their location app wasn't current. NB>> Your reset is probably more extensive, and possibly more in flux NB>> because of the renovations... Possible that Wegmans had planned a lot NB>> of the moves ahead of time, too... I know that their customer app does NB>> show locations usually, so it would have needed updating as well... NB>> not that I've actually used it, but I've seen the blurbs for and about NB>> it... BM> Well, Hy-Vee does have a product locator for customers. Testing: BM> Garlic ==> BM> Aisle side of store near aisle 3 (Spices) BM> Aisle 6 (Spice) BM> Nothing about fresh garlic nor the jar. Not sure what that first BM> descriptor is supposed to mean. Guess it isn't fully implemented yet... ;) BM> Swiss cheese ==> BM> Aisle 18 (Cheese) BM> Aisle Deli (International cheese Upc) BM> No idea what a 'Upc' is. ...Wonder if the first "Aisle" is hard-coded BM> in the location lines? The sentence responses tend to make more sense BM> without that word. Could be hard-coded... As to 'Upc', a UPC is a universal product code, but maybe it's instead refering to a stand-alone area for a Cheese Shop... can't make an acronym work, but the thought would work... ;) BM> This is the first time I've played with that portion of their app. BM> Thinking it's a semi-recent addition. Possible... and maybe they are still getting used to it, too... :) BM> As for the degree of remodelling, my Hy-Vee is undergoing a 100% BM> rennovation. Well, not the actual skeleton of the building but just BM> about everything else. I'm sure that you'll be glad when they've concluded their work... hopefully it will be much better organized in the end... :) BM>> Yes, I suspect some items I will be searching for. I think where BM>> Hy-Vee currently has their health/energy sections will become a BM>> Starbucks, which is sort of interesting as their in-store restarant BM>> and deli shops is the opposite side (west side of the store vs. east). BM>> Stay tuned! NB>> Now that seems like a waste of space to me... ;) Our store has NB>> it's own coffee area, no need for a commercial extra entity... ;) BM> People like their Starbucks! LIS not an attraction for me, but then I And besides, we have plenty of standalone Starbucks stores around already... but I think some other chain might be housing Starbucks locations around here, too... BM> don't spend all day at a mall shopping. Sit and lounge?? OK, I have BM> sat, but that was more to adjust a sock or shoe tongue and back on the BM> way. Snack at the pretzel shop? Yes, but only because someone else BM> we were with insisted. Mall shopping is something I tend to avoid nowadays, along with the big box stores.... except for BJ's... BM> Hy-Vee does have a restaurant area but haven't eaten at that BM> particular one. Have at a different store and quite good. Some of the Wegmans stores have a more formal restaurant area than ours does... ours has lots of options, but they are more sandwiches, soups, hot/cold bar, and some ethnic "bowls" and prepared meals to go... BM>> No idea where the health shops will go. Those aisles widths do need BM>> to be expanded. ...Thinking all sorts of possibilities which are too BM>> complicated to try to explain in text. NB>> It appears that part of the shifting in Wegmans was to widen the NB>> aisles a little... the racks themselves have shifted in a lot of NB>> cases, and there are now more of the half-length aisles again... BM> Half-length aisles could be handy! So far haven't seen any at Hy-Vee; BM> Produce does have table and islands, and looks like will expand on BM> that. Will see what the rest of the store does. Time will tell... :) BM>> And most around here are interconnected to keep the traffic flowing BM>> smoothly, so now need to include the equipment in the network. BM>> ...It started off some simple! NB>> And grew like topsy... ;) BM> It sounded good at the beginning! ...If the UPS in the BM> traffic control box just ran the immediate set of lights at flashing BM> (4-way flashing red) would still create a traffic tie-up but I'm BM> thinking no different than if the traffic lights were out completely. BM> So no need for an individual location UPS. Maybe in some locations BM> would make sense to have a backup power source. That does begin to sound like over-thinking again... In any case, motorists need to be educated as to what to do when there is a power outage affecting the lights... :) ttyl neb .... DisneyLand: A people trap operated by a mouse. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .