Subj : Re: Eggs! To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Mon Dec 02 2019 18:12:26 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 27-Nov-2019 09:41 <=- BM> Happy Thanksgiving! ...That will be tomorrow as I write this, and two BM> weeks ago when you reply. Nope, only 5 days ago... ;) I'm making a little headway on the backlog finally... ;) BM> A little breezy here this morning: 30-35 MPH and to 50-55 MPH tonight. BM> Power outages already reported in a couple of rural areas on the BM> Illinois side. We had that wind last week, too.... didn't hear of any power outages in the area, though... and our tarp stayed put, thankfully... :) 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. Leaving this in just as a reminder for when things are finally settled... 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. NB>> Which, the not occupying the same exact space...? Or the being NB>> able to find spaces to move into, in order to make progress when NB>> crowded...? BM> More two cars can not occupy the same space. His thing on making BM> progress when crowded was more be patient on merging into traffic; BM> that was more for pulling out into traffic. Be patient, eventually BM> there will be a safe opening. And with practice, one learns to gauge the safe openings, as well... I'd tend not to take a chance, usually, though, while Richard might be a little more aggressive... :) 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. NB>> I wasn't really paying attention when the beverages section at our NB>> store got all moved around... dunno about the beer, but the sodas NB>> (CocaCola and Pepsi products at least, maybe more) are vendor items... NB>> they probably did help with that part of the move.... :) BM> AFAIK the same at Hy-Vee: always see the same people stocking certain BM> products, or at least at specific sections, and wearing some sort of BM> uniform. Would guess when that section of the store gets moved BM> they'll be doing the unstocking and restocking. Watch to see if you see them doing the move...? Some of the cookies/ crackers are also vendor items in our store... 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!!!! NB>> GAAAH, indeed.... That imagination of yours does run wild...! ;) BM> It does seem not to sit around up there being bored! Useful, at times, though.... ;) 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. NB>> Guess it isn't fully implemented yet... ;) BM> And needs a few tweaks. Last week needed to pick up a couple of boxes BM> of stuffing. Saw someone I knew working in a could-be-the-right- BM> aisle-but-probably-not and wanted to say 'hi' anyway; she knew BM> _exactly_ where it was: aisle, side, two sections from the end, about BM> waist-height. Take that, on-line locator!! No doubt she'd just been there... ;) 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. NB>> Could be hard-coded... As to 'Upc', a UPC is a universal product code, NB>> but maybe it's instead refering to a stand-alone area for a Cheese NB>> Shop... can't make an acronym work, but the thought would work... ;) BM> Or there might be an actual UPC identifier for International Cheeses. BM> Sort of doubt as I think there's supposed to be a code for each BM> specific manufacturer followed by the specific product. BM> OK, Curious Kitty got to stretch: looked up "international cheese BM> upc" and nothing found that makes sense to answer our question. Did BM> find the words but nothing as far as a generic identifier. So maybe just an in-store indicator... or a programmer that put something in as a placeholder and forgot to replace it with the right term...? ;) 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. NB>> I'm sure that you'll be glad when they've concluded their work... NB>> hopefully it will be much better organized in the end... :) BM> Some of the people working there will be! I'm not all that ruffled by BM> it. As long as you can (eventually at least) find what you are looking for... I suspect that the store to some extent takes advantage of the move to quietly discontinue some items... they just don't make it to tbe new spot.... BM>> People like their Starbucks! LIS not an attraction for me, NB>> And besides, we have plenty of standalone Starbucks stores around NB>> already... but I think some other chain might be housing Starbucks NB>> locations around here, too... BM> I hadn't really paid attention until somehow came up in conversation BM> but all the new Hy-Vee stores have a Starbucks -- even the gas BM> stations. Guess they made some sort of arrangement between themselves.... BM>> but then I don't spend all day at a mall shopping. Sit and lounge?? BM>> OK, I have sat, but that was more to adjust a sock or shoe tongue and BM>> back on the way. Snack at the pretzel shop? Yes, but only because BM>> someone else we were with insisted. NB>> Mall shopping is something I tend to avoid nowadays, along with NB>> the big box stores.... except for BJ's... BM> I think I've been back to the Mall where I used to work once, maybe BM> twice since I retired three years ago. Well, to shop; they did want BM> to hire me back but the District Guy wasn't going anywhere near what BM> the local management thought would be the offer. And now with the BM> holidaze I'll probably avoid in-person shopping except for groceries. We did have to go out Saturday to shop for a particular item... took us 3 stores, but we did finally find something that fit the bill... then we went and did our weekly grocery shopping... Groceries are plenty shopping for us, too.... ;) 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. NB>> Some of the Wegmans stores have a more formal restaurant area than NB>> ours does... ours has lots of options, but they are more sandwiches, NB>> soups, hot/cold bar, and some ethnic "bowls" and prepared meals to go. BM> According to the ads 'mine' offers a steak dinner one night of the BM> week, other specials on other nights. Yours is definitely more of a real restaurant.... 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. NB>> Time will tell... :) BM> Yup! Last two weeks it looked like nothing much had happened -- a few BM> minor things. Possibly working in the adjacent store to get it ready BM> to move in to. Could be... or slacking off a little for the holidays.... :) 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. NB>> That does begin to sound like over-thinking again... In any case, NB>> motorists need to be educated as to what to do when there is a power NB>> outage affecting the lights... :) BM> True, or even don't rely on the lights to tell the other driver what BM> to do. My light is green so the cross light *should be* red. Traffic BM> lights are off or blinking red - should be a four-way stop and take BM> turns. And in any case, be aware of the other drivers, and what they might be doing... ;) ttyl neb .... Imagination -- intelligence in recreation mode. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .