"notbob" > wrote in message
...
> I've been going to Safeway to buy their great turkey bargains for over 30
> yrs. Never have I encountered a problem. Go in, buy turkey, go out.
> Today,
> we went to our local Safeway to buy the advertised turkey sale of $5/$7
> turkeys, as we/I have done some many times before. Low and behold. once
> in
> the store, we were confronted with a disclaimer sign above each frozen
> turkey bin informing us that we must buy $25 worth of groceries to get
> said
> discount! This was not in the flyer. Upon questioning Safeway
> storedroid,
> I was informed this was policy for whole Denver district stores.
>
> Have any other of you rfc regulars... about the country.... encountered
> this
> extortion sales gambit?
>
> nb

As long as they have signs posted and/or print a retraction in the papers
they are covered.
IIRC the minimum purchase has always been a requirement.

Dimitri