In article >,
"Van" > wrote:

> "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
>
> The two large chains here in the Upstate NY area are both offering frozen
> turkeys at 49 cents/lb. Can't find one that's under 15 lbs or so, tho.

I think they use those for parts.
Typical to find 13-15#, or 18-20#.
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