notbob wrote:
> 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
We've always had to buy a certain amount of groceries to qualify for the
turkey special. $25 sounds right. Our turkey specials are priced at a
bargain cents per pound, not a dollar amount per turkey.
Janet