On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:35:33 -0500, "Gregory Morrow"
> wrote:

>The Jewel chain in the Midwest does the same shtick, too...they claim
>they've "lowered" prices on any number of items, but the prices are still
>very high since the quoted "previous" prices are vastly inflated...I mean
>who in 'ell would think that the store brand of a can of green beans is a
>"bargain" at $1.29 or whatever.
>
>Another sale practice I've noticed is "Buy $30.00 on the selected items
>below and get $10.00 off of your next grocery purchase". Many of these
>"selected" items have inflated prices, in the end even if you are getting a
>ten buck credit on yer next purchase you are losing out...
>
>Ya gotta know prices and watch those prices like a *hawk*...most don't, so
>they get poor value for their grocery dollar.

Jewels prices are always higher than anyone else except Dominicks. On
the few occasions I'm there it amazes me to see what people are
wasting big money on. The things that they are claiming to have
lowered are still higher than other places. This spring there was
news that there was going to be a big price war between domestic beer
makers. About that time I noticed Jewels beer became outrageous. The
all of a sudden they dropped down to about where the other stores were
at and claimed these huge reductions when in reality they were paying
a lot less. But I guess fools who don't shop elsewhere have no clue.

Lou