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On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:27:10 -0500, jmcquown >
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> On 1/22/2013 12:11 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:49:49 -0500, jmcquown >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Then again the butcher at the grocery store will also do that. You've
> >> only to ask.

> >
> > That varies by store. Doing that at one store I frequently shop in is
> > a firing offense: on the spot firing and in leave immediately. A new
> > grocery store I went to last weekend offered to grind something for me
> > and I didn't even have to ask. Unfortunately, that one is too far
> > away for me to make it a regular stop.
> >

> Yeah, I mentioned that when an Albertson's bought out a local store in
> Memphis. The guy said he wasn't allowed to grind anything other than
> beef, he could get fired for it.
>

If they are allowed to grind, I guess they have to follow company
guidelines. The butchers at my regular grocery store aren't allowed
to custom grind at all, the new one I went to last weekend would grind
if the grinder had been cleaned and yours would only grind one type of
meat.

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