On Fri, 23 May 2014 00:35:16 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:



>They have a lot more gluten free items than they used to. And weird stuff.
>Some odd brand of cake mix. It was blue! Who buys these things?!

Gluten Free is the buzz word right now even though most of us are not
affected by it. Of course, I'd only use gluten free toilet tissue.


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>They also seem to have a lot more prepared food than they used to. Now they
>sell prepared sandwiches. I scored big on sliced cheese. Last time I was
>in, lunch meat was marked down. Apparently their customers want to buy
>sandwiches. Not stuff to make them with.

Prepared food has been the biggest growing section of the supermarket
for over 10 years now. It is cheaper than a restaurant and helps keep
that expensive show kitchen pristine.


>
>And their produce section? It has shrunk. No more fresh parsley. In fact
>the only fresh herb they had was cilantro.

Probably because produce needs constant care to keep only fresh on
display.