My stores do that all the time. I have reasoned that they get tired of
constantly restocking items that sell fast. It is like they no sooner put
them on the shelves and POOF, they are sold out. So they drop the items
from inventory as the labor to restock them is too high.

MBAs at work.


"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
> Does your grocery store get an item that you like only to have it no
> longer be stocked the next time you are in? Albertsons is doing that now.
> They had wheat grass. Then they didn't and I was told they no longer
> stocked it. Now they do but it's far from fresh. They had bagged radishes
> with no leaves. Now they don't. The only radishes they had were puny and
> mostly leaves. Now no more Ciabatta bread and no whole wheat bagels of
> any kind.
>
> As I was looking at the bread, another woman was looking in the very
> section that I was, with a disgusted look on her face as she searched and
> turned packages around to read the ingredients. Much of what was there
> had high fructose corn syrup. I suspect that's what she didn't want. I
> also suspect that she too wanted Ciabatta bread. I was tempted to ask her
> but she looked pretty angry so I didn't.
>
> This is very frustrating! There are things that I buy that are only
> stocked by one or two stores. It's hard enough to try to remember which
> store sells what and then they do this!
>
> They are also getting rid of Brach's Pick A Mix. SIL told me that their
> store got rid of it some time ago. Ours only got it in perhaps a year ago
> if that. And now? It was sitting in a cart, bagged oddly. Some bags
> contained all of one kind but others were seemingly random mixes. Each
> bag appeared to be at least a pound and each bag was selling for 99 cent.
> I did feel it and it was very fresh. So a good deal if someone wants it
> (I didn't), but there will be nowhere else to get it now! Fred Meyers
> used to sell it but I think they quit too.



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