"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:57:46 -0600, Janet B >
> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:02:59 -0700, sf > wrote:
>>
>> >On Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:05:33 +0000 (UTC), jinx the minx
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Janet B > wrote:
>> >> > On Fri, 31 Jul 2015 07:35:21 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> >> > > wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> >> >> ...
>> >> >>> On 7/30/2015 11:33 PM, jinx the minx wrote:
>> >> >>>> You should be asking YOUR STORE what THEIR issue is
>> >> >>>> getting/keeping them
>> >> >>>> in
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > snip
>> >> > I don't go there often because
>> >> >> of the high prices, or Winco because of the distance. Target
>> >> >> doesn't sell
>> >> >> the little cans and neither do the organic type stores.
>> >> >
>> >> > Write down exactly what you want on a piece of paper. Do you
>> >> > remember
>> >> > the brand? Take the piece of paper to the customer service desk at
>> >> > Winco. Request that they stock the item for you,. I usually get
>> >> > what
>> >> > I want in 2 days, only once did it take longer. The person behind
>> >> > the
>> >> > desk will pass your note to the person who does the ordering for
>> >> > the
>> >> > canned fruit section. I have never had them refuse a request from
>> >> > me.
>> >> > Don't ask a clerk at the checkout or in the aisle. They have
>> >> > nothing
>> >> > to do with stock maintenance.
>> >> > Janet US
>> >>
>> >> Great advice (not that she wants it!). Almost all large chain stores
>> >> have
>> >> "contact us" email links on their websites as well. It's always
>> >> worked for
>> >> me, since I know the request will be funneled to those that can
>> >> actually do
>> >> something about it and not to the "dead air" on the floor.
>> >
>> >But first, it needs to be in their warehouse to order.
>>
>> Well, then, why should we even bother to ask? It's maybe not
>> available to them and she couldn't get it anyway. Let's ask someone
>> in Hoboken if the cans are available there -- that makes more sense.
>> Janet US
>
> Don't ask me to explain her thought process. I know from personal
> experience that if it's not in the distribution center, they can't
> order it. Period. Sure we can submit a request, but it will be an
> exercise in frustration. I posted a link for pears in 8.5 oz cans.

I do know that I can buy them online but that is an obscene price and I will
do without before I pay that.