"Janet B" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:20:52 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
>>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.
>
> as I said, I've always had my requests filled. I understand about the
> warehouse. How much effort is it to drop a note off at the customer
> service desk? Surely that should be the first thing you do.
> Janet US

As I said... There were SEMs at the stores that normally carry them. So
there would be no need for a special request because the SEM means it is a
regularly carried item. Now it may well be that there is more to this story
than I know or that anyone at store level would know because these stores
are swapping things out like mad after the buyout. One day there was an
Albertsons, two days later it was a Haggen. Little warning to the employees
either. So they don't even know what is going on. I will try Winco when I
go there which probably won't be till next week.