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> On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 15:51:13 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> > On Thu, 17 Sep 2015 16:10:01 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > > wrote:
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>> >>
>> >> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> >> > On Fri, 11 Sep 2015 15:36:00 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> >> > > wrote:
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>> >> >>
>> >> >> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> >> >> > On Fri, 11 Sep 2015 06:26:54 -0400, Gary >
>> >> >> > wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> Julie Bove wrote:
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > "sf" > wrote in message
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>> >> >> >> > > On Thu, 10 Sep 2015 22:51:18 -0700, "Cheri"
>> >> >> >> > > >
>> >> >> >> > > wrote:
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>> >> >> >> > >> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>> >> >> >> > >> ...
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>> >> >> >> > >> > "sf" > wrote in message
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>> >> >> >> > >> >> It sounds like Safeway's bad practices team was sent
>> >> >> >> > >> >> over
>> >> >> >> > >> >> to
>> >> >> >> > >> >> Haggen
>> >> >> >> > >> >> because I've been very happy with the local Safeway
>> >> >> >> > >> >> stores
>> >> >> >> > >> >> that
>> >> >> >> > >> >> retained the Safeway name.
>> >> >> >> > >> >
>> >> >> >> > >> > Not too many people are happy with the Safeways here.
>> >> >> >> > >>
>> >> >> >> > >> I'm very happy with mine here.
>> >> >> >> > >>
>> >> >> >> > > Kirkland is close enough to Bothel. I'll FB someone who
>> >> >> >> > > lives
>> >> >> >> > > there
>> >> >> >> > > and ask for her opinion.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > What does Kirkland have to do with it? I have been there a
>> >> >> >> > few
>> >> >> >> > times
>> >> >> >> > since
>> >> >> >> > we moved back. It is certainly not close enough for me to go
>> >> >> >> > grocery
>> >> >> >> > shopping there. So whatever they have in Kirkland is rather
>> >> >> >> > meaningless to
>> >> >> >> > me.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> True enough. Quality of any store is very location specific.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > They are in the same general area close enough to have the sam
>> >> >> > corporate management. I don't think she knows from up about
>> >> >> > Safeway's
>> >> >> > old reputation. There's quality and then there's the other stuff
>> >> >> > like
>> >> >> > not ringing up the stated marked down price aka overcharging.
>> >> >> > I've
>> >> >> > never had a problem with quality at Safeway but they were famous
>> >> >> > for
>> >> >> > playing monkey shines with the numbers.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> That doesn't mean anything. When I worked for K Mart, the stores
>> >> >> in
>> >> >> this
>> >> >> area had the same corporate management and yet they were all
>> >> >> different.
>> >> >
>> >> > Store managers don't program the system.
>> >>
>> >> What does that even mean?
>> >
>> > Julie, it's obvious that you have zero clue what I'm talking about.
>> > Either you've never shopped at Safeway or you were totally oblivious
>> > to what they did and their well deserved reputation in that area. It
>> > doesn't matter anymore because the entire chain is under new corporate
>> > management, so time will tell if it's more of the same or not.
>>
>> I shopped at Safeway in CA, WA, Canada and probably some other states.
>>
>> The part that I don't understand is "program the system". Are you
>> talking
>> about the computer system?
>
> Duh.

And I still don't know what you mean. So...