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Nancy2

T wrote:
> In article >, says...
> > In message Steve Wertz > wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:00:22 -0400, Goomba38 wrote:
> > >
> > > > Nancy2 wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I'd be curious to know why national branded bacon is $5/pound, right
> > > >> here in the middle of pork country. (Store brand is half that, but
> > > >> typically unsatisfactory in quality.)
> > > >
> > > > Oscar Mayer is my bacon of choice. Last time I bought it I paid maybe
> > > > $3.00 a package??
> > >
> > > $1.60lb at CostCo (in a 4-pack). This stuff cooks up too thin. I
> > > think it's adulterated/pumped-up somehow (err...more than most
> > > bacon, that is).
> > >
> > > -sw
> >
> > We used to get 'shrink-proof' bacon in every butcher's shop in Britain until
> > the stupid markets slithered in, under the guise of 'Everything we sell is
> > unbeatable in value and of a high quality'. They cornered almost every market
> > and drove other smaller businesses to the wall.
> >
> > All we get now is pumped ut bacon like a car tyre. But the sneaky thing is
> > that you can't tell until you cook it!! We're all too lazy to complain and
> > just try another stupid market. Yep, I know, it's really our own fault for
> > falling for the 3 card trick. I still feel peeved though, at how they have
> > devalued taste and and reduced everything to the lowest common denominator:
> > 'their value for their money'. Hell it doesn't take an Einstein to work out
> > who's being duped!!
> >
> > Don
>
> And what is it with Sainsbury that they sold of the Shaw's and Star
> Markets here in the U.S. to Albertsons. Now Albertsons is dumping them
> on SuperValue and CVS.
>
> There used to be a fair amount of stability in the grocery market. Now
> it's sell, sell, sell.
>
Our Osco Drug (of the Jewell/Osco family) have recently been sold to
CVS, and I can tell you, I'm not ever going to be shopping there -
prices on a lot of staple stuff are double what they are at K-Mart, and
a lot higher than even Walgreen's. I don't know how they're going to
stay in business when they can't hope to compete with a store across
the street. It will be interesting to watch.

N.