Went to do a serious "food restock" today at a local supermarket (after a
plethora of public holidays here in RSA) and I came home with a "till
slip" (or "cashiers receipt") that was 1.31 meters long (or 4.3 feet) -
Jack actually measured it <grin>. Out of 116 items I only bought three
non-food items i.e a roll of alumnium foil, a pack of fire-lighters for
the "braai" and a bottle of dish washing liquid (which IMHO are still food
related). The list did include both dog and cat food.

Heh, don't think I've ever bought as many items at one time in one
food store before.

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

On May 3, 9:41*am, Sqwertz > wrote:
> On Tue, 03 May 2011 18:27:43 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote:
> > Went to do a serious "food restock" today at a local supermarket (after a
> > plethora of public holidays here in RSA) and I came home with a "till
> > slip" (or "cashiers receipt") that was 1.31 meters long (or 4.3 feet) -
> > Jack actually measured it <grin>. Out of 116 items I only bought three
> > non-food items i.e a roll of alumnium foil, a pack of fire-lighters for
> > the "braai" and a bottle of dish washing liquid (which IMHO are still food
> > related). The list did include both dog and cat food.
>
> > Heh, don't think I've ever bought as many items at one time in one
> > food store before.
>
> A 20 item receipt from Restaurant Depot would be just as long,
> especially if you pay with plastic.
>
> -sw

A receipt with two items from Albertsons is about 18 inches long.

On Tue, 03 May 2011 11:41:20 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:

> On Tue, 03 May 2011 18:27:43 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote:
>
>> Went to do a serious "food restock" today at a local supermarket (after
>> a plethora of public holidays here in RSA) and I came home with a "till
>> slip" (or "cashiers receipt") that was 1.31 meters long (or 4.3 feet) -
>> Jack actually measured it <grin>. Out of 116 items I only bought three
>> non-food items i.e a roll of alumnium foil, a pack of fire-lighters for
>> the "braai" and a bottle of dish washing liquid (which IMHO are still
>> food related). The list did include both dog and cat food.
>>
>> Heh, don't think I've ever bought as many items at one time in one food
>> store before.
>
> A 20 item receipt from Restaurant Depot would be just as long,
> especially if you pay with plastic.
>
For 20 items? Good grief. I'm trying to figure out how (or why) they'd
manage it. FWIW, cashier receipts I generally get here are the same length
whether one pays cash or uses plastic, in fact I used plastic today and
there is nothing on the receipt to indicate that I did so. However, I did
get a separate (+/- 4 inch long) receipt from the "card machine" the
cashier used.

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

On Tue, 03 May 2011 12:15:25 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:


> I just looked at a recipe that had 7 items and it's 23" long. The
> credit card authorization info is printed right on the receipt so that
> extends it by about 4-5". If you pay with cash that doesn't exist.

Ah.
>
> Then there's the survey information, and advertisements and promos, and
> your purchases are itemized into several extra category subtotals since
> this is a wholesale receipt and some items are taxable. Then there's
> all my membership/account information and my bra size (free woody for
> Sheldon)

Ahhh. So far (where I shop), I've been spared the
advertising/promos/surveys on the receipts themselves and the non-taxable
items are just denoted by an[*] on the same line as the relevant item(s)'
purchase price. There are sometimes "specials" pamphlets stacked up by the
cashiers desks, which (if there is a packer on duty) will occasionally get
packed into one of my grocery bags, but not enough to become irritating -
yet.

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

On 5/3/2011 6:27 AM, ChattyCathy wrote:
> Went to do a serious "food restock" today at a local supermarket (after a
> plethora of public holidays here in RSA) and I came home with a "till
> slip" (or "cashiers receipt") that was 1.31 meters long (or 4.3 feet) -
> Jack actually measured it<grin>. Out of 116 items I only bought three
> non-food items i.e a roll of alumnium foil, a pack of fire-lighters for
> the "braai" and a bottle of dish washing liquid (which IMHO are still food
> related). The list did include both dog and cat food.
>
> Heh, don't think I've ever bought as many items at one time in one
> food store before.
>

Congrats on this. My guess is that there's families that routinely match
this but they cheat by having a ridiculous number of kids. I'm guessing
the bill came out to be around $375. Hopefully, I'll never come close to
beating your record. $30 and short lists are more my style. :-)

On Tue, 03 May 2011 07:50:06 -1000, dsi1 wrote:

>> Heh, don't think I've ever bought as many items at one time in one
>> food store before.
>>
>
> Congrats on this. My guess is that there's families that routinely match
> this but they cheat by having a ridiculous number of kids. I'm guessing
> the bill came out to be around $375. Hopefully, I'll never come close to
> beating your record. $30 and short lists are more my style. :-)

At the current exchange rate it came to US$237.14c (including Value Added
Tax) - and I only have one husband, two children, two cats and a dog. In
mitigation I did say in my OP that it was a "serious" food re-stock ;-)

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Sqwertz wrote:
>
> A 20 item receipt from Restaurant Depot would be just as long,
> especially if you pay with plastic.

The place is beyond belief. I felt like I was buying a computer from HP
and the quote was going to come in a binder.

On Tue, 03 May 2011 20:10:30 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote:

> On Tue, 03 May 2011 07:50:06 -1000, dsi1 wrote:
>
>>> Heh, don't think I've ever bought as many items at one time in one
>>> food store before.
>>>
>>
>> Congrats on this. My guess is that there's families that routinely match
>> this but they cheat by having a ridiculous number of kids. I'm guessing
>> the bill came out to be around $375. Hopefully, I'll never come close to
>> beating your record. $30 and short lists are more my style. :-)
>
> At the current exchange rate it came to US$237.14c (including Value Added
> Tax) - and I only have one husband, two children, two cats and a dog.

only one husband? how square.

your pal,
blake

On May 3, 12:27*pm, ChattyCathy > wrote:
> Went to do a serious "food restock" today at a local supermarket (after a
> plethora of public holidays here in RSA) and I came home with a "till
> slip" (or "cashiers receipt") that was 1.31 meters long (or 4.3 feet) -
> Jack actually measured it <grin>. Out of 116 items I only bought three
> non-food items i.e a roll of alumnium foil, a pack of fire-lighters for
> the "braai" and a bottle of dish washing liquid (which IMHO are still food
> related). The list did include both dog and cat food.
>
> Heh, don't think I've ever bought as many items at one time in one
> food store before.
>
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy

If it's anything like MY market, each item is listed separately - e.g.
ten cans of the same cat food ring up as ten separate lines. However,
it DOES separate the stuff into categories, i.e. produce, grocery,
deli etc., no matter what order you plunk em on the conveyor belt.
So, why won't it group like items? Hmmmm......

On May 3, 1:15*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> On Tue, 03 May 2011 18:56:30 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote:
> > On Tue, 03 May 2011 11:41:20 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
>
> >> A 20 item receipt from Restaurant Depot would be just as long,
> >> especially if you pay with plastic.
>
> > For 20 items? Good grief. I'm trying to figure out how (or why) they'd
> > manage it. FWIW, cashier receipts I generally get here are the same length
> > whether one pays cash or uses plastic, in fact I used plastic today and
> > there is nothing on the receipt to indicate that I did so. However, I did
> > get a separate (+/- 4 inch long) receipt from the "card machine" the
> > cashier used.
>
> I just looked at a recipe that had 7 items and it's 23" long. *The
> credit card authorization info is printed right on the receipt so that
> extends it by about 4-5". *If you pay with cash that doesn't exist.
>
> Then there's the survey information, and advertisements and promos,
> and your purchases are itemized into several extra category subtotals
> since this is a wholesale receipt and some items are taxable. *Then
> there's all my membership/account information and my bra size (free
> woody for Sheldon)
>
> -sw
>
> -sw

I don't even look at those survyey invitations anymore. I"d be online
all day long or on the phone. Altho, Home Depot had a 5 thousand
dollar winner in my area. The winner lived in an apartment and maybe
let his friends eat it up. Quien sabe?

On Tue, 03 May 2011 15:08:21 -0400, blake murphy wrote:

> On Tue, 03 May 2011 20:10:30 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote:

>> At the current exchange rate it came to US$237.14c (including Value
>> Added Tax) - and I only have one husband, two children, two cats and a
>> dog.
>
> only one husband? how square.

Saves having to make a decision about which husband will accompany me to
Important International Functions.

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
...
> Nowadays you really don't get much for $125. This morning I spent $40
> and carried in three little plastic bags of groceries in one trip;
> just the fixings for a salad, a loaf of bread, a gallon of milk, and
> one pound of ham and one pound of salami. This was only a fill-in
> shopping, was it my regular weekly shopping I would have spent in
> excess of $200, with cat stuff $300 easily. I can't remember the last
> time a weekly shopping cost $125... now it costs me $50 for a half
> tank of gas.

John Tesh said on the radio the other day that the average family of four
spends $100 a week on food. I found this very hard to believe. Yes, I live
in the Seattle area and the cost of living is high. But my daughter and I
can easily spend that and more and we aren't big eaters! A meal out at most
restaurants (not expensive ones) is at least $30. Likely a bit more with
tip.

It is hard for me to figure what I spend weekly though because I never buy
just enough for one week. I do buy cases of things at Costco and other
large quantities of things like cheese which will last 2 or 3 weeks.

Of course there are always little trips in between for things like produce
and bread or other things we run out of before we are doing the main grocery
shopping. But really because I do shop at so many different places, I
rarely ever have to do one big shopping trip. It's buy a little here...
Buy a little there...

I don't usually buy cat food at the grocery store. I have been feeding them
Fancy Feast Appetizers for breakfast but I may have to rethink that. At
$1.49 per package and one package per cat that's almost $3.00 for a meal.
That works out to more than their regular moist food which is the Wellness
brand. I just started feeding it to them because I had some leftover from
my old cat. And they seemed to like it!

We do buy magazines and sometimes get cleaning supplies and paper goods at
the grocery store. But often I get those things at Target. And I do get
small amounts of some groceries at Target. But our Target doesn't have a
proper grocery section.

On Tue, 03 May 2011 20:10:30 +0200, ChattyCathy
> wrote:

> At the current exchange rate it came to US$237.14c (including Value Added
> Tax) - and I only have one husband, two children, two cats and a dog. In
> mitigation I did say in my OP that it was a "serious" food re-stock ;-)

Is your oldest home now?

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Tue, 3 May 2011 18:50:39 +0000 (UTC), Doug Freyburger
> wrote:

> Sqwertz wrote:
> >
> > A 20 item receipt from Restaurant Depot would be just as long,
> > especially if you pay with plastic.
>
> The place is beyond belief. I felt like I was buying a computer from HP
> and the quote was going to come in a binder.

Restaurant Depot is the one where you need a resale license to get in?

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

sf wrote:
> On Tue, 3 May 2011 18:50:39 +0000 (UTC), Doug
> Freyburger
> > wrote:
>
>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>
>>> A 20 item receipt from Restaurant Depot would
>>> be just as long,
>>> especially if you pay with plastic.
>>
>> The place is beyond belief. I felt like I was
>> buying a computer
>> from HP and the quote was going to come in a
>> binder.
>
> Restaurant Depot is the one where you need a
> resale license to get in?

No. I have a Restaurant Depot membership, and I
don't have a resale license.

On Tue, 3 May 2011 14:59:56 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
.. .
>> Nowadays you really don't get much for $125. This morning I spent $40
>> and carried in three little plastic bags of groceries in one trip;
>> just the fixings for a salad, a loaf of bread, a gallon of milk, and
>> one pound of ham and one pound of salami. This was only a fill-in
>> shopping, was it my regular weekly shopping I would have spent in
>> excess of $200, with cat stuff $300 easily. I can't remember the last
>> time a weekly shopping cost $125... now it costs me $50 for a half
>> tank of gas.
>
>John Tesh said on the radio the other day that the average family of four
>spends $100 a week on food. I found this very hard to believe. Yes, I live
>in the Seattle area and the cost of living is high. But my daughter and I
>can easily spend that and more and we aren't big eaters! A meal out at most
>restaurants (not expensive ones) is at least $30. Likely a bit more with
>tip.
>
>It is hard for me to figure what I spend weekly though because I never buy
>just enough for one week. I do buy cases of things at Costco and other
>large quantities of things like cheese which will last 2 or 3 weeks.
>
>Of course there are always little trips in between for things like produce
>and bread or other things we run out of before we are doing the main grocery
>shopping. But really because I do shop at so many different places, I
>rarely ever have to do one big shopping trip. It's buy a little here...
>Buy a little there...
>
>I don't usually buy cat food at the grocery store. I have been feeding them
>Fancy Feast Appetizers for breakfast but I may have to rethink that. At
>$1.49 per package and one package per cat that's almost $3.00 for a meal.
>That works out to more than their regular moist food which is the Wellness
>brand. I just started feeding it to them because I had some leftover from
>my old cat. And they seemed to like it!
>
>We do buy magazines and sometimes get cleaning supplies and paper goods at
>the grocery store. But often I get those things at Target. And I do get
>small amounts of some groceries at Target. But our Target doesn't have a
>proper grocery section.

Even doing most of my shopping at Walmart I spend on average $250/wk
on groceries plus $100/wk on cat stuff. And I don't eat fancy foods,
I don't know how any family of four can live very well on less than
$300/wk on groceries.

"ChattyCathy" wrote

> Went to do a serious "food restock" today at a local supermarket (after a
> plethora of public holidays here in RSA) and I came home with a "till
> slip" (or "cashiers receipt") that was 1.31 meters long (or 4.3 feet) -
> Jack actually measured it <grin>. Out of 116 items I only bought three
> non-food items i.e a roll of alumnium foil, a pack of fire-lighters for
> the "braai" and a bottle of dish washing liquid (which IMHO are still food
> related). The list did include both dog and cat food.

Nope sorry! Try moving back stateside with just suitcases on an airline and
see the shopping list. You don't even have salt unless you snagged a few
extra packets at a fast food place!

On May 3, 9:56*am, ChattyCathy > wrote:
> On Tue, 03 May 2011 11:41:20 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
> > On Tue, 03 May 2011 18:27:43 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote:
>
> >> Went to do a serious "food restock" today at a local supermarket (after
> >> a plethora of public holidays here in RSA) and I came home with a "till
> >> slip" (or "cashiers receipt") that was 1.31 meters long (or 4.3 feet) -
> >> Jack actually measured it <grin>. Out of 116 items I only bought three
> >> non-food items i.e a roll of alumnium foil, a pack of fire-lighters for
> >> the "braai" and a bottle of dish washing liquid (which IMHO are still
> >> food related). The list did include both dog and cat food.
>
> >> Heh, don't think I've ever bought as many items at one time in one food
> >> store before.
>
> > A 20 item receipt from Restaurant Depot would be just as long,
> > especially if you pay with plastic.
>
> For 20 items? Good grief. I'm trying to figure out how (or why) they'd
> manage it. FWIW, cashier receipts I generally get here are the same length
> whether one pays cash or uses plastic, in fact I used plastic today and
> there is nothing on the receipt to indicate that I did so. However, I did
> get a separate (+/- 4 inch long) receipt from the "card machine" the
> cashier used.
>

Walmart does a separate line for each individual item even when you
have quantities. So, 48 cans of canned cat food will take 48 lines
even though I only bought 2 flavors. Most stores will do one line per
flavor and list the quantity.

" wrote:
>
>Walmart does a separate line for each individual item even when you
>have quantities. So, 48 cans of canned cat food will take 48 lines
>even though I only bought 2 flavors. Most stores will do one line per
>flavor and list the quantity.

Pure horse pucky... no one buys 48 individual cans of cat food at
Walmart... anyone who would buy such quantity would buy by the case (a
lot cheaper). I typically buy four cases of 48... the checker scans
one and then hits the quantity button... takes just one line on the
receipt. Yoose are ALL just making it up as you go, as per usual...
hasta be more Pinocchio story tellers at RFC than all of usenet
combined.

On May 3, 7:31*pm, "
> wrote:

> Walmart does a separate line for each individual item even when you
> have quantities. So, 48 cans of canned cat food will take 48 lines
> even though I only bought 2 flavors. Most stores will do one line per
> flavor and list the quantity.

That's for their customers who can't handle the concept of multiples.
Duh.

ChattyCathy wrote:
> Went to do a serious "food restock" today at a local supermarket (after a
> plethora of public holidays here in RSA) and I came home with a "till
> slip" (or "cashiers receipt") that was 1.31 meters long (or 4.3 feet) -
> Jack actually measured it <grin>. Out of 116 items I only bought three
> non-food items i.e a roll of alumnium foil, a pack of fire-lighters for
> the "braai" and a bottle of dish washing liquid (which IMHO are still food
> related). The list did include both dog and cat food.
>
> Heh, don't think I've ever bought as many items at one time in one
> food store before.
>
Egad! That is hard for me to imagine. Do you not live near this
store or any store?

--
Jean B.

ChattyCathy wrote:
> Went to do a serious "food restock" today at a local supermarket (after a
> plethora of public holidays here in RSA) and I came home with a "till
> slip" (or "cashiers receipt") that was 1.31 meters long (or 4.3 feet) -
> Jack actually measured it <grin>. Out of 116 items I only bought three
> non-food items i.e a roll of alumnium foil, a pack of fire-lighters for
> the "braai" and a bottle of dish washing liquid (which IMHO are still food
> related). The list did include both dog and cat food.
>
> Heh, don't think I've ever bought as many items at one time in one
> food store before.
>
Oh you did say "local". I can't imagine that let alone rival it.

--
Jean B.

On May 3, 8:01*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> " wrote:
>
> >Walmart does a separate line for each individual item even when you
> >have quantities. So, 48 cans of canned cat food will take 48 lines
> >even though I only bought 2 flavors. Most stores will do one line per
> >flavor and list the quantity.
>
> Pure horse pucky... no one buys 48 individual cans of cat food at
> Walmart... anyone who would buy such quantity would buy by the case (a
> lot cheaper). *I typically buy four cases of 48... the checker scans
> one and then hits the quantity button... takes just one line on the
> receipt. *Yoose are ALL just making it up as you go, as per usual...
> hasta be more Pinocchio story tellers at RFC than all of usenet
> combined.

Sheldon, I bought 40 cans of cat food at the supermarket the other day
because it was on sale. I like to give the furry one a variety, I
don't want or need 48 or even 24 of one flavor, so a case wouldn't
work for me. There are 5 or 6 flavors she likes, I buy a few of each
and she doesn't get the same flavor two days in a row. If Walmart or
Target have the flavors she will eat (she's picky!), I'll buy a few
cans at a time. I do find the sale price at the supermarket tends to
be lower than Walmart's every day prices. Besides, I don't think WM or
the supermarkets discount if you buy by the case. I've never seen it
that way. A case is just easier to get home b/c it's wrapped. But
again.. my little girl wants variety, that's not an option for me.

Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> Even doing most of my shopping at Walmart I spend on average $250/wk
> on groceries plus $100/wk on cat stuff. And I don't eat fancy foods,
> I don't know how any family of four can live very well on less than
> $300/wk on groceries.

Me either. I do drink soda though. I suppose if I had only tap water or
maybe made tea with cheap tea bags, that would lower my bill.

The closest Walmart to me is in Marysville. That's far enough away that I
would have to tote some coolers to get the food home. Not sure with the gas
prices such as they are that would be feasible. And in that same area is
the military PX.

In article >,
Doug Freyburger > wrote:
>Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>> A 20 item receipt from Restaurant Depot would be just as long,
>> especially if you pay with plastic.
>
>The place is beyond belief. I felt like I was buying a computer from HP
>and the quote was going to come in a binder.

Yeah, those receipts are craaaaazy long. Drives me nuts because I have to
wrangle it safely into my small purse, and then it takes up a lot of space
in the place I store it in the car until I can pull my expense report
together (I shop on my church's membership).

Charlotte
--

cshenk wrote:
> "ChattyCathy" wrote
>
>> Went to do a serious "food restock" today at a local supermarket
>> (after a plethora of public holidays here in RSA) and I came home
>> with a "till slip" (or "cashiers receipt") that was 1.31 meters long
>> (or 4.3 feet) - Jack actually measured it <grin>. Out of 116 items I
>> only bought three non-food items i.e a roll of alumnium foil, a pack
>> of fire-lighters for the "braai" and a bottle of dish washing liquid
>> (which IMHO are still food related). The list did include both dog
>> and cat food.
>
> Nope sorry! Try moving back stateside with just suitcases on an
> airline and see the shopping list. You don't even have salt unless
> you snagged a few extra packets at a fast food place!

When we made cross country moves we usually had the movers take the spices
and extracts. Nothing else. Although I have been told they will take
canned goods.

When we moved here, I got rid rid of all the spices and seasonings,
reasoning that they were probably pretty old. Those are expensive to
replace!

When we first move into a place, we buy just enough food to get by for 2 or
3 days or until the movers get here. We only buy things that can be eaten
as is or kept in the refrigerator. I know some people pack dishes and pots
and pans but we never did that. So no cooking until our stuff arrived.

When we moved here, we bought a house. We had to live in the house for a
good 2 weeks with only the stuff we packed in the van or what we bought when
we got here. I did think enough ahead to order some sleeping bags, pillows
and blankets online and have them sent to my parent's house. We did stay
there for a few days before moving into the Navy Lodge. And using their
computer, I ordered 4 chairs from overstock.com so we wouldn't be sitting on
the floor until our stuff arrived.

We ate a lot of Mexican food for the first two weeks. Although I grew up a
mere 9 miles from here, I did not know this area at all. The closest decent
looking restaurant was a Mexican one. There was a pub/steakhouse but it
looked filthy inside. It was one of those places where they give you
peanuts in the shell. Apparently the shells were tossed everywhere and
pretty much just left there. You could see them through the windows and
they never moved.

The owner of the Mexican place must have thought we really loved his food
because we had pretty much every lunch and dinner in there until our stuff
arrived. Since then I have learned my way around more and some more
restaurants have opened. Sadly that place has closed. I don't know the
whole story except that a nasty divorce was involved

wrote:
> On May 3, 9:56 am, ChattyCathy > wrote:
>> On Tue, 03 May 2011 11:41:20 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Tue, 03 May 2011 18:27:43 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote:
>>
>>>> Went to do a serious "food restock" today at a local supermarket
>>>> (after a plethora of public holidays here in RSA) and I came home
>>>> with a "till slip" (or "cashiers receipt") that was 1.31 meters
>>>> long (or 4.3 feet) - Jack actually measured it <grin>. Out of 116
>>>> items I only bought three non-food items i.e a roll of alumnium
>>>> foil, a pack of fire-lighters for the "braai" and a bottle of dish
>>>> washing liquid (which IMHO are still food related). The list did
>>>> include both dog and cat food.
>>
>>>> Heh, don't think I've ever bought as many items at one time in one
>>>> food store before.
>>
>>> A 20 item receipt from Restaurant Depot would be just as long,
>>> especially if you pay with plastic.
>>
>> For 20 items? Good grief. I'm trying to figure out how (or why)
>> they'd manage it. FWIW, cashier receipts I generally get here are
>> the same length whether one pays cash or uses plastic, in fact I
>> used plastic today and there is nothing on the receipt to indicate
>> that I did so. However, I did get a separate (+/- 4 inch long)
>> receipt from the "card machine" the cashier used.
>>
>
> Walmart does a separate line for each individual item even when you
> have quantities. So, 48 cans of canned cat food will take 48 lines
> even though I only bought 2 flavors. Most stores will do one line per
> flavor and list the quantity.

Wow! Some of my receipts would be quite long then!

I went to Albertsons today. Bought three packages of ice cream, a bag of
lettuce, a prepared salad, sour cream and a cat toy. The receipt was over a
foot long.

Brooklyn1 wrote:
> " wrote:
>>
>> Walmart does a separate line for each individual item even when you
>> have quantities. So, 48 cans of canned cat food will take 48 lines
>> even though I only bought 2 flavors. Most stores will do one line per
>> flavor and list the quantity.
>
> Pure horse pucky... no one buys 48 individual cans of cat food at
> Walmart... anyone who would buy such quantity would buy by the case (a
> lot cheaper). I typically buy four cases of 48... the checker scans
> one and then hits the quantity button... takes just one line on the
> receipt. Yoose are ALL just making it up as you go, as per usual...
> hasta be more Pinocchio story tellers at RFC than all of usenet
> combined.

I might unless they did a mixed case. My cats don't eat the kind of food
they sell at Walmart so I guess I'll never know. I just ordered 96 pounds
of their canned food from Petco. And a subsequent order for some Fancy
Feast Appetizers. Yes, I could probably get those at Walmart but after
checking the prices I think I will no longer be buying that.

The 96 pounds of food arrived in two boxes. One pretty heavy but daughter
was able to lift it. The other? I feel sorry for whoever had to put it on
our porch.

They were having a special and there was no shipping on the food! I did
have to pay about $5 shipping when I got the Appetizers. That special isn't
currently running.

I just got tired of buying a few cans at a time at the local health food
store or gourmet pet store where I got them from. I do still buy their dry
food and litter there. I do want to support the store when I can. I just
find it is easier to buy large quantities of the canned stuff and have it
delivered provided I'm not paying whopping delivery charges. I can store
the extra in the garage.

Catmandy (Sheryl) wrote:
> On May 3, 8:01 pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>> " wrote:
>>
>>> Walmart does a separate line for each individual item even when you
>>> have quantities. So, 48 cans of canned cat food will take 48 lines
>>> even though I only bought 2 flavors. Most stores will do one line
>>> per flavor and list the quantity.
>>
>> Pure horse pucky... no one buys 48 individual cans of cat food at
>> Walmart... anyone who would buy such quantity would buy by the case
>> (a lot cheaper). I typically buy four cases of 48... the checker
>> scans one and then hits the quantity button... takes just one line
>> on the receipt. Yoose are ALL just making it up as you go, as per
>> usual... hasta be more Pinocchio story tellers at RFC than all of
>> usenet combined.
>
> Sheldon, I bought 40 cans of cat food at the supermarket the other day
> because it was on sale. I like to give the furry one a variety, I
> don't want or need 48 or even 24 of one flavor, so a case wouldn't
> work for me. There are 5 or 6 flavors she likes, I buy a few of each
> and she doesn't get the same flavor two days in a row. If Walmart or
> Target have the flavors she will eat (she's picky!), I'll buy a few
> cans at a time. I do find the sale price at the supermarket tends to
> be lower than Walmart's every day prices. Besides, I don't think WM or
> the supermarkets discount if you buy by the case. I've never seen it
> that way. A case is just easier to get home b/c it's wrapped. But
> again.. my little girl wants variety, that's not an option for me.

My old cat didn't like most of the fish/seafood flavors but she would eat
tuna. So most mixed cases wouldn't work for me. She did like variety.

Current cats seem to eat all but herring. I just bought by the case bought
bought enough for many months. This is not something I can afford to do all
the time.

On May 3, 5:01*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> " wrote:
>
> >Walmart does a separate line for each individual item even when you
> >have quantities. So, 48 cans of canned cat food will take 48 lines
> >even though I only bought 2 flavors. Most stores will do one line per
> >flavor and list the quantity.
>
> Pure horse pucky... no one buys 48 individual cans of cat food at
> Walmart... anyone who would buy such quantity would buy by the case (a
> lot cheaper). *I typically buy four cases of 48... the checker scans
> one and then hits the quantity button... takes just one line on the
> receipt. *Yoose are ALL just making it up as you go, as per usual...
> hasta be more Pinocchio story tellers at RFC than all of usenet
> combined.

The cases are open at the walmarts around here. They do have a few
larger pack deals, but mostly in packs with 3 different flavors. I
will buy the chicken pack and the sliced pack. But mostly, i buy a
"case" of each flavor, and they scan a can 24 times. They do not
leave any cases sealed. I wish they did. Would you like to see the
receipt next time? How about a photo of the display?

Oh, and i get one flavor at petsmart or petco because Walmart does not
carry it. They have a deal where you get 30 cans for $15, but you have
to buy a case plus 6 cans. At least they leave some of the cases open
and use a scan bar on the case. Walmart (at least here) does not.

Just because I do something differently than you do, doesn't mean I
am lying.

On Tue, 03 May 2011 19:14:42 -0400, cshenk wrote:


> Nope sorry! Try moving back stateside with just suitcases on an airline
> and see the shopping list. You don't even have salt unless you snagged a
> few extra packets at a fast food place!

Wasn't thinking in terms of "moving house", let alone an international
move - just a general (albeit biggish) grocery re-stock; but having to
practically "buy out the store" after a move like that doesn't surprise
me in the least.

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

On May 3, 6:42*pm, "Catmandy (Sheryl)" > wrote:
> On May 3, 8:01*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>
> > " wrote:
>
> > >Walmart does a separate line for each individual item even when you
> > >have quantities. So, 48 cans of canned cat food will take 48 lines
> > >even though I only bought 2 flavors. Most stores will do one line per
> > >flavor and list the quantity.
>
> > Pure horse pucky... no one buys 48 individual cans of cat food at
> > Walmart... anyone who would buy such quantity would buy by the case (a
> > lot cheaper). *I typically buy four cases of 48... the checker scans
> > one and then hits the quantity button... takes just one line on the
> > receipt. *Yoose are ALL just making it up as you go, as per usual...
> > hasta be more Pinocchio story tellers at RFC than all of usenet
> > combined.
>
> Sheldon, I bought 40 cans of cat food at the supermarket the other day
> because it was on sale. I like to give the furry one a variety, I
> don't want or need 48 or even 24 of one flavor, so a case wouldn't
> work for me. *There are 5 or 6 flavors she likes, I buy a few of each
> and she doesn't get the same flavor two days in a row. If Walmart or
> Target have the flavors she will eat (she's picky!), I'll buy a few
> cans at a time. I do find the sale price at the supermarket tends to
> be lower than Walmart's every day prices. Besides, I don't think WM or
> the supermarkets discount if you buy by the case. I've never seen it
> that way. A case is just easier to get home b/c it's wrapped. But
> again.. my little girl wants variety, that's not an option for me.

I do the variety thing, and until today, I was serving 4-5 cans a day.
I just lost a cat today, so I will be reducing that. Because of the
quantity, I do buy a couple cases worth at a time. But Walmart does
not leave the cases shrink wrapped. They open them all, and worse,
they usually cut off one end of the cardboard, so you have to pick it
up carefully to keep them from sliding out. I really wish they would
leave some as cases as that would be preferred. The boys have not been
picky abut flavors, but Quinn is especially picky, and she is the one
who needs the canned food. She has bad teeth (two dental surgeries in
the past year), so she does not eat dry food.

I try to limit my trips to walmart to once a month or less, so I
usually buy as much as I can of the flavors they like. That may be 4
cases worth at one time. And yes, they scan one can the number of
times and it prints one line per can. Add in the baby food for
training treats, and there's another 10-12 lines.

Walmart doesn't discount the cases of cans, but they do have some
boxed packs that are usually a tad cheaper. There are 3 packs that I
will buy of those. I can also get those at the grocery store, though
they cost more than walmart. I do not buy singles at the grocery store
since they are 70 cents and walmart is 47 cents. At 4-5 cans per day,
it already adds up pretty fast.

On May 3, 8:03*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> Catmandy (Sheryl) wrote:
> > On May 3, 8:01 pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> >> " wrote:
>
> >>> Walmart does a separate line for each individual item even when you
> >>> have quantities. So, 48 cans of canned cat food will take 48 lines
> >>> even though I only bought 2 flavors. Most stores will do one line
> >>> per flavor and list the quantity.
>
> >> Pure horse pucky... no one buys 48 individual cans of cat food at
> >> Walmart... anyone who would buy such quantity would buy by the case
> >> (a lot cheaper). I typically buy four cases of 48... the checker
> >> scans one and then hits the quantity button... takes just one line
> >> on the receipt. Yoose are ALL just making it up as you go, as per
> >> usual... hasta be more Pinocchio story tellers at RFC than all of
> >> usenet combined.
>
> > Sheldon, I bought 40 cans of cat food at the supermarket the other day
> > because it was on sale. I like to give the furry one a variety, I
> > don't want or need 48 or even 24 of one flavor, so a case wouldn't
> > work for me. *There are 5 or 6 flavors she likes, I buy a few of each
> > and she doesn't get the same flavor two days in a row. If Walmart or
> > Target have the flavors she will eat (she's picky!), I'll buy a few
> > cans at a time. I do find the sale price at the supermarket tends to
> > be lower than Walmart's every day prices. Besides, I don't think WM or
> > the supermarkets discount if you buy by the case. I've never seen it
> > that way. A case is just easier to get home b/c it's wrapped. But
> > again.. my little girl wants variety, that's not an option for me.
>
> My old cat didn't like most of the fish/seafood flavors but she would eat
> tuna. *So most mixed cases wouldn't work for me. *She did like variety.
>
> Current cats seem to eat all but herring. *I just bought by the case bought
> bought enough for many months. *This is not something I can afford to do all
> the time.

None of my cats will eat the fish flavors, not even tuna. Quinn likes
chicken flavors and occasionally beef. She also prefers the sliced and
chunky with some classic. She did not like the new morsels I tried.
They won't eat Wellness or many other premium brands. They all like
Innova once when I tried a couple cans. I bought a case, and they
decided they didn't like it any more. Go figure.

On Tue, 03 May 2011 20:50:44 -0400, Jean B. wrote:

> ChattyCathy wrote:


>> Heh, don't think I've ever bought as many items at one time in one food
>> store before.
>>
> Oh you did say "local". I can't imagine that let alone rival it.

It was at a medium-sized supermarket, if that helps. They can be a little
more expensive than some of the bigger chain supermarkets I sometimes shop
at, but this particular store stocks many food brands we personally like -
and their butchery section usually has good quality meat/poultry at
reasonable prices.

BTW, Wal-Mart are busy "muscling-in" to the wholesale/retail business here
in South Africa; last I heard they were negotiating to buy 51% shares in
one of our bigger groups. Will be interesting to see if the quality of the
food stuffs/merchandise changes in any way - and if people start to "dress
funny" when they shop at those stores (if/when the deal goes through).
<evil grin>.

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

On Tue, 03 May 2011 20:01:06 -0400, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> Pure horse pucky... no one buys 48 individual cans of cat food at
> Walmart... anyone who would buy such quantity would buy by the case (a
> lot cheaper). I typically buy four cases of 48... the checker scans one
> and then hits the quantity button... takes just one line on the receipt.
> Yoose are ALL just making it up as you go, as per usual... hasta be
> more Pinocchio story tellers at RFC than all of usenet combined.

I don't buy cans of cat food anymore (any brand) - because our two
generally turn their noses up at it - yeah, I know, they're fussy cats. I
buy the "pouches" for them - and as the supermarket had run out of the
mixed-flavor boxes of 12 I usually buy, I bought 12 individual pouches to
carry on with i.e. 4 each of 3 different flavors. However, the receipt
reflected them as 4 x Turkey & Liver, 4 x Tuna & Salmon 4 x Lamb & Beef -
so that was only 3 "line items" on the receipt.

And as Jack pointed out, could also depend on which cash register system
the supermarket uses. This particular one only printed the receipt when
the cashier had scanned all our stuff through the bar-code scanner and she
hit the "total" button. I've seen other systems that print the receipt as
the scanning is being done; those may produce longer receipts.

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

wrote:
> On May 3, 6:42 pm, "Catmandy (Sheryl)" > wrote:
>> On May 3, 8:01 pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>>
>>> " wrote:
>>
>>>> Walmart does a separate line for each individual item even when you
>>>> have quantities. So, 48 cans of canned cat food will take 48 lines
>>>> even though I only bought 2 flavors. Most stores will do one line
>>>> per flavor and list the quantity.
>>
>>> Pure horse pucky... no one buys 48 individual cans of cat food at
>>> Walmart... anyone who would buy such quantity would buy by the case
>>> (a lot cheaper). I typically buy four cases of 48... the checker
>>> scans one and then hits the quantity button... takes just one line
>>> on the receipt. Yoose are ALL just making it up as you go, as per
>>> usual... hasta be more Pinocchio story tellers at RFC than all of
>>> usenet combined.
>>
>> Sheldon, I bought 40 cans of cat food at the supermarket the other
>> day because it was on sale. I like to give the furry one a variety, I
>> don't want or need 48 or even 24 of one flavor, so a case wouldn't
>> work for me. There are 5 or 6 flavors she likes, I buy a few of each
>> and she doesn't get the same flavor two days in a row. If Walmart or
>> Target have the flavors she will eat (she's picky!), I'll buy a few
>> cans at a time. I do find the sale price at the supermarket tends to
>> be lower than Walmart's every day prices. Besides, I don't think WM
>> or the supermarkets discount if you buy by the case. I've never seen
>> it that way. A case is just easier to get home b/c it's wrapped. But
>> again.. my little girl wants variety, that's not an option for me.
>
> I do the variety thing, and until today, I was serving 4-5 cans a day.
> I just lost a cat today, so I will be reducing that. Because of the
> quantity, I do buy a couple cases worth at a time. But Walmart does
> not leave the cases shrink wrapped. They open them all, and worse,
> they usually cut off one end of the cardboard, so you have to pick it
> up carefully to keep them from sliding out. I really wish they would
> leave some as cases as that would be preferred. The boys have not been
> picky abut flavors, but Quinn is especially picky, and she is the one
> who needs the canned food. She has bad teeth (two dental surgeries in
> the past year), so she does not eat dry food.
>
> I try to limit my trips to walmart to once a month or less, so I
> usually buy as much as I can of the flavors they like. That may be 4
> cases worth at one time. And yes, they scan one can the number of
> times and it prints one line per can. Add in the baby food for
> training treats, and there's another 10-12 lines.
>
> Walmart doesn't discount the cases of cans, but they do have some
> boxed packs that are usually a tad cheaper. There are 3 packs that I
> will buy of those. I can also get those at the grocery store, though
> they cost more than walmart. I do not buy singles at the grocery store
> since they are 70 cents and walmart is 47 cents. At 4-5 cans per day,
> it already adds up pretty fast.

Wow! What kind of food is that?

On Tue, 03 May 2011 16:24:19 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:

> ChattyCathy wrote:
>>
>> At the current exchange rate it came to US$237.14c (including Value
>> Added Tax) - and I only have one husband, two children, two cats and a
>> dog. In mitigation I did say in my OP that it was a "serious" food
>> re-stock ;-)
>
> I've never bought that much at a food store at one time, probably I've
> hit $125 at some point. That's a lot. The hardest part is now you have
> all that stuff home and you have to lug it in from the car and put it
> away. Whew!

Like I said in my OP, we've had a bunch of public holidays plus the Easter
long-weekend here so a lot of stores were closed and/or only open for
limited hours a day for the past two weeks which makes the stores extra
crowded when they are open - so I avoid "big" food shopping when that
happens like the plague. We have a few (very local) Mom and Pop stores
that I do shop at for "essentials" but I needed to stock up on staples
like sugar, flour, olive oil, canned tomatoes, fruit juice etc.

There were quite a few bags, yes - but luckily Jack always volunteers to
lug the stuff from the car to the kitchen for me; I knew there was a
reason I married him ;-) Took me maybe half an hour to pack stuff away.

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

On Tue, 3 May 2011 23:36:17 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:

>On May 3, 6:42*pm, "Catmandy (Sheryl)" > wrote:
>> On May 3, 8:01*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>>
>> > " wrote:
>>
>> > >Walmart does a separate line for each individual item even when you
>> > >have quantities. So, 48 cans of canned cat food will take 48 lines
>> > >even though I only bought 2 flavors. Most stores will do one line per
>> > >flavor and list the quantity.
>>
>> > Pure horse pucky... no one buys 48 individual cans of cat food at
>> > Walmart... anyone who would buy such quantity would buy by the case (a
>> > lot cheaper). *I typically buy four cases of 48... the checker scans
>> > one and then hits the quantity button... takes just one line on the
>> > receipt. *Yoose are ALL just making it up as you go, as per usual...
>> > hasta be more Pinocchio story tellers at RFC than all of usenet
>> > combined.
>>
>> Sheldon, I bought 40 cans of cat food at the supermarket the other day
>> because it was on sale. I like to give the furry one a variety, I
>> don't want or need 48 or even 24 of one flavor, so a case wouldn't
>> work for me. *There are 5 or 6 flavors she likes, I buy a few of each
>> and she doesn't get the same flavor two days in a row. If Walmart or
>> Target have the flavors she will eat (she's picky!), I'll buy a few
>> cans at a time. I do find the sale price at the supermarket tends to
>> be lower than Walmart's every day prices. Besides, I don't think WM or
>> the supermarkets discount if you buy by the case. I've never seen it
>> that way. A case is just easier to get home b/c it's wrapped. But
>> again.. my little girl wants variety, that's not an option for me.
>
>I do the variety thing, and until today, I was serving 4-5 cans a day.
>I just lost a cat today, so I will be reducing that. Because of the
>quantity, I do buy a couple cases worth at a time. But Walmart does
>not leave the cases shrink wrapped. They open them all, and worse,
>they usually cut off one end of the cardboard, so you have to pick it
>up carefully to keep them from sliding out.

Yoose don't mention which brand you're buying... probably some off
name cheapo brand no one ever hears about.

Torn open cases, I've never seen any such thing at Walmart. Their
individual cans are packed in merchant display corrugated boxes/bins.
Fancy Feast cases are in sealed cardboard boxes with a zip pull tab,
no shrink wrap... Friskies the same. The cases are always assorted
and Fancy Feast and Friskies each offers at least a dozen different
assortments... there is never a reason to buy loose cans to have an
assortment... Friskies assorted cases offer four flavors. I've never
seen where loose cans cost less than cases, doesn't even make sense to
price loose cans lower when they're right alongside cases, however
some stupidmarkets only sell loose cans, they don't sell cases... even
when they run a sale it's really not a sale. And I've not seen where
any stupidmarket or big box pet store beats Walmart's pet food
prices... sometimes stores run sales on pet food but so does Walmart
and Walmart's sales offer the lowest prices. The only merchant I've
found that comes close to Walmart's pet food prices is Amazon but
Walmart beats them by a few pennies... I've been considering Amazon
for pet food since gas is so high and Amazon offers free shipping.

On Tue, 3 May 2011 20:01:34 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> " wrote:
>>>
>>> Walmart does a separate line for each individual item even when you
>>> have quantities. So, 48 cans of canned cat food will take 48 lines
>>> even though I only bought 2 flavors. Most stores will do one line per
>>> flavor and list the quantity.
>>
>> Pure horse pucky... no one buys 48 individual cans of cat food at
>> Walmart... anyone who would buy such quantity would buy by the case (a
>> lot cheaper). I typically buy four cases of 48... the checker scans
>> one and then hits the quantity button... takes just one line on the
>> receipt. Yoose are ALL just making it up as you go, as per usual...
>> hasta be more Pinocchio story tellers at RFC than all of usenet
>> combined.
>
>I might unless they did a mixed case.

The major brands of cat food only offer a mixed case.

ChattyCathy wrote:
> On Tue, 03 May 2011 16:24:19 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:

>> I've never bought that much at a food store at one time, probably
>> I've hit $125 at some point. That's a lot. The hardest part is now
>> you have all that stuff home and you have to lug it in from the car
>> and put it away. Whew!
>
> Like I said in my OP, we've had a bunch of public holidays plus the
> Easter long-weekend here so a lot of stores were closed and/or only
> open for limited hours a day for the past two weeks which makes the
> stores extra crowded when they are open - so I avoid "big" food
> shopping when that happens like the plague.

My local supermarket is across the street from a large Catholic
church, so I don't go when mass lets out. In other words, I know
what you're saying, why go when you know it's going to be a
mad house.

> We have a few (very
> local) Mom and Pop stores that I do shop at for "essentials" but I
> needed to stock up on staples like sugar, flour, olive oil, canned
> tomatoes, fruit juice etc.

I don't know how it happens, but once in a while I'll realize I
need a little bit of everything. That's when I wind up doing a big
shopping.

> There were quite a few bags, yes - but luckily Jack always volunteers
> to lug the stuff from the car to the kitchen for me; I knew there was
> a reason I married him ;-)

Heh. Very handy! Not just fun to have around, he does stuff.

> Took me maybe half an hour to pack stuff away.

Not too bad. I'd probably still leave some stuff to put away later.
Lazy.

nancy