On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:14:26 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 14/11/2011 3:56 AM, Meghan Noecker wrote:
>
>> Have you looked at the examples I have given? I work in a grocery
>> store. I'm talking about boxed and canned items that come from the
>> manufacturer. I'm talking about items that are produced with the
>> store, packaged by a clerk, and LABELED by a clerk. If the price is
>> changed, and NOT a club card item, then the label must be changed to
>> be accurate. There are laws about accurate labeled, and we get
>> audited. If the item is a coupon item, the label doesn't have to be
>> changed, only the shelf tag.
>
>Price tags? Other than meats, fish and cheeses sold by the pound, I have
>not seen price labels in grocery stores for years. Prices are displayed
>on the shelves. Cashiers no longer read labels and key in the prices.
>They just scan them, or weigh things and key int he product code.


And I clearly stated in my first post that I was specifically talking
about the departments where items were priced individually by a clerk.
I gave examples of the meat department, bakery, and deli.

Those labels used to get changed each week as items went on or off ad.
Now, they don't. We just change the sign. It saves a lot of labor by
keeping the regular price the same, and making the sale price work by
a coupon. And with a club card, only one card needs to be scanned
instead of a bunch of coupons.

On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:43:53 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:



>Maybe at your incompetent store, but not at any of the ones I've
>visited. Out meat department turns over so quickly that any packaged
>meat with non-sale prices on it have sold by the time teh sale starts.
>And in stores where there is a "Club price" that "Club Savings" is
>printed right on the meat price tag. So anything with the old price
>has to be relabeled ANYWAY.


So, items cooked the afternoon before the ad change get thrown away if
not sold? Or sells out automatically? Our store has bread with longer
than 12 hour pull date. Items are put out Tuesday evening and do not
have to repriced Wednesday morning when the ad changes.

>
>The whole idea card items do not have to be repriced/relabeled or that
>they save the store money is just plain WRONG.
>
>> We are not allowed to cover a label with a new label.
>
>That may be *your* inefficient store's policy, but our stores do that
>all the time.
>

State law. Years ago, we got caught doing that. Our manager was told
that if it happened within a certain time period, he would be spending
a day in jail.

We get audited several times a year. They weigh our packages to make
sure that the correct tare was used and that the weight is accurate.
We cannot cover over a pull date for any reason.

On 11/13/2011 11:05 AM, Serene Vannoy wrote:
> On 11/12/2011 10:29 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:05:15 -0800, Serene Vannoy wrote:
>>
>>> My Safeway was selling (with $25 purchase) 20.01-24.00 lb turkeys for
>>> 12.99, which makes the best price around 54 cents a pound.
>>
>> But at my Safeway (Randalls), I would spend $10 extra just by shopping
>> there and spending $25. I can get teh same groceries elsewhere for $10
>> less, basically. I have compared prices at both stores prices are
>> overall 38% more on common items I buy. It's *amazing* that people
>> shop there.
>
> Yeah. If I weren't the coupon queen, I'd right with you. I only shop
> Safeway for stuff I can get really cheaply with coupons, so I make out
> when I do my (once every two or three months) trips there, armed with a
> handful of coupons and a list.
>
> For my thirty-seven dollars last time around, I got six huge sacks of
> groceries that I would have spent nearly ninety bucks for normally.

This time, the bill before my coupons was $117. After? $51 and change.

Serene

--
http://www.momfoodproject.com

On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:18:44 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:18:17 -0800, Meghan Noecker wrote:

>>>
>>
>> State law. Years ago, we got caught doing that. Our manager was told
>> that if it happened within a certain time period, he would be spending
>> a day in jail.
>
>Which is total bullshit. You don't go to jail over improper labeling
>procedures). You (or rather - THE STORE) gets fined.

My deli manager was threatened with a day in Jail. This was back in
1991-1993. We got written up anytime we did a label over the old one.


>
>Sorry, but I consider this a waste of time arguing with you. The only
>way to win these stupid arguments is not to prolong them.

That's up to you. I have worked in a grocery store for 22 years, so I
am very familiar with these issues.

>
>> We get audited several times a year. They weigh our packages to make
>> sure that the correct tare was used and that the weight is accurate.
>> We cannot cover over a pull date for any reason.
>
>But you can print a label with the same pull date on it. Not to
>mention PULL DATES ARE OPTIONAL and not mandatory on everything except
>for infant formula. Nothing sets nor governs pull dates.
>

Sure, we can print a new label with the correct date, but if you cover
up the old label, the old label cannot be seen, and it looks like the
store is trying to hide the old information. That is why the old label
had to be removed completely before putting a new label on it.

From the KIng County Website:
http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthserv...ety/myths.aspx



"Pull dates are established by the Washington State Department of
Agriculture for all perishable packaged goods that have a shelf life
of thirty days or less because they have a high risk of spoilage. It
is legal though to sell products that have exceeded their "pull" date.
If the product is being sold past the "pull" date, the retailer is
required to verify that the product continues to appear wholesome and
is without danger to health. these products need to be clearly
identified as having passed the pull date."

Clearly, we are required to post the pull date, and clearly mark if it
is past pull. That's the law. Covering up a label would look like we
are changing the date.

On Nov 15, 5:18*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:18:17 -0800, Meghan Noecker wrote:
> > On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:43:53 -0600, Sqwertz >
> > wrote:
>
> >>> We are not allowed to cover a label with a new label.
>
> >>That may be *your* inefficient store's policy, but our stores do that
> >>all the time.
>
> > State law. Years ago, we got caught doing that. Our manager was told
> > that if it happened within a certain time period, he would be spending
> > a day in jail.
>
> Which is total bullshit. *You don't go to jail over improper labeling
> procedures). *You (or rather *- THE STORE) gets fined.
>
> Sorry, but I consider this a waste of time arguing with you. *The only
> way to win these stupid arguments is not to prolong them.
>
> > We get audited several times a year. They weigh our packages *to make
> > sure that the correct tare was used and that the weight is accurate.
> > We cannot cover over a pull date for any reason.
>
> But you can print a label with the same pull date on it. *Not to
> mention PULL DATES ARE OPTIONAL and not mandatory on everything except
> for infant formula. *Nothing sets nor governs pull dates.
>
> Game. *Set. *Match.

Some people like to make shit up.
>
> -sw

--Bryan

On Nov 16, 7:01*am, Bryan > wrote:
....
>
> Some people like to make shit up.
>
....

Ain't THAT the truth! ;-)

John Kuthe...