After the proposed food delivery program by Piggly Wiggly I signed up to
get their weekly sales promotion. Just to see what they consisder good
sales. The store is out of my way from shopping for anything. I won't
drive out of my way unless they have something spectacular on sale.
Sure doesn't sound like it to me!

I can't think of the last time I saw "cubed steak" at Publix. The Pig
has it for $2.48/lb. It seems to go on sale every couple of weeks. But
you have to buy the "family pack" and have a "Pig Card" to get the sale
price. And it doesn't seem like much of a sale price to me.

Cubed steak does make a pretty good country fried steak, but I can pound
some round steak myself with a meat mallet and don't have to buy 12 of
them. Ditto the "split boneless chicken breast", 98cents/lb, but again,
you have to buy the family pack. I don't eat enough chicken breasts to
bother.

Another item in online sales flyer: buy 6 gallons of milk, get the 7th
free. Who the hell buys six, much less 7 gallons of milk?! I like to
drink milk But not that much!

Jill

On 8/21/2013 7:46 PM, jmcquown wrote:

>
> Another item in online sales flyer: buy 6 gallons of milk, get the 7th
> free. Who the hell buys six, much less 7 gallons of milk?! I like to
> drink milk But not that much!
>
> Jill

At one time? Our market had a promo but they tracked it from your store
card and you got one free after the required purchase.

On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 22:31:20 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

> On 8/21/2013 7:46 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>
> >
> > Another item in online sales flyer: buy 6 gallons of milk, get the 7th
> > free. Who the hell buys six, much less 7 gallons of milk?! I like to
> > drink milk But not that much!
> >
> > Jill
>
> At one time? Our market had a promo but they tracked it from your store
> card and you got one free after the required purchase.

Your experience is not the norm. IME, you have to take them all at
once. What really gets me is when they want you to buy two and get
two free... yeah, sure - in your dreams, company executive. You're
selling to city dwellers, most of whom have only a refrigerator and no
free standing freezer.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

Sqwertz wrote:
> The real travesty to their cube steak
So you can fool yourself into somehow believing that people you give
your fruitcake to really DO like your fruitcake. Maybe even one of
them really DOES eat it, but that's while the other members of their
family turn up their noses and mock them for eating it. You're the
butt of a yearly inside joke ("Oh no! Not Uncle Joebob/Aunt Betty's
fruitcake AGAIN!")

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> After the proposed food delivery program by Piggly Wiggly I signed up to
> get their weekly sales promotion. Just to see what they consisder good
> sales. The store is out of my way from shopping for anything. I won't
> drive out of my way unless they have something spectacular on sale. Sure
> doesn't sound like it to me!
>
> I can't think of the last time I saw "cubed steak" at Publix. The Pig has
> it for $2.48/lb. It seems to go on sale every couple of weeks. But you
> have to buy the "family pack" and have a "Pig Card" to get the sale price.
> And it doesn't seem like much of a sale price to me.
>
> Cubed steak does make a pretty good country fried steak, but I can pound
> some round steak myself with a meat mallet and don't have to buy 12 of
> them. Ditto the "split boneless chicken breast", 98cents/lb, but again,
> you have to buy the family pack. I don't eat enough chicken breasts to
> bother.
>
> Another item in online sales flyer: buy 6 gallons of milk, get the 7th
> free. Who the hell buys six, much less 7 gallons of milk?! I like to
> drink milk But not that much!
>
> Jill

That's a lot of milk! Although my friend uses a lot, she couldn't buy that
much at once. Her fridge won't hold it. I thought buy one get one free was
too much for a lot of things!

jmcquown wrote:
>
> Another item in online sales flyer: buy 6 gallons of milk, get the 7th
> free. Who the hell buys six, much less 7 gallons of milk?! I like to
> drink milk But not that much!

Are you talking about "Food Lion" by any chance? I know they have
stores in your state. They've had that exact deal in the past but you
don't have to buy 6 gallons at once. You use your store card each time
and that keeps count for you. Once you've purchased 6 gallons, you'll
get a coupon for a free gallon. You get several months to accumulate
the milk credits.

Here's the info for the 2009 promo:

http://supermarketnews.com/latest-ne...label-milk-web

G.

"The Other Guy" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 22 Aug 2013 00:13:45 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>> Another item in online sales flyer: buy 6 gallons of milk, get the 7th
>>> free. Who the hell buys six, much less 7 gallons of milk?! I like to
>>> drink milk But not that much!
>>
>>That's a lot of milk! Although my friend uses a lot, she couldn't buy
>>that
>>much at once. Her fridge won't hold it. I thought buy one get one free
>>was
>>too much for a lot of things!
>
> When I was young, there were 3 adults and 4 active children in the
> household, and we went thru LOTS of milk. My Mom would buy 4 3 gallon
> boxes (6 half-gallon jugs in a cardboard box) at the commissary every
> week, and might have to get some extra occasionally.
>
> Of course, that WAS before faux health proscribed milk as a necessary
> item.
>
> I would often get up in the middle of the night and eat 4 pieces of
> toast with peanut butter and drink a half gallon of milk, then go back
> to bed.

We only bought milk in 2 quart cartons when I was a kid. If we had it at
all. Mostly we had powdered. Bro and I were required to have it at meals
when we were younger but we never willingly drank any.

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> I thought buy one get one free was
> too much for a lot of things!

Ask at your stores. 2 of the 3 grocery stores I shop at, you don't
have to buy 2 items to get the sale price. You can just buy one and
it's half off the regular price. The one other store though does
require buying 2 items for the sale price. I rarely shop there.

G.

The Other Guy wrote:
>
> I would often get up in the middle of the night and eat 4 pieces of
> toast with peanut butter and drink a half gallon of milk, then go back
> to bed.

So says 400lb "The Other Guy."

G.

On 8/21/2013 10:31 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 8/21/2013 7:46 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>>
>> Another item in online sales flyer: buy 6 gallons of milk, get the 7th
>> free. Who the hell buys six, much less 7 gallons of milk?! I like to
>> drink milk But not that much!
>>
>> Jill
>
> At one time? Our market had a promo but they tracked it from your store
> card and you got one free after the required purchase.
>
My bad. Apparently that's how it works, yes. I didn't read the details
because I don't buy milk by the gallon. Again, the store is out of my
way. The gas used to get to/from would eat up any real savings.

Jill

On 8/22/2013 4:09 AM, Gary wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> Another item in online sales flyer: buy 6 gallons of milk, get the 7th
>> free. Who the hell buys six, much less 7 gallons of milk?! I like to
>> drink milk But not that much!
>
> Are you talking about "Food Lion" by any chance? I know they have
> stores in your state. They've had that exact deal in the past but you
> don't have to buy 6 gallons at once. You use your store card each time
> and that keeps count for you. Once you've purchased 6 gallons, you'll
> get a coupon for a free gallon. You get several months to accumulate
> the milk credits.
>
Nope, Piggly Wiggly. Steve read the details, it's spread over 6 weeks.
Still doesn't help. I don't drink/use a gallon of milk a week.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
>
> Nope, Piggly Wiggly. Steve read the details, it's spread over 6 weeks.
> Still doesn't help. I don't drink/use a gallon of milk a week.

Neither do I. I've started buying 1/2 gallons even though I pay more
for them. Even with the 1/2 gallons, I'll freeze a couple of 8oz
containers for coffee milk down the road.

G.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> I thought buy one get one free was
>> too much for a lot of things!
>
> Ask at your stores. 2 of the 3 grocery stores I shop at, you don't
> have to buy 2 items to get the sale price. You can just buy one and
> it's half off the regular price. The one other store though does
> require buying 2 items for the sale price. I rarely shop there.
>
> G.

Nope. They won't do that here. One store makes you buy three of something
to get the sale price.

I think its real similar to what passes for Tom Thumb (Safeway) around here. They are generally higher than anybody in town but have an above average meat department for this era. Much better than Wally World. Mostly yups who shop there.