Does your grocery store get an item that you like only to have it no longer
be stocked the next time you are in? Albertsons is doing that now. They
had wheat grass. Then they didn't and I was told they no longer stocked it.
Now they do but it's far from fresh. They had bagged radishes with no
leaves. Now they don't. The only radishes they had were puny and mostly
leaves. Now no more Ciabatta bread and no whole wheat bagels of any kind.

As I was looking at the bread, another woman was looking in the very section
that I was, with a disgusted look on her face as she searched and turned
packages around to read the ingredients. Much of what was there had high
fructose corn syrup. I suspect that's what she didn't want. I also suspect
that she too wanted Ciabatta bread. I was tempted to ask her but she looked
pretty angry so I didn't.

This is very frustrating! There are things that I buy that are only stocked
by one or two stores. It's hard enough to try to remember which store sells
what and then they do this!

They are also getting rid of Brach's Pick A Mix. SIL told me that their
store got rid of it some time ago. Ours only got it in perhaps a year ago
if that. And now? It was sitting in a cart, bagged oddly. Some bags
contained all of one kind but others were seemingly random mixes. Each bag
appeared to be at least a pound and each bag was selling for 99 cent. I did
feel it and it was very fresh. So a good deal if someone wants it (I
didn't), but there will be nowhere else to get it now! Fred Meyers used to
sell it but I think they quit too.

On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 15:47:59 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>Does your grocery store get an item that you like only to have it no longer
>be stocked the next time you are in?

No.

> Albertsons is doing that now. They
>had wheat grass. Then they didn't and I was told they no longer stocked it.
>Now they do but it's far from fresh. They had bagged radishes with no
>leaves. Now they don't. The only radishes they had were puny and mostly
>leaves. Now no more Ciabatta bread and no whole wheat bagels of any kind.
>
>As I was looking at the bread, another woman was looking in the very section
>that I was, with a disgusted look on her face as she searched and turned
>packages around to read the ingredients. Much of what was there had high
>fructose corn syrup. I suspect that's what she didn't want. I also suspect
>that she too wanted Ciabatta bread. I was tempted to ask her but she looked
>pretty angry so I didn't.

>This is very frustrating! There are things that I buy that are only stocked
>by one or two stores. It's hard enough to try to remember which store sells
>what and then they do this!
>
>They are also getting rid of Brach's Pick A Mix. SIL told me that their
>store got rid of it some time ago. Ours only got it in perhaps a year ago
>if that. And now? It was sitting in a cart, bagged oddly. Some bags
>contained all of one kind but others were seemingly random mixes. Each bag
>appeared to be at least a pound and each bag was selling for 99 cent. I did
>feel it and it was very fresh. So a good deal if someone wants it (I
>didn't), but there will be nowhere else to get it now! Fred Meyers used to
>sell it but I think they quit too.

What the heck is Brach's Pick A Mix? Some kind of mixed vegetables?

Doris

On 7/30/2014 9:47 PM, Doris Night wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 15:47:59 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> Does your grocery store get an item that you like only to have it no longer
>> be stocked the next time you are in?
>
> No.
>
>> Albertsons is doing that now. They
>> had wheat grass. Then they didn't and I was told they no longer stocked it.
>> Now they do but it's far from fresh. They had bagged radishes with no
>> leaves. Now they don't. The only radishes they had were puny and mostly
>> leaves. Now no more Ciabatta bread and no whole wheat bagels of any kind.
>>
>> As I was looking at the bread, another woman was looking in the very section
>> that I was, with a disgusted look on her face as she searched and turned
>> packages around to read the ingredients. Much of what was there had high
>> fructose corn syrup. I suspect that's what she didn't want. I also suspect
>> that she too wanted Ciabatta bread. I was tempted to ask her but she looked
>> pretty angry so I didn't.
>
>> This is very frustrating! There are things that I buy that are only stocked
>> by one or two stores. It's hard enough to try to remember which store sells
>> what and then they do this!
>>
>> They are also getting rid of Brach's Pick A Mix. SIL told me that their
>> store got rid of it some time ago. Ours only got it in perhaps a year ago
>> if that. And now? It was sitting in a cart, bagged oddly. Some bags
>> contained all of one kind but others were seemingly random mixes. Each bag
>> appeared to be at least a pound and each bag was selling for 99 cent. I did
>> feel it and it was very fresh. So a good deal if someone wants it (I
>> didn't), but there will be nowhere else to get it now! Fred Meyers used to
>> sell it but I think they quit too.
>
> What the heck is Brach's Pick A Mix? Some kind of mixed vegetables?
>
> Doris
>
I thought it was a bag of candy.

--
From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas

On 7/30/2014 10:47 PM, Doris Night wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 15:47:59 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> Does your grocery store get an item that you like only to have it no longer
>> be stocked the next time you are in?
>
> No.
>
>> They are also getting rid of Brach's Pick A Mix. SIL told me that their
>> store got rid of it some time ago. Ours only got it in perhaps a year ago
>> if that. And now? It was sitting in a cart, bagged oddly. Some bags
>> contained all of one kind but others were seemingly random mixes. Each bag
>> appeared to be at least a pound and each bag was selling for 99 cent. I did
>> feel it and it was very fresh. So a good deal if someone wants it (I
>> didn't), but there will be nowhere else to get it now! Fred Meyers used to
>> sell it but I think they quit too.
>
> What the heck is Brach's Pick A Mix? Some kind of mixed vegetables?
>
> Doris
>
Brach's is a brand of hard, wrapped candy.

Jill

On 7/30/2014 10:54 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 7/30/2014 9:47 PM, Doris Night wrote:
>> On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 15:47:59 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Does your grocery store get an item that you like only to have it no
>>> longer
>>> be stocked the next time you are in?
>>
>> No.
>>
>>> Albertsons is doing that now. They
>>> had wheat grass. Then they didn't and I was told they no longer
>>> stocked it.
>>> Now they do but it's far from fresh. They had bagged radishes with no
>>> leaves. Now they don't. The only radishes they had were puny and
>>> mostly
>>> leaves. Now no more Ciabatta bread and no whole wheat bagels of any
>>> kind.
>>>
>>> This is very frustrating! There are things that I buy that are only
>>> stocked
>>> by one or two stores. It's hard enough to try to remember which
>>> store sells
>>> what and then they do this!
>>>

And yet you'll never call it to anyone's attention. You don't believe
saying you'd like them to stock something will do any good. Trust me,
if they want to keep customers (ones who aren't just whining all the
time) they'll listen.

>>> They are also getting rid of Brach's Pick A Mix.
>>
>> What the heck is Brach's Pick A Mix? Some kind of mixed vegetables?
>>
>> Doris
>>
> I thought it was a bag of candy.
>
I don't know about now, but used to be you could choose your own types
of wrapped Brach's candy from bins and they called it the pick a mix.
It was not pre-bagged. The candy was weighed at checkout.

I don't buy candy so I really couldn't say how Brach's is sold these
days. I did used to love Brach's butterscotch discs when I was a kid.

Jill

On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 21:54:41 -0500, Janet Wilder >
wrote:

>On 7/30/2014 9:47 PM, Doris Night wrote:

>>
>> What the heck is Brach's Pick A Mix? Some kind of mixed vegetables?
>>
>> Doris
>>
>I thought it was a bag of candy.

Ah. Thank you. Never heard of them before, so I don't think they exist
in Canada.

Doris

"Doris Night" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 15:47:59 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>Does your grocery store get an item that you like only to have it no
>>longer
>>be stocked the next time you are in?
>
> No.
>
>> Albertsons is doing that now. They
>>had wheat grass. Then they didn't and I was told they no longer stocked
>>it.
>>Now they do but it's far from fresh. They had bagged radishes with no
>>leaves. Now they don't. The only radishes they had were puny and mostly
>>leaves. Now no more Ciabatta bread and no whole wheat bagels of any kind.
>>
>>As I was looking at the bread, another woman was looking in the very
>>section
>>that I was, with a disgusted look on her face as she searched and turned
>>packages around to read the ingredients. Much of what was there had high
>>fructose corn syrup. I suspect that's what she didn't want. I also
>>suspect
>>that she too wanted Ciabatta bread. I was tempted to ask her but she
>>looked
>>pretty angry so I didn't.
>
>>This is very frustrating! There are things that I buy that are only
>>stocked
>>by one or two stores. It's hard enough to try to remember which store
>>sells
>>what and then they do this!
>>
>>They are also getting rid of Brach's Pick A Mix. SIL told me that their
>>store got rid of it some time ago. Ours only got it in perhaps a year ago
>>if that. And now? It was sitting in a cart, bagged oddly. Some bags
>>contained all of one kind but others were seemingly random mixes. Each
>>bag
>>appeared to be at least a pound and each bag was selling for 99 cent. I
>>did
>>feel it and it was very fresh. So a good deal if someone wants it (I
>>didn't), but there will be nowhere else to get it now! Fred Meyers used
>>to
>>sell it but I think they quit too.
>
> What the heck is Brach's Pick A Mix? Some kind of mixed vegetables?

It's bulk, wrapped candy. I take it you aren't in the US?

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 7/30/2014 10:47 PM, Doris Night wrote:
>> On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 15:47:59 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Does your grocery store get an item that you like only to have it no
>>> longer
>>> be stocked the next time you are in?
>>
>> No.
>>
>>> They are also getting rid of Brach's Pick A Mix. SIL told me that their
>>> store got rid of it some time ago. Ours only got it in perhaps a year
>>> ago
>>> if that. And now? It was sitting in a cart, bagged oddly. Some bags
>>> contained all of one kind but others were seemingly random mixes. Each
>>> bag
>>> appeared to be at least a pound and each bag was selling for 99 cent. I
>>> did
>>> feel it and it was very fresh. So a good deal if someone wants it (I
>>> didn't), but there will be nowhere else to get it now! Fred Meyers used
>>> to
>>> sell it but I think they quit too.
>>
>> What the heck is Brach's Pick A Mix? Some kind of mixed vegetables?
>>
>> Doris
>>
> Brach's is a brand of hard, wrapped candy.

It's not all hard. There are nougats, jellies, caramels and toffees too.
They no longer seem to make what was my favorite as a child. The huge,
chocolate covered things with the softish centers. I liked the mint. They
had other flavors that I didn't like.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 7/30/2014 10:54 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>> On 7/30/2014 9:47 PM, Doris Night wrote:
>>> On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 15:47:59 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does your grocery store get an item that you like only to have it no
>>>> longer
>>>> be stocked the next time you are in?
>>>
>>> No.
>>>
>>>> Albertsons is doing that now. They
>>>> had wheat grass. Then they didn't and I was told they no longer
>>>> stocked it.
>>>> Now they do but it's far from fresh. They had bagged radishes with no
>>>> leaves. Now they don't. The only radishes they had were puny and
>>>> mostly
>>>> leaves. Now no more Ciabatta bread and no whole wheat bagels of any
>>>> kind.
>>>>
>>>> This is very frustrating! There are things that I buy that are only
>>>> stocked
>>>> by one or two stores. It's hard enough to try to remember which
>>>> store sells
>>>> what and then they do this!
>>>>
>
> And yet you'll never call it to anyone's attention. You don't believe
> saying you'd like them to stock something will do any good. Trust me, if
> they want to keep customers (ones who aren't just whining all the time)
> they'll listen.
>
>>>> They are also getting rid of Brach's Pick A Mix.
>>>
>>> What the heck is Brach's Pick A Mix? Some kind of mixed vegetables?
>>>
>>> Doris
>>>
>> I thought it was a bag of candy.
>>
> I don't know about now, but used to be you could choose your own types of
> wrapped Brach's candy from bins and they called it the pick a mix. It was
> not pre-bagged. The candy was weighed at checkout.

Yes. The same.
>
> I don't buy candy so I really couldn't say how Brach's is sold these days.
> I did used to love Brach's butterscotch discs when I was a kid.

I like it because I do need to keep a few pieces of candy with me in case of
a hypo. There's a great chance that I may never eat the candy before it
goes bad, but buying three pieces of it is better than buying a whole bag of
something and letting it all go to waste. Other places do sell bulk candy
but it's not necessarily wrapped or stuff that I can eat.

My stores do that all the time. I have reasoned that they get tired of
constantly restocking items that sell fast. It is like they no sooner put
them on the shelves and POOF, they are sold out. So they drop the items
from inventory as the labor to restock them is too high.

MBAs at work.


"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
> Does your grocery store get an item that you like only to have it no
> longer be stocked the next time you are in? Albertsons is doing that now.
> They had wheat grass. Then they didn't and I was told they no longer
> stocked it. Now they do but it's far from fresh. They had bagged radishes
> with no leaves. Now they don't. The only radishes they had were puny and
> mostly leaves. Now no more Ciabatta bread and no whole wheat bagels of
> any kind.
>
> As I was looking at the bread, another woman was looking in the very
> section that I was, with a disgusted look on her face as she searched and
> turned packages around to read the ingredients. Much of what was there
> had high fructose corn syrup. I suspect that's what she didn't want. I
> also suspect that she too wanted Ciabatta bread. I was tempted to ask her
> but she looked pretty angry so I didn't.
>
> This is very frustrating! There are things that I buy that are only
> stocked by one or two stores. It's hard enough to try to remember which
> store sells what and then they do this!
>
> They are also getting rid of Brach's Pick A Mix. SIL told me that their
> store got rid of it some time ago. Ours only got it in perhaps a year ago
> if that. And now? It was sitting in a cart, bagged oddly. Some bags
> contained all of one kind but others were seemingly random mixes. Each
> bag appeared to be at least a pound and each bag was selling for 99 cent.
> I did feel it and it was very fresh. So a good deal if someone wants it
> (I didn't), but there will be nowhere else to get it now! Fred Meyers
> used to sell it but I think they quit too.



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"Paul M. Cook" > wrote in message
...
> My stores do that all the time. I have reasoned that they get tired of
> constantly restocking items that sell fast. It is like they no sooner put
> them on the shelves and POOF, they are sold out. So they drop the items
> from inventory as the labor to restock them is too high.
>
> MBAs at work.

That could be. I know when I worked at K Mart, they often set a trigger
figure far too low. Trigger figure being the number than when sold down to,
we would reorder. And when we did this with pencil and paper, we set our
own trigger figures. We were supposed to use a formula (I forget what it
was now but it was badly flawed) but we did have the leeway of putting
higher trigger figures on those items that sold out quickly.

Once we went POS, someone at headquarters assigned trigger figures and
eventually almost everything we sold aside from things purchased locally for
the food service or garden shop came from our warehouse. And apparently our
warehouse had trigger figure problems or something.

We'd go months sometimes before we would get an item in. Two of my problem
children were canned sardines and dry roasted peanuts. I never had any on
the shelf. It was maddening. They'd go on sale, they'd sell out right away
because they would never send me enough despite me attempting to get more.
For some reason, elderly people seemed to love both of these foods back in
the 80's.

We'd have to give out rainchecks. And by the time they'd come in, we'd have
to set them aside for the people who had rainchecks. Once in a while a
customer would not pick theirs up and I'd be able to put some on the counter
but by the end of the day there would be no more. Really drove me nuts.

And in the case of those items, it almost made sense for them not to sell
them because they clearly couldn't keep up with demand.

On 2014-07-31 1:46 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> My stores do that all the time. I have reasoned that they get tired of
> constantly restocking items that sell fast. It is like they no sooner put
> them on the shelves and POOF, they are sold out. So they drop the items
> from inventory as the labor to restock them is too high.
>
> MBAs at work.


That is your reasoning and then you blame the MBAs?
They are in the retail business. Their aim is to see as much as they
can. Sometimes they get a great deal on stuff. Sometimes the product is
back ordered. I sincerely doubt that they drop an item because it is a
hot seller.

On 7/31/2014 1:46 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:

> My stores do that all the time. I have reasoned that they get tired of
> constantly restocking items that sell fast. It is like they no sooner put
> them on the shelves and POOF, they are sold out. So they drop the items
> from inventory as the labor to restock them is too high.

We joke that our local store has that philosophy. So annoying
to keep having to restock stuff that just won't stay stocked
for more than an hour.

nancy

On 7/31/2014 7:32 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2014-07-31 1:46 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>> My stores do that all the time. I have reasoned that they get tired of
>> constantly restocking items that sell fast. It is like they no
>> sooner put
>> them on the shelves and POOF, they are sold out. So they drop the
>> items
>> from inventory as the labor to restock them is too high.
>>
>> MBAs at work.
>
>
> That is your reasoning and then you blame the MBAs?
> They are in the retail business. Their aim is to see as much as they
> can. Sometimes they get a great deal on stuff. Sometimes the product
> is back ordered. I sincerely doubt that they drop an item because it
> is a hot seller.
>

Could be they've changed their wholesaler and the new provider doesn't
offer the item.
Or that even though some customers though it was great, overall sales
numbers no longer justify the shelf space.
Or that the manufacturer will no longer pay the grocery for the shelf
space (yes, that's a practice), so they stop carrying it.
Or they're Walmart (or emulating Walmart), meaning they've cut their
staffing levels/hours so low, they haven't got the staff/time to
restock their shelves, so all their inventory is still in the back.
Or that their management gets a bonus for exceeding sales goals, and
the management is manipulating the bonus plan by setting their sales
goal too low in order to guarantee getting the bonus regularly, at the
expense of customers who find it always sold out. That was a favorite
ploy of Target store management way back when I worked there as a
teenager. Drove customers nuts, but it was why the stuff on the ad was
never on the shelf. What, give the customer what they want and lose
the manager his bonus? Are you kidding?

On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 22:47:33 -0400, Doris Night
> wrote:

>On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 15:47:59 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:
>
>>Does your grocery store get an item that you like only to have it no longer
>>be stocked the next time you are in?
>
>No.
>
>> Albertsons is doing that now. They
>>had wheat grass. Then they didn't and I was told they no longer stocked it.
>>Now they do but it's far from fresh. They had bagged radishes with no
>>leaves. Now they don't. The only radishes they had were puny and mostly
>>leaves. Now no more Ciabatta bread and no whole wheat bagels of any kind.
>>
>>As I was looking at the bread, another woman was looking in the very section
>>that I was, with a disgusted look on her face as she searched and turned
>>packages around to read the ingredients. Much of what was there had high
>>fructose corn syrup. I suspect that's what she didn't want. I also suspect
>>that she too wanted Ciabatta bread. I was tempted to ask her but she looked
>>pretty angry so I didn't.
>
>>This is very frustrating! There are things that I buy that are only stocked
>>by one or two stores. It's hard enough to try to remember which store sells
>>what and then they do this!
>>
>>They are also getting rid of Brach's Pick A Mix. SIL told me that their
>>store got rid of it some time ago. Ours only got it in perhaps a year ago
>>if that. And now? It was sitting in a cart, bagged oddly. Some bags
>>contained all of one kind but others were seemingly random mixes. Each bag
>>appeared to be at least a pound and each bag was selling for 99 cent. I did
>>feel it and it was very fresh. So a good deal if someone wants it (I
>>didn't), but there will be nowhere else to get it now! Fred Meyers used to
>>sell it but I think they quit too.
>
>What the heck is Brach's Pick A Mix? Some kind of mixed vegetables?
>
>Doris

Probably candy. Um, you could have looked it up...
http://www.leftylimbo.com/2013/05/re...k-a-mix-candy/

On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 23:25:25 -0400, Doris Night
> wrote:

>On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 21:54:41 -0500, Janet Wilder >
>wrote:
>
>>On 7/30/2014 9:47 PM, Doris Night wrote:
>
>>>
>>> What the heck is Brach's Pick A Mix? Some kind of mixed vegetables?
>>>
>>> Doris
>>>
>>I thought it was a bag of candy.
>
>Ah. Thank you. Never heard of them before, so I don't think they exist
>in Canada.
>
>Doris

I'm sure you can buy Brach's products in Canada, they're sold world
wide, and in fact many of their products are manufactured in other
countires, Canada for sure.
http://www.candyblog.net/blog/category/brachs/
My favorite are Brach's jelly beans, they are the best.... I think
Jelly Bellies are the worst.

On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 08:40:41 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>On 7/31/2014 1:46 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>
>> My stores do that all the time. I have reasoned that they get tired of
>> constantly restocking items that sell fast. It is like they no sooner put
>> them on the shelves and POOF, they are sold out. So they drop the items
>> from inventory as the labor to restock them is too high.
>
>We joke that our local store has that philosophy. So annoying
>to keep having to restock stuff that just won't stay stocked
>for more than an hour.
>
>nancy

Often when a product sells well it becomes in short supply from the
manufacturer, then the wholesale price goes up and retail profits
shrink.

On 7/31/2014 10:11 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:

> My favorite are Brach's jelly beans, they are the best.... I think
> Jelly Bellies are the worst.
>

My favorite jelly beans, too. When I was commuting into Manhattan for
my first two years of high school, I'd treat myself once a month to a
bag of them from the sundry/newstore in the Port Authority Terminal. I
think that store is long-gone and I have not seen Brach's jelly beans in
years.


--
From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas

On Thursday, July 31, 2014 6:32:07 AM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2014-07-31 1:46 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>
> > My stores do that all the time. I have reasoned that they get tired of
>
> > constantly restocking items that sell fast. It is like they no sooner put
>
> > them on the shelves and POOF, they are sold out. So they drop the items
>
> > from inventory as the labor to restock them is too high.
>
> >
>
> > MBAs at work.
>
>
>
>
>
> That is your reasoning and then you blame the MBAs?
>
> They are in the retail business. Their aim is to see as much as they
>
> can. Sometimes they get a great deal on stuff. Sometimes the product is
>
> back ordered. I sincerely doubt that they drop an item because it is a
>
> hot seller.

Yes, that is terribly flawed logic to assume they would drop an item because it is a hot seller. All they have to do is order enough stock.

I was in retail management for years...most customers are clueless as to how stores order or merchandise their inventory. In fact most consumers ARE clueless...period.

On 7/31/2014 9:58 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 22:47:33 -0400, Doris Night
> > wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 15:47:59 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Does your grocery store get an item that you like only to have it no longer
>>> be stocked the next time you are in?
>>
>> No.
>>
>>> Albertsons is doing that now. They
>>> had wheat grass. Then they didn't and I was told they no longer stocked it.
>>> Now they do but it's far from fresh. They had bagged radishes with no
>>> leaves. Now they don't. The only radishes they had were puny and mostly
>>> leaves. Now no more Ciabatta bread and no whole wheat bagels of any kind.
>>>
>>> As I was looking at the bread, another woman was looking in the very section
>>> that I was, with a disgusted look on her face as she searched and turned
>>> packages around to read the ingredients. Much of what was there had high
>>> fructose corn syrup. I suspect that's what she didn't want. I also suspect
>>> that she too wanted Ciabatta bread. I was tempted to ask her but she looked
>>> pretty angry so I didn't.
>>
>>> This is very frustrating! There are things that I buy that are only stocked
>>> by one or two stores. It's hard enough to try to remember which store sells
>>> what and then they do this!
>>>
>>> They are also getting rid of Brach's Pick A Mix. SIL told me that their
>>> store got rid of it some time ago. Ours only got it in perhaps a year ago
>>> if that. And now? It was sitting in a cart, bagged oddly. Some bags
>>> contained all of one kind but others were seemingly random mixes. Each bag
>>> appeared to be at least a pound and each bag was selling for 99 cent. I did
>>> feel it and it was very fresh. So a good deal if someone wants it (I
>>> didn't), but there will be nowhere else to get it now! Fred Meyers used to
>>> sell it but I think they quit too.
>>
>> What the heck is Brach's Pick A Mix? Some kind of mixed vegetables?
>>
>> Doris
>
> Probably candy. Um, you could have looked it up...
> http://www.leftylimbo.com/2013/05/re...k-a-mix-candy/

Sadly, the Brach's Chicago factory closed, as did many other American
confectioners, due to artificially inflated domestic sugar costs that
were put in place by the US Department of Agriculture. Brach's is making
candy in Mexico, some of the other confectioners moved to Canada. Jolly
Rancher candy is made in Canada and Mexico.

Becca

On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:03:19 -0500, Janet Wilder >
wrote:

> On 7/31/2014 10:11 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> > My favorite are Brach's jelly beans, they are the best.... I think
> > Jelly Bellies are the worst.
> >
>
> My favorite jelly beans, too. When I was commuting into Manhattan for
> my first two years of high school, I'd treat myself once a month to a
> bag of them from the sundry/newstore in the Port Authority Terminal. I
> think that store is long-gone and I have not seen Brach's jelly beans in
> years.

Really? I feel like they are all over the place here. Maybe not and
I'm just going by memory. In any case, Jelly Belly's are my favorite.
I don't get flavor from Brach's, just overwhelming sugar. Not that I
eat them anymore, but that's how I remember them. Maybe they've
improved since Jelly Belly started giving them competition.

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"Roy" > wrote in message
...
> On Thursday, July 31, 2014 6:32:07 AM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2014-07-31 1:46 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>>
>> > My stores do that all the time. I have reasoned that they get tired of
>>
>> > constantly restocking items that sell fast. It is like they no sooner
>> > put
>>
>> > them on the shelves and POOF, they are sold out. So they drop the
>> > items
>>
>> > from inventory as the labor to restock them is too high.
>>
>> >
>>
>> > MBAs at work.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> That is your reasoning and then you blame the MBAs?
>>
>> They are in the retail business. Their aim is to see as much as they
>>
>> can. Sometimes they get a great deal on stuff. Sometimes the product is
>>
>> back ordered. I sincerely doubt that they drop an item because it is a
>>
>> hot seller.
>
> Yes, that is terribly flawed logic to assume they would drop an item
> because it is a hot seller. All they have to do is order enough stock.
>
> I was in retail management for years...most customers are clueless as to
> how stores order or merchandise their inventory. In fact most consumers
> ARE clueless...period.

Nancy got the joke. I guess some of us don't do sarcasm.



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On Thursday, July 31, 2014 12:01:22 PM UTC-6, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> "Roy" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > On Thursday, July 31, 2014 6:32:07 AM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> >> On 2014-07-31 1:46 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>
> >>
>
> >> > My stores do that all the time. I have reasoned that they get tired of
>
> >>
>
> >> > constantly restocking items that sell fast. It is like they no sooner
>
> >> > put
>
> >>
>
> >> > them on the shelves and POOF, they are sold out. So they drop the
>
> >> > items
>
> >>
>
> >> > from inventory as the labor to restock them is too high.
>
> >>
>
> >> >
>
> >>
>
> >> > MBAs at work.
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >> That is your reasoning and then you blame the MBAs?
>
> >>
>
> >> They are in the retail business. Their aim is to see as much as they
>
> >>
>
> >> can. Sometimes they get a great deal on stuff. Sometimes the product is
>
> >>
>
> >> back ordered. I sincerely doubt that they drop an item because it is a
>
> >>
>
> >> hot seller.
>
> >
>
> > Yes, that is terribly flawed logic to assume they would drop an item
>
> > because it is a hot seller. All they have to do is order enough stock.
>
> >
>
> > I was in retail management for years...most customers are clueless as to
>
> > how stores order or merchandise their inventory. In fact most consumers
>
> > ARE clueless...period.
>
>
>
> Nancy got the joke. I guess some of us don't do sarcasm.
>
Actually I was replying to Dave Smith's posting.

Anyway the problem of empty shelves on fast moving "hot" items can be mitigated with larger end displays and more due diligence of store shelf stockers in keeping the shelves stocked throughout the day.
Nothing is more annoying than finding a sale sign but no merchandise.

On Wednesday, July 30, 2014 3:47:59 PM UTC-7, Julie Bove wrote:
> Does your grocery store get an item that you like only to have it no longer
>
> be stocked the next time you are in? Albertsons is doing that now. They
>
> had wheat grass. Then they didn't and I was told they no longer stocked it.
>
> Now they do but it's far from fresh. They had bagged radishes with no
>
> leaves. Now they don't. The only radishes they had were puny and mostly
>
> leaves. Now no more Ciabatta bread and no whole wheat bagels of any kind.
>
>
>
> As I was looking at the bread, another woman was looking in the very section
>
> that I was, with a disgusted look on her face as she searched and turned
>
> packages around to read the ingredients. Much of what was there had high
>
> fructose corn syrup. I suspect that's what she didn't want. I also suspect
>
> that she too wanted Ciabatta bread. I was tempted to ask her but she looked
>
> pretty angry so I didn't.
>
>
>
> This is very frustrating! There are things that I buy that are only stocked
>
> by one or two stores. It's hard enough to try to remember which store sells
>
> what and then they do this!
>
>
>
> They are also getting rid of Brach's Pick A Mix. SIL told me that their
>
> store got rid of it some time ago. Ours only got it in perhaps a year ago
>
> if that. And now? It was sitting in a cart, bagged oddly. Some bags
>
> contained all of one kind but others were seemingly random mixes. Each bag
>
> appeared to be at least a pound and each bag was selling for 99 cent. I did
>
> feel it and it was very fresh. So a good deal if someone wants it (I
>
> didn't), but there will be nowhere else to get it now! Fred Meyers used to
>
> sell it but I think they quit too.

God, Albertson's is as bad as shopping at 7-11.

On 2014-07-31 2:01 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> "Roy" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Thursday, July 31, 2014 6:32:07 AM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2014-07-31 1:46 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>>>
>>>> My stores do that all the time. I have reasoned that they get tired of
>>>
>>>> constantly restocking items that sell fast. It is like they no sooner
>>>> put
>>>
>>>> them on the shelves and POOF, they are sold out. So they drop the
>>>> items
>>>
>>>> from inventory as the labor to restock them is too high.
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> MBAs at work.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> That is your reasoning and then you blame the MBAs?
>>>
>>> They are in the retail business. Their aim is to see as much as they
>>>
>>> can. Sometimes they get a great deal on stuff. Sometimes the product is
>>>
>>> back ordered. I sincerely doubt that they drop an item because it is a
>>>
>>> hot seller.
>>
>> Yes, that is terribly flawed logic to assume they would drop an item
>> because it is a hot seller. All they have to do is order enough stock.
>>
>> I was in retail management for years...most customers are clueless as to
>> how stores order or merchandise their inventory. In fact most consumers
>> ARE clueless...period.
>
> Nancy got the joke. I guess some of us don't do sarcasm.
>
>
You're right. You don't do sarcasm well.

On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:03:19 -0500, Janet Wilder >
wrote:

>On 7/31/2014 10:11 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> My favorite are Brach's jelly beans, they are the best.... I think
>> Jelly Bellies are the worst.
>>
>
>My favorite jelly beans, too. When I was commuting into Manhattan for
>my first two years of high school, I'd treat myself once a month to a
>bag of them from the sundry/newstore in the Port Authority Terminal. I
>think that store is long-gone and I have not seen Brach's jelly beans in
>years.

Brach's Jelly beans are sold everywhere in NY... I get them at the
local Rite Aid... you can buy them on line.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=a9_sc_1?...d=140684 4234

On 7/31/2014 5:05 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:03:19 -0500, Janet Wilder >
> wrote:
>
>> On 7/31/2014 10:11 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>>> My favorite are Brach's jelly beans, they are the best.... I think
>>> Jelly Bellies are the worst.
>>>
>>
>> My favorite jelly beans, too. When I was commuting into Manhattan for
>> my first two years of high school, I'd treat myself once a month to a
>> bag of them from the sundry/newstore in the Port Authority Terminal. I
>> think that store is long-gone and I have not seen Brach's jelly beans in
>> years.
>
> Brach's Jelly beans are sold everywhere in NY... I get them at the
> local Rite Aid... you can buy them on line.
> http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=a9_sc_1?...d=140684 4234
>
>
I'll pick some up in NJ in October. Thanks.

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"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2014-07-31 2:01 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>> "Roy" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Thursday, July 31, 2014 6:32:07 AM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> On 2014-07-31 1:46 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> My stores do that all the time. I have reasoned that they get tired of
>>>>
>>>>> constantly restocking items that sell fast. It is like they no sooner
>>>>> put
>>>>
>>>>> them on the shelves and POOF, they are sold out. So they drop the
>>>>> items
>>>>
>>>>> from inventory as the labor to restock them is too high.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> MBAs at work.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That is your reasoning and then you blame the MBAs?
>>>>
>>>> They are in the retail business. Their aim is to see as much as they
>>>>
>>>> can. Sometimes they get a great deal on stuff. Sometimes the product is
>>>>
>>>> back ordered. I sincerely doubt that they drop an item because it is a
>>>>
>>>> hot seller.
>>>
>>> Yes, that is terribly flawed logic to assume they would drop an item
>>> because it is a hot seller. All they have to do is order enough stock.
>>>
>>> I was in retail management for years...most customers are clueless as to
>>> how stores order or merchandise their inventory. In fact most consumers
>>> ARE clueless...period.
>>
>> Nancy got the joke. I guess some of us don't do sarcasm.
>>
>>
> You're right. You don't do sarcasm well.

Hahaha - I'm not projecting - YOU'RE projecting. Whatever.
>



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On 7/30/2014 5:47 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> Does your grocery store get an item that you like only to have it no
> longer be stocked the next time you are in?

There have been a few items over the years that have "disappeared" from
the grocery store shelves. When one of those products was something I
wanted I asked at the service desk and in all but one instance the
products were brought back. I'm sure it wasn't just because *I* asked,
but I'm sure i was one of several.

If you can't even ask the store manager about those items you like then
maybe you don't deserve to have them. Grow some cajones and ask!

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I'm a nobody, nobody is perfect, therefore I'm perfect.

"l not -l" > wrote in message
...
>
> On 30-Jul-2014, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>
>> Does your grocery store get an item that you like only to have it no
>> longer
>> be stocked the next time you are in? Albertsons is doing that now.
>
> Where I live, suburb of STL, supermarkets have done that forever. They
> regularly introduce new products to see if there is a market; then, they
> continue to stock what sells in volume and discontinue the things few
> people
> buy.

"Chemo" > wrote in message
...

> God, Albertson's is as bad as shopping at 7-11.

It is getting bad but there is one near the dance studio so I go there to
kill time and get whatever groceries they might have that I need.

"DreadfulBitch" > wrote in message
...
> On 7/30/2014 5:47 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> Does your grocery store get an item that you like only to have it no
>> longer be stocked the next time you are in?
>
> There have been a few items over the years that have "disappeared" from
> the grocery store shelves. When one of those products was something I
> wanted I asked at the service desk and in all but one instance the
> products were brought back. I'm sure it wasn't just because *I* asked,
> but I'm sure i was one of several.
>
> If you can't even ask the store manager about those items you like then
> maybe you don't deserve to have them. Grow some cajones and ask!

What a bunch of hooey! I don't ask people in stores for things unless I am
pretty sure that the person might know something. Most of them don't. I
quit asking for most things years ago because I got tired of waiting around
and being told the wrong thing. I've been told that they don't carry an
item and then I find it myself. Twice they knew that they had something at
least sometimes but didn't know where it was. Both times I found it.

Once at another store, I got a call that my special order came in. Cans of
a locally made diet apple soda. And yet? Nobody in the store knew where
that soda was. I wound up never getting it.

Most of my working life was spent working in a store. I took the time to
figure things out and know where things are. Most store employees won't do
this. Nothing has changed.

I asked about the wheat grass and was told that they no longer stocked it.
And yet there it was a week later. Crappy, but there.

On 07/31/2014 04:59 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 7/31/2014 5:05 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:03:19 -0500, Janet Wilder >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 7/31/2014 10:11 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>
>>>> My favorite are Brach's jelly beans, they are the best.... I think
>>>> Jelly Bellies are the worst.
>>>>
>>>
>>> My favorite jelly beans, too. When I was commuting into Manhattan for
>>> my first two years of high school, I'd treat myself once a month to a
>>> bag of them from the sundry/newstore in the Port Authority Terminal. I
>>> think that store is long-gone and I have not seen Brach's jelly beans in
>>> years.
>>
>> Brach's Jelly beans are sold everywhere in NY... I get them at the
>> local Rite Aid... you can buy them on line.
>> http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=a9_sc_1?...d=140684 4234
>>
>>
>>
> I'll pick some up in NJ in October. Thanks.
>
I used to enjoy buying "Belly Flops", which are irregular (twinned,
under sized,etc.) jelly beans bagged and sold by Jelly Belly. Same
taste(s), much lower price. Haven't seen them recently, but I just
checked and found that Amazon carries them.

On 8/1/2014 12:16 PM, Whirled Peas wrote:
> On 07/31/2014 04:59 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>> On 7/31/2014 5:05 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>> On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:03:19 -0500, Janet Wilder >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 7/31/2014 10:11 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> My favorite are Brach's jelly beans, they are the best.... I think
>>>>> Jelly Bellies are the worst.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> My favorite jelly beans, too. When I was commuting into Manhattan for
>>>> my first two years of high school, I'd treat myself once a month to a
>>>> bag of them from the sundry/newstore in the Port Authority Terminal. I
>>>> think that store is long-gone and I have not seen Brach's jelly
>>>> beans in
>>>> years.
>>>
>>> Brach's Jelly beans are sold everywhere in NY... I get them at the
>>> local Rite Aid... you can buy them on line.
>>> http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=a9_sc_1?...d=140684 4234
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I'll pick some up in NJ in October. Thanks.
>>
> I used to enjoy buying "Belly Flops", which are irregular (twinned,
> under sized,etc.) jelly beans bagged and sold by Jelly Belly. Same
> taste(s), much lower price. Haven't seen them recently, but I just
> checked and found that Amazon carries them.


We did a tour of the Jelly Belly factory years ago and bought us some
flops. Awesome tour.

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On Fri, 01 Aug 2014 10:16:07 -0700, Whirled Peas >
wrote:
> >
> I used to enjoy buying "Belly Flops", which are irregular (twinned,
> under sized,etc.) jelly beans bagged and sold by Jelly Belly. Same
> taste(s), much lower price. Haven't seen them recently, but I just
> checked and found that Amazon carries them.

You made me look. I didn't dig around, but the one I saw was 2 lbs
for $19. Then I looked up regular Jelly Bellies and 2 lbs were listed
at $16. That makes no sense to me.

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On 8/1/2014 12:30 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 8/1/2014 12:16 PM, Whirled Peas wrote:
>> On 07/31/2014 04:59 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>> On 7/31/2014 5:05 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:03:19 -0500, Janet Wilder >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 7/31/2014 10:11 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> My favorite are Brach's jelly beans, they are the best.... I think
>>>>>> Jelly Bellies are the worst.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> My favorite jelly beans, too. When I was commuting into Manhattan for
>>>>> my first two years of high school, I'd treat myself once a month to a
>>>>> bag of them from the sundry/newstore in the Port Authority
>>>>> Terminal. I
>>>>> think that store is long-gone and I have not seen Brach's jelly
>>>>> beans in
>>>>> years.
>>>>
>>>> Brach's Jelly beans are sold everywhere in NY... I get them at the
>>>> local Rite Aid... you can buy them on line.
>>>> http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=a9_sc_1?...d=140684 4234
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I'll pick some up in NJ in October. Thanks.
>>>
>> I used to enjoy buying "Belly Flops", which are irregular (twinned,
>> under sized,etc.) jelly beans bagged and sold by Jelly Belly. Same
>> taste(s), much lower price. Haven't seen them recently, but I just
>> checked and found that Amazon carries them.
>
>
> We did a tour of the Jelly Belly factory years ago and bought us some
> flops. Awesome tour.

Would love to see the Jelly Belly factory. I have been to the Russell
Stover factory, which sells rejects of Russell Stover, Pangburn's,
Whitman's and Weigh****cher's candies. I need to avoid places that have
discounted chocolate - it is hard to walk away from a sale. ;-)

Becca

On 8/1/2014 2:24 PM, Ema Nymton wrote:

> Would love to see the Jelly Belly factory. I have been to the Russell
> Stover factory, which sells rejects of Russell Stover, Pangburn's,
> Whitman's and Weigh****cher's candies. I need to avoid places that have
> discounted chocolate - it is hard to walk away from a sale. ;-)
>
> Becca
>


One of the things Barry and I enjoyed when we traveled was taking
factory tours. We have a book about them somewhere and there a couple
of websites. We saw the making of tractors, fire engines, toilets and
plumbing at Kohler (one of my favorites) candy, bread, toy trains, all
kinds of neat things.

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On Fri, 01 Aug 2014 10:16:07 -0700, Whirled Peas wrote:

> I used to enjoy buying "Belly Flops", which are irregular (twinned,
> under sized,etc.) jelly beans bagged and sold by Jelly Belly. Same
> taste(s), much lower price. Haven't seen them recently, but I just
> checked and found that Amazon carries them.

Big Lots has Belly Flops at times. I know I see them there around Easter.

Tara

On Fri, 01 Aug 2014 10:16:07 -0700, Whirled Peas >
wrote:

>On 07/31/2014 04:59 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>> On 7/31/2014 5:05 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>> On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:03:19 -0500, Janet Wilder >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 7/31/2014 10:11 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> My favorite are Brach's jelly beans, they are the best.... I think
>>>>> Jelly Bellies are the worst.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> My favorite jelly beans, too. When I was commuting into Manhattan for
>>>> my first two years of high school, I'd treat myself once a month to a
>>>> bag of them from the sundry/newstore in the Port Authority Terminal. I
>>>> think that store is long-gone and I have not seen Brach's jelly beans in
>>>> years.
>>>
>>> Brach's Jelly beans are sold everywhere in NY... I get them at the
>>> local Rite Aid... you can buy them on line.
>>> http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=a9_sc_1?...d=140684 4234
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I'll pick some up in NJ in October. Thanks.
>>
>I used to enjoy buying "Belly Flops", which are irregular (twinned,
>under sized,etc.) jelly beans bagged and sold by Jelly Belly. Same
>taste(s), much lower price. Haven't seen them recently, but I just
>checked and found that Amazon carries them.

I wouldn't eat Jelly Bellies if they were free... they're too tiny,
they have a terrible texture, too tough, and their flavors are too
artificial tasting. All jelly beans are just sugar, if I'm going to
eat them they won't be Jelly Bellies.

On Thursday, July 31, 2014 10:25:42 PM UTC-7, Julie Bove wrote:

>
> I asked about the wheat grass and was told that they no longer stocked it.
>
> And yet there it was a week later. Crappy, but there.


I think your main problem is that you are shopping at Albertson's.
Worst stores, ever.