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In response to "LIR: For all you dudes on b2 who shop cheap at supermarkets: THere are very, very few supermarkets in inner cities. it's a serious problem. -- nm" by loosiflu

I will agree with you on that. In the Portland Metro area most Wincos are in the suburbs.

Posted by Redmond (aka Redmond) Jun 7 '09, 14:34

When I need groceries I make sure my last sales call of the day is near a Winco. That way I can shop after my sales call and the gas uses is on the company dime (company vehicle).

That said. Safeway is what is known in the industry as a high low store. They will run an ad for items that are below or at cost in hopes of recovering the profit by you buying items way above cost. If you buy in bulk on the sale items when they are on ad, you can leapfrog to when they go back on sale again.

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and where there is no safeway, then what? -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:35 62
- Albertsons, Safeway, Kroger are all the same deal. I use Safeway as an example only because I worked for them, and was a rep for products found in - Redmond Jun 7, 14:38 59
  - what part of "no grocery stores" am I not getting across? -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:38 58
    - I saw a news story about how so many stores are shutting down in the NYC area. Especially the ones close to public trans. - 'lia Jun 7, 14:40
    - So nobody can get food? Wow, no stores? -- nm - Redmond Jun 7, 14:39 56
      - This was my problem when I was living in DC. - Rich Hill Jun 7, 14:48 11
        
        hey, that's not Soviet Safeway, it's SOcial Safeway. (I think) - loosilu Jun 7, 14:50 9
        
        My friends in DuPont Circle called it the Soviet Safeway because whenever you needed something, it wasn't in stock. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 7, 14:51 8
        
        Hey are we seeing Transformers 2 at Cinetopia? Guy says he can go on June 24th (which is a Wednesday) - Redmond Jun 7, 14:55 3
        
        I can't see it that Wednesday, but I can see it on Friday. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 7, 15:29 2
        
        It's better for me on a weekend too. Friday at Cinetopia then? - Redmond Jun 7, 15:31 1
        
        Yes, -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 7, 15:43
        
        it got much better after you left - dug Jun 7, 14:52 1
        
        I know it did. - ReluctantCynic Jun 7, 15:14
        
        from googling, I think your way is more common. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:52
        
        interesting. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:52
        
        Stupid eff'n auto-nick. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 7, 14:49
      - Consider that they may not have cars. -- nm - mara Jun 7, 14:44 36
        
        my grandmother didn't have a car and she walked to get groceries almost every day to feed 8 children. It can be done -- nm - CQ Jun 7, 14:46 34
        
        There are a lot of Americans that are lazy. There I said it. I see people in Africa walking 10 miles to get a fucking jug of water. - Redmond Jun 7, 14:53 18
        
        much as this whole thread is a little retarded, comparing a subsitence existence in africa to anything in the developed world is beyond the pale. -- nm - mafic Jun 7, 14:56 5
        
        heh. heh -- nm - CQ Jun 7, 15:03
        
        Not really. I bet they would trade places with any of us in a millisecond. We are spoiled! - Redmond Jun 7, 14:58 3
        
        yes, really. saying "people in africa have it harder, and they still manage!" is ridicuous. there's always *someone* who has it harder. besides, the - mafic Jun 7, 15:02 2
        
        yeah, seriously, those are the people who have a life expectancy of 45 or so. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 15:04 1
        
        It's sooo hard to take a bus and get my food. Why do you hate me God? -- nm - Redmond Jun 7, 15:42
        
        well, the people in Africa don't have nine to five jobs, either. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:54 11
        
        Or the women in the family don't have jobs outside the home and spend their days walking that 10 miles, gathering fuel for the fire, etc while the man - TWuG Jun 7, 14:58 9
        
        actually, the kids will very often do that work (instead of going to school) -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:59 8
        
        They know what surviving is. We don't. -- nm - Redmond Jun 7, 14:59 7
        
        Your logic is starting to buckle. Yes, they understand survival. BUT they live a subsistence lifestyle, the kids - TWuG Jun 7, 15:08 6
        
        As a population we expect to always have a safety net. Not only a safety net, but a very nice net. - Redmond Jun 7, 15:11 5
        
        I lose you because you stopped listening when the facts started interferring with your preconceived notions. - TWuG Jun 7, 15:12 1
        
        Or to put it another way: You are making the assumption that the percentage of time you spend securing food over a week is the - TWuG Jun 7, 15:23
        
        dude, you can't be serious. - loosilu Jun 7, 15:11 2
        
        Yes I can -- nm - Redmond Jun 7, 15:15 1
        
        that makes me sad. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 16:03
        
        If we ever have a real depression we will be fucked. We are all entitled now, and have gotten lazy and fat. - Redmond Jun 7, 14:57
        
        Yeah, but where did she work? At home? Or did she have a separate job? And how far was the walk? - ReluctantCynic Jun 7, 14:50 1
        
        canning means they had a garden, so they raised their own vegetables. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:51
        
        I will bet anything the older children looked after the younger children while she was gone -- nm - Roger More Jun 7, 14:49 1
        
        I will further postulate that there was an actual grocery store in the area. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:50
        
        when was that? last week? maybe the situation is not the same now. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:48
        
        uphill, backwards, both ways in a blizzard! - 'lia Jun 7, 14:48 7
        
        My granny used to walk to school on her head *and* she had no shoes on her feet. -- nm - Loyola Jun 7, 14:50 6
        
        my great-great granny was the oldest of 14, and married when she was 13. why so young? b/c - 'lia Jun 7, 15:00 5
        
        Pretty cool. -- nm - Loyola Jun 7, 15:05 4
        
        yeah, she was. - 'lia Jun 7, 15:11 3
        
        :) what does thalia mean? -- nm - Loyola Jun 7, 15:17 2
        
        1)To flourish; bloom 2) the muse of comedy 3) some Mexican pop star or 4) a Lord Chancellor in the High Council of Time Lords - 'lia Jun 7, 15:26 1
        
        I don't know. I don't even know if you're a dude or a chick. But I'll guess, 1? -- nm - Loyola Jun 7, 15:32
        
        No it can't. People just starve and die in this country. -- nm - Redmond Jun 7, 14:47 1
        
        soylent green is people -- nm - 'lia Jun 7, 14:49
        
        Which I see loosi pointed out below. -- nm - mara Jun 7, 14:44
      - There are places to buy groceries, but they aren't at all on par with the places you listed. - TWuG Jun 7, 14:43 1
        
        yep, the prices are far higher. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:44
      - Convenience stores and restaurants like McDonald's. You want to know why they eat so much fast food? that's why. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:41 1
        
        I am SO glad I live out in the country. F the city -- nm - Redmond Jun 7, 14:42
      - I once saw a man peeing on the subway. -- nm - Loyola Jun 7, 14:40 2
        
        oops! meant for below -- nm - Loyola Jun 7, 14:40 1
        
        oh no you didn't -- nm - 'lia Jun 7, 14:41
- Let them eat cake. -- nm - Loyola Jun 7, 14:37 1
  - and soylent green -- nm - 'lia Jun 7, 14:38

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I will agree with you on that. In the Portland Metro area most Wincos are in the suburbs.

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