Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Quartering a Chicken

When I buy a cooked rotiserie chicken, I ask the deli deparment service associate to quarter it. When I get home and unpack the chicken, more than half the time the chicken has not been cut up into four quarters. Does this happen to anyone else?

Pricing Errors

Have you caught price errors at your supermarket? Have they been sale items rung up at the regular price? How freqently does his happen? When you catch an error, what do you do about it?

Rate the baggers

How do the baggers at your supermarket rate? Do they pack the fresh meat and cleaning products separately? Do they balance the weight of the bags? Do they pack soft items on top? On a rating of one to ten, ten being the highest, best, how do they rate?

Friendly Cashiers?

Do you welcome a friendly cashier? Or, would you rather the cashier limited the talk to "hello" and "thank you for shopping at...."?

Going Over the Express Lane Limits

How many items are you willing to go over the express lane limit before you are embarrassed?

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Dirty Carts

Are the carts dirty? Ask and find out how often they are cleaned. It may surprise you!

Buying half of a BOGO

Why do some supermarkets give you half off, when you buy just one of a BOGO sale item and some require you to buy both?

Supermarket Clearance Items

How does your supermarket handle "clearance" items? It pays to know where they are and when new items are added. My Publix has a clearane