"The case of the mysterious pork shoulder for $1.29/lb on Sunday"
Never happened!!!! Guhdamnit. Gimmiky bait n' switch!!!
All I wanted to do is buy a pork shoulder, to make pulled pork, not a 1999 Nissan Sentra.
If there is someone worth bludgeoning to death with a friggin tire iron I would say it would have to be the the whole entire marketing staff at Stop& shop!
They put a little sign out "Fresh pork shoulder $1.29/lb", they put it near other pork shoulders. You see it and say "Hmmm, are these the ones they're talking about, or are there others?"
You go up to the Meat counter. No one there. Wait..... yep. there is! Hiding!
Customer:"Excuse me, which pork shoulders are $1.29?"
Meat manager: "We ran out today"
Customer: "Was there a pork shoulder festival today that someone failed to tell me about?"
Meat manager: "Wanna raincheck? You can fill one out at the service desk."
Bastards!!!! This is the oldest trick in the book!
Never again will I shop at stop & shop on a sunday.
They pick that day to pawn off the broken produce, the crappiest cuts of meat, and the oldest bread.
When I shop I want to buy things, not dick around with price games!
It seems like all of the stop & shops are the same in this respect.
Though I really like the "Refuse bin" of produce. (The cart filled with on the cusp produce that they blow out for cheap).
Big bargains there. Red pepprs, yellow peppers, Challots, Ugli fruit, Aloe fronds. I like the peppers. You can have the aloe and Ugli fruit.
the "Simply Enjoy" line I think is great, I don't see any HFCS on the ingredients list on them. (Yes it's true HFCS is ok in moderation but it's in everything and that's my major beef with it)
The DIY line is yet another attempt at de-personalization, and the night stock crews- no matter where you go, are creepy lookin' and 80s'd out in mullets and vintage "BOSTON world tour 84'"concert shirts.
No matter which S&S you go to the bathroom always smells like a sewer pit full of rancid fat and poop. Dunno why...
The dunkies cup holders on the carriges piss me off. I try to find the carrige with four round wheels, sans the cupholder.
Nature's Promise hot dogs are something akin to the holy grail in there. Hard to find. For some reason they want you to fill your guts with all that sodium nitrate garbage found in BAR-S and the likes.
Two stars for their boundless effort, blood sweat and tears to do as little as possible for the customer.
I'm being generous.
the fried chicken is good. read more