Albertsons Avenu

[MouseWife]

I haven't seen this but I think that it is just a way to show you, like CP said, their products that are comparable to what you've recently purchased but their brands. You would get the discount anyways if you didn't scan, I am pretty sure. Look around at other items, you'll notice club card discounts.

Well, it is what I think anyways.

Sorry to hear you got sick from the chicken. I love their chicken, too. I think it shares the number one spot with Knott's fried chicken. With me, anyways. I am only sore they don't let me sub the potato wedges in place of the potato salad.

CP, I am so impressed by your shopping. You go girl! You and your new place.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

I haven't seen this but I think that it is just a way to show you, like CP said, their products that are comparable to what you've recently purchased but their brands. You would get the discount anyways if you didn't scan, I am pretty sure. Look around at other items, you'll notice club card discounts.

The items are always ones that do not have posted club-card discounts. You get a discount off the marked price.

[MouseWife]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

The items are always ones that do not have posted club-card discounts. You get a discount off the marked price.

Oh, this is exceptionally cool then.

Ya know, this is really cool of you guys to share. I have a club card but haven't ever noticed this. I do ask when I buy {like at Sav-On} if the item would be less with my card but...

Oh darn it. I know why this won't work for me. I have no idea where the actual card is!!! We always just give our phone number!!!!!

It works at all of the major stores....

[Not Afraid]

My local store is an Albertsons, but I prefer the Ralphs which if futher away but a better store. I did stop into Albertsons to pick up a late night snack the other night (with GC) and they asked for my club card. They had GC enter his phone number (ther ar no Albertsons in MA) then I said forget it, just ring us out. The checker asked if I had a club card. No. Did I want ont? NO. Can we just check out? I was mildly irritated by the whole procedure.

It makes me appreciate Trader Joes and their quality and pricing - and lack of gimicks.

We did actually use our Target coupons the other day, but they sent us cupons for products that we actually had purchased in the past.

[Alex]

When we first moved to the 'burbs we had a Safeway, an Albertson's, and a Ralph's.

Ralph's by far had the best seafood counter so got 90% of my shopping and the rest overflowed to Safeway (the corporate headquarters for Safeway is about five miles from us so our local stores tend to be at the cutting edge of Safeway offerings). Then the Ralph's closed.

Both Albertson's and Safeway have horrible seafood counters so now I'm hardly eating any seafood. That means chicken and while Safeway only sells Foster Farms packaged chicken, Albertson's also butchers their own and it is about 1/5th the price. So now I'm going there.

However, they otherwise suck in both selection and price.

I have no point other than that I'm still rankled by the closing of Ralph's. Anyway, if our Albertson's has this machine they either put it in within the last three days or have not placed it anywhere obvious.

Also, they have self-checkout which I love. Unfortunately it allows self-checkout of produce. This should not be allowed. You think it sucks when you get a cashier who can't remember the codes for various things it really sucks when you're behind someone who can barely remember what the vegetable is, let alone find it in a little book.

[Ghoulish Delight]

By us, the Ralph's is the ghetto option. The nice shiney Albertson's across the street is much better. But then there's the Stabertson's a little further away where the mentally challenged employee went nuts with a kitana and killed another employee. We don't go there.

The self checkout at our Albertsons has an illustrated touch-screen menu of produce to select from. Originally, the Ralph's did not. The first time I tried it, I put some potatoes on the scanner/scale, and before I did anything it said, "Potatoes, red, 99 cents." I stared rather stunned that this thing managed to ID my potatoes automatically. Until I turned and saw an attendant at the control console grinning.

[Prudence]

Albertsons up here has always been fairly pathetic. I'm surprised that there are actually nice Albertsons, as every one I've ever been in up here has had the same creepy vibe.

[JWBear]

We have an plethora of grocery stores here. Within a 5 minute drive there is a Ralph's, an Albertson's, a Von's, 2 Pavillions, a Trader Joe's, and a Bristol Farms. Of these, the crappiest (and the one we never go to) is the Ralph's. The Von's (which is the closest) was just recently remodeled... and it's gorgeous!

[BarTopDancer]

I always find, no matter where I am that Stater Bros. are scuzzy.

[RStar]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

I always find, no matter where I am that Stater Bros. are scuzzy.

The one by my house smells so much like spoiled milk it makes me sick.