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If today's milk is behind yesterday's, that means it's at the back...how does it go off quicker?
Theoretically, the older product will be in the front, on the FIFO (First In First Out) rule. This is what we did when I worked food service in college. New stuff went in the back and old stuff was pulled to the front. Also, most groceries I've seen have a walk-in fridge behind the dairy case, and they stock from the back, so the older stuff will naturally be at the front - moving the newer stuff to the front would take a lot more work.I don't go in for ancient wisdom
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It means that they're worthy - Tim Minchin, "White Wine in the Sun"
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Quoth BookstoreEscapee View PostIf today's milk is behind yesterday's, that means it's at the back...how does it go off quicker?I AM the evil bastard!
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Quoth Bella_Vixen View PostAvoid the hours of 3-5, too."Even arms dealers need groceries." ~ Ziva David, NCIS
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Quoth Bella_Vixen View PostHaving worked at a grocery store for the last year and a half, the hours of 5-9 are NOT the best time for shopping. Try 9-10. Avoid the hours of 3-5, too.
15. Skip the center aisles. That's where you'll find the junk food, like sodas and snack foods.
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Thankfully most of those are unfamiliar to most Aussies. And yes, we do get the Readers Digest over here, but 1) I think quite a few articles are more "localised" to be Australian and 2) it's more of an "elite" magazine down here-in other words, your average bogan is not going to want to read it and become a smartass.
As far as best shopping time goes for my store and a few others, it's more like 7-closing time every night barring Thursday, when it's more like 6-closing time. Weekends-there's no specific "best time".The best professors are mad scientists! -Zoom
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at the article telling me to not buy processed food. Thanks Mom, but I'm still buying my Oreos.
The marketing stuff, especially expensive stuff at eye level and sugary cereal in reach of your kids is true. True story--store was having trouble selling a pair of socks for $5. They then put up a sign saying "Great Deal! 2 pairs for $12" and sold out.
Am I the only one who gets mad when they shrink the size of packages not because of the price increase but because I'm used to using 1 lb of pasta instead of 12 oz?
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I hate shopping after work on a Friday. They're out of everything (although the discount rack will occasionally be really full). I bought the last avocado one Friday recently. (Although I'm sure that I'm not the only person who buys more avocados this time of year, given all the hippies around here). I've known them to run out of peanut butter. Granted, this is because I only buy the plain stuff, and therefore I have to buy store brand, but still.
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Quoth SG15Z View PostNope wrong again. This varies A LOT from company to company. A lot of stores these days though put snacks, chips, sodas, etc. on the perimeter aisles or the aisles at either end of the store. Middle aisle? Well every store is different. Some places will have candy, or magazines. some have there frozen section down the middle(usually older independent grocers), and some put there pomotional stuff int he middle. Again EVERY company is different but snacks and sodas are not in the middle aisles that much anymore.
The Wegman's I go to has the freezers pretty much in the middle, dairy on the back wall, and meats in the corner behind the deli, and prepared food and bakery sections.I don't go in for ancient wisdom
I don't believe just 'cause ideas are tenacious
It means that they're worthy - Tim Minchin, "White Wine in the Sun"
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Quoth BookstoreEscapee View PostOne of the stores I usually go to (a ShopRite) has the cookies and crackers across from one of the freezer banks. That is the one that has ice cream at one end, frozen pizza at the other, and healthy frozen fruit in the middle. Sneaky, sneaky. The other side of the freezers is more freezers, with veggies and frozen pasta and meals. Then dairy is opposite those freezers on the end wall.
But yeah my Division tends to do that with Cookies and Crackers as well, right by Frozen food. In fact frozen Pizza and Ice Cream are on that very same aisle as cookies. Hm guess Kroger isn't the only company to think of it.
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Quoth SG15Z View PostHm guess Kroger isn't the only company to think of it.I don't go in for ancient wisdom
I don't believe just 'cause ideas are tenacious
It means that they're worthy - Tim Minchin, "White Wine in the Sun"
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