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* Relax the muscles around your eyes & see better. - 1 messages, 1 author
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TOPIC: Relax the muscles around your eyes & see better.
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Date: Tues, Mar 30 2010 9:43 pm
From: VFW
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TOPIC: SUNFLOWER MARKET mismanaged yuppie store, advice on smart shopping
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Date: Tues, Mar 30 2010 11:39 pm
From: Kristelle
starwars <nonscrivetemi@tatooine.homelinux.net> wrote in
news:7e79e62db2100be2fffb2c11ac750be9@tatooine.homelinux.net:
> Subject: SUNFLOWER MARKET mismanaged yuppie store, advice
on smart
> shopping From: starwars
<nonscrivetemi@tatooine.homelinux.net>
> Newsgroups: misc.consumers,misc.consumers.frugal-
living,alt.consumers
>
> The Tucson Sunflower Markets location (they have many other
> multi-state locations) I have shopped at is really badly
managed. Most
> "farmers" would be embarrassed or fail if they managed
their farms
> like this place is managed.
Ya have to laugh at these so-called Farmers Markets, they are
just like the big chains, advertising things they don't have,
poor service and unhappy low paid clerks.
>
> Have had this happen several times now, where the cashier
refuses to
> give a raincheck and makes the customer and anyone else in
line wait
> several minutes while the clerks,who should have kept the
stock up go
> about looking the back room to see if they have more stock
and then
> wait until they shelve the product. They are trying to
obstruct the
> issuance of rainchecks by this tactic.
Obviously illegal, they must give rainchecks for advertised
items they do not have in stock. I think the FCC is the
proper place to report them as well as the various state
consumer agencies. AZ I think has an agency called weights
and measures that inspects and fines stores not in compliance
with pricing regulations.
>
> I have worked to limit my shopping at Sunflower,the only
advantage
> being they are close to my location. But it is a PITA to
shop there,
> very poor experiences.
>
> This refusing to issue a timely raincheck will be reported
to the
> proper consumer and regulatory agencies.
>
> On several occasions I have witnessed cashiers vehemently
arguing with
> customers. When you ask them to find you a sale item they
cannot and
> do not want to look for it either.
Maybe they are union scum who think they cannot be fired?
>
> I have had several instances of bad produce that was hidden
from
> view-celery that was rotten in the middle, same for
coconuts. When I
> asked one of the clerks about this he said it happens
frequently
> because they cannot get the coconuts fresh. So why are they
selling
> them then?
Best thing is to OPEN the celery and check it. Closely
inspect fruit and other produce for spoilage and softness.
>
> Many times when I asked for double bagging of groceries my
request
> went ignored and had to return to the checkout again to get
them
> double bagged.
These grocery clerks are like hypnotized zombies with their
heads up there keysters often.
>
> The FREQUENTLY are out of ad sale items early in the ad
time period
> and more frequently than other stores they mis-scan or
wrongly ring up
> items over the true amount. Yet, in contrast to Fry's or
Safeway they
> will not give the full purchase price back on items they
have
> mis-scanned.
>
> They have NO corporate headquarters and their CEO Mike
Gilligan in
> boulder does not reply to faxes or consumer complaints.
Really sounds like this is a case of bad CEO also, top down
mismanagement.
>
> They advertise that they have lower prices, but like most
corporate
> boasting, it's not true. Their prices on produce are
sometimes lower
> than the major markets, but not the lowest.
They have a mission statement on their web page. Sounds like
this is a case of: we wish we were like this, but we're not,
hehe http://www.sfmarkets.com/about/mission-statement
>
> Food City has the lowest prices,(if your not predjudice and
don't mind
> shopping at a mostly hispanic staffed store), Food City is
> significantly lower than Sunflower. Sunflower is filled
mostly with
> yuppie, upper middle class shoppers who pay high prices for
specialty
> items. I mean ridiculously high in most cases-West and
East Coast
> high.
>
> There are at least 3 major supermarkets all within 1-2 km
of the
> Sunflower on Speedway: Safeway at grant and swan, Fry's at
craycroft
> and swan, Grocery Outlet at speedway and craycroft. Thats
just the
> major close ones. For the best prices on non produce items
go to
> Fry's. For the best meat deals and sale deals, watch the
ads and go to
> Safeway. For the best deep discounts go to Grocery Outlet.
And MOST of
> all for the best, deeply discounted produce go to Food
City, a few
> more kms away, but not far. Additionally, there are
Albertsons at
> campbell and pima. Bashas has very good prices and
Albertsons prices
> have really come down lately, so they are no longer high.
>
Sounds like you have alot of choices so you don't have to
rely on such a bad store.
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