Reported on local news this a.m. that Albertsons grocery store now

[lonestarnot]

operating at a loss. Poultry, beef etc now on rise. :-( So here it comes.

[lonestarnot]

1. Hungry yet?

[BadgerKid]

2. Various e-news report owner Supervalu took a big loss. n/t

[Lint Head]

3. Agri business is about to make a killing. Pun intended.

[pocoloco]

4. Anyone have any good recipes for lentils?

.......been meaning to check.

[lonestarnot]

6. As a matter of fact!

[CrownPrinceBandar]

9. Did someone say lentils, man?.........

Oh heavy...

[lonestarnot]

10. ROFLMAO!

[Codeine]

13. For twenty-five years I've been unable to see a lentil

without seeing his face. :rofl: "There's some dinner on the floor if you want it."

[CrownPrinceBandar]

15. Same with me.........

Lentils and Nigel Planer are inextricably connected.

[SpiralHawk]

30. ...as is Esau - the Biblical figure who sold his birthright ...

...Turns out the mess of potage he sold his soul for was lentils.

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. The cost of groceries has skyrocketed here in the last few weeks

[socialist_n_TN]

14. Yep. My grocery bill has probably gone up............

$10 or more per week since the Republicans took control of the House. Coincidence? I think not. They've got us by the short hairs now.

[bobbolink]

34. And the COLA is frozen for another year, and probably next year, also.

[Jazzgirl]

7. I went to Albertson's the other day to get a few things.

Garlic was on my list....until I saw the price skyrocketed to $3 for 2 bulbs!!! And it's from China!!! I went to Kroger and got 3 for $1 grown in the good old USA.

[lonestarnot]

8. I don't shop at Albertsons, or ANYTHING TO DO BASHAS(PU), but when we end up with one store chain,

we have a problem.

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[lonestarnot]

18. They are anti-union scab motherfuckers. How's that?

[Kali]

20. I didn't know that, but then this is Arizona

and the whole state is pretty much anti-union scab motherfuckers.

[lonestarnot]

22. Ugh no. Just those that want to ride for free.

[Kali]

19. Welcome to DU!

fellow Arizonan.

Yep Food City: my US side source for cheap limes, chilis, tamarindo, jamaica, and cacahuates Japonesas :P

[lonestarnot]

23. Do they come with scabs? Ymmmm

:puke:

[bobbolink]

35. What is BASHAs? I've only seen it on an Indian res. ?

[Statistical]

21. I noticed that too.

The Chinese Garlic was in a "bag". Roughly 5 bulbs or 5 ounces for $1.99 (so $6.40 a pound). The USA grown loose/bulk garlic was $2.49 a pound and since it was "bulk" you could get as little or as much as you want/need.

Crazy when they keep importing Chinese garlic despite US band being cheaper.

[sarcasmo]

11. Hyper inflation, keep printing that money.

[lonestarnot]

12. We'll need a wheelbarrow of it to buy a piece of bread.

[socialist_n_TN]

17. Welcome to the Weimar Republic........

I hope the outcome is better than that though.

[lonestarnot]

24. From Wikipedia

The first payment was paid when due in June 1921.<5> That was the beginning of an increasingly rapid devaluation of the Mark which fell to less than one third of a cent by November 1921 (approx. 330 Marks per US Dollar). The total reparations demanded was 132,000,000,000 (132 billion) goldmarks which was far more than the total German gold and foreign exchange.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation_in_the_Weimar_Republic

[itsrobert]

25. Every Target and Walmart in San Diego County now has a food section

(Most every)... And they are not Supercenters or Super Target, but they are cutting into the typical grocery stores business. Walmart and Target are not union either. I expect at least a couple of supermarket chains will be shuttered within two years.

[Gaedel]

31. The Albertsons here in SE Fla are gone

Grocery shopping consists of:

Publix
Walmart
Target
Costco
Winn Dixie (getting fewer and fewer)
Aldis (just starting)

[Hannah Bell]

26. albertson's was acquired by supervalue, cvs & cerberus capital in 2006.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertsons_(SuperValu)

i hadn't seen an albertson's for years even before that. all the ones in my neck of the woods disappeared years ago.

here's what you probably heard:

Supervalu Inc., which operates the Albertsons and Save-A-Lot grocery chains and recently announced it was selling Bristol Farms, reported Tuesday that it recorded a loss for its third quarter.

It said the shortfall resulted from a fall in revenue, a charge to reflect the declining value of some assets, slimmer margins and costs associated with closing stores.

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9KMAFSG1.htm

there's a difference between a "third-quarter loss" & "operating at a loss".

nothing to do with food prices that i can see.

[Major Hogwash]

27. Supervalue. I guess that's why they laid off half the checkers at the nearest Albertsons.

And cut the rest of the checkers to less than 32 hours a week.

They don't have to offer insurance to "part-time" employees in this state.

[Hannah Bell]

28. that's where profit comes from. ;>)

[delightfulstar]

29. Albie's here is ridiculously expensive.

And I don't like their anti-union stance, either. I'm sure they probably pay Sprawl Mart wages, because I tend to see a lot of new faces every time I set foot in there.

I'm a Safeway girl, myself. Several people on their board are blue :dem:, and their company tends to balance their donations on both sides of the aisle, even though their CEO was a Shrub Ranger. :thumbsdown: On the other hand, Fry's (Kroger) gives almost exclusively to Repukes, so it makes me less motivated to patronize them - I shop there about as much as I go to Albie's, which is basically never.

I'm in sunny AZ too. :)

[Le Taz Hot]

32. Albertson's was bought out

here several years ago by Save Mart stores (a local chain). Buy in bulk, buy only what's on sale and eat less meat. Cook at home and cook from scratch (not that difficult). Grow a garden if you can. All together, you can save at LEAST 50% on your grocery bill.

[mdmc]

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