PRE-HALLOWEEN FIRE SALE
Posted on 09/21/2011 11:20:06 AM PDT by Daffynition
Have you ever been primed? I mean has anyone ever deliberately influenced your subconscious mind and altered your perception of reality without your knowing it? Whole Foods Market, and others, are doing it to you right now.
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Who knew that cut flowers could be used in such an insidious manner?
Where do you think she gets her arugala?
I love WF I can get in and out in less time than big stores. The one where I shop is small and I don’t have to waste time reading labels because their stuff doesn’t contain the crapola that I am allergic to. I do NOT go there for the organic vegetables and the meat is excellent.
My favorite supermarket is Wegman’s, a regional company. Yes, the dairy section is in the back. But they also have a refrigerated section up front by the checkout stations where you can get milk, eggs and bread if you just want to run in and get the basics.
If Wegman’s is using me, I’m a very willing participant. Great prices, great items, great produce and everyone is helpful and polite.
Stew Leonard’s is more fun than Whole Foods - they have robot cows & chickens that sing!
Their techniques don’t work on me....I use the BROKE defense.
PRE-HALLOWEEN FIRE SALE
I heard Stalin used placements of fresh flowers in the Gulag to terrify new arrivals into abject obedience.
I love Walmart, but not for their products. There are a few things I get there (Ramen is Ramen wherever you buy it), but I just like to go there to check out the other Walmart shoppers. Kinda like crowd-watching at a sidewalk cafe but doing it at a trailer park instead...8)
You could go nuts in Stew Leonard’s it’s so loud.
You can also skip lunch if you time it right, there’s so much to sample.
But I did love it and still have a plastic bag from there as a keepsake.
*probably a Whole Foods no-no
I thought it was hilarious. But I do tend to have a rather strange sense of humor.
I’ve read that Wegman’s is the best supermarket chain in the US.
Never been in one and sadly none around here.
Whole Foods has primo food at primo prices. We do some shopping there occasionally.
They’re always packed w/ customers, so there is money out there.
I like Whole Foods as well. Don’t use them routinely because it is out of the way for me to get to but when I want something upscale or top quality, that’s the single stop place to go for me.
A couple of years ago, I went there early on a Saturday morning and it was while the store was still pretty slow. My goal was simply to buy a bottle of wine, some cheese and some bread. The mood hit me, what can I say. LOL!
Bought the wine then went to check out the cheeses. My eyes glazed over on what to get so asked the girl behind the counter for advice on what to get with the vino I had chosen and was offered a couple of samples. Next though, she said you really can’t make the best selection without having wine during the cheese sampling so produced a bottle of vino from behind the counter and poured us both a plastic glass full. Vino cheese, vino cheese. Ended up buying probably twice as much cheese as I had in mind but what the heck! Great Marketing!
Kind of like Wal-Mart’s thinking that by piling more crap in the aisles in trying to slow me down and then stall me from getting out of the store with the long checkout lines in trying to get me to waste more money on useless crap, they have something else coming and make me determined to only buy what I need and get the h3!! out !
> Their techniques don’t work on me....I use the BROKE defense.
Love this site - http://www.peopleofwalmart.com
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