Wayne Boatwright wrote:

On Mon 12 May 2008 05:47:31p, Jean B. told us...
Thanks anyway. I'll try to remember to look next time I'm in the store.
Or maybe I should say "next time I can find the soup in the store".
(They are remodeling.)


We just went through that with my favorite store, or should I say what used
to be my favorite store? I can't find a damned thing now.

I have yet to see the rationale. The last time, it just seemed to be
busy work. Why do stores just change where things are anyway? :-(

--
Jean B.

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
I thank all commercial tomato soups rank fairly high in sweetness,
regardless the type.


I am going to start collecting some old can labels precisely so I can
see how these products have evolved! Sweet! Why? Now I'll have to go
check the Amy's can. (Somewhere I said Annie's. If it was here,please
not that it is Amy's.)

--
Jean B.

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
No, I don't recall seeing it. Perhaps I should look. Is it something I
can add whole milk or cream to? I only like "cream of tomato soup". :-)

No. Amy's Chunky Tomato Bisque doesn't need any liquid added. I
suppose you COULD add a hint of heavy cream. I say "heavy" because
you'd be able to use less to get the desired effect.

--
Jean B.

On Tue 13 May 2008 10:16:42a, Jean B. told us...

Wayne Boatwright wrote:

On Mon 12 May 2008 05:47:31p, Jean B. told us...
Thanks anyway. I'll try to remember to look next time I'm in the
store.
Or maybe I should say "next time I can find the soup in the store".
(They are remodeling.)


We just went through that with my favorite store, or should I say what
used to be my favorite store? I can't find a damned thing now.

I have yet to see the rationale. The last time, it just seemed to be
busy work. Why do stores just change where things are anyway? :-(


They did some nice updating, but the new layout is completely illogical. I
don't know what they were thinking. Grrr....

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On Tue 13 May 2008 10:18:41a, Jean B. told us...

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
I thank all commercial tomato soups rank fairly high in sweetness,
regardless the type.


I am going to start collecting some old can labels precisely so I can
see how these products have evolved! Sweet! Why? Now I'll have to go
check the Amy's can. (Somewhere I said Annie's. If it was here,please
not that it is Amy's.)


I think you said Amy's, at least that's what I looked up on the web. What
I can't tell is if they are condensed and you add your own milk/cream.
That's what I would prefer. I'm not fond of canned products that already
contain the dairy element.

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On Tue 13 May 2008 10:19:59a, Jean B. told us...

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
No, I don't recall seeing it. Perhaps I should look. Is it something I
can add whole milk or cream to? I only like "cream of tomato soup". :-)

No. Amy's Chunky Tomato Bisque doesn't need any liquid added. I
suppose you COULD add a hint of heavy cream. I say "heavy" because
you'd be able to use less to get the desired effect.


Thanks, that answered my question!

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tonight? - Pinky
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Jean B. wrote:
Wayne Boatwright wrote:

On Mon 12 May 2008 05:47:31p, Jean B. told us...
Thanks anyway. I'll try to remember to look next time I'm in the store.
Or maybe I should say "next time I can find the soup in the store".
(They are remodeling.)


We just went through that with my favorite store, or should I say what
used to be my favorite store? I can't find a damned thing now.

I have yet to see the rationale. The last time, it just seemed to be
busy work. Why do stores just change where things are anyway? :-(

It's the Walmart syndrome. Ever been in the supermarket at a Super
Walmart? Every damned week they move the things on the aisles around and
even change the aisles. Their marketing people are hoping you will get
confused and have to wander around and the more you wander the more you
will buy. The main reason I don't shop there.

On Tue 13 May 2008 12:00:07p, George Shirley told us...

Jean B. wrote:
Wayne Boatwright wrote:

On Mon 12 May 2008 05:47:31p, Jean B. told us...
Thanks anyway. I'll try to remember to look next time I'm in the
store.
Or maybe I should say "next time I can find the soup in the store".
(They are remodeling.)


We just went through that with my favorite store, or should I say what
used to be my favorite store? I can't find a damned thing now.

I have yet to see the rationale. The last time, it just seemed to be
busy work. Why do stores just change where things are anyway? :-(

It's the Walmart syndrome. Ever been in the supermarket at a Super
Walmart? Every damned week they move the things on the aisles around and
even change the aisles. Their marketing people are hoping you will get
confused and have to wander around and the more you wander the more you
will buy. The main reason I don't shop there.


Oddly ehough, the two WalMart Super Centers where we do shop never seem to
do that. They are both very predictable, with the exception of seasonal
items which are usually outin the aisles.

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Wayne Boatwright wrote:

On Tue 13 May 2008 12:00:07p, George Shirley told us...

It's the Walmart syndrome. Ever been in the supermarket at a Super
Walmart? Every damned week they move the things on the aisles around and
even change the aisles. Their marketing people are hoping you will get
confused and have to wander around and the more you wander the more you
will buy. The main reason I don't shop there.

Oddly ehough, the two WalMart Super Centers where we do shop never seem to
do that. They are both very predictable, with the exception of seasonal
items which are usually outin the aisles.

Piggly Wiggly stores used to be famous for having
every item located in the same place in every store,
no matter which store you walked into. I don't know
if they still do that. I think it would be hard to do,
because every store would have to be the same size
and floor plan.

"Nexis" wrote in message
...

"Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
3.184...
After all the discussion about the disappointment in the change to
Campbell's Tomato Soup and their cream soups in general, I discovered
something while shopping yesterday.

At least 15 or more years ago Campbell's introduced a Tomato Bisque that
I
liked even better than their regular tomato soup because it has nice
little
bits of tomato in it. Whether you made it with water, milk, or cream, it
was very good.

Over the past several years I haven't fouynd it on the shelf in the
stores,
so assumed they had discontinued it. Perhaps they actually did for a
while.

Yesterday, I found it again at Safeway. I'm having it for lunch as I
write
this, and out of the can it is the same nice thick concentrate with the
same flavor that the regular tomato soup used to be.

So...if you're interestd and wouldn't mind the bits of tomato, you might
want to give this a try.

Wayne,

do they make it with HFCS like they do with the regular tomato soup now?

With the cost of corn rising, HFCS will be the more expensive option in
future ... good riddance.

TammyM

Jean B. wrote:
Wayne Boatwright wrote:

On Mon 12 May 2008 05:47:31p, Jean B. told us...
Thanks anyway. I'll try to remember to look next time I'm in the
store. Or maybe I should say "next time I can find the soup in
the store". (They are remodeling.)


We just went through that with my favorite store, or should I say
what used to be my favorite store? I can't find a damned thing now.

I have yet to see the rationale. The last time, it just seemed to be
busy work. Why do stores just change where things are anyway? :-(

I guess they think they're modernizing or something. When I was in SC I had
been shopping at Food Lion because the prices were ever so slightly lower
than Publix and they were right across the street from each other. But Food
Lion started a massive remodel and even the employees didn't know where
things were.

They'd had a fairly nice selection of cheeses - not the Kraft-type
hanging-on-a-rack cheeses -one week but the next week they were nowhere to
be found. It appears they removed them to a cooler in the stock room (or
something) but no one knew for sure. That's when I started shopping
exclusively at Publix for the duration of the visit.

Maybe they'll be done by the time I get back and I'll give it a walk-thru.
If they're still working on it I won't bother.

Jill

George wrote on Tue, 13 May 2008 14:00:07 -0500:

Jean B. wrote:
Wayne Boatwright wrote:

On Mon 12 May 2008 05:47:31p, Jean B. told us...
Thanks anyway. I'll try to remember to look next time I'm
in the store. Or maybe I should say "next time I can find
the soup in the store". (They are remodeling.)

We just went through that with my favorite store, or should
I say what used to be my favorite store? I can't find a
damned thing now.

I have yet to see the rationale. The last time, it just
seemed to be busy work. Why do stores just change where
things are anyway? :-(

It's the Walmart syndrome. Ever been in the supermarket at a
Super Walmart? Every damned week they move the things on the
aisles around and even change the aisles. Their marketing
people are hoping you will get confused and have to wander
around and the more you wander the more you will buy. The main
reason I don't shop there.
..
Sometimes it's a bit weird! Yesterday, I tried to buy some
ordinary rice at the local Giant. There was an aisle labelled
"Rice" but all that was there was the dumb precooked stuff like
Uncle Ben's. I had to go to the "Imported" aisle to find regular
rice (grown in the US!)
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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

"Jean B." wrote:

Dare I ask what the ingredients are?

First link in Google has the ingredients

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000H155ZM

(Yes, you'll have to click on the link. Don't be a Jill)

-sw

James Silverton wrote:
George wrote on Tue, 13 May 2008 14:00:07 -0500:

Jean B. wrote:
Wayne Boatwright wrote:

On Mon 12 May 2008 05:47:31p, Jean B. told us...
Thanks anyway. I'll try to remember to look next time I'm in the
store. Or maybe I should say "next time I can find the soup in the
store". (They are remodeling.)

We just went through that with my favorite store, or should I say
what used to be my favorite store? I can't find a
damned thing now.

I have yet to see the rationale. The last time, it just
seemed to be busy work. Why do stores just change where
things are anyway? :-(

It's the Walmart syndrome. Ever been in the supermarket at a Super
Walmart? Every damned week they move the things on the aisles around
and even change the aisles. Their marketing people are hoping you will
get confused and have to wander around and the more you wander the
more you will buy. The main reason I don't shop there.
.
Sometimes it's a bit weird! Yesterday, I tried to buy some ordinary rice
at the local Giant. There was an aisle labelled "Rice" but all that was
there was the dumb precooked stuff like Uncle Ben's. I had to go to the
"Imported" aisle to find regular rice (grown in the US!)
The Kroger store I shop in has the rice and beans on the same aisle.
Convenient as that is a staple food around here. The import stuff is one
aisle over, one side is oriental, Mexican, etc, the other is stuff made
in Louisiana. Never thought I would be importing food from 20 miles away
here in Louisiana.

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
They did some nice updating, but the new layout is completely illogical. I
don't know what they were thinking. Grrr....

Sigh. It remains to be seen what THIS disruption will result in.
Actually, I never did become totally familiar with where things were
after the LAST rearrangement. :-(

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Jean B.