On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:47:53 -0500, Ms P wrote:

> I don't have a whole lot of choices of places to shop so some times it's WM.
> If you pay attention to prices you'll notice that when the rollback is over
> the price will go up higher than it was before it was rolled back. It's
> just a hook to get people in the store and to make them think they're saving
> money.

HEB sis the same thing, but I a haven't noticed any of the prices
springing back. I believe HEB started the war. I thought it was
directed at putting the final nail in the coffin of Randall's (who
adopted the same technique a few weeks later. HEB has more to gain
than Walmart by putting Randall's out of business.

Texas, Austin in particular, is probably the only market where
Walmart still hasn't won the grocery share over HEB after 10-12
years of trying. Walmart announced plans to start catering to
Mexicans by opening up a new brand of "Walmart Mercados" to get that
share, but that plan fizzled far as I can tell.

-sw