On Tuesday, July 16, 2013 9:59:35 AM UTC-4, jmcquown wrote:
> I was looking at yellow squash and zucchini yesterday at Publix. It had
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> all been bundled and packaged on styrofoam trays then shrink-wrapped and
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> a price tag slapped on.
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> A. I don't *need* [e.g.] 6 yellow squash!
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> B. I like to select my own vegetables, thank you very much.
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> Why do grocery stores do this? IIRC they used to offer the trays as
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> well as loose squash to choose from.
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> Fortunately, there's a farm stand on St. Helena. I prefer to give
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> them my business, anyway. Unfortunately, they're only set up on Friday
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> and Saturday.

That's one of my biggest beef with Publix. I wrote 'em once and got the usual party line. a. We will gladly break open a package ( oh sure, takes extra minutes to get someone, then wait for a rewrap.) They did get a little better about leaving some things loose, but not like Winn DIxie.

b. the other excuse had to do with sanitation, other folks handling blah blah.....as if I wasn't intending to still wash stuff? Gimmeabreak.