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Default FOUND 8.5 oz canned pears

On Thu, 06 Aug 2015 22:46:09 -0600, Janet B >
wrote:

> On Thu, 06 Aug 2015 21:34:52 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 6 Aug 2015 18:18:51 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On 2015-08-06 4:29 PM, Janet B wrote:
> >> > I saw them at Walmart. My Walmart has a full grocery.
> >> > Janet US
> >> >
> >>
> >> Oh no. Now we will hear the excuses for why she cannot go to Walmart.

> >
> >Maybe her Walmart doesn't carry them. Someone on the internet told me
> >to go to Costco to find a certain brand of olive oil I'd never heard
> >of, but I was just at my Costco a couple of days ago and I know that
> >one doesn't have it.

>
> But that wasn't ever the issue. The issue was to find a supermarket
> that either had them or could order them in. We now know that
> Walmart carries them in their warehouse.


Is your central warehouse is the same one the Walmart her area orders
from? Finding it in one Walmart doesn't guarantee that all have it or
that it's available in their central warehouse. In any case, she
orders over the internet and I posted a link to Amazon last week for
that size can.

> As for Costco, their stuff flows steadily through the store. You may
> have just missed it either too early or too late.


No. They regularly stock California Olive Ranch where I shop.

> I'm assuming that
> since Costco has recently opened a store in Spain that we will be
> seeing more Spanish olive oil.


They go with the best price for the quality they want. I bought a 2L
jug of Kirkland Greek EVOO when I was there.

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