"MaryL" > wrote in message
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> On 11/23/2015 11:38 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> I don't know what is going on at my grocery stores around here except
>> that QFC has been in an ongoing remodel since the summer and Central
>> Market also swapped some things around. Then there is the
>> Albertsons/Safeway/Haggen mess. So basically I am having problems with
>> all of the stores.
>>
>> I will buy something once, then have a heck of a time finding it again.
>> For instance, the bread that we eat used to be sold only at Central
>> Market. Then Safeway had it. Central Market has now been out of it the
>> last 3 times I went there. There was still a shelf edge label but
>> mostly they were just sold out of bread. Then one Albertsons had it.
>> Now they all seem to. And now today I found it at QFC. They never had
>> it before. But it was on sale today.
>>
>> Sliced apples are another problem. QFC did have some but not in
>> individual packages which is what my husband wants for his lunch. Yes,
>> I know I could put these in a sandwich bag. Not what he wants. He
>> won't eat them if I do that. Or I find them but they are only in the
>> little bags. Will he eat two little bags instead of one big one? No.
>> Costco does sell the big bags but the last many times I have checked,
>> they expire either that day or a day or two later and we can't eat them
>> up that fast.
>>
>> And now today it was the lemon lime PowerAde zero. Has to be that
>> flavor and no other. I bought some at Winco for the person to try. Did
>> not want to buy too much in case it wasn't liked. And of course now we
>> have none and none of the stores around here seem to carry that flavor.
>> It's not available online at Walmart either. *sigh*
>>
>> I also could not find any tarts. Did they quit making tarts? Used to
>> be able to get them frozen. Not any more. At least I did find a 2
>> serving apple pie at QFC. I am not buying a big pie for Thanksgiving
>> only to have to throw most of it if not all of it away.
>
> Get an apple corer/slicer. They make nice slices in only seconds. Put
> them in a sandwich bag for your husband. If he won't eat them, that's his
> problem. Believe me, he won't starve.
> http://www.amazon.com/OXO-Grips-Appl.../dp/B00004OCKT
>
> MaryL
HOW MANY TIMES MUST I SAY THIS? And yes, I know I am shouting. I have
apple corers. If I were to do that to an apple, I would just wind up
throwing it out. Nobody will eat it. I do have corers. He wants a very
specific thing. And only that thing.