"Hidalgo" > wrote in message
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> cshenk wrote:
>> Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>>
>>> "MaryL" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> 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.
>>
>> Then slap him upside the head and tell him where the grocery store is.
>> End of discussion if my huband played a brain dead action like that.
>>
>
> Yeah we know who wears the pants in your house!

Apparently so. I fail to see how someone wanting a specific thing could be
brain dead.