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Julie Bove[_2_]

"tert in seattle" > wrote in message
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> writes:
>>I took my friend shopping yesterday to a Fred Meyer that was just
>>remodeled.
>>For those not familiar with Fred Meyer, they are one of those stores that
>>sells most everything. They recently began selling some items online. This
>>particular store said the remodel was so they could sell a greater variety
>>of of food but they had to cut back on other things.
>>
>>The new layout makes no sense. The entire back of the grocery section
>>zigzags around with things like meat and dairy products but there are odd,
>>free standing coolers of things like ham. Makes it super hard to find
>>stuff.
>>Even the produce section has a weird layout.
>
> My fred meyer puts the same stuff in more than one location - and I
> don't mean the organic stuff separate from non, I mean the same brown
> eggs are in two separate places, the same milk, the same pepperoni,
> the same Lay's chips. They recently shifted the bacon (which is all in
> one place) about eight feet to the right. There may be a method but it's
> not centered on the shopper's convenience.

I have seen that too. This one disbanded the health food section and put
that stuff in with the regular stuff. I loved it back in the old days when
the health food was a dept. of its own complete with cash register. I would
go in, shop only that section and leave. The Lynnwood one also had a spiffy
candy counter, Shoreline is a much smaller store. Don't remember the candy
counter there.