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REVIEW: Safeway Select Green Bean Crisps
I noticed a new item at Safeway. The box describes them
as a "lightly breaded petite green bean appetizer", which seems accurate. I really like them and plan to buy more. Normally, I wouldn't recommend a Safeway product, and even less likely it would be a bean product because of my bean sensitivity. But I've eaten two boxes of these things, and I haven't gotten a headache. Green beans are mostly pod rather than bean, and if I don't eat too many I'm okay. There used to be a Chinese restaurant near me that made a very similar lightly breaded and fried green bean dish, but that was two or three restaurants ago at that location. That restaurant actually had really good food at very reasonable prices and I was sorry to see them go. I often would go there to order this one dish to go. |
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REVIEW: Safeway Select Green Bean Crisps
Stu wrote:
> > We had them in april and found them really tasty if we did them in the > toaster/convection oven. Yes, a toaster or convection oven is best for reviving frozen deep-fried food to get a crispy result. You got them back in April? They only recently appeared here. I suppose that means Safeway rolls out a new product in stages, rather than everywhere all at once. |
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REVIEW: Safeway Select Green Bean Crisps
Mark Thorson wrote:
> I noticed a new item at Safeway. The box describes them > as a "lightly breaded petite green bean appetizer", > which seems accurate. I really like them and plan > to buy more. > > Normally, I wouldn't recommend a Safeway product, and > even less likely it would be a bean product because > of my bean sensitivity. But I've eaten two boxes of > these things, and I haven't gotten a headache. Green > beans are mostly pod rather than bean, and if I don't > eat too many I'm okay. > Wait a minute. I thought you *hated* Safeway. Because they give your your change in dimes and nickels just to cheat you out of the quarters you might need for laundry. Or something like that. Bob |
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REVIEW: Safeway Select Green Bean Crisps
> Mark Thorson wrote:
> > I noticed a new item at Safeway. *The box describes them > > as a "lightly breaded petite green bean appetizer", > > which seems accurate. *I really like them and plan > > to buy more. > > > Normally, I wouldn't recommend a Safeway product, and > > even less likely it would be a bean product because > > of my bean sensitivity. *But I've eaten two boxes of > > these things, and I haven't gotten a headache. *Green > > beans are mostly pod rather than bean, and if I don't > > eat too many I'm okay. They sell these at Target under the "Market Pantry" label. Probably made by the same "factory". Tasty dipped into Ranch dressing as an appetizer. |
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REVIEW: Safeway Select Green Bean Crisps
zxcvbob wrote:
> > Wait a minute. I thought you *hated* Safeway. Because they give > your your change in dimes and nickels just to cheat you out of the > quarters you might need for laundry. Or something like that. Yes, and I hate Safeway not just for that. But they do have a few good products, and they are the only supermarket within walking distance, which I do sometimes. Their carrots used to be good, but have declined greatly in quality recently. I do recommend their U.S. postage stamps as at least equivalent to the ones you can buy at Lucky. |
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REVIEW: Safeway Select Green Bean Crisps
Sqwertz wrote:
> > On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:19:37 -0500, zxcvbob wrote: > > > Wait a minute. I thought you *hated* Safeway. Because they give > > your your change in dimes and nickels just to cheat you out of the > > quarters you might need for laundry. Or something like that. > > His theory claimed that he was getting *less* money back by them > giving him two dimes and nickel instead of a single quarter. I > forget the reasoning behind, probably because my mind was > wandering at the time. > > That was, like, 12 years ago (the first time). Looks like it came > up most recently in 2003. I never claimed that I was getting *less* money back, but I am certainly getting less *value* back from Safeway when they implemented the change-making algorithm which rips off the customer. Giving back four dimes and two nickels when $0.50 is due allows Safeway to reduce the amount of change in the till. They don't have to stock as many quarters. To gain perhaps $0.001 on one day's interest rate on the cash in the till, Safeway is willing to inconvenience hundreds of customers. That is what they are doing. Safeway is ripping off the consumer. Safeway is evil. That is one of many reasons I hate Safeway. They abuse their customers. I shop as little as possible at Safeway, but I do shop there when I'm walking to a supermarket or I want the fried green beans. |
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REVIEW: Safeway Select Green Bean Crisps
Mark Thorson wrote:
> I never claimed that I was getting *less* money back, > but I am certainly getting less *value* back from Safeway > when they implemented the change-making algorithm which > rips off the customer. Giving back four dimes and two nickels > when $0.50 is due allows Safeway to reduce the amount of change > in the till. They don't have to stock as many quarters. > > To gain perhaps $0.001 on one day's interest rate on the cash > in the till, Safeway is willing to inconvenience hundreds of > customers. That is what they are doing. Safeway is ripping off > the consumer. Safeway is evil. That is one of many reasons > I hate Safeway. They abuse their customers. I shop as little > as possible at Safeway, but I do shop there when I'm walking > to a supermarket or I want the fried green beans. As ever, I disagree with this premise. You got the correct change back so where is your loss or inconvenience? What *they* decide to put into their till makes no difference to me if I'm getting the correct change back. It spends the same to me. If I had such issues, I'd just use my debit or credit card and save the stress. |
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REVIEW: Safeway Select Green Bean Crisps
On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:27:45 -0700, Mark Thorson >
wrote: >I never claimed that I was getting *less* money back, >but I am certainly getting less *value* back from Safeway >when they implemented the change-making algorithm which >rips off the customer. Giving back four dimes and two nickels >when $0.50 is due allows Safeway to reduce the amount of change >in the till. They don't have to stock as many quarters. Oh good grief. That isn't standard practice in any Safeway I shop at. > >To gain perhaps $0.001 on one day's interest rate on the cash >in the till, Safeway is willing to inconvenience hundreds of >customers. That is what they are doing. Safeway is ripping off >the consumer. Safeway is evil. That is one of many reasons >I hate Safeway. They abuse their customers. I shop as little >as possible at Safeway, but I do shop there when I'm walking >to a supermarket or I want the fried green beans. Evil? They don't abuse customers. If they did customers would vote with their feet and go somewhere else to shop. However, they do abuse their employees with standard corporate practices that discriminate against older workers. -- I love cooking with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food. |
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REVIEW: Safeway Select Green Bean Crisps
On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:22:50 -0700, Mark Thorson >
wrote: > You got them back in April? They only recently appeared > here. I suppose that means Safeway rolls out a new product > in stages, rather than everywhere all at once. Maybe he was in a test market. Whatever it is, I notice items tend to come out back East and then in LA before they hit our market. -- Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get. |
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REVIEW: Safeway Select Green Bean Crisps
On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:43:49 -0700, Mark Thorson >
wrote: > But they do have a few good products, Have you tried their "Bright Green" liquid dish detergent? I want to eat the green apple scented one. > and they > are the only supermarket within walking distance, > which I do sometimes. That's a purposeful way to get some exercise. -- Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get. |
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REVIEW: Safeway Select Green Bean Crisps
Goomba wrote:
> > As ever, I disagree with this premise. You got the correct change back > so where is your loss or inconvenience? What *they* decide to put into > their till makes no difference to me if I'm getting the correct change > back. It spends the same to me. > If I had such issues, I'd just use my debit or credit card and save the > stress. If they could make that $0.001 extra profit by giving you 50 pennies for $0.50 in change, you would really have no problem with that? That is exactly what I am talking about. Safeway is perfectly willing to inconvenience their customers by giving them tons of dimes and nickels in change rather than quarters to make something like an additional $0.001 per shift. That tells me Safeway despises their customers. I see no reason not to despise them right back. I hate Safeway, for very good reasons. |
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REVIEW: Safeway Select Green Bean Crisps
On 8/1/2010 4:27 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:
> I never claimed that I was getting*less* money back, > but I am certainly getting less*value* back from Safeway > when they implemented the change-making algorithm which > rips off the customer. Giving back four dimes and two nickels > when $0.50 is due allows Safeway to reduce the amount of change > in the till. They don't have to stock as many quarters. > > To gain perhaps $0.001 on one day's interest rate on the cash > in the till, Safeway is willing to inconvenience hundreds of > customers. That is what they are doing. Safeway is ripping off > the consumer. Safeway is evil. That is one of many reasons > I hate Safeway. They abuse their customers. I shop as little > as possible at Safeway, but I do shop there when I'm walking > to a supermarket or I want the fried green beans. Just about the time you think you have seen it all and that people can't get any dumber, along comes a post like this. Somewhere, ignorant people are smiling because they can now say "I'm not as dumb as that guy!" Louie |
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REVIEW: Safeway Select Green Bean Crisps
Louie wrote:
> >Just about the time you think you have seen it all and that people can't >get any dumber, along comes a post like this. > >Somewhere, ignorant people are smiling because they can now say "I'm not >as dumb as that guy!" > >Louie What the ****... didja know Louie is the faggot name for Lewis... you sawed off little ass ****. LOL-LOL Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. . . . |
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REVIEW: Safeway Select Green Bean Crisps
"brooklyn1" > wrote in message ... > Louie wrote: >> >>Just about the time you think you have seen it all and that people can't >>get any dumber, along comes a post like this. >> >>Somewhere, ignorant people are smiling because they can now say "I'm not >>as dumb as that guy!" >> >>Louie > > What the ****... didja know Louie is the faggot name for Lewis... you > sawed off little ass ****. LOL-LOL > > Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. . . . Puttin' the ol' Crystal Palace right to ya, eh? Good for you! Don't stop until you polish off that 2 liter bottle! Then crack open another. |
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REVIEW: Safeway Select Green Bean Crisps
On 8/1/2010 4:13 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:19:37 -0500, zxcvbob wrote: > >> Wait a minute. I thought you *hated* Safeway. Because they give >> your your change in dimes and nickels just to cheat you out of the >> quarters you might need for laundry. Or something like that. > > His theory claimed that he was getting *less* money back by them > giving him two dimes and nickel instead of a single quarter. I > forget the reasoning behind, probably because my mind was > wandering at the time. > > That was, like, 12 years ago (the first time). Looks like it came > up most recently in 2003. > > -sw Nothing like resurrecting a 10+ year old rant ;-) Bob |
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REVIEW: Safeway Select Green Bean Crisps
These are on the TGIFridays menu and are delicious. Ya just can't stop eating them. |
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Nan wrote:
> These are on the TGIFridays menu and are delicious. Ya just can't stop > eating them. I was surprised to see them on the menu at my local pub place, started maybe a couple of months ago. I guess TGIF started something. I love those fried green beans, but I'd kill for some fried green pepper rings ... that I didn't have to make myself. nancy |
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On 8/1/2010 8:31 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> Just for the record, they're 1.75 liter bottles. I used to drink > one every 2 days back in the 90's. And on the second day I might > have to go out and few beers to top it off. > > <shiver> Those weren't the good 'ol days. > > -sw > That can make you lose brain cells and your short term memory. And another thing, that can make you lose brain cells and your short term memory. Becca |
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Sqwertz wrote:
> > That's OK. I can spare a few million brain cells. > > Hmm, can it cause deja vu, too? I have a theory that the experience of deja vu is caused by remembering a dream experience. Dream experiences are kind of weird in that they are forgotten so quickly. My theory is that deja vu is remembering the reference without remembering the referent. That's why deja vu seems so weird. You are remembering having the experience without remembering the experience itself. |
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