What I Saw in the Produce Section Today...

[PlainJane]

I worked at Target for awhile and defiantly knew that tons of food was consumed in store before purchasing...aka bottle soda and water, candy bars, individual snack bags

I also couldn't stand when they hand you a box opened up to ring up and go sorry I had to eat some I was so hungary. My thought is you are a grown adult and you have no self control to wait 10-15 minutes more. Same with when they give the stuff to their kids it is just teaching bad manners. It is not your property till you pay for it.

I've done this once. We were at a Walmart, and we had been standing in line for 20+ minutes with no end in sight. I was extremely thirsty. It was to the point that my mouth was dry, my throat hurt, and I was starting to feel weak. It appeared that the line was going to take another 15+ minutes, so I disregarded my manners and grabbed a water from the line's cooler and later payed for a half empty water bottle.

I felt horrible about doing it, but it was so worth it.

 

[Kelbell]

Totally work at a grocery store, and all this story does is urk me! I can't stand when people think doing something like that is ok. Not only is it everything you said, but the stealing is huge. Each one of those pints has to meet a weight requirement, so now that whole pint container is garbage! Ug, gross old people. At our store, if you really want to try something, you ask, and we will open a container for you. People have no filters anymore, and they think everything is ok.

Thanks for sharing your story, obviously I feel the same way, lol. ​

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

Here they offer you the first slice and are shocked when you say I don't want a taste. I have asked for a taste when it was something new I was trying.

ETA: All kids are given cheese too.

I am also offered the first slice too to make sure it is the way I like it (super thin) but just by looking at it I can tell. So I always decline the sample, I am trying to get out of the supermarket, not spend a whole afternoon there

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

Ah, that would be the late lamented Schwegmann's chain (in Louisiana); they had a shopper's bar in every store. If you went in on a Saturday back in the 60's it was an interesting scene, dozens of men congregating at the bar near the front door while their wives "made groceries".

They also were one of the first grocery chains in the nation to sell while-you-shop tire and battery service; in later years you could get really sloshed waiting for that. Oh, the good times we all had at Schwegmann's!

lol here in NJ you have to actually go to a liquor store (a store that sells nothing but liquor) is order to get any alcohol....I'm lucky though my shoprite has a liquor store right next door to it (not that I'm a lush, but you know )

When I went to visit fiance's parents in NH I thought it was so eerie that they sold alcohol at the gas station and Walmart...lol

 

[DisneyFan32WI]

Piggy-Wiggly and Bama jelly - - have not heard those words in years!!

Oh my...we still have several Piggly Wiggly stores where I live. It is such a funny name!

 

[si-am]

Personally, I think stores put the refrigerated juices/sodas/water by the registers because they are hoping you see it waiting in line and decide to buy one on your way out.

If they really wanted you to grab a bottle, open it up, and drink it while walking around the store, they would be by the DOOR, not the register.

 

[MichelleVW]

Ok, don't have time to read all of the threads (read up to page 4), but I hate when I see people eating stuff they haven't paid for yet. I don't care if it's a banana or crackers, if you know you or your kid is going to want a snack bring one in, it's not that difficult a concept.

 

[PRmamiDEdos]

Or you could just keep a few snacks and bottles of water in the car..

I did! But my darn husband keeps cleaning the car out and bringing all my water bottles and snacks back in the house!!

Besides, water gets hot and snacks get stale, it's easier to grab something in the store.

 

[Missy1961]

While I agree that the stores probably don't have a problem with customers opening a package & eating stuff while shopping--as long as you pay or it isn't a per pound item--I have never done it. I almost always go grocery shopping after I've eaten something, so I'm not hungry.

But if you're hungry, and if you're paying for it, go right ahead. It doesn't bother me. I probably wouldn't even notice it.

 

[goodeats]

Personally, I think stores put the refrigerated juices/sodas/water by the registers because they are hoping you see it waiting in line and decide to buy one on your way out.

If they really wanted you to grab a bottle, open it up, and drink it while walking around the store, they would be by the DOOR, not the register.

There are stores that do have refrigerated drink coolers at the entrance. In my area they tend to be the newly remodeled stores.