The "What Are You Doing This Moment" Thread

[viewerfromnihil]

When I worked at a grocery store I would purposely bag shit like this because I knew it pissed people off. Made work interesting.

Fucking grocery store life. I made it three months at the register before I annoyed the front end manager enough that she referred me to a different department. I did basically the exact opposite of you, and when people dumped groceries with no rhyme or rhythm by the armful on the belt, I would use my lanky-ass self to reach all the way across the other side of their frozen food and potato chip pile to bag similar items together and keep eye contact with them while doing it.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

I wasn't actually serious there. I worked at one of the few family owned and operated grocery stories still active in Central Illinois, so our standards for excellent were above the national chains. I knew not to put chemicals next to perishables, hard stuff on the bottom, etc.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

I worked at a European owned chain (like most chains in the US), Food Lion, and most people in the region seemed to think was based out of the south. I randomly came across the company's emblem in Serbia and was pretty psyched to see ultra eastern European style generic brand two-liters of beer in brown plastic bottles emblazoned with the Food Lion insignia inside.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

Just lounging around the house today. Watching Saint Seiya and eating chips.

 

[Carpe Mortem]

I've never worked at a grocery store or retail outlet. But I did do a brief stint of midnight shift at McDonald's... While also working at a cigar importer during the day, and going to school twice a week. And that was the end of my food or service related career choices.

 

[Dak]

I worked at a European owned chain (like most chains in the US), Food Lion, and most people in the region seemed to think was based out of the south. I randomly came across the company's emblem in Serbia and was pretty psyched to see ultra eastern European style generic brand two-liters of beer in brown plastic bottles emblazoned with the Food Lion insignia inside.

I had no idea about this. Wiki says it was started in 1957 in Salisbury NC as Food Town, was acquired by Delhaize in 1974, and the name was changed to Food Lion in 1983 due to interstate branding issues.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

I had no idea about this. Wiki says it was started in 1957 in Salisbury NC as Food Town, was acquired by Delhaize in 1974, and the name was changed to Food Lion in 1983 due to interstate branding issues.

Yep, good old Food Dog. From my anecdotal understanding, Kroger and Wal-Mart are the only mega-chains who market toward middle and lower class that are still American owned. I'm not too familiar with the chains past West of Ohio though.

 

[The Ozzman]

Kroger

Being from Cincinnati, these are ubiquitous. There are like 4 Kroger stores within 7 miles of me (without looking it up but I'm probably close). It seems like their prices increase each time I go though. That's probably the price of food in general.

It seems like they are short on baggers all the time though. I have to bag my own groceries about 40% of the time which isn't bad since I can bag them how I want in that case but still

 

[Dak]

Yeah, Kroger is a huge grocer chain but I've never been in one/really lived near any. I've lived near some of their alternative stores like Fry's and Harris Teeter. Shopped at Fry's a lot when I lived in Arizona. We have Harris Teeters in eastern NC but they are overpriced.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

All about them JEWEL OSCO's here in Chicago. And the yuppie shit like Trader Joes, Whole Foods, and shit.

 

[mutantllama]

Hannaford pretty much rules Northern New England.

 

[Omni]

Publix is the main grocery store in Florida.

 

[no country for old wainds]

how are aldi/lidl faring over there? here they're eating into the major chains' income so much that those chains are all freaking out and doing structural overhauls and firing masses of staff.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

how are aldi/lidl faring over there? here they're eating into the major chains' income so much that those chains are all freaking out and doing structural overhauls and firing masses of staff.

"More than 1,600 stores" in the US according to Aldi. That's out of ~40,000 in the country.



They're in the big league, but not taking over. I've never been to one personally, but there's one in my area, and I'll probably drop by one day out of curiosity.

 

[Satanstoenail]

how are aldi/lidl faring over there? here they're eating into the major chains' income so much that those chains are all freaking out and doing structural overhauls and firing masses of staff.

Aldi is doing great over here. We've started actually going out of our way to use them for the weekly shopping because they're so much cheaper. Coles and Woolworths are still dominating for now though.

 

[Dak]

We've got 2 Aldi's and a Lidl in my town. One Aldi and the Lidl just opened in the last yearish, and the Lidl was part of a major store opening/ad blitz. I'm not a big fan. Some ok prices but they aren't really any better than Walmart, and the 2-3 items they are better priced on aren't worth a separate trip.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Aldi is doing great over here. We've started actually going out of our way to use them for the weekly shopping because they're so much cheaper. Coles and Woolworths are still dominating for now though.

ha, woolworths? those used to be commonplace here but they got liquidated.

but yeah, we do the same. most of their shit is an accurate (occasionally even superior) rip-off of well known brands for cut prices, and then they have some real nice unusual stuff, i love their pizzas. what dak said doesn't apply here, they're distinctly cheaper than major retailers (including asda which is our walmart i suppose). plus they don't do small talk (or any customer service really haha) and process your shit ultra fast, although you have to pack it yourself at high speed, which i quite like but it's an acquired taste i suppose.

 

[Satanstoenail]

ha, woolworths? those used to be commonplace here but they got liquidated.

but yeah, we do the same. most of their shit is an accurate (occasionally even superior) rip-off of well known brands for cut prices, and then they have some real nice unusual stuff, i love their pizzas. what dak said doesn't apply here, they're distinctly cheaper than major retailers (including asda which is our walmart i suppose). plus they don't do small talk (or any customer service really haha) and process your shit ultra fast, although you have to pack it yourself at high speed, which i quite like but it's an acquired taste i suppose.

Yeah that threw me the first time I went there by myself. Totally fine with it now though and I prefer it to the self serve machines at the majors.

The sales at Aldi here where they have like 50 outdoor settings for $30 each etc always end up in the news the next day because several families have punched on whilst trying to grab the last one

 

[Omni]

how are aldi/lidl faring over there? here they're eating into the major chains' income so much that those chains are all freaking out and doing structural overhauls and firing masses of staff.

Aldi stores are reasonably common here. We also have Trader Joe's, which is literally just Aldi for people who like to spend extra money. I usually just go to Publix because they have good sales.

 

[rms]

Aldi's is taking over now, like 3 popped in the last year