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Post by Vodkie on Apr 13, 2023 3:22:22 GMT
Yeah. Gotta stick a quarter into the cart to unlock it. You know it's so they don't have to have cart collectors I check the ads every Tuesday. Yup. I didn't realize ads still came tuesdays. I take it you're either in Southern California or Southern Nevada because you mentioned Vons. The ads here in Pennsylvania come on Thursdays and the sales start on Friday. Must be an easy coast thing. Wouldn't really know. Ive only lived here since 2017. |
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Post by merh on Apr 13, 2023 3:49:47 GMT
Yeah. Gotta stick a quarter into the cart to unlock it. You know it's so they don't have to have cart collectors I check the ads every Tuesday. Yup. I didn't realize ads still came tuesdays. I take it you're either in Southern California or Southern Nevada because you mentioned Vons. The ads here in Pennsylvania come on Thursdays and the sales start on Friday. Must be an easy coast thing. Wouldn't really know. Ive only lived here since 2017. I am in Escondido in San Diego County. Paper ads have vanished but the various apps have them up on Tuesday. However I am getting paper ads since moving to Escondido. Stopped getting them.in San Diego a few years ago. But yeah. If one keeps up with the ads one can beat places like Aldi's. |
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Post by Vodkie on Apr 13, 2023 12:59:19 GMT
Paper ads have vanished but the various apps have them up on Tuesday But yeah. If one keeps up with the ads one can beat places like Aldi's. Wow. We're still getting paper ads here. I grew up North on the 15 in Victorville, though I'm originally from West Covina. We have a sister store to Vons called Acme. I don't know if they're still doing paper ads because we don't get them where I live. The nearest one is like 20 miles away. but all of the other grocery stores in the area are still doing paper ads. My Family usually shopped at Stater Bros. |
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Post by sunshine on Apr 13, 2023 16:32:56 GMT
I've been busy and not around. Guess I missed something! Hope everyone is doing okay. I really enjoy this board, but don't have a lot of time to spend here anymore. I would miss you all if this place should disappear! 
We still get paper store ads here in Missouri, but you can sign up to get the ads online if you want. I'd rather have the paper copy.
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Apr 13, 2023 16:37:29 GMT
I've been busy and not around. Guess I missed something! Hope everyone is doing okay. I really enjoy this board, but don't have a lot of time to spend here anymore. I would miss you all if this place should disappear!
We still get paper store ads here in Missouri, but you can sign up to get the ads online if you want. I'd rather have the paper copy.
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Post by sunshine on Apr 15, 2023 16:59:21 GMT
I've been busy and not around. Guess I missed something! Hope everyone is doing okay. I really enjoy this board, but don't have a lot of time to spend here anymore. I would miss you all if this place should disappear!
We still get paper store ads here in Missouri, but you can sign up to get the ads online if you want. I'd rather have the paper copy.
I live in St Louis City. I'm in the country outside of Independence, MO!! Hello neighbor!! :-) |
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Post by merh on Apr 15, 2023 18:47:02 GMT
Paper ads have vanished but the various apps have them up on Tuesday But yeah. If one keeps up with the ads one can beat places like Aldi's. Wow. We're still getting paper ads here. I grew up North on the 15 in Victorville, though I'm originally from West Covina. We have a sister store to Vons called Acme. I don't know if they're still doing paper ads because we don't get them where I live. The nearest one is like 20 miles away. but all of the other grocery stores in the area are still doing paper ads. My Family usually shopped at Stater Bros. I grew up in San Bernardino where we had lots of Stater Brothers. They aren't as common in San Diego. My uncle lived in Yucaipa at the end of his life. Safeway/Vons goes back to the glorious days of corporate raiders(mid 80s specifically). They got attacked & had to buy back a bunch of stock to fend it off. The union swore Safeway made their biggest profit in SoCal so no way they would sell it. They sold SoCal to Vons so the stockholders wouldn't take a hit. However by the end of the 90s, Vons couldn't make the payments so they let Safeway take the stores back. Problem is, Safeway had a bad reputation here(most expensive. It wasnt. It was those trick tv ads where they filled a shopping cart with groceries, always making sure it was the store running the ads sale prices. Safeway was always most expensive) So they sell Safeway brand product but keep the Vons name up. I found another vons by me. Good grief. That's 6 within a couple miles. |
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Apr 15, 2023 19:08:59 GMT
I live in St Louis City. I'm in the country outside of Independence, MO!! Hello neighbor!! :-)  |
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Post by Vodkie on Apr 15, 2023 20:25:50 GMT
I grew up in San Bernardino where we had lots of Stater Brothers. They aren't as common in San Diego. My uncle lived in Yucaipa at the end of his life. Safeway/Vons goes back to the glorious days of corporate raiders(mid 80s specifically). They got attacked & had to buy back a bunch of stock to fend it off. The union swore Safeway made their biggest profit in SoCal so no way they would sell it. They sold SoCal to Vons so the stockholders wouldn't take a hit. However by the end of the 90s, Vons couldn't make the payments so they let Safeway take the stores back. Problem is, Safeway had a bad reputation here(most expensive. It wasnt. It was those trick tv ads where they filled a shopping cart with groceries, always making sure it was the store running the ads sale prices. Safeway was always most expensive) So they sell Safeway brand product but keep the Vons name up. I found another vons by me. Good grief. That's 6 within a couple miles. I always felt Vons and the Safeways in Washington state were too expensive. We really only went into Vons to buy soda. When I realized Safeway Was their parent company, I got 2 Safeway Club cards While visiting my sister in Washington state so we could do 4 soda sales (one being my sister's phone number connected to her safeway card. She preferred Costco's generic cola over brand names.) Safeway used to parent a store here in PA called Genuardi's but they all closed 3 years before I moved here. Due to the Albertsons merge in 2015, Acme (parented by Albertsons) is the same store now. But the prices are atrocious. IDK if it's due to inflation but there's just no way I can shop there. |
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Post by petrolino on Apr 15, 2023 21:21:56 GMT
At first, I couldn't log in here, with the return of the messageboards. Wasn't sure if I'd been banned for some reason (not been banned in the past). Right now I can log in, yet yesterday I couldn't. Just wanted to say hello to everybody and wish you all well.
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Post by enigma72 on Apr 15, 2023 22:42:05 GMT
At first, I couldn't log in here, with the return of the messageboards. Wasn't sure if I'd been banned for some reason (not been banned in the past). Right now I can log in, yet yesterday I couldn't. Just wanted to say hello to everybody and wish you all well. I thought I lost you🤗 I am so happy to "see" you. You have a wide range of friends. You are a renaissance man! You have such a wide interest in different topics. I'm going to stop gushing and just tell you how happy I am🤗🤗🤗 |
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Post by petrolino on Apr 15, 2023 23:30:10 GMT
At first, I couldn't log in here, with the return of the messageboards. Wasn't sure if I'd been banned for some reason (not been banned in the past). Right now I can log in, yet yesterday I couldn't. Just wanted to say hello to everybody and wish you all well. I thought I lost you🤗 I am so happy to "see" you. You have a wide range of friends. You are a renaissance man! You have such a wide interest in different topics. I'm going to stop gushing and just tell you how happy I am🤗🤗🤗
No, still around haha. Great to see you all (and thanks for the kind words). I did ask Jayman to say hi, we chatted a little while this site was down on Pro Boards.
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Post by enigma72 on Apr 15, 2023 23:41:51 GMT
I thought I lost you🤗 I am so happy to "see" you. You have a wide range of friends. You are a renaissance man! You have such a wide interest in different topics. I'm going to stop gushing and just tell you how happy I am🤗🤗🤗 No, still around haha. Great to see you all (and thanks for the kind words). I did ask Jayman to say hi, we chatted a little while this site was down on Pro Boards.
He did send your regards. He is super nice, too!! |
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