Folks are going to um, look a little different when they show back up to work.LawHall88 said:I know. Everyone bakes all of a sudden.Max06 said:
There's none, anywhere. Hubs found a couple packets in Kenedy but no flour of any kind.
i don't think you understand the purpose of couponsjopatura said:
Serious question, why couldn't they just code the coupons in the POS system or hand everyone a coupon barcode that works for everything as they walk in. There's a lot of things I'm okay with, but carrying around coupons that everyone has been pawing at is a head scratcher.
Atag, in my area in Kroger/Smith's stores we are seeing very peculiar shortages of British blend black tea (Kroger brand). Are you seeing anything bizarre like this in your area?atag said:
My store just got in a few pallets of Clorox wipes last night. The good news is that toilet paper is almost back to normal. People aren't panic buying anymore so our supply is slowly getting back to normal. Thanks to vendors like distilleries we are also getting in a lot of hand sanitizer. It will honestly probably take over a year to start getting in all the different varieties of things that ppl are used to buying simply because the manufacturers are focusing on producing more bulk of their popular flavors. It's no telling how long, if ever, they bring some varieties back.
Also, in case anyone is wondering, everyone inside the stores must wear a facemask. My store had a covid positive partner almost a month ago and the extreme precautions we take were very reassuring that heb is handling everything as well as could be. Also, in exciting news for us the yellow coupons made their debut again today!!!
Redstone said:
We have 2 freezers, and I'm considering making a run on meat given the recent news.
Do the stores anticipate disruptions to the supply claims, especially for pork?
Carnwellag2 said:i don't think you understand the purpose of couponsjopatura said:
Serious question, why couldn't they just code the coupons in the POS system or hand everyone a coupon barcode that works for everything as they walk in. There's a lot of things I'm okay with, but carrying around coupons that everyone has been pawing at is a head scratcher.
It works at Whole Foods.BowSowy said:
No way in hell idiots in the grocery store are going to follow one-way directions in an aisle
HEB is now limiting the quantity of meat purchased. Supply looked fine at my local store, but I suspect everybody is going to go out and make a meat run in the next few days.Quote:
We have 2 freezers, and I'm considering making a run on meat given the recent news.
In an economy with price gouging laws you have to take what you can when the getting is good. There would have been less shortages of all products if prices were allowed to go up with surging demand but basic economics is too difficult for the average American today.ensign_beedrill said:
If you do this, you are the one who creates the shortage. Like the toilet paper. Like the bottled water. Like gas during Hurricane Harvey.
Just... buy what will last you and your family for a week or two.
We go through 4 gallons of milk in less than a week. I shop every week for groceries. Many people go more often than I do.3rd Generation Ag said:
Who goes to the grocery store every few days? Really. I have always done what my parents did. And I am seventy. I buy what I need for the month right after payday. I can't imagine wasting time shopping several times a month.
If I need to pick up bread and milk in between I so somewhere like Brahms. Those of us who grew up in Ranch country know you keep the freezer filled and a good supply of canned essentials.
Very different. I grew up in suburbia and we went 1x or more a week. In big cities - total urban - people go daily or nearly every day. And if I paid gas station prices for milk our grocery bill would go way up!3rd Generation Ag said:
I grew up in a ranching county with NO grocery stores. The nearest one was a 65 mile round trip. Mom actually sometimes went a couple of months without shopping, but we had a huge deepfreeze. They would buy meat from kids show animals and get it butchered at the processing place in the next county. We always had a variety of pork, lamb, and beef. We had a garden most years and would freeze all the veggies your heart could desire.
I understand families need milk. I am a family of one now, but even when my kids were little we would pick up milk at the gas stations rather than waste time at the grocery.
Just different lifestyles.
3rd Generation Ag said:
Who goes to the grocery store every few days? Really. I have always done what my parents did. And I am seventy. I buy what I need for the month right after payday. I can't imagine wasting time shopping several times a month.
If I need to pick up bread and milk in between I so somewhere like Brahms. Those of us who grew up in Ranch country know you keep the freezer filled and a good supply of canned essentials.
BigOil said:
there already are digital coupons on the HEB phone app you can use, then clerk just scans your phone
Purpose of a coupon is to get yo-yo buy something that you might not have intended to purchase. Or to get rid of items that aren't selling.jopatura said:Carnwellag2 said:i don't think you understand the purpose of couponsjopatura said:
Serious question, why couldn't they just code the coupons in the POS system or hand everyone a coupon barcode that works for everything as they walk in. There's a lot of things I'm okay with, but carrying around coupons that everyone has been pawing at is a head scratcher.
I get how they work, just don't quite understand after everything we've all gone through that static hanging coupons is the way to go. Especially when they are H-E-B coupons, not manufacturer. I feel like there could have been another option. I'll probably use the mobile coupons going forward myself, but not all store deals seem to show up there.
that is only at select stores unfortunately. Pretty much every store should have some meal simple though.Jackal99 said:
Do you have any knowledge of how the online ordering system works? I'd love to pick up a few of the offerings from restaurants such as Underbelly that HEB is carrying at Houston stores, but I can't go into a store right now. I can't find them listed for online ordering. Is that just because the inventory can vary too much to be listed, or because it's from an outside source, or what? Just curious.
