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BiMart, Fred Meyers, Home Depot, Winco, Sunrise Asian Market…...my go to shopping
 
jonnyboy said:
I went to Goodwill when I was in Oregon this summer.
Hanes white T-shirt’s, dingy and being sold individually out of the package for $6 a piece. I’m pretty sure the 5 packs cost $6 brand new.
I used to be embarrassed when my mom would drag us into that place, now it’s so popular they are selling garbage at a premium. What the hell happened?
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They're banking on people not knowing the prices at other stores for items brand spanking new. :biglaugh:
 
Hoopguru said:
I try and avoid them all except Sportsman's Warehouse & Dicks.
Winco is a joke, the ladies there are like mice on meth with them shopping carts and they WILL run you over. Then you got to bag your own damn groceries.
Costco real early during the week isn't to bad..
Amazon's whole foods is a rip off.
Ladies go crazy over New Season (rip off too) and Trader Joe's.
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One person at WinCo tried to take some grocery items out of my shopping cart. I said, "You better put that back if you want to keep your hand!"
 
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Right by my house there is a Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods and a new place called Basics Market. I hate it when she goes to any of ‘em. I tell her to stick to Fred Meyers or Costco.
 
Hoopguru said:
I try and avoid them all except Sportsman's Warehouse & Dicks.
Winco is a joke, the ladies there are like mice on meth with them shopping carts and they WILL run you over. Then you got to bag your own damn groceries.
Costco real early during the week isn't to bad..
Amazon's whole foods is a rip off.
Ladies go crazy over New Season (rip off too) and Trader Joe's.
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Trader Joe's is ok for some items like: Greek Kalamata Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Kansas City Style BBQ Sauce, Bone Broths.

Whole foods has the bubbies pickles I like to eat with my XL man sized sandwiches.

Lately, I am getting to the point where I make my own pickled foods, BBQ sauce, and bone broths more often.
 
THE HCP said:
Right by my house there is a Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods and a new place called Basics Market. I hate it when she goes to any of ‘em. I tell her to stick to Fred Meyers or Costco.
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Damn! I am glad I don't take on airs of authority.
 
riverman said:
BiMart, Fred Meyers, Home Depot, Winco, Sunrise Asian Market…...my go to shopping
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No Lowe's? They get our business just because of the 10% veteran discount. Home Depot acts like you have to be a retired Admiral or something, to get theirs.
 
SlyPokerCat said:
Costco sucks just for the sheer amount of people that are there. I rarely ever see that place not packed.

Other than that, it's great.
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Why do you think Costco is so popular?
 
Dougnsalem said:
No Lowe's? They get our business just because of the 10% veteran discount. Home Depot acts like you have to be a retired Admiral or something, to get theirs.
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I get 10% off everything I buy in Home Depot. They even take my word for it although I've got both a VA card and a Defense Department ID card. Never had even the slightest problem with that at Home Depot.
 
Lanny said:
I get 10% off everything I buy in Home Depot. They even take my word for it although I've got both a VA card and a Defense Department ID card. Never had even the slightest problem with that at Home Depot.
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That's cool if you got it.

According to the Home Depot website, it's only offered "in the U.S. to all active duty military personnel, reservists, retired, or disabled veterans and their immediate families."

Signing up with Lowe's was simple online for me, and they offer it to active duty and "Veterans; which includes all individuals who are retired from the US armed forces or who have been discharged (e.g., honorable, under honorable condition, general)."

I spent my time, but didn't retire. Lowe's will give me the discount, and Home Depot wont. Not even after asking the manager about it at our local store. So, Lowe's gets all our money. Lol
 
Dougnsalem said:
That's cool if you got it.

According to the Home Depot website, it's only offered "in the U.S. to all active duty military personnel, reservists, retired, or disabled veterans and their immediate families."

Signing up with Lowe's was simple online for me, and they offer it to active duty and "Veterans; which includes all individuals who are retired from the US armed forces or who have been discharged (e.g., honorable, under honorable condition, general)."

I spent my time, but didn't retire. Lowe's will give me the discount, and Home Depot wont. Not even after asking the manager about it at our local store. So, Lowe's gets all our money. Lol
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Well, I'm 100% disabled so I guess that explains it. But I seem to recall that many years ago you only had to be a Veteran.
 
Dougnsalem said:
No Lowe's? They get our business just because of the 10% veteran discount. Home Depot acts like you have to be a retired Admiral or something, to get theirs.
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I'm lazy, I have Home Depot memorized....Lowe's in Eugene is newer and more off my route as far as being near my other shopping stops and Home Depot has always been really, really good about returns, repairs, etc....creature of habit I guess...plus they're located in a better place....right behind Fred Meyers....park once, shop both places
 
I really liked Trader Joe's when I was up in Portland, it's all about Fred Meyer down here though. I don't think I've been in Walmart in over ten years.
 
Lanny said:
Why do you think Costco is so popular?
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Over 50% of Costco sales are by commercial users from small business to large.
For wholegoods they operate on a approx. 4% profit margin. Vendors offset building cost and or returns.
I used to call on their Purchasing agents in both Kirkland and Bothell.
 
Hey, don't forget Dollar General (and their ilk)!! :rockon:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/19/business/dollar-general-opposition/index.html

New York (CNN Business)As dollar stores sweep across America, they are facing growing scrutiny from opponents who argue that discount chains stifle local competition and limit poor communities' access to healthy food.

Dollar stores have never been more popular. Yet a wave of cities and towns have passed laws curbing the expansion of Dollar General (DG) and Dollar Tree (DLTR), which bought Family Dollar in 2015. The companies are the two largest dollar store operators in the country, combining for more than 30,000 stores throughout the United States, up from under 20,000 a decade ago. By comparison, Walmart(WMT), America's largest retailer, has 4,700 US stores.
Advocates of tighter controls on dollar stores say the big chains intentionally cluster multiple stores in low-income areas. That strategy discourages supermarkets from opening and it threatens existing mom-and-pop grocers, critics say.

"The business model for these stores is built on saturation," said Julia McCarthy, senior policy associate at the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest and a critic of dollar stores. "When you have so many dollar stores in one neighborhood, there's no incentive for a full-service grocery store to come in."
Opponents also express concerns that dollar stores don't offer fresh produce. Dollar General and its dollar store rivals mostly sell snacks, drinks, canned foods and vegetables, household supplies and personal care products at rock-bottom prices.
However, Dollar General and Dollar Tree argue that they benefit communities by offering shoppers convenient places to grab food and essentials at low prices.

"In rural places without existing grocery stores, having a Dollar General might be viewed as an asset," said Christopher Merrett, director of the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs at Western Illinois University. Dollar stores bring in new sales and property tax revenue for cities, create jobs and expand shopping options for customers, he added.

Dollar stores see an opportunity to grow even more in America. Dollar General and Dollar Tree have plans to open a combined additional 24,000 locations.
But lawmakers around the country are pushing back.
Last week, the city council in Birmingham, Alabama, unanimously approved legislation that would prohibit new dollar stores from opening within a mile of their existing locations.......
 
santeesioux said:
I really liked Trader Joe's when I was up in Portland, it's all about Fred Meyer down here though. I don't think I've been in Walmart in over ten years.
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Probably Medford is the closest Trader Joe's you can find. It is about 160 miles for me to go there, while Eugene is only 140.
Dang! Just have to be happy with the Grocery Outlet.
 
Anyone else here dislike shopping as much as I do? I go directly to the area where the item I want is and pay up without wandering around window shopping...the exception would be if I'm in a music store......I LOVE wandering around in a music store for hours if I happen to be in Eugene...McKenzie River Music is my favorite ….Charlie there does all my repair work. Great guitars on the walls....but if I'm in Bimart….I go get the six pack of socks and split in short order
 
MarAzul said:
Probably Medford is the closest Trader Joe's you can find. It is about 160 miles for me to go there, while Eugene is only 140.
Dang! Just have to be happy with the Grocery Outlet.
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Yeah, the Medford one is 80 miles away for me, there's one in Bend that's 140. I'd rather go to Bend though haha.
 
santeesioux said:
Yeah, the Medford one is 80 miles away for me, there's one in Bend that's 140. I'd rather go to Bend though haha.
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Ashland has a great farmers market type store downtown....I stayed there (in Ashland) for a few days when our son finally left home and went to college and the wife and I wanted to getaway for a weekend...I enjoyed Ashland. Probably pricey but I don't think about that when I'm on vacation much...if I lived in Klamath I'd probably go to Ashland all the time.
 
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riverman said:
Ashland has a great farmers market type store downtown....I stayed there for a few days when our son finally left home and went to college and the wife and I wanted to getaway for a weekend...I enjoyed Ashland. Probably pricey but I don't think about that when I'm on vacation much...if I lived in Klamath I'd probably go to Ashland all the time.
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So it's a combination farmers market and hotel?

barfo
 
Hoopguru said:
Over 50% of Costco sales are by commercial users from small business to large.
For wholegoods they operate on a approx. 4% profit margin. Vendors offset building cost and or returns.
I used to call on their Purchasing agents in both Kirkland and Bothell.
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Kirkland was their first store. I use to live near by in Renton. We bought a car in Kirkland (Belkirk Motors) and shopped at the Kirkland Costco.
 
Lanny said:
Kirkland was their first store. I use to live near by in Renton. We bought a car in Kirkland (Belkirk Motors) and shopped at the Kirkland Costco.
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Had a dog named Kirkland, the kids are named Kirklandon and Kirklandette, and the wife screams "Costco" when she orgasms.

You know, typical American family.

barfo
 
barfo said:
So it's a combination farmers market and hotel?

barfo
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Wrong, it's a combination farmer's market, hotel and college, you know, typical for great towns. Sheesh.
 
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