I would expect Ramen noodles of the same brand but different flavors to be BOGOF.
There are two major grocers in my area. One does the card thing; the other doesn’t. I go to the NO-CARD store. On those occasions where I have to go to the card crazy store and they ask me for my card I say VERY LOUDLY, “NO I don’t have a shopper card. I shop at NO-CARD where they give me discounts and aren’t intrusive about WHO I AM, WERE I LIVE, WHEN I SHOP, and HOW MUCH I SEND. That’s why I spend very few of my MANY grocery dollars at this store!”
I say this with a very big smile on my face like I’m the announcer on a game show.
I’m sure that they all smile and are happy when I leave.
Unfortunately for all of you who hate the little cards… the cashiers hate them too.
It is the people in corporate that you really need to take your complaints too… the ones who make the innane decisions that they require the people who work in the stores to implement.
Thank you! That is exactly what I thought when I saw the SAME brand of cereal at the SAME price all on one shelf advertised as BOGOF! My gripe was the store should advertise clearly. It shouldn’t take a rocket scientist ability to shop.
Why?
Thank you! I am that cashier (and supervisor) and sorry but I cannot memorize all the sale prices when I’ve already got 100+ codes ( that periodically change) to deal with (produce, floral, pop cases, reductions-yeah you have to use codes for reductions I can’t just type in the reduced price). I do look at my screen every few seconds inbetween giving the customer small talk, packing and typing but I cannot watch everything unless you want me to slow dramatically down.
If you are unsure about a price the scanner has charged you (yeah the scanner not the cashier) please tell us so we can double check and get the manager to change it (only he and the stock manager can). But don’t berate us, it’s not our faults and it only makes things harder on us and makes us dislike you. I take tremendous pride in being polite and engaging people in conversation but it’s a two way street.
Because this is one more thing the cashier has to ask for when you get into line. Then you have to hope it scans and if it doesnt that you can read the numbers to punch it in manually since these cards tend to take a beating - especially those annoying keytags!
Then if you can’t find your card and want the sales they have to get a manager with a special override card. Then they have to give you an annoying little speech about how important your card is.
If you don’t have a card at all there is a different speech and paperwork. Some people take the stuff home for later and others hold up the whole line to fill it out for you.
9 times out of 10 it is pretty easy to ask for and scan a card. That 10th time makes you want to pull your hair out.
Whole Foods (at the time, Fresh Fields) tried to go the savings card route a couple of years ago. It didn’t last too long. They actually listened to their customers and ended the program.
I try to shop there as much as I can but Giant, Safeway and SuperFresh are closer to my house. Metro doesn’t have a savings card program either but, and I’m not sure why, I hate that store.
Well from now on I’ll be sure to load all the customers groceries onto the till, price check every single item not matter how long it takes and bend over so you can still kick my ass for making your life so miserable and difficult. The pleasure in knowing you are personally happy makes my $7.75/hr worth it!!!*
*actually there are customers who make it worth it and to all those people thanks, you make me not hate my job and are tremendously appreciated.
Is it just me, or is Mr Jim one of the coolest guys ever?
Umm… I buy BOGOF stuff all the time, usually cereal, and get different flavors of the same brand all the time. I get normal Life and Cinnimon Life, or different types of Granola. I also just got two different types of waffles. I would say that if it’s the same brand and same size I would expect it.
The more I read this thread, the more I appreciate and respect Albertson’s.
No stupid card to get the discount price.
You don’t have to buy X number of an item to get the “Buy X, Pay Y” price (i.e.: if you only buy one of an item marked $1.75, Buy 2/$3.00, that one item is rung up at $1.50, not $1.75).
SFW doesn’t have cards, but they already inconvenience you by making you bag all of your own stuff. 
I found out the hard way that it didn’t work that way in my store. I bought several items BOGOF and didn’t get the free item so I assumed I would have received the item at half the price. WRONG! They charged me full price.
If I am not mistaken Albertsons is going to start this “Preferred Card” crap. I saw a commercial with Patricia Heaton that advertises this card.
I don’t like ALbertsons because their overall selection is not wide. I will say they have the best produce though.
I’m shopping for a Veegan, Vegetarian and several Carnivore Eaters so I need a big selection to choose from.
Oh yeah and keep in mind I am a single mom trying to stretch a buck.
Wow… carnivore eaters? Cool! I eat carnivores, too!
You have to be careful with the “Two for X price” deal - I have seen stores write in itsy bitsy type on the sign “(Minimum: 2)” or something like that, meaning that you can’t get one for 1/2 of the X price. But the stores I go to don’t have that in their little fine print, and they’ve charged me half of the sale price if I buy only one.
I also don’t like the small chit chat the clerk makes as I am trying to get through. Often I am in conversation with one of my kidlets and don’t want to be bothered by someone who doesn’t give a flying leap about me anyway! That’s right Mr. Jimm! I hate that idle chit chat. One time I set out to prove my point to one of my kidlets that these clerks don’t really care.
When asked “how are you?” I said I have cancer and she said “that’s nice” and continued her scanning.
Just smile and scan my products the correct way! That would make me happy.
<going to get my flame retardant suit on>
I’ve never experienced a BOGO offer which encompassed multiple products in one line that required the purchase of two of the same type of product within that line, for instance, if the BOGO is for Pepsi products, I could certainly get one Pepsi and one Mountain Dew. If it’s General Mills cereals, it says which cereals are included and shoppers can mix and match between the Cheerios and the Cinnamon Toast Crunch. If it’s limited to two identical items, the signage in all of the places where I shop are very clear about that fact.
Perhaps, Isabelle, you’re not taking the time to read the fine print?
And, like FairyChatMom, the affinity programs at the stores where I shop all think that I’m a man named Sirajul Prithajamin who lives at a non-existent address in Stamford, Connecticut and makes $150 a week. I really hope that someone, somewhere, is having a lot of fun tracking the bizarre habits of Sirajul. He’s a good guy. 
Your children are going to be such polite members of society. The world needs more parents like you.
Yes I am awful aren’t I JuanitaTech? I just don’t see the point in telling someone how my day is. 1)It’s none of their business 2)They don’t care why bother asking
BTW my kids are very kind. I am really pleased when they say “excuse me” when walking in front of someone who is glancing at the shelf or even if the person was at fault for cutting in front of the kids. And they even say 'have a nice day to the clerk"
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*Originally posted by Enderw24 *
Milk and bread, two staple items, are always on opposite ends of the store, thus making you walk across every aisle to get both.QUOTE] Not always. The Price Chopper I used to shop at in New York had bread and dairy in the same aisle - the other end of the store was produce and deli, and the only bread there was the specialty rolls from the bakery.