Groceries 2024

[XXX-er]

I never track anything never had a budget but I do have a 6th sense of what i spent and i'm usually within < 10%

[raisingarizona13]

One of the dumbest things I’ve read here. You’re risking this for some cheese and crackers? Fucking stupid.

Nah, f that. Don't be a pussy.

It's justified.

[raisingarizona13]

Actualy as oposed to just making a mistake you ^^ are stealing and there are cameras everywhere, the only way i would suggest this ^^ is if you have nothing because if you ain't got nothing you got nothing to lose, so my friend Bob sez

I will use the self scan if its all easy scanning but if I need to do vegies or anything I will have to look up I got to a checker which is usually a south azn dude

Running a scanner is not rocket science, if you have a probelem you are expected to ask for help, I was actulay trained to fix those things, food stores were a minefield of broken HW

as for the cheapest way to buy meat the safeway butcher I knew told me shopping the sales to stock up on the family packs was the cheapest way to buy meat so that what I do then I get a roll of freezer paper and wrap individual amounts

No one is watching. don't be a pussy.

It's justified.

[m2711c]

that's what trump said...

[raisingarizona13]

You guys are seriously going to look down at me for sticking it (extremely lightly btw) to the "man".

It's obvious that they are robbing us so,,,,,,,f em.

[Buzzworthy]

Dude you’re a fucking moron. I hope you get thrown in jail.

[raisingarizona13]

Dude you’re a fucking moron. I hope you get thrown in jail.

Maybe but at least I'm not a pussy.

I question all authority and if big corporate business is f-ing myself and others over I believe it's fine to take back a little. If that makes me a moron than fine, I don't give a flying F what you think cuz you are indeed a pussy.

[nickwm21]

I think people are looking down at you for bragging about petty theft on the internet….


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[raisingarizona13]

I think people are looking down at you for bragging about petty theft on the internet….


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It wasn't bragging it was the discussion.

[XXX-er]

Actualy i spent > 20 years in the POS/retail/ banking environment so I would be in and out of several doz stores & banks to keep their HW running. These places knew me and i knew them so usually to get into the server room or find a manager I would be walking into the back like i owned the place, i was just the HW guy walking past the darkened closet sized room with door open where I would see banks of a doz TV screens with the loss-prevention guy watching the public and i was in those places so often i would recognise the loss prevention dude walking around right away cuz he was always there peeking around a stack of products, I knew he was working so we ignored one another, so i would watch them watching the public, every Walmart had a small wire screen lockup in the back and there always seemed to be someone in it

SO I know they were watching and i'm pretty sure they still are


I think if you steal something much bigger you are more likely to get away with it

edit: I have often thot about the concept that I could never do the petty crime or any crime bcuz everybody would know me

[Hopeless Sinner]

Maybe but at least I'm not a pussy.

I question all authority and if big corporate business is f-ing myself and others over I believe it's fine to take back a little. If that makes me a moron than fine, I don't give a flying F what you think cuz you are indeed a pussy.

If that's the way it is, perhaps a trip to the food bank where people willingly give away food could be an option.

[raisingarizona13]

Actualy i spent > 20 years in the POS/retail/ banking environment so I would be in and out of several doz stores & banks, these places knew me and i knew them so usually to get into the server room or find a manager I would be walking into the back like i owned the place past the darkened closet sized room with door open where I would see banks of TV screens with the loss-prevention guy watching the public and i was in those places so often i would recognise the loss prevention dude walking around right away cuz he was always there peeking around a stack of products so i would watch them watching the public, every Walmart had a small wire screen lockup in the back and there always seemed to be someone in it

SO I know they were watching


I think if you steal something much bigger you are more likely to get away with it

No one is watching a self check out area at a little Safeway in the middle of bumb fuck small town USA. These places are barely staffed anymore.

I'm not going in with intentions to rob them but if something won't scan I don't feel badly about tossing it into a bag.

They are robbing us, that's a fact so a little f-em here and there feels pretty good honestly.

Most people on this forum don't have any problems paying the bills and are out of touch what it's really like for those of us that don't have much. that's ok, I get it but you really can't relate.

[Bosco]

If you happen to have a Grocery Outlet near you, they are worth checking out. I'm amazed at how good some of their prices are.

[raisingarizona13]

I'm just f-ing with you guys.

I don't steal or have little accidents unless it's for real but I sure wouldn't be judging anyone that did.

[XXX-er]

Well you said nobody is watching and called me a pussy but IME loss prevention bro IS watching a bank of TV screens in the back so you are wrong

I'm pretty sure you are not doing something they havent heard about or know about so good luck with it

now you are back pedaling becuz its not cool so you have generaly been considered a dumbass

[Mustonen]

Stealing is wrong.

Fact.

[Buzzworthy]

Maybe but at least I'm not a pussy.

I question all authority and if big corporate business is f-ing myself and others over I believe it's fine to take back a little. If that makes me a moron than fine, I don't give a flying F what you think cuz you are indeed a pussy.

Come say that to my face. I’ve got nothing to lose.

[TBS]

Dude you’re a fucking moron. I hope you get thrown in jail.

This
1. There’s a scale under the bagging area. The unit weight of each sku is in the system. If something goes around the scanner into a bag, the scanner will stop until you get the weight right.

2. OP is sticking it to the wrong man. It’s the producers and distributors who are profiting from the supply chain fuckery, not the retailer. Unless it’s some douchebag grocer (ex. Rapesas discussed above) with no competition and a wealthy tourist clientele.

[Mustonen]

The petty theft flameout angle is the least interesting flameout I think I’ve seen. It’s not controversial. It’s not hard.

Fuck off and stfu, raisingarizona. You lose this one. Maybe we’ll sorta forget over time.

[Buster Highmen]

Most people on this forum don't have any problems paying the bills and are out of touch what it's really like for those of us that don't have much. that's ok, I get it but you really can't relate.

I remember. Food stamps and scrounging at yea auld commons tray return. Hiking Mt. Hood Meadows due to lack of chairlift funds. Hitchhiking a lot. Dealing to make ends meet and pay tuition. Planting trees in the rain for weeks on end.

Read Steal This Book

[PNWbrit]

Most people on this forum don't have any problems paying the bills and are out of touch what it's really like for those of us that don't have much. that's ok, I get it but you really can't relate.

Weren't you a recipient of a euro trip from this place?

Apologies if I'm mistaken.

Regardless, bragging online about stealing groceries is some stupid shit.

[Hopeless Sinner]

This
1. There’s a scale under the bagging area. The unit weight of each sku is in the system. If something goes around the scanner into a bag, the scanner will stop until you get the weight right.

2. OP is sticking it to the wrong man. It’s the producers and distributors who are profiting from the supply chain fuckery, not the retailer. Unless it’s some douchebag grocer (ex. Rapesas discussed above) with no competition and a wealthy tourist clientele.

No need to leave food retailers off the list. They are having a great time increasing margin using inflation as cover. Greed and opportunism knows no bounds. As mentioned above consolidation has been and will continue to reduce competition resulting in higher prices. For example Albertson's/Kroger.


"The Federal Trade Commission today sued to block the largest proposed supermarket merger in U.S. history—Kroger Company’s $24.6 billion acquisition of the Albertsons Companies, Inc.—alleging that the deal is anticompetitive."

[halliday]

I generally prescribe to the free market will dictate prices. Wish I still lived in NH with Market Basket! Was it Albertson's or Kroger that swallowed up a ton of stores, can't remember.

Market Basket fucking RULES!! I live in Savannah now and Im being held hostage by Publix. I can go to Whole Foods and do better than Publix. $11.00 for a large jar of Hellman's mayo? Fuck that. Whenever Im back in MA/NH I load up on Market Basket cheese puffs and Cain's mayo. MB is a good blue collar supermarket with good prices. +1 on Market Basket and DeMoulas.

[frorider]

Situation in Canada is similar to US…other than milk

https://www.forbes.com/advisor/ca/pe...ood-inflation/

Profit margin for actual grocery retailing is still tiny. As always, the shampoo etc & pharmaceuticals is what makes the real profit.

[AmmergauerTele]

My bad….total rookie move and pulling my raised in NH status, it’s Demoullas not Market Basket.

I remember the strike thing they had some years ago. That was insane!