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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Tess Anderson on March 12, 2013, 02:26:36 PM
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022478323
never heard of such a thing, but the customer service at the store sure must have impressed him:
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 12:56 PM
MineralMan (51,243 posts)
Real customer service in a supermarket. Not the Walmart style.
As we've all experienced, at least those of us who shop for food, service in supermarkets seems to be a vanishing commodity. The main supermarket, Cub Foods, where I do most of my shopping has just about eliminated all service to its customers. Even shelf stocking is left up to the company reps who deliver that food, in many cases. It's been self-bagging for years, and self-service checkout is the norm, with only a couple of regular checkout aisles open most of the time. And forget about asking where anything is in the store. Nobody there knows.
Today, though, I went to my local Byerly's store in St. Paul, MN, to pick up one of their great salads and a sandwich for dinner tonight. An upscale supermarket, Byerly's has several successful locations in the Twin Cities. A few days ago, I had a hankering for Boston Brown Bread in a can, and I had looked up the product on the Internet to see if B&M Brown Bread was available anywhere local. I found it listed as available at my Byerly's store, so I planned to pick some up while I was there.
While I was browsing the aisles, looking for it and having no success, a wandering senior store manager happened by and noticed that I seemed to be looking for something. He asked if he could help me, so I told him what I was looking for. He said, "Wow! I haven't thought about that since I was a kid." "Me, neither," I said, "but your online shopping site says you have it."
Long story short, he paged the grocery manager, told him what we were looking for, and asked that he come to the aisle where we were talking. I suppose the manager looked it up on the store's plan-o-gram. He showed up in a couple of minutes, walked us to the aisle where canned fruit was shelved and pulled out a can of B&M Brown Bread with Raising from a bottom shelf stocked with fruit salad and other assorted canned fruit products. No wonder I hadn't found it. Who'd have thought to look there?
That led to a conversation about stocking odd products that didn't fit any category well. Canned bread would be such a product. I suggested that since B&M also makes a line of canned baked bean products, they might stock the brown bread cans with that brand's other products, rather than with the canned fruit.
Well, the grocery manager grabbed all eight cans and the shelf label, and did just that, right then. As I was leaving with my purchase, he said, "Good idea. Now I'll change the plan-o-gram." Service.
Of course, that same store has prices for most products that are about 10% higher than the Cub Foods where I shop most of the time. There's a price for human service, it seems, that must be added onto the price of goods. Still, Byerly's and the other similar food stores seem to be doing just fine where I live. They have a clientele, apparently, that doesn't mind paying a modest premium for actual customer service.
That's how businesses compete with the Walmarts of this society. It's their only way to do so. In the process of supplying actual live customer service, they have to have a higher employee density than the no-service stores, and that costs money. But, they survive, and even thrive, by supplying a commodity that is in very short supply today - real customer service by real people. It's a model that works in other lines of business as well.
on second thought, it really doesn't sound so good.
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Well, the grocery manager grabbed all eight cans and the shelf label, and did just that, right then. As I was leaving with my purchase, he said, "Good idea. Now I'll change the plan-o-gram." Service.
He took advice from a DUmpmonkey?
I realize this is a bouncy tale that never happened, but I'd stay away from that store anyway.
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I've seen it around here. It's passable (a friend had it, and I tried it). Not something I'd have more than once.
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Yeah, they sell it here. No, I didn't care for it.
Then again, this is from the same crowd that liked Pam's chicken enchiladas and Nad's mac and cheese (at least I think that's what she was trying to make.)
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Canned bread?
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Canned bread?
Found in the same aisle as sliced beer.
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Oh my God! He's got waaay too much time on his hands to a) noodle about online searching for an obscure product, b) go shopping and get all involved with this quest, pestering several employees along the way, and c) sitting down and spending an hour composing this tome.
I think this was a full eight-hour project.
As for the bread, this is the kind of thing you'd find at Dollar General, in the $1 shelves. Like the Larry the Cable Guy's food line.
(I actually bought the LCG's fried chicken coating mix. I'll test it out and let you know. :rofl:)
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B&M Brown Bread with Raising....Momma's baby had a daddy and prep school education?
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It's actually really weird stuff.
It's got this thick, gushy consistency, and smells a little funky when you open the can.
It's pretty much coagulated carbohydrates and sugar, it would seem. Which I know is kind of redundant.
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Hmmm- I wonder if I'm thinking of the same bread. My mom used to make little tea sandwiches with what I thought was Boston brown bread. She used a cream cheese spread with nuts in it.
It's been a couple of decades since I've had it, so perhaps I'm thinking of something else.
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Canned Bread ?
Yeesh.
I thought we had some weird things available in cans here... Clearly we've been out done.
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Canned Bread ?
Yeesh.
I thought we had some weird things available in cans here... Clearly we've been out done.
LC, you Aussies have got to try harder. :tongue: O-)
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At my house we buy weird things in cans and see who is man enough to eat it. We still have squid in ink in a can thats been there for a year now.
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The only other canned bread I've had is my mom's pumpkin bread. She cooks that in coffee cans. I have no idea why.
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This is what I got out of that story.
I have so much money that I can shop where prices are 10% higher.
I'm so intelligent that managers follow my advice.
I'm so different and quirky that I eat bread from a can.
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This is what I got out of that story.
I have so much money that I can shop where prices are 10% higher.
I'm so intelligent that managers follow my advice.
I'm so different and quirky that I eat bread from a can.
He's a real trendsetter :rotf:.
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Hmmm- I wonder if I'm thinking of the same bread. My mom used to make little tea sandwiches with what I thought was Boston brown bread. She used a cream cheese spread with nuts in it.
It's been a couple of decades since I've had it, so perhaps I'm thinking of something else.
I like it, and creamed cheese is correct, but not the nuts. I've made it, and I think it's pretty good. Here's one recipe:
2 cups rye meal
2 cups cornmeal
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/3 cups dark molasses
4 cups milk
2 cups raisins
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
It's cooked by steaming it stove top, or in the oven. I use #303 cans, but you can use loaf pans, too. And it's diabetic friendly.
Brown bread dates back to the colonies.
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This is what I got out of that story.
I have so much money that I can shop where prices are 10% higher.
I'm so intelligent that managers follow my advice.
I'm so different and quirky that I eat bread from a can.
Nadin wants to know if it's been checked for radiation?
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I like it, and creamed cheese is correct, but not the nuts. I've made it, and I think it's pretty good. Here's one recipe:
2 cups rye meal
2 cups cornmeal
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/3 cups dark molasses
4 cups milk
2 cups raisins
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
It's cooked by steaming it stove top, or in the oven. I use #303 cans, but you can use loaf pans, too. And it's diabetic friendly.
Brown bread dates back to the colonies.
I'm going to have to look for the bread and try it again to see if I like it. I may have been wrong about nuts. She might have used pineapple. I'll have to ask her.
I think I was a teenager when she last made these sandwiches. I was a picky eater, but I really liked these.
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Nadin wants to know if it's been checked for radiation?
Tetra pack milk and canned bread.
It's a breakfast of champions!
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It's actually really weird stuff.
It's got this thick, gushy consistency, and smells a little funky when you open the can.
It's pretty much coagulated carbohydrates and sugar, it would seem. Which I know is kind of redundant.
Sounds like that favorite English confection, spotted dick.
That tells you all you need to know about English cuisine.
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Sounds like that favorite English confection, spotted dick.
That tells you all you need to know about English cuisine.
:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
H5 GOBUCKS. You always make me laugh.
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Sounds like that favorite English confection, spotted dick.
That tells you all you need to know about English cuisine.
The english are to cuisine what the french are to humility and the arabs are to hygiene.
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Canned Bread ?
Yeesh.
I thought we had some weird things available in cans here... Clearly we've been out done.
KMA, LC. As long as you consider vegemite edible, you've got the weird crown locked up, nailed down, and permanently glued to your heads.
:wink:
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Well, the grocery manager grabbed all eight cans and the shelf label, and did just that, right then. As I was leaving with my purchase, he said, "Good idea. Now I'll change the plan-o-gram." Service
How are the people who have been buying it all along going to be able to find it now that it has been moved?
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KMA, LC. As long as you consider vegemite edible, you've got the weird crown locked up, nailed down, and permanently glued to your heads.
:wink:
Salted , Boiled beer vat scrapings ... What's not to like :-)
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KMA, LC. As long as you consider vegemite edible, you've got the weird crown locked up, nailed down, and permanently glued to your heads.
They have competition as long as the most popular dish in Hawaii is Spam, but vegemite is hard to beat.
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They have competition as long as the most popular dish in Hawaii is Spam, but vegemite is hard to beat.
Grilled spam and velveeta on canned bread with vegemite. Now that sounds like a meal fit for a king. :fuelfire:
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Grilled spam and velveeta on canned bread with vegemite. Now that sounds like a meal fit for a king. :fuelfire:
Sounds like a good way to not shit for a week. :rofl:
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Sounds like a good way to not shit for a week. :rofl:
No you will, but you'll pay for it.
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Yankees are weird. In Texas we won't eat it if it won't serve on a stick or it can't be deep fried or bbq'd.
KC
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Pillsbury has had "canned bread" for YEARS! :lmao:
It's call "biscuits!"
(https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRS3c3rmlze9XSFB_e827TY2ZfLFL4RUeEYuAaZ4_8sVB6jk-Hi)
(https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSGXq-wv8ZmDlRG5SVvSVoavNhsGQMST1D1Lb1Pv35kyiuulo8Y)
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Pillsbury has had "canned bread" for YEARS! :lmao:
It's call "biscuits!"
They're not exactly stable. Ever left one in your car in July?
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I present to you canned bacon
http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/c399/?pfm=caffeine_featured_c399_2
and canned Unicorn meat.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/e5a7/
I also heard you can get a canned cheeseburger and a whole chicken.
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They're not exactly stable. Ever left one in your car in July?
You mean like the blond that thought she had been shot in the head when one exploded in the back seat?
:lmao:
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What's vegemite? Do you have to kill it? Do you cook it first, or eat it raw? Boil? Fry? Grill? Bake?
It sounds like something that comes out of a high school chemistry lab (http://www.conservativecave.com/Smileys/default/stoner.gif)
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What's vegemite? Do you have to kill it? Do you cook it first, or eat it raw? Boil? Fry? Grill? Bake?
It sounds like something that comes out of a high school chemistry lab (http://www.conservativecave.com/Smileys/default/stoner.gif)
Do you not know what vegemite is?
It's got to be a joke. Some Aussie scraped some into a jar and said "Here, eat this" to his friend.
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You mean like the blond that thought she had been shot in the head when one exploded in the back seat?
I've never actually done it, but damn if it doesn't sound like a good prank. :rotf:
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What's vegemite? Do you have to kill it? Do you cook it first, or eat it raw? Boil? Fry? Grill? Bake?
It sounds like something that comes out of a high school chemistry lab (http://www.conservativecave.com/Smileys/default/stoner.gif)
Never saw it before, I had to look it up. It's a by-product made from brewers yeast. They spread it on bread, crackers etc.
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It's the crust they scrape out of the bottom of the barrel after brewing a batch of beer. They insist it's yummy. I beg to differ.
There's some other stuff called Marmite. I'm not sure if it's a competitor or an entirely different product.
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It's the crust they scrape out of the bottom of the barrel after brewing a batch of beer. They insist it's yummy. I beg to differ.
There's some other stuff called Marmite. I'm not sure if it's a competitor or an entirely different product.
And there's some other weird food they have, that's never going to see the light of day around this house.
Some sort of sandwich spread in a jar that's apparently melted marshmallows. :puke:
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And there's some other weird food they have, that's never going to see the light of day around this house.
Some sort of sandwich spread in a jar that's apparently melted marshmallows. :puke:
Yeah, that's no better. Maybe they're edible if you put vegemite on one slice and marshmallow fluff on the other. Doesn't sound very good, though. I think I'll stick with LC EFA's spam and cheese sandwich.
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What's vegemite?
No one truly knows.
Australians drink an enormous amount of beer, more than maybe any population on earth.
They're pickled in so much alcohol, they cannot remember anyone's name unless it's "Mate".
But the countless tons of vegemite consumed every year could not possibly be produced just as a by-product of brewing beer.
That may be part of it, but there has to be a huge amount of some other unidentified ingredient, like, maybe........people.
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Never saw it before, I had to look it up. It's a by-product made from brewers yeast. They spread it on bread, crackers etc.
I tell unaware tourists to smear that stuff on a slice of toast just like they would peanut butter or Jelly.
I get the occasional one naive and trusting enough to do just that too.
Damn good laugh , there.
As for the "marshmallow" stuff.. that sounds just ghastly. I've never seen anyone eat it, and I don't recall seeing it in any stores. Must be something imported for poms or kiwis.
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Australians drink an enormous amount of beer, more than maybe any population on earth.
You say that like it's a bad thing.
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I tell unaware tourists to smear that stuff on a slice of toast just like they would peanut butter or Jelly.
I get the occasional one naive and trusting enough to do just that too.
Damn good laugh , there.
How are you supposed to eat it? Every suggestion I've seen is to serve it on buttered toast.
My brother keeps Marmite in the refrigerator, but he's gluten and lactose intolerant, so I'm not taking his opinion on anything.
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No one truly knows.
But the countless tons of vegemite consumed every year could not possibly be produced just as a by-product of brewing beer.
That may be part of it, but there has to be a huge amount of some other unidentified ingredient, like, maybe........people.
Wiki said vegetables.
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Wiki said vegetables.
Vegetables and ass.
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Do you not know what vegemite is?
It's got to be a joke. Some Aussie scraped some into a jar and said "Here, eat this" to his friend.
I'm led to believe that someone left their breakfast beer open on the kitchen table and came home from their gruelling job oppressing the natives out back at koala station, only to find that the daytime heat had largely evaporated the contents.
He rounded on his sheila to enquire about this laxity of duties and knocked the bottle over onto his plate of toast, covering it with evaporated beer residue.
The resulting product wasn't perfect - so some salt was added and presto. Vegemite was born.
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Wiki said vegetables.
I dunno about wiki there.
Vegemite is in large part yeast extract. Lesser parts from vegetable sources. Promite and Marmite are vegetable extracts and Bovril is a beef extract.
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How are you supposed to eat it? Every suggestion I've seen is to serve it on buttered toast.
My brother keeps Marmite in the refrigerator, but he's gluten and lactose intolerant, so I'm not taking his opinion on anything.
Yes , the most common way is to lightly smear some on well buttered toast. The key word here being lightly. Slightly less in quantity than the butter.
There are other uses and means - but that's the most common and least unsettling.
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Vegemite is in large part yeast extract. Lesser parts from vegetable sources. Promite and Marmite are vegetable extracts and Bovril is a beef extract.
Vegemite is a by-product of the manufacturing process for soylent green.
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Excuse me but Marshmallow fluff is delicious. Especially with peanut butter.
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How are the people who have been buying it all along going to be able to find it now that it has been moved?
Exactly. Of course since DUmmies lie, and lie all the time, nothing was moved.
The dumb ass brags about going to the cheapest store in town for groceries, one that has it's customers bag their own groceries (CUB) and then complains they don't have customer service. :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :loser: :loser:
Is this all part of him being a privileged white man?????????? :rotf: :rotf:
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Vegemite is a by-product of the manufacturing process for soylent green.
Something else the DUmmies would be totally useless at. :lmao:
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I present to you canned bacon
http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/c399/?pfm=caffeine_featured_c399_2
and canned Unicorn meat.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/e5a7/
I also heard you can get a canned cheeseburger and a whole chicken.
The canned bacon is available from survivalist food dealers. No biggie. I've seen the canned cheeseburger (had to think about the spelling for that one a bit!), but never the whole chicken.
And the unicorns . . . This is what the body translates into.
(http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/other/e5a7_canned_unicorn_meat_parts_diagram_embed.jpg)
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Promite and Marmite
Don't those sound like building materials?
Col.Carrots, that's pretty funny, your hobby involving strange canned products. :lmao:
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Cripes, I've got a jar of vegemite in my fridge right now.
Spread it paper thin on toast. Goes good with baked tomatoes, eggs and bacon.
My buddy in Toowoomba talked my daughter into slathering it on toast like peanut butter. That was good for a laugh.
If LC EFA tries to convince anyone that Drop Bears, don't exist, don't listen to him.
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Cripes, I've got a jar of vegemite in my fridge right now.
Spread it paper thin on toast. Goes good with baked tomatoes, eggs and bacon.
My buddy in Toowoomba talked my daughter into slathering it on toast like peanut butter. That was good for a laugh.
If LC EFA tries to convince anyone that Drop Bears, don't exist, don't listen to him.
Wonder bread, marshmellow fluff, peanut butter and bananas raised up allot of kids from 3 generations in Northern New England.
Canned Boston brown bread with raisins spread with real butter and a bowl of B&M baked beans with pork was the best of the best for a cold nights supper up here.
The canned bread could be eaten cold, baked, steamed or toasted. I have seen it used in bread pudding.
Delicious toasted over a camp fire with hotdogs and canned beans.
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Cripes, I've got a jar of vegemite in my fridge right now.
Spread it paper thin on toast. Goes good with baked tomatoes, eggs and bacon.
My buddy in Toowoomba talked my daughter into slathering it on toast like peanut butter. That was good for a laugh.
If LC EFA tries to convince anyone that Drop Bears, don't exist, don't listen to him.
Toowoomba ?
Gurk.
I spent three years in that miserable cold shit-hole of a town.
The only redeeming feature of the place is that there is an engineering firm there who produce some top notch rifle barrels.