Zorro Grilled Cheese
My previously square bread was purchased at Krogers. We rarely go Krogering because both my wife and I have a personal objection to having a Kroger Card on our key chains, and really object to the whole notion of a discount card. I don’t want to jump through hoops to save a few bucks. If you’re really cheaper, just discount the price! …but I digress.
There’s something about dropping a couple of large bills for groceries (only to get home to find your only loaf of bread has been jammed into a bag and permanently deformed) that kinda bugs me. Maybe the bagger was having a bad day, but this is a perfect example of why I like to do the bagging myself.
My wife’s been bitching about it for days, but honestly, it didn’t bother me until the cheese didn’t fit the bread.
Now if it turned out to look like the Virgin Mary and I could sell it to GoldenCasino for big bucks, that’d be different…
January 10th, 2008 at 8:53 am
PI,
This post actually makes me feel better. Now I know that I’m not the only person still bitching about the Kroger’s Plus Card! (Seriously, it’s been probably 4-5 years since they implemented it and it still pisses me off).
I noticed their prices increased a lot when they implemented the card, false inflation, so they could lower the price with the card… (but not to their original pre-card price) all so that they could tell you “You saved $36.78 Krogering.” Yah, right, like I would have spent $11.99 on a case of soda (the price without the card). It ticks me off. (Plus I bet there are a lot of people that rarely shop, just get sent to buy bread/milk/whatever, that don’t realize you have to have the card to get the price and end up getting ripped off)
Like you, I now rarely shop at Krogers. I glance through their ad and might go buy some loss leaders (or sushi from the knoxville store) but I try to avoid it.
My favorite store is Aldi’s, it’s not high class, but I can’t think of the last time something rang up wrong and there’s no card required.
Jennifer
January 10th, 2008 at 9:16 am
As we were checking out the lady asked if we had a card. No, we didn’t and no, we didn’t want one. She insisted that we’d save a ton of money and gave us one anyway and told us that we could fill out the paperwork later. We “saved” twenty something dollars. After we left we threw our Kroger cards and the application in the trash.
We usually do our BIG trips to Cub Food. Once in a while we do Schnucks for a change of scenery and do fill-in trips at Haddad’s in W.Peoria.
January 10th, 2008 at 9:30 am
Oh, and thanks, Jennifer- Glad to know I’m not the only one who doesn’t like their silly “savings” card.
January 10th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Sometimes I think I make a mean face at the bagger when he/she throws my bread in a bag. I would rather it just be left out so it doesn’t get smashed. However, the words never seem to come out. I just pause and remind myself it’s just bread.
It’s funny that I wrote about grilled cheese this week too. We must be on the same wavelength.
January 10th, 2008 at 11:56 am
You can return the bread. I would. It’s not the money, it’s the principle. Plus, the bagger won’t get in much trouble at all. It WILL give him/her a reminder to be careful with the bread of others because the manager is sure to say something to him/her. I bagged for several years, and very early on I crushed some bread. I only did it once.
January 11th, 2008 at 8:19 am
I hate when baggers do things like smash the bread. But at least it’s still edible. I think it’s worse when they slam down your bag of organic apples that you just paid way too much for, bruising half the bag making them un-edible. Grr!
January 11th, 2008 at 10:16 am
Once, while bagging the groceries for the store manager when I first started, I put WIndex in a bag with ground beef. I only did that once, too.
January 11th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
I went to Krogers today and my bagger gave each item its own bag. I looked in my cart and thought there is no way I bought that much but when I started loading the car I realized the one item per bag. No smashed bread but she did put a 12 pack of soda on top of the bag with the bananas in it.
January 13th, 2008 at 10:27 am
I hate those cards and I refuse to step foot in Kroger’s because of it. I also hate the damn card at CVS which as far as I can tell, does nothing. (My wife has a CVS card) If we buy something at CVS, we get coupons but no discount on anything and the coupons come with so many stipulations, Gandhi himself would kick out stained glass windows. Example: not good on pharmacy items, not good on weekends, not valid for sale items.
The last thing I need is someone in Boise or wherever tracking my kitty litter purchases or wondering if I need that many Trojans. I’d rather pay the few extra bucks than be tracked like a deer in heat. If tracking doesn’t scare you, then read George Orwell’s 1984. Yeah, it is simply to send you coupons. Right, it helps them re-order, saves them time and money on taking inventory and builds a data base, no matter where it is currently sitting, on you.
January 14th, 2008 at 11:00 am
If you squint, they look like someone praying. Maybe you can get a few bucks for them!
January 15th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
I hate those cards . . . but not enough to boycott my rare trip to Kroger’s. With all the cards these days, men will need larger wallets or a Man Purse. Kroger’s card, Office Depot card, PetCo card, PetSmart card, credit cards, debit cards . . . It’s madness. But Kroger’s is particularly troublesome - you need the friggin’ thing to get a decent price; otherwise, everything in the store sells at an inflated price. Ridiculous. Oh, and nothing . . . I mean nothing . . . goes on my key chain other than keys and my gym pass.
I usually shop at Haddad’s. They don’t squash my bread. Hey, at least your grilled cheese had some character. I used Cream Havarti and American on Honey Wheat for my last grilled cheese sandwich - most excellent.
January 16th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
No Kroger Card for me. And you don’t need to carry your Office Depot rewards card with you; all they have to do is type in your phone number. Don’t forget to have them apply your purchase towards the school of your choice, either!