Comments on: Safeway Follows the Trend in Lowering Grocery Prices http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/safeway-follows-the-trend-in-lowering-grocery-prices/ A guide that shows you how to save money on groceries with grocery coupons Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:17:50 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sandra http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/safeway-follows-the-trend-in-lowering-grocery-prices/comment-page-1/#comment-24630 Sandra Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:01:28 +0000 http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/?p=2267#comment-24630 I also noticed how Safeway and King Soopers (Krogers)prices now are bogo but that a year ago these same products were half the price they are not. So the sale is really not a sale. I also noticed that they will put something on sale, except they left off one flavor of the item, which when you buy, you pay full price for. An example of this would be all Skippy Peanut Butter will be on sale, except the creamy. the signs are on all but that one. Because they never did this before, you think that the sign is just missing. But it isn't. It's just not on sale. They cheated us legally!!! Then there is the tag that says $.89 or by 5 for $4.00. Anybody got a calculator? Personally, I like sales. But I don't need to stand in the aisle figuring out the cost of everything. Why don't the just put the cost of one item on the item? Now I am more likely to go around the outskirts of the store, buy meat, veggies and dairy, and just forget the rest of the store. I also noticed how Safeway and King Soopers (Krogers)prices now are bogo but that a year ago these same products were half the price they are not. So the sale is really not a sale. I also noticed that they will put something on sale, except they left off one flavor of the item, which when you buy, you pay full price for. An example of this would be all Skippy Peanut Butter will be on sale, except the creamy. the signs are on all but that one. Because they never did this before, you think that the sign is just missing. But it isn’t. It’s just not on sale. They cheated us legally!!!
Then there is the tag that says $.89 or by 5 for $4.00. Anybody got a calculator? Personally, I like sales. But I don’t need to stand in the aisle figuring out the cost of everything. Why don’t the just put the cost of one item on the item? Now I am more likely to go around the outskirts of the store, buy meat, veggies and dairy, and just forget the rest of the store.

]]> By: Monkey Mama http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/safeway-follows-the-trend-in-lowering-grocery-prices/comment-page-1/#comment-24504 Monkey Mama Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:42:57 +0000 http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/?p=2267#comment-24504 That is interesting. Safeway lost our business just about entirely, during the last 2 years. Their prices have gone through the roof and all the "deals" we used to get (mostly buying a few items in bulk) disappeared when gas prices went up last year. It continues to amaze me how many of our neighbors believe Safeway is "Cheap." Since locally all we really have is Safeway and Raleys/Bel Air. The "high end" grocery stores have not really raised prices, have much better gas deals, and were competing better on price in the first place. It amazes me how many people shop by "appearance" rather than actually comparing prices. It is nice to know that Safeway may have some good deals and we should go there once in a while to see if we can benefit from these price cuts. They can gain our business back - but it's easier to lose people than to win them back - that is for sure. That is interesting.

Safeway lost our business just about entirely, during the last 2 years. Their prices have gone through the roof and all the “deals” we used to get (mostly buying a few items in bulk) disappeared when gas prices went up last year.

It continues to amaze me how many of our neighbors believe Safeway is “Cheap.” Since locally all we really have is Safeway and Raleys/Bel Air. The “high end” grocery stores have not really raised prices, have much better gas deals, and were competing better on price in the first place. It amazes me how many people shop by “appearance” rather than actually comparing prices.

It is nice to know that Safeway may have some good deals and we should go there once in a while to see if we can benefit from these price cuts. They can gain our business back – but it’s easier to lose people than to win them back – that is for sure.

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