[Daisyjane69]

Watched this tonight. While I can live a long time without CNBC's political "bent" on things, this special was very good. I intend to watch a rebroadcast tomorrow.

Devoid of politics completely. Wish it had been an hour longer because I can think of some areas I wish had been covered.

(you know it's good when my sweetie in Chicago was involved in a vitally important project -- ranking his fantasy league baseball players -- and decided to put it on while waiting for the Bulls game to begin. Just to humor me and kill time, no doubt. He called me back 20 minutes into the show and said "Honey, this is the best show I've seen in at least a week!")

Who knew???

[txhurl]

bttt

[listenhillary]

I will have to search and see if I have CNBC on my satellite line up. Kidding. It’s there somewhere.

[Cementjungle]

Having worked for 15 years in the industry (in management/IT) I would like to catch that documentary.

[hennie pennie]

*ping*

[Daisyjane69]

Whoops...I meant to ping you to this for not only our preparedness list but to your amazingly wonderful blog (http://thesurvivalmom.com/). Scary business when they tell you the razor-thin time line for groceries, no? meh

One more thing, did you see this?

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/AB/20110119/BIZ01/101200347/Kroger-watches-storms-24-7

Looks like Kroger’s has an emergency team, trying to anticipate disaster/weather needs. I didn’t know this!

[hennie pennie]

Check your local listings for CNBC, this is supposed to be RE-broadcast this evening.

[Eeyore4651]

Thanks for the heads up. Sounds interesting. I just set our DVR.

[Popman]

Supermarkets make as much profit in manufacture rebates and selling shelf space than they ever thought about making off merchandise off the shelf.

This is the way Wal-Mart sells for less. They take the rebates and marketing funds and front load them into the shelf price.

[raybbr]

It's all done to gain an edge in a cutthroat business built on razor-thin margins.

"Razor thin"? Really? There are supermarkets all over the place here. In twenty minutes I can get to at least seven - four different companies.

I like Big Y the best. They have Buy One - Get Two Free deals all the time. And, not just junk good stuff.

[petercooper]

They’ve been having those type shows on fairly often. Saw one on Target, wal-Mart, and Ford. Very well done.

[RobertClark]

I agree with you. This was a great documentary. I stay well clear of the CNBS talking heads and daily line-up, but they have been doing an incredible job with their evening programming as of late. The Supermarket Inc, Waste Inc, and even their American Greed series are part of their recent productions that stay away from political spin and are truly worth watching.
Maybe they are beginning to learn - one can hope.

[libertarian27]

SHOW TIMES
United States

Sunday, January 30th 10p ET
Monday, January 31st 8p ET
Thursday, February 10th 8p ET
Monday, February 21st 8a | 7p ET

[1rudeboy]

Logistics (and I don’t mean shipping a parcel via UPS).

[libertarian27]

Supermarket, Inc youtube clip -8 minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcO-plO4lro
Giant Eagle Market District: CNBC “Supermarkets Inc.” feature

Uploaded to YouTube by Giant Eagle.

[oh8eleven]

CNBC’s Tyler Mathisen goes behind the scenes for a fascinating look at today’s supermarket industry.
Today's supermarket industry is no different than it was 10-20-30, even 40 years ago.
Unless you're very young, this is not a new story.

[archivist007]

It is also on CNBC World.

[secretagent]

It makes the case that the customer wins when companies compete.

[GailA]

I buy by my shopping list and clipped coupons. Unless they have something I have a coupon for and I can save more by buying it on my shopping day, it gets passed by. I shop by need, not what catches my eye.

[old and tired]

We saw it while flipping channels and stopped on it. Unusual for us in this day of the DVR when we rarely watch a show during its airtime (so we can speed through commercials).

We found the 5 days a week statistic hard to believe - that's how many times they said the typical grocery store shopper goes in to a grocery store.

[TheConservativeParty]

FYI, I recently found an excellent series of books to help guide Americans through the minefield of food and “food-like substances” in the supermarket and other places.

They are available at most bookstores, and are cheaper at Amazon.com where they are about 12 bucks a piece, if you buy 25 bucks worth the shipping is free.

The series is “Eat This Not That”.

I recommend “Supermarket Survival Guide, Eat This Not That” for tucking in your purse (ladies) while shopping. This book tells what is full of bad additives, and what can be purchased instead.

“Restaurant Guide,Eat This Not That” is an eye opener as to what crap is in food at chain restaurants. The book warns of the worst and tells the best of what is offered at restaurants, so we can make informed choices and avoid gross fat laden, sodium laden concoctions.

For entertainment, I also bought “Best and Worst Foods” edition. It reads like a horror show. Fascinating what garbage some food retailers will offer to the public. Again, on one page is the worst, opposite page is a much better alternative.

The first book I got is general info covering some of the supermarket, some restaurant and other topics, it is “Eat This Not That, The No-Diet Weight Loss Solution”. It is a nice introduction to the series, but if I could do it again, I’d probably skip this one since the info is in the other 3 books I now have.

Just search Amazon for “Eat This Not That” and all the offerings will appear. They are all an easy and interesting read.