They also have signs all over the produce dept about prices being what they are due to the freeze in Mexico! I asked him, "What about getting produce from California"? He just shrugged his shoulders!
All squash is $3.99lb. I REFUSE to pay it! Lettuce right now is $3.29 a head. Nope...I'll pass. I go over to the Deli and they sell me a 16oz. salad container of shredded lettuce for $0.50! lol
It makes me sick to my stomach, what you said, “...We can take a loss on ‘spoilage’ but not for reduction of price”.
So..........people can go hungry and they throw the food out, take a ‘loss’ - which is better than marking it down, where it could be consumed..........
Perhaps it is time to swamp those ‘corporate headquarters’ with emails, letters, phone calls, and pass the word around on “TWITTER” and “FACE BOOK”!
The Mgr. at Wal-Mart told me they are starting to carry dehydrated food, because people are starting to get scared about what could be coming.
When I saw the hundreds of green peppers stacked up neatly, in my local grocery store, without a dent in the pile, I knew people weren’t buying them - and that should tell ‘corporate’ that those prices will not set well with the customers - and they should take steps to meet the public’s demand - not the cost/lost effect.
It’s ALWAYS about money - isn’t it?