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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3
- Thread starter Richland123
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I still bag groceries. Sometimes there isn’t anyone there to do it.
I bag my own groceries at the Aldi Store. They don't bag groceries there but they have great prices on their groceries.
Yesiree, I did that during my last two years of high school, working at the neighborhood grocery store. Fast forward a couple of decades, one of local food warehouses (Winco) require the customer to bag their own stuff, and I actually impressed a couple of cashiers while bagging up my groceries using the technique you described above. (Now, if only I was good at something that paid well instead of that mundane task...
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Ditto here. I remember most folks would offer a tip of 50 cents or even a dollar if they had a lot of groceries. (This was '78-79. You could eat lunch for a dollar back then!) But I still remember this one customer... he was a big well-to-do lawyer in our little burg, wore expensive suits and drove a brand-new shiny Lincoln Continental. The reason I remember him was because after carrying his groceries out to his car (through the slush and snow) Mr Moneybags would reach into his pocket and sort through his change, and offer up one or two dimes at the most. Still makes me chuckle.
By now, most of you have heard the devastating news that Dollar Tree will now be charging $1.25 for most items. Can't wait to see how they revise the signage on each of their stores.
Of course, the 99c stores simply fixed their signage with a small "and up" ribbon attached to their logo, so I guess there is a workaround possible. Whew, I feel better already.
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I remember going to the grocery with my mom and they’d have grocery carts with two numbered cards, one permanently attached to the cart and one that slipped into a frame on the cart. You’d pay for the groceries and they’d bag your groceries and put them in the cart and give you the matching number card to take with you out to your car. You’d drive up to the front of the store and hand your card to the loader and they’d load them into the back of the car and you’d be on your way.
I don’t remember when they stopped doing that, but it was probably by the late 1960s.
I don’t remember when they stopped doing that, but it was probably by the late 1960s.
I've never heard of that. Sounds like a great service.
We had that through the mid to late 90's or so here.
That is why (for those in the northwest) Fred Meyer has that covered drive up lane at the grocery doors of most of their buildings.
Darn it, these are the best photos I could find.
Most have been remodeled without that lane now.
Drive up here, hand ticked, get loaded and off ya go.
Some locations had these lanes almost the length of the full grocery section,
this is a small town pickup lane.
And ice cream in an ice cream bag.Bread and eggs go on top.
I loved this thing!
I got to feel like an artist, even though I had NO discernible talent!!
So... reading that label, there are two possibilities, neither of which is correct:
1) It says, “Macaroni cheese.” Now, of course, if this is taken literally, there is no macaroni in the can, but just macaroni cheese, whatever that is...
2) “Macaroni cheese” is followed by “In a creamy cheese sauce.” I guess I should open the can to see this strange macaroni cheese that’s inside some sort of cheese sauce.
On second thought, maybe I should leave this can unopened. Forever.
