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[planomateo]

How much of your grocery store shopping do you do online?

Prior to this, we did most of it with online and curbside pickup. Now that everything is getting substituted, I'd just rather go in and adapt to what they have available.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

@It Takes Eleven I don't know if you've caught it yet (and I'm sure WaPo or USA Today have articles up by now) ... Vox Media just furloughed quite a few writers. We see their stuff here during the football season through different SB Nation writers.

I'm wondering how much of an impact their labor union strike and subsequent contract(s) pushed the timeline up? As in, without that contract in place we wouldn't have seen those layoffs as quickly.

I don't know if you've read their agreement. From my perspective having been around this genre for awhile now ... overpaid. I realize how much they are hurting with very little new content to report and while their content is good, it's not in the 50K plus minimum good even when there's sports to report.

(Totally off the subject, but when I see some of these things included in an employment contract ... leaves me shaking my head. It's one thing to ensure there's no discrimination, it's another when it's demanded?



It's a work contract. Let me do my job, leave me the hell alone.)

Digital Writers Union | Vox Media Union

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Sorry for the delay, been wrapped up on a few things. I haven't followed it, but the drying up of advertising dollars is killing media outlets, just like no store purchasers are killing retailers, and plummeting sales tax revenues are killing the states. It's just a matter of who goes first. The weaker stores - Marcus, Penney's, probably Macy's at some point - are going to go away, and many of the discounters may be forced to consolidate as well. Then you consider all of the secondary retailers in malls, strip centers, outlet malls and the like, and the follow-on hit to CRE investors and lenders will follow.

RTR,

Tim

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

I'm not happy that some states are not allowing the sales of non-essential items. Why do they care what a consumer is buying? Being a consumer is what drives the economy right?

I told my wife when this closing of non-essential stores to slow the spread that this was coming. If you are closing Store X because they mainly sell non-essential items then why would you allow WalMart to sell those things just because they have a lot of essentials? And if you are going to allow WalMart to sell everything they have then you should just remove the shelter in place restrictions and let people die. Otherwise you are going to come out of this with only a few stores not going out of business.

 

[TerryP]

Prior to this, we did most of it with online and curbside pickup. Now that everything is getting substituted, I'd just rather go in and adapt to what they have available.

I haven't found that to be an issue. Some things I have to see to buy: ice cream, cereal, pizza, and the like. Too much fun with the choices.

Fortunately and thank the good Lord for this, my shopping really hasn't been hindered other than time.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Honestly can't say I can recall ever seeing anyone in the professional world with the no mustache beard, insert CDC Director Redfield.

Director for Amish relations...

 

[TerryP]

I told my wife when this closing of non-essential stores to slow the spread that this was coming. If you are closing Store X because they mainly sell non-essential items then why would you allow WalMart to sell those things just because they have a lot of essentials? And if you are going to allow WalMart to sell everything they have then you should just remove the shelter in place restrictions and let people die. Otherwise you are going to come out of this with only a few stores not going out of business.

The same concerns on how the stimulus package would work out (before it was passed) carried over to this as well: winners and losers being chosen. It's in the first few pages of this thread.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

True grit.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

I have noticed some big companies are setting up systems for curbside pickup like it is going to be permanent. Getting lighted professional signs made, painting the special parking spots, etc., do they know something that we don't. Home depot is 1 example.

Sign companies are a growth industry right now, for sure, but many of the signs are temporary. Most companies want to project a professional image, but I think intentional distancing measures will remain to some degree. Chick-fil-A stores that have drive through service have converted, in some cases, up to a dozen parking spots for curbside pickup, along with Door Dash parking spots for delivery. When they reopen their dine-in facilities, I don't think they'll immediately go back to two curbside spots. Same with the big box stores, I believe. The "normal" will be somewhere in between pre-Corona and current status.

RTR,

Tim

 

[BamaFan334]

Prior to this, we did most of it with online and curbside pickup. Now that everything is getting substituted, I'd just rather go in and adapt to what they have available.

I just don't trust a low end hourly employee to select the best produce for my family. That's why we have never used online shopping at Walmart. Walmart, like Terry said, is not a meat or produce place to me, but even if it's the last resort I see who works there and don't trust them to look it over and get me the best available.

 

[planomateo]

I just don't trust a low end hourly employee to select the best produce for my family. That's why we have never used online shopping at Walmart. Walmart, like Terry said, is not a meat or produce place to me, but even if it's the last resort I see who works there and don't trust them to look it over and get me the best available.

Me either...I also don't mind grocery shopping.

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

I just don't trust a low end hourly employee to select the best produce for my family. That's why we have never used online shopping at Walmart. Walmart, like Terry said, is not a meat or produce place to me, but even if it's the last resort I see who works there and don't trust them to look it over and get me the best available.

The few times I ever ordered anything online for pickup in store there were problems so I wouldn't trust WalMart to do anything right. My sister relies on them heavily but not me.

 

[mando]

Just started Walmart pick up a couple of weeks ago and it has been fine so far. For more of the meat/vegetables or things that I am more selective about I will make an occasional publix run. I prefer publix but I found a compromise.

 

[BamaFan334]

Just started Walmart pick up a couple of weeks ago and it has been fine so far. For more of the meat/vegetables or things that I am more selective about I will make an occasional publix run. I prefer publix but I found a compromise.

We use Publix as well. It was frustrating for a couple of weeks there because they would only allow us to get two items of the "same group" as they called it. My wife likes that special grass fed healthy cow milk that only comes in a half gallon for like six freaking dollars. We have four kids, and my wife and I both drink a little milk but not much, so we go through probably six half gallons a week and they would only allow us to buy two, even when they could see she had four kids with her. That has been our only gripe during this whole thing. We weren't hoarding, it was just our weekly intake due to numbers. Pains me to spend so much on specialized milk, but we weren't even getting the generic gallons that everyone was taking either, so that made it even stranger.

 

[PurlJam]

We use Publix as well. It was frustrating for a couple of weeks there because they would only allow us to get two items of the "same group" as they called it. My wife likes that special grass fed healthy cow milk that only comes in a half gallon for like six freaking dollars. We have four kids, and my wife and I both drink a little milk but not much, so we go through probably six half gallons a week and they would only allow us to buy two, even when they could see she had four kids with her. That has been our only gripe during this whole thing. We weren't hoarding, it was just our weekly intake due to numbers. Pains me to spend so much on specialized milk, but we weren't even getting the generic gallons that everyone was taking either, so that made it even stranger.

Assuming you're talking about the organic milk, the expiration date on it is like 3 months....last a long time (unless you have 4 kids ) . We don't drink a lot of milk at my house, that's why we buy it, for the long shelf life....regular milk would ruin.

 

[BamaFan334]

Assuming you're talking about the organic milk, the expiration date on it is like 3 months....last a long time (unless you have 4 kids ) . We don't drink a lot of milk at my house, that's why we buy it, for the long shelf life....regular milk would ruin.

Yeah, it's that stuff, but I don't recall it lasting long at all. We probably go through six or so half gallons a week. Starting to understand what my parents said about kids being so expensive. I will say this whole lockdown deal has kept us from going out to restaurants, but we ordered Mexican last night for the first time in over a month when we realized they were doing takeout and it was like $67. I don't miss paying that once or twice a week, I'll tell you that much.

 

[TerryP]

Montana County Demands People Wear Government-Issued Arm Bands To Do Business - Montana Daily Gazette

In what might be one of the most over-the-top and draconian responses to coronavirus yet seen in Montana, Valley County is mandating that people wear government-issued pink arm bands in under to purchase products inside of stores. The measure, enforced by the Valley County Health Department...

montanadailygazette.com

In what might be one of the most over-the-top and draconian responses to coronavirus yet seen in Montana, Valley County is mandating that people wear government-issued pink arm bands in under to purchase products inside of stores. The measure, enforced by the Valley County Health Department, insists that store-owners keep customers out unless they have the pink arm-bands, which denote the customer has been in the area more than 14 days and submitted to quarantine protocol.

According to the flier produced by the Valley County Health Department, out-of-towners who lack the government-issued armbands will be prohibited from stores and residents are notified to call law enforcement if they do not comply.

The health department even issued a script to warn customers to flee, saying, “You are violating our Governor’s and Valley County’s Health Officer’s orders. I am happy to shop for you with curbside delivery. I will get the items for you and bring them to your car. If you don’t cooperate, you will force me to call law enforcement.”

 

[planomateo]

At one point, Germany wore armbands.

Government issued, negative.

 

[TerryP]

At one point, Germany wore armbands.

Government issued, negative.

Hopefully this is true.

 

[TerryP]

Hopefully this is true.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Georgia governor is relaxing some business restrictions effective Friday. Daily new cases have fallen over 96 percent over the last week (779 to 28).