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Well, it has been... a while since I have been out. I simply cannot get it going. I am still losing track of external things, but I keep my days and nights separated. And, I am aware of time passing. The cats get fed and tended. Food... well, it just has not been available to a greater degree, for myself. I keep milk and caffeine on hand, the rest sort of... happens or does not. I am hoping as things warm up I will be able, willing, interested, or whatever it takes, to do more.
I purchased hamburger at Wal-Mart. It was a convenience purchase. I have done it before and it worked well enough. This time, however, is my last. I will try to finish it up, I do hate to waste. But the stuff is retched. Connective tissue and fat that is not from the meat, is my guess, is used as thirty percent of the "product". I honestly would not feed this to my dog, if I had one. That is right, my dog would eat better than I would. I do not know if this is a change in their "product" lines, an economic reality, or if I just got lucky in previous purchases. The thing is, it was no less expensive than my usual store. I simply shopped there because I was shopping too late or on the wrong side of town without an interest in driving through town to shop. Never again, that is all I can say.
Well, I need to get to some things. Including dinner. I have not eaten in... a while. It is time. A few dishes while I am stirring and fussing out there, a little tidying up here and there (though the Lord knows, it could use more than a little). Still, that is how it goes. I can only do what I can when I can.
Good night.
I don't know what is happening to WalMart. For a while there when they went to snazzy new "superstores" to replace their dumpy dowdy old style stores, I thought they were doing pretty well. I actually started going there and got used to finding what I wanted when I went there.
ReplyDeleteLately I've noticed big cuts in their product lines and often I come away not finding what I was sure they carried.
I've not had any problems whatsoever with the quality of food bought there, but then I don't shop there for meat--they are expensive in the meat department compared with elsewhere for some reason.
They are definitely feeling the pinch of the "margin compression" that is affecting all suppliers, but especially food.
Daisycat bought a couple bags of cat food and I noticed they were marked "10% More! Same price as the 16 lb bag!" The bag was 17.6 lbs. The only problem is that there was never a 16 lb bag size. Purina Cat Chow has always come in 18 lb bags as a standard size.
Buggers. But I know why. It is to stay in business at all as their raw material prices go through the roof.
The lack of brands and variety was a tactical mistake, according to Wal-Mart. They said they reversed the policy, but I am not seeing it. Regardless of what they are saying, they are not doing it. Why the disconnect, I am not sure. But it is such a brazen lie I don't understand. If you are going to lie about, say holding a bag, don't tell the lie WHILE you are holding the bag.
ReplyDeleteI simply do not understand companies these days. Well, corporatism plays a part in it, the politicizing of business. But, what could they gain from lying about the obvious? Perhaps most people who shop at Wal-Mart are considered the underclass, at least their largest segment of buyers, who really can't tell the difference. I don't know, but it can't help them.