06-12-2013, 04:52 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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does this mean all the safeways will re-install Self-Express lanes? That and distance played a huge part in why I started going to Sobeys over Safeway.
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06-12-2013, 04:54 PM
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#42
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Market Mall Food Court
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Superstore still reigns supreme!
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06-12-2013, 04:57 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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Great....... now a Flames player will have to score 6 goals in order for us to win a million.
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06-12-2013, 05:01 PM
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#44
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Bertuzzied
Great....... now a Flames player will have to score 6 goals in order for us to win a million.
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Has anyone ever won that? Man, that $1M provision booked to their balance sheet must have sat there since the dawn of time.
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06-12-2013, 05:05 PM
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#45
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Scoring Winger
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Safeway > Sobeys > ... Superstore / Co-op / Save-On just don't have the same quality.
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06-12-2013, 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
Has anyone ever won that? Man, that $1M provision booked to their balance sheet must have sat there since the dawn of time.
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I'm pretty sure they buy insurance for that.
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06-12-2013, 05:26 PM
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#47
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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Safeway had the highest prices when compared to other grocers so it makes no difference to me as to what they do. Haven't shopped there in many years.
Superstore is the only place to by groceries
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06-12-2013, 05:27 PM
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#48
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Calgary AB
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Between Costco and Superstore this doens't effect me at all. Sobeys is utter garbage. It's too bad for people who frequen Safeway though; that was a good grocer by comparison.
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06-12-2013, 05:28 PM
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#49
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Originally Posted by Dion
Safeway had the highest prices when compared to other grocers so it makes no difference to me as to what they do. Haven't shopped there in many years.
Superstore is the only place to by groceries
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Can't stand Superstore. Too busy, too crazy, too messy at times.
Safeway is always a little more priced (though it varies and usually good deals week-to-week) but it is always the cleanest and always the most well stocked of the chains.
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06-12-2013, 05:28 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Bertuzzied
I'm pretty sure they buy insurance for that.
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Are you sure? Why wouldn't it just be treated like a promotional expense? $1M isn't all that much to a corporation of that size. Their marketing budget for the year should be many times more than that.
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06-12-2013, 05:31 PM
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In the Sin Bin
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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
So was me quoting someone in their mid 20's about the financial stability of a company that size.....
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I'm just repeating what I heard from people a lot higher up than me.
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06-12-2013, 05:31 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
Are you sure? Why wouldn't it just be treated like a promotional expense? $1M isn't all that much to a corporation of that size. Their marketing budget for the year should be many times more than that.
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I'm sure insurance is pretty cheap considering the Flames may never score 5 goals in one game again let alone one player. haha. I can't remember where i read that they had insurance.
Besides it's not even a million bucks. It's a $1million annuity.
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06-12-2013, 05:33 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: I'm right behind you
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Yen Man
Are you sure? Why wouldn't it just be treated like a promotional expense? $1M isn't all that much to a corporation of that size. Their marketing budget for the year should be many times more than that.
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Insuring a million dollar payout is still cheaper than a million dollar payout.
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06-12-2013, 05:35 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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A company I worked for did a similar $1 million dollar thing, and it was a type of insurance. No reason to have a $1 million promotional expense when you can have a much smaller promotional expense.
Though a big company might just carry the liability, since if no one wins it doesn't cost anything whereas insurance will still cost if no one wins.
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06-12-2013, 05:43 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by oxygen
Save On Foods had plans to open stores in Panorama and Seton in late 2012. Haven't been up to either site so I'm not sure if the buildings are even built.
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The one in Seton has the building exterior up and siding around 80% of it. It is supposed to open sometime this year I believe.
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06-12-2013, 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Can't stand Superstore. Too busy, too crazy, too messy at times.
Safeway is always a little more priced (though it varies and usually good deals week-to-week) but it is always the cleanest and always the most well stocked of the chains.
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Exactly. You won't catch me dead in a Superstore. I would rather shop for groceries at 7-Eleven.
The wife and I shop pretty much exclusively at Safeway. This news sucks big time.
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06-12-2013, 05:46 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Market Mall Food Court
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Originally Posted by Igster
Exactly. You won't catch me dead in a Superstore. I would rather shop for groceries at 7-Eleven.
The wife and I shop pretty much exclusively at Safeway. This news sucks big time.
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You guys just go at all the wrong times. 1030pm is the key
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06-12-2013, 05:47 PM
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#58
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Originally Posted by Bertuzzied
You guys just go at all the wrong times. 1030pm is the key
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Nope. Just can't stand the layout or the clientele. It's just an annoying store to shop at.
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06-12-2013, 05:54 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: CALGARY!
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Disappointed. After having worked at both stores as a teen (Safeway was my first job and had a blast working as a bag boy chatting up all the cute cashiers) I can safely say Sobey's is complete crap compared to Safeway. Safeway has a waaay better bakery, produce, and meat selection. I also find the deli to be better tasting at Safeway. Sobey's is the biggest dump next to Superstore. I always found Safeway to be kind of classy for a supermarket. The workers union, having all employees (at least when I worked there) wear white shirts, tie, and black pants, having an abundance of staff, better lay out, starbucks built in, etc. Sad day for sure!
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06-12-2013, 06:42 PM
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#60
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Powerplay Quarterback
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I love shopping at Sobeys, if only because there are usually only about 2 other customers in the store.
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