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Chet Coppock's Fur Coat

Post subject: Re: Mariano's "gimmicks"

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 3:13 pm

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Spaulding wrote:

Ha yeah I guess so. I go to fresh thyme, standard market, Whole Foods and the jewel. I heard a petes fresh mkt is opening where the Kmart was on rt 83. Don't know if that's true or not.

Do they charge you to grill the meat? I know people eat there and do the oyster bar but if I'm going out to dinner I prefer it's not to a grocery store.

Pete's is finally under construction at Plainfield/83. I suspect they needed other tenants before they could really start.

I find that a rotation of Pete's, Whole Foods, and Walmart works pretty well for me. Pete's for produce and ethnic stuff, Whole Foods for meat in small portions (as opposed to buying 5 pounds of steaks at Costco when I live alone) and for other specialty stuff, and Walmart for major brands for the center of the store and mass perishables such as cottage cheese.

Right now, though, I'm gone 5-6 days a week for a while between work and the out of town girlfriend, so I haven't been to a grocery store since she was in town three weeks ago.

Ed_from_Lisle wrote:

Gimmicks? Christ, do you want them to carry your balls around in a gold-plated spoon as you shop? Buy your shit and get the hell out of there.

No, she prefers to take care of them herself.

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Post subject: Re: Mariano's "gimmicks"

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 3:24 pm

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jimmypasta wrote:

I always told my wife their pricing isn't that great. Their newest think is to sale just 12 packs of pop for the price of a 24 pack. Also,good luck trying to find a 24 pack of anything pop-related.

The Jewels always has some pop on sale. I always felt Jewells pricing was reasonable.

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Post subject: Re: Mariano's "gimmicks"

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 3:43 pm

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sjboyd0137 wrote:

Chet Coppock's Fur Coat wrote:

jimmypasta wrote:

Hold on Chet,

Mariano's will grill your meat to your liking while you do your other shopping. That's pretty nice.

ok, now that has my attention. That's what I meant by my original question - what are their gimmicks to make me willing to pay extra for the can of baked beans I really don't need to buy today but don't feel like making a special trip tomorrow to buy at Walmart?

- grilled meats
- $3 beers with open carry in the store

The full stores are like this.

They opened one in Glenview (Northbrook) right off the Tri state with a sushi bar, bar, bbq pit, full grill, etc.

The Gurnee one has the grill, but that's about it...the ones that used to be Dominicks are very basic.

That one by Astellas you're referring to is ridiculous. That's an example of too damn big unless you get to know the layout.

I like "small" groceries where you can bing bong boom out. The Garden Fresh on Hintz was my jam. Harvest Fresh is my new go-to for SOLID staples and easy exit.

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Post subject: Re: Mariano's "gimmicks"

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 3:46 pm

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Kirkwood wrote:

That one by Astellas you're referring to is ridiculous. That's an example of too damn big unless you get to know the layout.

That's the one. I work right by Palwaukee and go there for lunch every now and again. I don't venture onto the grocery side, though.

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Post subject: Re: Mariano's "gimmicks"

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 9:28 pm

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Chet Coppock's Fur Coat wrote:

So basically, the guy who ran Dominick's left Dominck's and went up there and opened up this brand as part of Roundy's, and then Dominick's closes so he invests back in Chicago and puts in a place that is essentially the same fucking high-end Dominick's which originally closed?

Brilliant.

Bob Mariano, the former Dominicks CEO just retired. Roundys/Marianos is now owned by Kroger which is the largest grocery chain in the country with various stores by different names across the entire country.

Kroger has 2781 Supermarket Stores across the US.
http://www.thekrogerco.com/about-kroger ... /locations

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Zippy-The-Pinhead

Post subject: Re: Mariano's "gimmicks"

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 9:33 pm

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Don Tiny wrote:

The cost of soda is preposterous. I have to check Meijer's and da Jewels sale papers to see who's gonna shove it up my moon a bit more gently. Plus, you usually have to buy 3 or 4 at a time to get the sale price ... hey buddy, you can get 3 twelvers for $10, or you can buy just one of 'em for $6 - such a deal! At least Meijer's will have their generic sodas pretty consistently in the $3/12 range ... pretty good diet grape, good enough diet orange ... in a pinch their knockoff diet Mt. Dew can get the job done.

I agree that they've been pushing up the price of "pop" locally but if you check out the sales outside of Chicago you'll see we've got it pretty good in that regard.

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Post subject: Re: Mariano's "gimmicks"

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 9:35 pm

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Zippy-The-Pinhead

Post subject: Re: Mariano's "gimmicks"

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 9:37 pm

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Also, Mariano's meat sucks. They package it so that it looks good but flip it over and :puker:

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IMU

Post subject: Re: Mariano's "gimmicks"

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 9:38 pm

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Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote:

Also, Mariano's meat sucks. They package it so that it looks good but flip it over and :puker:

If you're at Mariano's, why are you buying the pre-packaged stuff?

Just inspect what you want at the butcher.

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Zippy-The-Pinhead

Post subject: Re: Mariano's "gimmicks"

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 9:48 pm

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IMU wrote:

Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote:

Also, Mariano's meat sucks. They package it so that it looks good but flip it over and :puker:

If you're at Mariano's, why are you buying the pre-packaged stuff?

Just inspect what you want at the butcher.

After shopping at Mariano's I learned to just go to a real butcher. You do realize Mariano's butchers package that crappy meat too.

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Post subject: Re: Mariano's "gimmicks"

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 9:51 pm

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Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote:

IMU wrote:

Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote:

Also, Mariano's meat sucks. They package it so that it looks good but flip it over and :puker:

If you're at Mariano's, why are you buying the pre-packaged stuff?

Just inspect what you want at the butcher.

After shopping at Mariano's I learned to just go to a real butcher. You do realize Mariano's butchers package that crappy meat too.

I think you've missed the point.

Anyway, going to a butcher is a solid choice.

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Zippy-The-Pinhead

Post subject: Re: Mariano's "gimmicks"

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 9:56 pm

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IMU wrote:

Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote:

IMU wrote:

Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote:

Also, Mariano's meat sucks. They package it so that it looks good but flip it over and :puker:

If you're at Mariano's, why are you buying the pre-packaged stuff?

Just inspect what you want at the butcher.

After shopping at Mariano's I learned to just go to a real butcher. You do realize Mariano's butchers package that crappy meat too.

I think you've missed the point.

Anyway, going to a butcher is a solid choice.

I get the point...to a point. I expected the quality of Mariano's to be consistently good. I've found their pre-packaged meat to be purposely mis-leading. Just that simple. I could go to the butcher counter but why should I have to?...or more importantly why would I?

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Post subject: Re: Mariano's "gimmicks"

Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2016 9:03 am

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Chet Coppock's Fur Coat wrote:

jimmypasta wrote:

Hold on Chet,

Mariano's will grill your meat to your liking while you do your other shopping. That's pretty nice.

The Whole Foods in Evanston on Green Bay Road has a bar with a TV and $4 pints of most Evanston (and others) craft beers, plus hot food options such as pizza and burritos. I've considered going to watch a game there. :oops:

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Post subject: Re: Mariano's "gimmicks"

Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2016 9:05 am

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I've gone to a couple (Garth) butchers in the area, and every time, the food sucks. Mariano's Italian sausage stuffed with green peppers and mozzarella FTW!

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Post subject: Re: Mariano's "gimmicks"

Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2016 9:27 am

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redskingreg wrote:

I've gone to a couple (Garth) butchers in the area, and every time, the food sucks. Mariano's Italian sausage stuffed with green peppers and mozzarella FTW!

Doesn't that stuff have a bunch of additives?

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IMU

Post subject: Re: Mariano's "gimmicks"

Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2016 10:43 am

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Cashman wrote:

redskingreg wrote:

I've gone to a couple (Garth) butchers in the area, and every time, the food sucks. Mariano's Italian sausage stuffed with green peppers and mozzarella FTW!

Doesn't that stuff have a bunch of additives?

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Cashman

Post subject: Re: Mariano's "gimmicks"

Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2016 11:33 am

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IMU wrote:

Cashman wrote:

redskingreg wrote:

I've gone to a couple (Garth) butchers in the area, and every time, the food sucks. Mariano's Italian sausage stuffed with green peppers and mozzarella FTW!

Doesn't that stuff have a bunch of additives?

stfu hippie

Atleast Whole foods sausages are more "clean".

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Jaw Breaker

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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2016 12:19 pm

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IMU

Post subject: Re: Mariano's "gimmicks"

Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2016 12:21 pm

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Some jug augmentation, eh?

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Jaw Breaker

Post subject: Re: Mariano's "gimmicks"

Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2016 12:41 pm

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IMU wrote:

Some jug augmentation, eh?

Indeed. They are more rounded now and aren't as prone to leakage. :wink:

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SteveSarley

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Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2016 12:47 pm

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Frank Coztansa wrote:

Bagels wrote:

and on top of that they charge way higher prices than everywhere else too

But its buy 1 get 1 free! Where else can you get two packages of TBone steaks for $27.99?

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JERRY: Why no T-bone?

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Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2016 12:57 pm

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SteveSarley wrote:

Frank Coztansa wrote:

Bagels wrote:

and on top of that they charge way higher prices than everywhere else too

But its buy 1 get 1 free! Where else can you get two packages of TBone steaks for $27.99?

What about G-Bone?

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Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2016 5:03 pm

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