The Weis Ripoff
We all know about convenience stores. They can be found all across the land. Even gas stations have added them to their locations.
Why are they convenient? It is because we can quickly pull in and get a coffee, a soda, a hot dog, a gallon of milk, a loaf of bread, a candy bar, a pack of cigarettes, or similar "I don't have time to waste items". The stores are relatively small so they carry a limited selection and inventory, but this adds to their efficiency of getting you in and out in a hurry.
Of course, this convenience comes with a price, but not so high that we are not occasionally willing to pay the higher price. If we are out on the road, rather than carry a cooler with some hot dogs and a grill to heat them up for when we get hungry, we can just stop at the convenience store and purchase a preheated "possibly all day long" hot dog.
When we have more time to shop and look for specials and sort our coupons, then we can plan on a visit to the local super market, or depending upon how you shop for the lowest prices, several super markets.
Although, a super market certainly is convenient because it has such a wide selection of goods, it is not typically thought of in the same way as the smaller convenience shops.
Weis is a chain of super markets in the Mid-Atlantic region of the US.
Weis has apparently added "convenience stores" right into their super markets. One of the more frequently purchased items of many shoppers is milk. Weis "for your convenience" has positioned a milk shelf directly where you enter the store. That is convenient and very thoughtful of them.
They, also, have milk available near the back of the store where it is more typically found in most stores.
The exact same brand of milk in the front of the store costs $0.50 more than the milk in the back of the store.
Weis freaks, you are not a convenience store. If someone goes to your store, even if just for milk, then they can certainly walk to the back of the store to get the milk. Do you want to stay in business? Do not play idiotic games. Do you really think that it is worth $0.50 to walk from one end of the store to the other?
By the way, BJs, which requires a $40 annual membership, sells a gallon of milk for $2.15. For milk drinkers, the savings per gallon of milk can quickly pay for the membership fee.
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