Shaws

If the Onion ever runs a column about the Shaws card

adamg — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:52:15 -0400

It will read something like I am a Shaws card holder.

Unhealthy food: Every other aisle in the store

adamg — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:02:57 -0400

Shane Curcuru loves the signs at Shaws/Star Markets.

Pie!

adamg — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:42:37 -0400

Spatch pens an ode to ~~joy~~, the hyper-exclamation-pointed freezer section at his local Shaw's.

Earlier:
Buy it! Cook it! Eat it!

What if Stop & Shop and Shaws had a suck-off?

adamg — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:07:59 -0500

Tim Jarrett cannot stand shopping at the Arlington Stop & Shop - lack of stock and poor service will do that to you. When he heard about a new Hannaford in Waltham, he was ecstatic - the Hannafords he'd been in down south were large, well-stocked stores. Sadly, reality intruded:

... The meat counters looked good, but there was no tuna at the fish counter, and the produce, while plentiful, left something to be desired in freshness and eye appeal. The rest of the store just felt cramped and low, and the checkout staff were too busy with their own conversations to actually make eye contact with us. ...

So for now he's going to be a regular at Johnny's Foodmaster.

Meanwhile, Rob Sama reports on his latest battle with the self-service checkout line at his local Shaw's:

... So I go up, scan my Shaw's card (which sayâ€™s I'm Bob Cringely) and scan my item (of course, there's no discount). I put the item in the bag and the machine yells at me to remove the unauthorized item from the bagging area, and then starts blinking a red light to call over a store employee.

You know, I'm tired of this crap. Seriously tired. EVERY time I go there this fucking happens. Well, maybe not every time, but it happens often enough to be a serious irritant. I'm using the goddamned machine in order to save myself time and now you're asking me to wait for a goddamned employee to make his way over to me to punch in a code to tell the machine that I'm not fucking stealing. Of course if I were stealing I would never have bothered with the whole bagging process, but never mind logic. ...

Shaws scanning his site

adamg — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 12:22:19 -0500

When last we left Paul, he was discussing his flashmobbery with a cop outside the Mt. Auburn Street Star Market - said cop having been one of three alerted by Shaws that Paul and his nefarious flashmobbers were on the way. Paul gets home to discover 1,198 hits to his site from psn1a.shaws.com.

Thank you, Shaws

adamg — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 08:07:43 -0400

Paul cannot impress on you enough how grateful he is that Shaws/Star has started showing commercials on TVs in the deli department:

... I used to hate shopping because it meant turning of my television and missing commercials. It turned into a vicious circle - I couldn't leave the house to buy the products recommended to me because I had to leave the house which meant I couldn't watch television and find out what products to buy. I'm sure you feel the same way. But now...NOW I don't have to miss a single sales pitch! I can watch them while I shop! Despite my grumbling sometimes, I really do think this is the greatest country on Earth. I just saw a commercial that told me this. ...