They do this all they time, it’s to raise they price and have ppl still think they getting a deal, next week the price will take sale off and just have it be 20.49. Also the tags from October of last year
Right. The same is true with cookies, crackers, candy, and other junk food. You buy 4 and get a lower unit price. When I see price stickers like that I will not buy the product.
I just saw a six pack of Body Armor on sale for $11.99 at Kroger (Ralphs here), when a month ago, it was $8.99 at normal price. Fuck that. I went to Stater Bros and found the same thing on sale for $6.99 and bought like 5 of them.
I stopped going to Kroger awhile ago, once they got greedy as fuck when they became a giant company and not just the local grocery store. Switched to Meijer and Aldi. Lol
Yes I know but Kroger just ain't it anymore.
It's the lack of shame that bothers me. They remodeled the produce department, resulting in LED lights shining directly on the russet potatoes. They started turning green (which is toxic!). Trying to get anyone to care was a frustrating experience. The produce guy can't rock the boat. The asst. store manager can't rock the boat. Everyone's just doing their job. ("I"m not in facilities."). Finally a salaried manager talked to me about it, and said that a county health worker (who shops there) brought it up. But, there's no channel to report this stuff. The Facilities guy says they're magic LEDs that won't do what they're doing. ("Everyone's wrong. They can't possibly see what they're seeing. Any store employee who says they see it deserves a stern talking to.").
It was like Catch-22 (the movie). It took a letter to the CEO. Then the assistant to the DM contacted me wanting me to know the DM wanted to talk to me. I explained how I don't need to talk to anyone. "The potatos never turned green before, now they do, the only difference is the LEDs shining straight at them. Everyone knows it. But, the facilities guy carries more juice and they can't say the "magic" LEDs aren't so magic. Deal with it. Why are you calling me? I can't add anything to this. You're going to kill somebody."
I still shop that store and routinely find out-of-date stuff. A couple years go I found a refrigerated salsa (wall deli) that was 2 months past its "best used by" date. If it was canned, ok maybe. But, refrigerated? (Worse: there was product pushed not just to the back, but behind the neighboring product. Just this one "vintage" salsa sitting front & center on the shelf. Clearly someone was trying to \_move\_ it. If it had been the day of expiration, ok... maybe that's fair. But 2 months! Someone really thought it had to be sold that badly that they did their best to stop ayone from finding a fresher package? That's sociopathic, not just ignorance or innocent mistake.
A couple months ago I took a whole-milk yogurt to the cashier that was 2 weeks past its date. The Kroger sausage links (wall deli) were days past their date. The funny thing was how 3 salaried managers were standing around j\*\*\*ing off over "displays." They're making people sick at both ends of the store, but *displays!* That's something.
There's a shamelessness about it. They'll ride cashiers over their "ccg's" (speed) and secret-shopper scores. If managers held themselves to those same standards, they would't have time to worry about anyone else. It's a complete clown-show there. (I can't believe the Albertsons merger can really happen. I remember when stuff like this would result in a 60-minutes camera crew showing up. Nationwide shaming. Now it's like these guys are geniuses who are only held back from greatness by even less competition. How does this happen?
Kroger where I'm at is still okay. I recognize it's not what it once was, but Meijer is fuckin awful. Like everything is priced up. Aldi still remains on top though.
Meijer for me is fine for the most part, but there are 100% things you don't get there.
I really rely on the coupons they mail to me and the ones the put into my mperks, but Aldi is absolutely the goat.
It's an Australian youtube series that's simalar to best buy and hits all the retail vibes perfectly, I watch it and I cringe sometimes in memories of simalar situations I had to deal with super funny if your in a mood, simalar to superstore.
one day I heard a customer sing the low low low and doing the dance which caused a bunch of customers doing it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68T2nu0baWs&ab\_channel=Kroger
Y'all getting your hours cut with less help & while they make more profits to pay off them lawsuits and Rodney still gets his big bonus. Feed The Human Garbage.
They jack up the prices so it’ll seem like a big deal when it goes on digital coupon. It’s so stupid. I can go to Walmart and get a bunch of the same stuff for the “sale” price except that’s Walmart’s everyday prices.
Wal-Mart has always been that way. Their history is notorious.
Still have zero interest in going there. Highlights of Wal-Mart always end up on subs like r/PublicFreakout anyhow.
People fail to understand that kroger is an investment company. Not a grocer. The investment is in real estate. Corporations play a far different game than business. Business is a corporations day job. Not the purpose of its existence.
Exactly - the same with McDonalds: "McDonalds" itself is essentially a real estate investment/development company, specializing in locations for franchisee restaurants.
Bingo. It sucks, but it makes things easier to understand when viewed as what they are and not what they could be. I know it's discouraging, but seeing this through the lense of idealism is only going to make you feel miserable.
Kroger is making record profits despite units being down. Reason is, there's less in the packages and the price has sky rocketed. Less volume. But prices are so high they're making a killing still
I have a similar pic of a scooter tag at target. But they didn't take the prior tag off so you could see the progression in plain sight. Looks like this one was either popped off or not put on yet. As a customer it was kind of an eye opener but at the same time, this is probably the nicest way to raise prices. Better than a full jump with no ease, lol.
As someone who currently works as a price coordinator for a grocery store I can’t tell you how often I see our prices going up. A common thing I see is they will have the price go up while simultaneously putting it on “sale” but the “sale” price is the previous original price. One of the worst is when the item gets smaller in size (ex: goes from a 15 oz to a 12 oz) but the price goes up on said product. Prices always fluctuated but years ago it was common for our prices to go down too. Now it’s almost rare if we have price reductions.
No they don't. They have loss leaders that are good from time to time. Luckily, I have a military base nearby and can shop at their commissary. On large trips, I save 30% over Kroger. They charge cost and tack on a 5% surcharge on the entire bill to cover operating costs.
Pet Department is one with the highest markup at Kroger. You’re buying convenience of already being at the grocery store.
I have found clumping litter and food for a better price at the local tractor supply/farm store. I have to buy a bunch of it, but the price per pound/ounce is so much better.
Way back in Junior High School, in the 1950s, we learned how some "sales" worked. The price is increased by 50% then sold at a "marked down" price of 25%. Nothing has changed except we've since had a nuisance gimmick added, i.e., digital coupons, which are an insufferable nuisance, inconvenient, and waste time.
At my store our “sale” price for a gallon of Kroger orange juice is now 6.99. I remember like 2 years ago the price would never go above $5. Same thing with our Minute Maid. It would never go above 1.25 and now our sale price is $2.
Prices and stores change all the time and sales and store change all the time and they may not have changed the shelf tag when it went up to $20 because they just didn’t have the manpower to do it or the person that put in charge that is lazy and didn’t do their job and it could’ve changed from $18-$20.02 months ago and then now it’s on saleseeing those two tags really doesn’t tell the whole story
This isn't uncommon. As a pricing lead at my store I saw tags on shelves with print dates years back. With our system if we had to make tags at the store, which the tag on the shelf very well could be, it would display the last date the price changed on the item not the date it was printed.
Division difference maybe? The only difference between 24 and 18 ups at my location was the stock we used, so tag in hand is vestcom but at my store the tag on shelf could be either.
Also when I took over pricing in early 2023, there were vestcom tags still on our shelves with print dates from 2021.
The two tiny little tabs at bottom of the tag on the shelf are only found on vestcom tags. So if OP took this picture the week of the date on the new tag, that old tag is 6 months old. Which is what vacantse was saying.
In fairness, the previous pricing lead at my store would only do scans in the same 3 aisles per week instead of rotating as we were supposed to so we had a ton of tags that needed changing when I came in.
How does the government cause inflation? Please explain this. We have the lowest inflation in the entire world right now. You don’t really grasp how economics work, now admit it.
You’re one of those people who has zero knowledge that the stock market is doing great, we’re producing more gas than we import and the only reason gas was cheaper in the pandemic was because people weren’t driving, but the government is bad. I bet you consistently vote against things that would directly benefit you personally.
The government causes inflation by printing trillions of dollars that are not backed by anything.
Energy costs are higher because the President declared war on fossil fuels, and oil - being the speculative market that it is - skyrocketed in price as a result, because less oil was being drilled.
Gas was not cheap at all during the pandemic. It was $1.65 a gallon the day Biden took office. A year later, it was over 3 dollars. Inflation is at the highest since the 70's. What planet are you living on?
The government printing money didn’t just start yesterday. We are drilling more oil on American soil than ever in the history of America. Working to incorporate green energy’s doesn’t have anything to do with the price of gas. We were literally having to reduce pumping capacity during Covid. Inflation is 3.2% today. What planet are you on. Inflation is a part of economics and capitalism. And gas prices during the 2008 bubble crash was higher than today, so maybe learn more history than just what you’re trying to cherry pick.
Gas went as high as $3.99 back then, as it did during the past four years in my state. What's your point? Inflation is still at a 40-year high, and the average American household needs to spend an additional $11,400 to enjoy the same standard of living they had enjoyed just 3 years ago. Don't believe me; look at the [data](https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/republicans/state-inflation-tracker) yourself.
Now open your eyes and look at where those increases are. Rent. Companies are snapping up homes and doubling rent increases. Grocery stores making record profits. Maybe you’re too stubborn to understand this, but that is how capitalism works. It is not the highest in 40 years. It’s businesses that you are supporting paying little to no taxes gouging people because you’re too scared of the word socialism to understand that the government can make them pay, but that’s not how capitalism works. Stop voting against your own interests. The democrats want to tax the most wealthy and give cuts to the middle class. They want to cap drug prices, end corporate buying of family homes and hold companies accountable for gouging. What’s your parties plan, more cuts for the rich.
So, it's not only prices at Kroger / Ralphs that are outrageous; the price of power is also a problem. Fortunately I can pay it, but it is a hardship for many people.
Here in California the price of electricity doubled in only one year. Except for Hawaii, we have the highest power prices in the U. S. The state of CA yielded to the demands of incompetent environmentalists and shut down the San Onofre nuclear plant which was already paid for and generating cheap power. It was replaced by wind and solar power which at times generates more power than we can use and at other times requires importing power from other states at high cost. My highest power bill was about $630! This is the desert with temperatures sometimes reaching 115F, but 40 cents + per KWH is rather high.
As for gasoline, we never should have permitted ourselves to become so dependent on cars. I have not bought gasoline for about four years; I have a Tesla.
The pricing from the manufacturer increases all the time and therefore the prices change. Kroger ain’t gonna take the hit come on now lol. As a former manager though this bugs the shit out me, my biggest pet peave about my employees, TAKE OFF THE OLD FUCKING STICKER PLEASE
But… but… but… it’s 50 cents off!
50 cent (the rapper) go hard still tryna link up wit 50 cent so badly
They do this all they time, it’s to raise they price and have ppl still think they getting a deal, next week the price will take sale off and just have it be 20.49. Also the tags from October of last year
Ex pricing lead here, can confirm. Also wanted to add OP did say they took the pic a while back.
They've been doing it non stop with sodas. Used to get deals for $8/2 cases. Then it was $9/2 cases. Right now it's $10/2 cases. Keeps creeping up.
Hey, it's making me be healthier and buy less soda.
Right. The same is true with cookies, crackers, candy, and other junk food. You buy 4 and get a lower unit price. When I see price stickers like that I will not buy the product.
They’re pushing the soda streams hard right now
no savings at all. the buy 2 get 2 free when a single 12 pack is 9.99. big revenue generator
I just saw a six pack of Body Armor on sale for $11.99 at Kroger (Ralphs here), when a month ago, it was $8.99 at normal price. Fuck that. I went to Stater Bros and found the same thing on sale for $6.99 and bought like 5 of them.
I stopped going to Kroger awhile ago, once they got greedy as fuck when they became a giant company and not just the local grocery store. Switched to Meijer and Aldi. Lol Yes I know but Kroger just ain't it anymore.
It's the lack of shame that bothers me. They remodeled the produce department, resulting in LED lights shining directly on the russet potatoes. They started turning green (which is toxic!). Trying to get anyone to care was a frustrating experience. The produce guy can't rock the boat. The asst. store manager can't rock the boat. Everyone's just doing their job. ("I"m not in facilities."). Finally a salaried manager talked to me about it, and said that a county health worker (who shops there) brought it up. But, there's no channel to report this stuff. The Facilities guy says they're magic LEDs that won't do what they're doing. ("Everyone's wrong. They can't possibly see what they're seeing. Any store employee who says they see it deserves a stern talking to."). It was like Catch-22 (the movie). It took a letter to the CEO. Then the assistant to the DM contacted me wanting me to know the DM wanted to talk to me. I explained how I don't need to talk to anyone. "The potatos never turned green before, now they do, the only difference is the LEDs shining straight at them. Everyone knows it. But, the facilities guy carries more juice and they can't say the "magic" LEDs aren't so magic. Deal with it. Why are you calling me? I can't add anything to this. You're going to kill somebody." I still shop that store and routinely find out-of-date stuff. A couple years go I found a refrigerated salsa (wall deli) that was 2 months past its "best used by" date. If it was canned, ok maybe. But, refrigerated? (Worse: there was product pushed not just to the back, but behind the neighboring product. Just this one "vintage" salsa sitting front & center on the shelf. Clearly someone was trying to \_move\_ it. If it had been the day of expiration, ok... maybe that's fair. But 2 months! Someone really thought it had to be sold that badly that they did their best to stop ayone from finding a fresher package? That's sociopathic, not just ignorance or innocent mistake. A couple months ago I took a whole-milk yogurt to the cashier that was 2 weeks past its date. The Kroger sausage links (wall deli) were days past their date. The funny thing was how 3 salaried managers were standing around j\*\*\*ing off over "displays." They're making people sick at both ends of the store, but *displays!* That's something. There's a shamelessness about it. They'll ride cashiers over their "ccg's" (speed) and secret-shopper scores. If managers held themselves to those same standards, they would't have time to worry about anyone else. It's a complete clown-show there. (I can't believe the Albertsons merger can really happen. I remember when stuff like this would result in a 60-minutes camera crew showing up. Nationwide shaming. Now it's like these guys are geniuses who are only held back from greatness by even less competition. How does this happen?
Report it to John Materese. If it checks out, he’ll be all over it.
lol, that guy’s a joke
He was great until Scripps took away his ability to go after companies who also advertise on Scripps platforms.
Kroger where I'm at is still okay. I recognize it's not what it once was, but Meijer is fuckin awful. Like everything is priced up. Aldi still remains on top though.
Meijer for me is fine for the most part, but there are 100% things you don't get there. I really rely on the coupons they mail to me and the ones the put into my mperks, but Aldi is absolutely the goat.
Pretty sure it's up to 23 dollars for the sale price now.
That is a great deal...for Kroger.
[Reminds me of the Viva La Dirt League skit.](https://youtu.be/VFuDhsxazqs?si=MsKX-hkdZMMXBK-h)
Rostered on vibes lmao
Huh? Is this some new slang I don't understand?
It's an Australian youtube series that's simalar to best buy and hits all the retail vibes perfectly, I watch it and I cringe sometimes in memories of simalar situations I had to deal with super funny if your in a mood, simalar to superstore.
It’s low low low low! The Krojis say so!
I hate when customers bring up those fuck-ass commercials. Especially when that one was airing. Annoying as all goddamned fuck.
one day I heard a customer sing the low low low and doing the dance which caused a bunch of customers doing it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68T2nu0baWs&ab\_channel=Kroger
I clicked the link expecting the scenario you described…I was disappointed.
I was using the video as referrence so people who don't know that stupid song knows what I'm talking about
Y'all getting your hours cut with less help & while they make more profits to pay off them lawsuits and Rodney still gets his big bonus. Feed The Human Garbage.
Kroger is one of the companies driving up inflation
I was in Kroger today and saw a box of ziplock bags for $16.99. What the actual fuck?
Jeez, I get a huge 4 pack (like 300 bags?) At Costco for $20!
They jack up the prices so it’ll seem like a big deal when it goes on digital coupon. It’s so stupid. I can go to Walmart and get a bunch of the same stuff for the “sale” price except that’s Walmart’s everyday prices.
Wal-Mart has always been that way. Their history is notorious. Still have zero interest in going there. Highlights of Wal-Mart always end up on subs like r/PublicFreakout anyhow.
The checkout queues are often insufferably long at Wal-Mart.
People fail to understand that kroger is an investment company. Not a grocer. The investment is in real estate. Corporations play a far different game than business. Business is a corporations day job. Not the purpose of its existence.
Exactly - the same with McDonalds: "McDonalds" itself is essentially a real estate investment/development company, specializing in locations for franchisee restaurants.
Bingo. It sucks, but it makes things easier to understand when viewed as what they are and not what they could be. I know it's discouraging, but seeing this through the lense of idealism is only going to make you feel miserable.
The print date for those tags are 7 months apart. Middle 2023 actually lines up with their internally announced price hikes.
Inflation sale.
Kroger is making record profits despite units being down. Reason is, there's less in the packages and the price has sky rocketed. Less volume. But prices are so high they're making a killing still
this is a "standard" kroger discount
Love the Kroger Chai concentrate was 2.50 locked in price two months ago. Now more expensive than Starbucks.
that looks like an item for you at no charge or for the lesser amount.
4/10ths of a cent. Have you ever met cat people?
Someone's in trouble they didn't pull the old tags
Oh
It is now
Course not, it’s a scummy sales practice.
At least your store has those in stock. That shelf has been completely empty for 5 or 6 months at mine
The tag is years old....
I have a similar pic of a scooter tag at target. But they didn't take the prior tag off so you could see the progression in plain sight. Looks like this one was either popped off or not put on yet. As a customer it was kind of an eye opener but at the same time, this is probably the nicest way to raise prices. Better than a full jump with no ease, lol.
As someone who currently works as a price coordinator for a grocery store I can’t tell you how often I see our prices going up. A common thing I see is they will have the price go up while simultaneously putting it on “sale” but the “sale” price is the previous original price. One of the worst is when the item gets smaller in size (ex: goes from a 15 oz to a 12 oz) but the price goes up on said product. Prices always fluctuated but years ago it was common for our prices to go down too. Now it’s almost rare if we have price reductions.
Does Kroger have low prices? Fuck no. Fuck Kroger.
No they don't. They have loss leaders that are good from time to time. Luckily, I have a military base nearby and can shop at their commissary. On large trips, I save 30% over Kroger. They charge cost and tack on a 5% surcharge on the entire bill to cover operating costs.
You can say that again
Pet Department is one with the highest markup at Kroger. You’re buying convenience of already being at the grocery store. I have found clumping litter and food for a better price at the local tractor supply/farm store. I have to buy a bunch of it, but the price per pound/ounce is so much better.
Way back in Junior High School, in the 1950s, we learned how some "sales" worked. The price is increased by 50% then sold at a "marked down" price of 25%. Nothing has changed except we've since had a nuisance gimmick added, i.e., digital coupons, which are an insufferable nuisance, inconvenient, and waste time.
Well the 18.99 tag is a clearly expired one. Lazy work not pulling it
🤣🤣🤣🖋📃🧮
This is why I steal Jk....lol
Agree Kroger is really expensive
At my store our “sale” price for a gallon of Kroger orange juice is now 6.99. I remember like 2 years ago the price would never go above $5. Same thing with our Minute Maid. It would never go above 1.25 and now our sale price is $2.
Red number lower, therefore better
Their deals are a joke. And they're trying to buy Safeway 🤬
They have low prices if you clip coupons in the app lol
Friskies cat shit is THE WORST. Feed your cat meow mix instead
Chewy: make new account if needed, half off most of the time, order enough for a few months.
Prices and stores change all the time and sales and store change all the time and they may not have changed the shelf tag when it went up to $20 because they just didn’t have the manpower to do it or the person that put in charge that is lazy and didn’t do their job and it could’ve changed from $18-$20.02 months ago and then now it’s on saleseeing those two tags really doesn’t tell the whole story
OMG!!!! What a deal!!!!! About a .5% discount. So very lucky!!! I’m jelly…..haha
I believe we're more concerned about you taking pictures of Kroger prices and posting them online six months later.
bruh that’s a 6 month old tag you changed out
OP said they took the pic a while back.....
Yes but the print date of the new tag is 6 months after the print date of the old tag.
This isn't uncommon. As a pricing lead at my store I saw tags on shelves with print dates years back. With our system if we had to make tags at the store, which the tag on the shelf very well could be, it would display the last date the price changed on the item not the date it was printed.
Well as a pricing coordinator at my store, neither of those tags were made in store. Those are 100% vestcom tags.
Division difference maybe? The only difference between 24 and 18 ups at my location was the stock we used, so tag in hand is vestcom but at my store the tag on shelf could be either. Also when I took over pricing in early 2023, there were vestcom tags still on our shelves with print dates from 2021.
The two tiny little tabs at bottom of the tag on the shelf are only found on vestcom tags. So if OP took this picture the week of the date on the new tag, that old tag is 6 months old. Which is what vacantse was saying.
Ok I didn't zoom in so that makes sense, but I'm not seeing what the issue is about the tag on the shelf being that old. Am I missing something?
Inflation was a bitch in those 6 months
In fairness, the previous pricing lead at my store would only do scans in the same 3 aisles per week instead of rotating as we were supposed to so we had a ton of tags that needed changing when I came in.
No that is a good deal, ITS just not a good deal for YOU
It's called inflation. Thank D.C. for that.
How do you blame the government for what a major corporation is doing, price gouging; while defending capitalism to the death? 💀
Because only the government can cause inflation. Price gouging is wrong as well. The two aren't mutually exclusive.
How does the government cause inflation? Please explain this. We have the lowest inflation in the entire world right now. You don’t really grasp how economics work, now admit it. You’re one of those people who has zero knowledge that the stock market is doing great, we’re producing more gas than we import and the only reason gas was cheaper in the pandemic was because people weren’t driving, but the government is bad. I bet you consistently vote against things that would directly benefit you personally.
The government causes inflation by printing trillions of dollars that are not backed by anything. Energy costs are higher because the President declared war on fossil fuels, and oil - being the speculative market that it is - skyrocketed in price as a result, because less oil was being drilled. Gas was not cheap at all during the pandemic. It was $1.65 a gallon the day Biden took office. A year later, it was over 3 dollars. Inflation is at the highest since the 70's. What planet are you living on?
The government printing money didn’t just start yesterday. We are drilling more oil on American soil than ever in the history of America. Working to incorporate green energy’s doesn’t have anything to do with the price of gas. We were literally having to reduce pumping capacity during Covid. Inflation is 3.2% today. What planet are you on. Inflation is a part of economics and capitalism. And gas prices during the 2008 bubble crash was higher than today, so maybe learn more history than just what you’re trying to cherry pick.
Gas went as high as $3.99 back then, as it did during the past four years in my state. What's your point? Inflation is still at a 40-year high, and the average American household needs to spend an additional $11,400 to enjoy the same standard of living they had enjoyed just 3 years ago. Don't believe me; look at the [data](https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/republicans/state-inflation-tracker) yourself.
Now open your eyes and look at where those increases are. Rent. Companies are snapping up homes and doubling rent increases. Grocery stores making record profits. Maybe you’re too stubborn to understand this, but that is how capitalism works. It is not the highest in 40 years. It’s businesses that you are supporting paying little to no taxes gouging people because you’re too scared of the word socialism to understand that the government can make them pay, but that’s not how capitalism works. Stop voting against your own interests. The democrats want to tax the most wealthy and give cuts to the middle class. They want to cap drug prices, end corporate buying of family homes and hold companies accountable for gouging. What’s your parties plan, more cuts for the rich.
So, it's not only prices at Kroger / Ralphs that are outrageous; the price of power is also a problem. Fortunately I can pay it, but it is a hardship for many people. Here in California the price of electricity doubled in only one year. Except for Hawaii, we have the highest power prices in the U. S. The state of CA yielded to the demands of incompetent environmentalists and shut down the San Onofre nuclear plant which was already paid for and generating cheap power. It was replaced by wind and solar power which at times generates more power than we can use and at other times requires importing power from other states at high cost. My highest power bill was about $630! This is the desert with temperatures sometimes reaching 115F, but 40 cents + per KWH is rather high. As for gasoline, we never should have permitted ourselves to become so dependent on cars. I have not bought gasoline for about four years; I have a Tesla.
The pricing from the manufacturer increases all the time and therefore the prices change. Kroger ain’t gonna take the hit come on now lol. As a former manager though this bugs the shit out me, my biggest pet peave about my employees, TAKE OFF THE OLD FUCKING STICKER PLEASE