Mon
Feb 27 2017
11:59 pm
Senior discount 'retiring'
By: michael kaplan

I'd say 'being executed' is a more appropriate term ...

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bizgrrl's picture

I could be wrong, but it

Submitted by bizgrrl on Tue, 2017/02/28 - 7:51am.

I could be wrong, but it would appear that all of the local grocery stores have eliminated senior discount days.

yellowdog's picture

What is the point?

Submitted by yellowdog on Tue, 2017/02/28 - 11:03am.
(in reply to bizgrrl)

Why should people get cheaper food just because they are of some arbitrary age? If the idea is that seniors are poor, then all people who are poor should get discounts.

bizgrrl's picture

Dunno. Ask the stores that

Submitted by bizgrrl on Tue, 2017/02/28 - 11:12am.
(in reply to yellowdog)

Dunno. Ask the stores that did it or still do it.

Could be that once you get to a certain age it is harder to make enough to survive. Could be the stores want to attract seniors to get more of their disposable income, hoping they won't go to the discount stores. Your guess is as good as mine.

michael kaplan's picture

all people who are poor

Submitted by michael kaplan on Tue, 2017/02/28 - 3:15pm.
(in reply to yellowdog)

all people who are poor should get discounts.

I think that's the idea of food stamps. Some seniors don't qualify, but still live on relatively low, fixed incomes.

I don't know why Kroger is ending the program. There's huge competition from Walmart, Publix, Costco, UGO etc. and I can't imagine their sales are going to go up as a result.

I've also heard that Kroger is abandoning poorer neighborhoods (in other cities), forcing residents to drive or take taxis to buy groceries.

City residents will lose another urban grocery as the Kroger in Old Louisville (KY) closes by the end of January. It will be the fifth grocery to call it quits in recent months in lower income neighborhoods with scant access to fresh produce and groceries.

jbr's picture

I had read and heard they

Submitted by jbr on Tue, 2017/02/28 - 3:36pm.
(in reply to michael kaplan)

I had read and heard they were lowering their normal prices, I assume at least in part because of the competition.

Andy Axel's picture

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Submitted by Andy Axel on Thu, 2017/03/02 - 3:04pm.
(in reply to jbr)

Oh, that's a good one.

They're more expensive than Publix in Nashville, nearly across the board. And Publix isn't cheap.

fischbobber's picture

In Knoxville,

Submitted by fischbobber on Thu, 2017/03/02 - 3:59pm.
(in reply to Andy Axel)

In Knoxville, Kroger is competing against ALDI. I've watched prices go down.

Tamara Shepherd's picture

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Submitted by Tamara Shepherd on Fri, 2017/03/03 - 9:47am.

Yeah, my observation matches Bob's in that Kroger is competitive on many items.

I buy just their weekly sale items/loss leaders at Kroger (to date on that Wednesday "senior discount" day and layering on the double coupons everywhere I can), date-of-last-sale meat/produce/dairy at Dollar General Market, and round out my list with Aldi's house brands, which I've found to be excellent. I still make a trip across town to UGO every month or two, without any list, specifically to stock up on any non-perishables I can score.

Aside from visiting Kroger every week for just those sale items, I don't frequent any major grocer. All of them seem to have become sky high since adopting their Rodeo Drive brand of storefronts. Who the heck wants to spend $12 or $15 to sit down with a Starbucks gourmet coffee and pastry smack in the middle of a grocery store aisle? And in-store sushi bars? Ambiance, anybody???

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