greybeard
Herd Master
Many times around here, I can buy milk as much as $1 cheaper at a convenience store as long as it is a clean and busy one, such as a Valero or Stripes type.My "need" to purchase a gallon of milk and bottle of creamer turned into $50...Why is it I can't leave wally world for less than $50?
And yall should know by now, that I make a habit of being observant in all things. So, speaking of Walmart, they are and have been, for about the last 6 months making a subtle but profound change and I don't think it is for the better as far as the consumer goes. Here's what I am seeing locally, at our old semi-super walmart and at the 2 nearby more modern Superstore:
1. They have greatly reduced the variety of food items across the gamut.
2. They have all but quit carrying their own brand canned and packaged items..Great Value.
3. They have reduced the number of different "big bag' dry breakfast cereals they carry. There used to be about 1/2 aisle, 3 shelves high with these econo bags, and now, there is just one little area at the end of the breakfast cereal aisle. They filled the now empty shelves with small boxes of higher priced/oz brand name cereal.
4. I was in there just yesterday, and I noticed all their Smithfield hams were 'reduced' (for quick sale) and all their pre-packed pork (hams, boneless loins, ribs etc) are now Tyson. The boneless loins were labeled "half loin" but were probably 1/4 the size of the Smithfield they used to carry.
5. They made a major re-shuffling of where things are located..different aisles even. And, you can go in there one day and finally find a selected item, then go back a couple days later, and they are located elsewhere..they've bee 'reshuffled' again. ***
6. Lots of prepackaged frozen meat brands are no more. All Gordons frozen fish disappeared out of the frozen food cases for several weeks but finally reappeared after a lot of complaints.
*** This, is intentional, and done @ direction from Corporate. The reason they move things around so much and so often, is to make you "LOOK" for items. The more you wander about & look, the more apt you are to find something else you 'want-but-don't-need' and add that item to your cart.
Overall, the quantities of each item they carry now very much appears to be reduced. They are running out of popular items. I've been in there several times over the holidays and seen empty shelves where very popular foodstuffs used to be..the spot is there...the label is on the edge of the shelf, but there just isn't any.
I try to go to H-E-B instead, but our local H-E-B is probably 20 years old and very small. (But, I've never seen them run out of canned corn or other popular items)
) was shivering a little so I carried her in my arms while the adult goats ate their pellets. That warmed her up fine. The little black one had gone under the shelter by the entrance but luckily had laid down next to one of the support cinder blocks right there, so I reached under and pulled her out. Put them both back inside against the back wall in a corner formed by the center partition and mom followed me in and went to be with them. Mom is getting a lopsided udder so I know at least one of them is feeding, but only from one side. The silver one is much larger, more mobile, and "stronger" than the black one, so I'm assuming it's eating. I helped the black one suckle several times so she should be eating as well. Will continue to monitor them of course.
I waited and saw one of the BO's go over for some fresh chicken meat so though I don't know if she started it, she sure contributed 
Virtually no muscle left to hold her tail feather "bulb" up. I noticed another RIR with the start of the same thing. My Blukote spray can, though 3/4 full, won't spray 
