http://www.mpdailyfix.com/how-to-feed-your-family-for-less/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-feed-your-family-for-less Opinions. Commentary. News. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:23:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.mpdailyfix.com/how-to-feed-your-family-for-less/comment-page-1/#comment-40581 Ted Mininni Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:23:07 +0000 http://www.mpdailyfix.com/how-to-feed-your-family-for-less/#comment-40581 You've raised a good point, Matt, and I thank you. While it's really great when businesses do something helpful for their customers, it's also important to make sure the program works as it was designed to. . .right? Looks like Price Chopper needs to streamline its site and get it working as cleanly as possible. Otherwise, this initiative which is good on the surface, may cause consumer frustration and do the opposite of what it was meant to do. Thanks again, Matt. Great observation. You’ve raised a good point, Matt, and I thank you. While it’s really great when businesses do something helpful for their customers, it’s also important to make sure the program works as it was designed to. . .right? Looks like Price Chopper needs to streamline its site and get it working as cleanly as possible. Otherwise, this initiative which is good on the surface, may cause consumer frustration and do the opposite of what it was meant to do.
Thanks again, Matt. Great observation.

]]> http://www.mpdailyfix.com/how-to-feed-your-family-for-less/comment-page-1/#comment-40580 matt Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:57:33 +0000 http://www.mpdailyfix.com/how-to-feed-your-family-for-less/#comment-40580 A timely concept. But spend a moment actually trying to find each recipe. eventually, you may realize that a double click on the name gets you there. They stumbled a bit on making it intuitive all the way through. A timely concept. But spend a moment actually trying to find each recipe. eventually, you may realize that a double click on the name gets you there. They stumbled a bit on making it intuitive all the way through.

]]> http://www.mpdailyfix.com/how-to-feed-your-family-for-less/comment-page-1/#comment-40579 Ted Mininni Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:20:29 +0000 http://www.mpdailyfix.com/how-to-feed-your-family-for-less/#comment-40579 These are excellent, well-articulated ideas, Barbara. I am aware of many grocery stores that donate food to community food pantries. Some leave large receptacles out and encourage their customers to drop donated food in them on their way out of the stores, as well, so it's very much in line with your first suggestion. Food banks sometimes send out volunteers to pick up food at the supermarkets or in some cases, supermarkets might drop food off at local pantries. Love your idea about setting up community seed banks, Barbara. Seeds are in short supply this year and seed companies are struggling to fill backlogs of orders. Many Americans plan on getting back to making large gardens to help feed their families in tough times. Sharing seeds is a super idea. Let's hope this one catches on. Thanks, Barbara, for weighing in on this. These are excellent, well-articulated ideas, Barbara. I am aware of many grocery stores that donate food to community food pantries. Some leave large receptacles out and encourage their customers to drop donated food in them on their way out of the stores, as well, so it’s very much in line with your first suggestion.
Food banks sometimes send out volunteers to pick up food at the supermarkets or in some cases, supermarkets might drop food off at local pantries.
Love your idea about setting up community seed banks, Barbara. Seeds are in short supply this year and seed companies are struggling to fill backlogs of orders. Many Americans plan on getting back to making large gardens to help feed their families in tough times. Sharing seeds is a super idea. Let’s hope this one catches on.
Thanks, Barbara, for weighing in on this.

]]> http://www.mpdailyfix.com/how-to-feed-your-family-for-less/comment-page-1/#comment-40578 Barbara Phillips Long Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:19:51 +0000 http://www.mpdailyfix.com/how-to-feed-your-family-for-less/#comment-40578 More grocery stores should pair up with food banks, but not in the traditional way. I would like to see grocery stores become depots where people can drop off excess produce from their gardens on their way into the store to buy milk, cereal or salmon. Food banks should consider locating in closed-down big box locations near grocery stores so that donating is more convenient for grocery store shoppers. But collecting more produce or running produce swaps could be more important this year. Seed companies report higher demand, and if more people have gardens where everything comes on at once, some may want to share it. Make it easy for them to feed the community. More grocery stores should pair up with food banks, but not in the traditional way. I would like to see grocery stores become depots where people can drop off excess produce from their gardens on their way into the store to buy milk, cereal or salmon.
Food banks should consider locating in closed-down big box locations near grocery stores so that donating is more convenient for grocery store shoppers.
But collecting more produce or running produce swaps could be more important this year. Seed companies report higher demand, and if more people have gardens where everything comes on at once, some may want to share it. Make it easy for them to feed the community.

]]> http://www.mpdailyfix.com/how-to-feed-your-family-for-less/comment-page-1/#comment-40577 Ted Mininni Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:58:05 +0000 http://www.mpdailyfix.com/how-to-feed-your-family-for-less/#comment-40577 Thanks for sharing this with us, Paul. You're right: these two supermarket chains have found another way to help their customers, and win their loyalty, in turn. Let's hope retailers, who are truly struggling now, start finding more inventive ways to help their customers in this economic crunch. Consumers are grateful and they'll remember this kind of treatment. Thanks for weighing in, Paul. Thanks for sharing this with us, Paul. You’re right: these two supermarket chains have found another way to help their customers, and win their loyalty, in turn. Let’s hope retailers, who are truly struggling now, start finding more inventive ways to help their customers in this economic crunch. Consumers are grateful and they’ll remember this kind of treatment. Thanks for weighing in, Paul.

]]> http://www.mpdailyfix.com/how-to-feed-your-family-for-less/comment-page-1/#comment-40576 Paul B Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:07:16 +0000 http://www.mpdailyfix.com/how-to-feed-your-family-for-less/#comment-40576 Ted, I like how Kroger and Dunnhumby are offering clipless coupons based on the items a customer purchases the most. Items that have a manufacturer sponsored coupon are paired with the customer's shopping history discoverd via data from the use of a customer's loyalty card. So all he/she needs to do is scan their club card and off comes the savings! This is a terrific example of the value of data mining in driving more customer loyalty. For more on this, see; <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/21/magazines/fortune/boyle_datamining.fortune/index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/21/magazines/fortune/boyle_datamining.fortune/index.htm</a> Ted, I like how Kroger and Dunnhumby are offering clipless coupons based on the items a customer purchases the most. Items that have a manufacturer sponsored coupon are paired with the customer’s shopping history discoverd via data from the use of a customer’s loyalty card. So all he/she needs to do is scan their club card and off comes the savings! This is a terrific example of the value of data mining in driving more customer loyalty.
For more on this, see;
http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/21/magazines/fortune/boyle_datamining.fortune/index.htm

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