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		Consumer: "@PriceChopper Suprmkt is teh sucks lol" PriceChopper Inc.:@YourBoss - yr employee makin trble 4 us. Tell her GTFO (consumerist.com)		142
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cretinbob		2010-09-22 09:56:01 AM

I don't know, my Pricechopper is pretty nice. The meat at the P&C/Tops sucks, even though there is more variety of "ethnic" foods there. The other option is Wal-Mart.

Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude		2010-09-22 10:27:58 AM

-1 for Crapsumerist link.

paygun		2010-09-22 11:18:40 AM

Watch what you post on the internet or you could get arocked.

GoodyearPimp		2010-09-22 11:18:47 AM

Get to da Price Choppa!

(This is the first thing I thought of when I first became aware of their existence)

pugsleythegreat		2010-09-22 11:19:06 AM

Can we permaban the Consumerist please?

/This is an outrage.
//etc.

KatjaMouse		2010-09-22 11:21:26 AM

Oh god, if that happened to me, my boss would call me into his office and we'd lulz so hard and then go to down to Trader Joe's to get lunch.

DaPinto		2010-09-22 11:21:27 AM

What's a Pricec Hopper?

Ponzholio		2010-09-22 11:22:30 AM

"Every time I go to @PriceChopperNY I realize why they r not @wegmans..."

If Wegmans is so much better, here's an idea- GO TO WEGMANS...

arcas		2010-09-22 11:22:49 AM

FTA:

I took matters into my own hands. And though well-intentioned, I clearly went over the line - without the knowledge of our consumer insights people or my direct supervisor, the Vice President of Public Relations and Consumer and Marketing Services.

Well-intentioned, eh? Sounds more like you acted out of malice.

Torsoheap		2010-09-22 11:22:49 AM

PriceChopper does suck hardcore compared to Wegmans, but every grocery store sucks compared to Wegmans.

Like all grocery stores, you want to shop at the one in the nicest neighborhood. I have two PriceChoppers about equidistant from my house in an Albany 'burb and one is upscale while the other is white trash.

Sin_City_Superhero		2010-09-22 11:23:08 AM

DaPinto: What's a Pricec Hopper?

Dennis' brother?

Torsoheap		2010-09-22 11:24:06 AM

Ponzholio: "Every time I go to @PriceChopperNY I realize why they r not @wegmans..."

If Wegmans is so much better, here's an idea- GO TO WEGMANS...

Wegmans and PriceChopper signed a non-compete agreement which sucks for us Albany peeps.

Ika7734		2010-09-22 11:24:07 AM

slander suit?

error 303		2010-09-22 11:24:13 AM

Have you heard of the Consumerist?

You will.

Franco		2010-09-22 11:24:58 AM

As a former Price Chopper employee they have some filthy stores. Plus there whole corporate culture is poison. Neil Golub himself gave cash to Bruno to bailout his legal fees. This is not surprising in the least.

whammer		2010-09-22 11:25:11 AM

"U R 5UXOr @nD UR moTh3r DR3S53s U fuNNy"

chrisco123		2010-09-22 11:27:20 AM

What's wrong with that sign?

wizzardofxxxx		2010-09-22 11:29:02 AM

Is this like a northen thing? We don't have either of those stores in Florida. But from what I understand if one store is crap and the other is good why would you go to the bad one? That's the real crazy part of this story.

One Bad Apple		2010-09-22 11:29:43 AM

chrisco123: What's wrong with that sign?

Yeah, I don't get it either. Are trash bags not allowed in the same aisle as food ?

/Got nothin'

stickandmove		2010-09-22 11:29:48 AM

I just came here to say Wegmans rules.

Independent_George		2010-09-22 11:30:47 AM

chrisco123: What's wrong with that sign?

That's what I'm saying. I don't get?

Aztex_Slingshot		2010-09-22 11:31:11 AM

Price Chopper does suck. Their stores are dirty and the isles are crowded with junk. Plus there are never enough cashiers during the busiest times of the day. That is why as soon as Hannaford opened in our area we started shopping there.

DssDevl		2010-09-22 11:32:31 AM

chrisco123: What's wrong with that sign?

Came to ask this

/leaving w/o an answer

gregory311		2010-09-22 11:32:39 AM

chrisco123: What's wrong with that sign?

Was thinking the same thing.

Lifeless		2010-09-22 11:32:57 AM

Maybe you shouldn't drop your workplace dox on twitter if you're going to bad-mouth other businesses.

XDC_Monroe		2010-09-22 11:35:22 AM

Okay Price Chopper is coming out.

Aztex_Slingshot		2010-09-22 11:35:57 AM

For those farkers that tell us to shop at Wegmans if PC is so bad, we can't. Usually Price Chopper and Wegmans aren't in the same area. Those of us in the Capital District area of NY would kill to get a Wegmans, but it isn't gonna happen.

Loucifer		2010-09-22 11:36:39 AM

If somebody doesn't tell me WTF is wrong with that sign I am contacting all of your employers!

KatjaMouse		2010-09-22 11:37:03 AM

chrisco123: What's wrong with that sign?

I'm thinking that Trash Bags are with the cooking supplies, backing items, pans rather than being in the aisle with paper towels, toilet paper and cleaning supplies.

stickandmove		2010-09-22 11:37:04 AM

wizzardofxxxx: Is this like a northen thing? We don't have either of those stores in Florida. But from what I understand if one store is crap and the other is good why would you go to the bad one? That's the real crazy part of this story.

Price Chopper and Wegmans have always had some sort of a "gentlemen's agreement" not to directly complete in the same market, meaning there is very little overlap in their store coverage areas. The Syracuse area is pretty much right on the border between the two.

soze		2010-09-22 11:38:07 AM

The Choppers around here DO suck. Unpleasant looking meats, crappy veggies, and the store layouts are awful. They are the Walmart to Hannaford's Target.

They're not even cheaper than Hannaford, either. I run a bicycle thing around Thanksgiving every year where participants have to hit four or five grocery stores in the area and Hannaford has come out ahead pricewise for three years or so now.

/interviewed at Price Chopper corporate once
//so glad I didn't take the gig

KatjaMouse		2010-09-22 11:38:21 AM

Aztex_Slingshot: For those farkers that tell us to shop at Wegmans if PC is so bad, we can't. Usually Price Chopper and Wegmans aren't in the same area. Those of us in the Capital District area of NY would kill to get a Wegmans, but it isn't gonna happen.

www.thevancouverite.com

Navin R Johnson		2010-09-22 11:38:38 AM

arcas: FTA:

I took matters into my own hands. And though well-intentioned, I clearly went over the line - without the knowledge of our consumer insights people or my direct supervisor, the Vice President of Public Relations and Consumer and Marketing Services.

Well-intentioned, eh? Sounds more like you acted out of malice.

This.

People should be able to say "Company X's product/service is not good in my opinion" on the internet without Company X trying to fark with their livelihood.

And before someone chimes in w/ "Well, ya gots to be careful what you put on the web..." I'd like you to imagine this for me: What every executive at your company got an angry email from an official at Duke University, informing them of your recent defamatory and possibly sexual fark greenlight? You probably won't get fired, but that's just harassment.

Mazzic518		2010-09-22 11:38:52 AM

Currently on break @Price Chopper so I am getting a kick out of these replies...

Lifeless		2010-09-22 11:40:26 AM

Navin R Johnson: arcas: FTA:

I took matters into my own hands. And though well-intentioned, I clearly went over the line - without the knowledge of our consumer insights people or my direct supervisor, the Vice President of Public Relations and Consumer and Marketing Services.

Well-intentioned, eh? Sounds more like you acted out of malice.

This.

People should be able to say "Company X's product/service is not good in my opinion" on the internet without Company X trying to fark with their livelihood.

Agreed. Unsuccessful troll was unsuccessful, and that's a shame, because this dude looks like he'd be prime troll-bait. The internet seems to elude him a bit.

Independent_George		2010-09-22 11:40:42 AM

stickandmove: wizzardofxxxx: Is this like a northen thing? We don't have either of those stores in Florida. But from what I understand if one store is crap and the other is good why would you go to the bad one? That's the real crazy part of this story.

Price Chopper and Wegmans have always had some sort of a "gentlemen's agreement" not to directly complete in the same market, meaning there is very little overlap in their store coverage areas. The Syracuse area is pretty much right on the border between the two.

We have a Wegman's and a Price Chopper within 7 miles of each other where I am. Not sure if that's considered "competing in the same market" though.

/NEPA

someguy945		2010-09-22 11:41:13 AM

One Bad Apple: chrisco123: What's wrong with that sign?

Yeah, I don't get it either. Are trash bags not allowed in the same aisle as food ?

/Got nothin'

At the end of the article, the author wrote "make sure you use an anonymous Twitter account before you complain about their barren produce section or dumb store signage."

If the problem was trash bags being in a random aisle, then why would the author call the signage "dumb"? It would make more sense to criticize the store layout.

I strongly suspect that the author has no idea what is wrong with the sign either, and made a generic comment about it ("it's dumb") to hide that fact.

Timmy the Tumor		2010-09-22 11:41:43 AM

Ha Ha!

They sell baked goods and trash bags in the SAME AISLE!!!

So you can bake food and throw it away at the SAME TIME!!!

get it?

neither did I

KatjaMouse		2010-09-22 11:42:47 AM

Navin R Johnson: And before someone chimes in w/ "Well, ya gots to be careful what you put on the web..." I'd like you to imagine this for me: What every executive at your company got an angry email from an official at Duke University, informing them of your recent defamatory and possibly sexual fark greenlight? You probably won't get fired, but that's just harassment.

I'm wondering if they would make the argument in court if you were, say, at a Farmer's Market, casually having a conversation with a friend or vendor that you thought that Netflix was a superior business model to Blockbuster just as the Blockbuster CEO was in ear shot buying his carrots. Would his argument that you were defaming the name of his company hold up if he decided to b*tch slap you across the face there in that public setting?

KatjaMouse		2010-09-22 11:45:51 AM

Independent_George: We have a Wegman's and a Price Chopper within 7 miles of each other where I am. Not sure if that's considered "competing in the same market" though.

We have 3 Wegmans in a reasonable distance from each other in my immediate area. I'm not bragging but it's nice to have options when you're running errands. "Hmmm... I could swing by Safeway on the way home but if I took 50 instead I can hit up Wegman's."

metametameta		2010-09-22 11:46:29 AM

I think that counts as criminal harassment. I'm not usually for lawyering but sue, sue, sue to high heaven.

redmid17		2010-09-22 11:46:44 AM

Torsoheap: Ponzholio: "Every time I go to @PriceChopperNY I realize why they r not @wegmans..."

If Wegmans is so much better, here's an idea- GO TO WEGMANS...

Wegmans and PriceChopper signed a non-compete agreement which sucks for us Albany peeps.

Don't worry. You'll make it out of Albany some day.

tortilla burger		2010-09-22 11:47:49 AM

stickandmove: I just came here to say Wegmans rules.

This

/first time at Wegmans, it was like a magical wonderland

Timmy the Tumor		2010-09-22 11:48:19 AM

KatjaMouse: Navin R Johnson: And before someone chimes in w/ "Well, ya gots to be careful what you put on the web..." I'd like you to imagine this for me: What every executive at your company got an angry email from an official at Duke University, informing them of your recent defamatory and possibly sexual fark greenlight? You probably won't get fired, but that's just harassment.

I'm wondering if they would make the argument in court if you were, say, at a Farmer's Market, casually having a conversation with a friend or vendor that you thought that Netflix was a superior business model to Blockbuster just as the Blockbuster CEO was in ear shot buying his carrots. Would his argument that you were defaming the name of his company hold up if he decided to b*tch slap you across the face there in that public setting?

The first element of that would be if your argument were obviously and demonstrably false. (Libel and slander cases are ridiculously difficult to "win" unless it's something like "Brad Pitt caught sleeping with Michelle Obama, and we have proof" where an attorney files suit and says "ok, produce proof or we're suing you for damages")

In your example, all someone would have to do is show that Netflix is showing consistent profits and Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy.

(well, and you can't smack someone for that, either)

borland502		2010-09-22 11:48:52 AM

"Well-intentioned" - I intended to show my bosses that we could pull the same crap as the entertainment industry with blackballing. I didn't anticipate that the target would go public and make this a PR nightmare. I really thought I had the power to tell the customer to STFU through social pressure. So sorry about those good intentions.

Man, that line reads like an apology to her bosses, not the customer.

crass751		2010-09-22 11:49:04 AM

The sad thing is that after moving to MI I miss Price Chopper so very much... the grocery stores out here are crap. I lived in Saratoga though, so the Route 50 one was decent, Wilton wasn't bad, and then there was the Ghetto Chop.

But I agree - Wegmans is way better than anything else.

metametameta		2010-09-22 11:50:08 AM

KatjaMouse: chrisco123: What's wrong with that sign?

I'm thinking that Trash Bags are with the cooking supplies, backing items, pans rather than being in the aisle with paper towels, toilet paper and cleaning supplies.

That's my thought too. It's a bit like putting the pet food next to the kids cereal. Even though they aren't going to actually cross contaminate each other, no one wants to think of filthy garbage while they are contemplating delicious pie.

Ponzholio		2010-09-22 11:50:09 AM

KatjaMouse: Navin R Johnson: And before someone chimes in w/ "Well, ya gots to be careful what you put on the web..." I'd like you to imagine this for me: What every executive at your company got an angry email from an official at Duke University, informing them of your recent defamatory and possibly sexual fark greenlight? You probably won't get fired, but that's just harassment.

I'm wondering if they would make the argument in court if you were, say, at a Farmer's Market, casually having a conversation with a friend or vendor that you thought that Netflix was a superior business model to Blockbuster just as the Blockbuster CEO was in ear shot buying his carrots. Would his argument that you were defaming the name of his company hold up if he decided to b*tch slap you across the face there in that public setting?

Or go to Applebee's and complain and write a letter to consumerist.com that their steaks are not as good as Ruth's Chris...

lcurtisl		2010-09-22 11:52:55 AM

What I think is weird is that the Price Chopper employee went so oddly out of their way to defend their employer. If people complain about my employer (and I'm not at work) I almost always agree with them. Most companies suck in one way or another.

borland502		2010-09-22 11:54:56 AM

Timmy the Tumor: In your example, all someone would have to do is show that Netflix is showing consistent profits and Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy.

Oddly enough, I just switched to Blockbuster from Netflix. They're awesome, but the gamerental/movie combo works for me. Blockbuster dumbasses certainly waited long enough to capitalize on their strengths.

Of course, I took advantage of the nice Netflix ability to pause my subscription for 90 days in case they actually bankrupt/bankrupt and aren't bailed out by Hollywood.

//Don't come after me Netflix; it's not you, it's me.

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