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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]WF milk in the returnable bottles is inexpensive. We like dorset cereal which is sold at whole foods and harris teeter.   It is frequently sold out and I believe is more money at Harris Teeter.  I do spend more money when I go to WF because I do not restrain myself.  [b]I've gone from WF to Harris Teeter to Safeway etc in the same trip and seen big price differences for the same stuff like organic berries with the same label.[/b]

Safeway has those online only coupons and just for u's so organic bananas were .69/pound.  WF has no online pricing. DC recently saved $.70 per gallon at an exxon by entering the safeway number.  [/quote]

I've done the same thing because I was convinced that we could save money by shopping at Safeway instead of WF (we shop at the ones in Glover Park). Turns out that my husband was right. It does SEEM like the produce is the same at Safeway and WF (same fruit, same label), and sometimes the Safeway version is a little cheaper, but when you get them home, the WF purchase is fresh and lasts for days, whereas it almost always turns out that the Safeway produce is on the verge of rotting, and usually has some hidden mold. How DOES Safeway manage to sandwich the moldy raspberries between the decent-looking ones every single time? And how DO they ensure that their clementines are dry and cracked inside, and never, ever sweet?

Safeway either 1) buys the rejects every time, 2) transports and stores them improperly, or 3) leaves them sitting somewhere for WAY too long, so that by the time you save your quarter per package, you're actually paying for rotten produce. [/quote]

I posted about the multiple stores.  We have gotten more mold at Safeway but do shop there more often.  I return moldy items to all stores including WF's.  If inconvenient it waits for my next trip.  But I still expect the refund.  Harris Teeter has been the only one that I haven't ever found mold.  [/quote]

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