Let's Go, Brandon!

[abbey1227]

Aug 6, 2022 1:10:22 GMT merh said:

The fan boys want to pretend they are cool like Batman 

I still prefer the Burton version

Miller seems to have cult leader delusions

Well, Sin City and similarly dark, gritty pieces do have their appeal with graphic violence........ I guess I'm still kinda nostalgic about Adam West 

And yes, Tim Burton's versions were well done with just the right amount of campy

[merh]

Damn.
So around Xmas cat litter sales were $4.99 on the vons buy 5 deal (mix & match)
Then nothing.
This week it's buy 4 & the litter is $5.99.

So I went to bitch on kinder's thread about it.

Ohmyfuckinggod.

Kinder posted he bought a 13 lb ribeye steak at Costco for $190.

Jesus!

[abbey1227]

Aug 18, 2022 20:17:15 GMT merh said:

Damn.
So around Xmas cat litter sales were $4.99 on the vons buy 5 deal (mix & match)
Then nothing.
This week it's buy 4 & the litter is $5.99.

So I went to bitch on kinder's thread about it.

Ohmyfuckinggod.

Kinder posted he bought a 13 lb ribeye steak at Costco for $190.

Jesus!

I wonder if he used EBT?  Ask  

Just about EVERYTHING has gone up 15-30% from what I've been seeing

[merh]

[abbey1227]

Sept 12, 2022 21:03:14 GMT merh said:

STILL not as low as they were..........so instead of acknowledging that gas prices are still high, they wanna mention it's gone down a penny a day for 70 days? And besides that, wasn't Biden & Co saying that the president has no control over the price? So which is it? He can lower prices? or it's all beyond his control? We know the truth, their policies drive the prices up or down. And the timing of it going down before the midterms is very telling ,too.

Every measure? Keep the F outta the way and there wouldn't be a crisis in the first place! The Govt is supposed to be given credit for curing a problem they created in the first place?

Is that how they view allowing so much crime to fester in their large cities? Cuz then they'll feel needed yet again to fix things?

[merh]

Good God.
I should be grateful we don't get trick or treaters.
Vons has the 300 count Hershey assortment on sale for $35

[abbey1227]

Oct 12, 2022 21:49:33 GMT merh said:

Good God.
I should be grateful we don't get trick or treaters.
Vons has the 300 count Hershey assortment on sale for $35

As Nite Owls, we're just glad we don't have to bother since most places limit the time from 3:30 - 6:30 these days

[merh]

Sept 12, 2022 22:20:05 GMT abbey1227 said:

Sept 12, 2022 21:03:14 GMT merh said:

STILL not as low as they were..........so instead of acknowledging that gas prices are still high, they wanna mention it's gone down a penny a day for 70 days? And besides that, wasn't Biden & Co saying that the president has no control over the price? So which is it? He can lower prices? or it's all beyond his control? We know the truth, their policies drive the prices up or down. And the timing of it going down before the midterms is very telling ,too.

Every measure? Keep the F outta the way and there wouldn't be a crisis in the first place! The Govt is supposed to be given credit for curing a problem they created in the first place?

Is that how they view allowing so much crime to fester in their large cities? Cuz then they'll feel needed yet again to fix things?

Our prices seem to be coming down.
Saw it $5.99 Tuesday when we saw Amsterdam 

[merh]

What will 1 grocery store do to prices?

NEWS>RETAIL & FINANCIAL
Kroger, Albertsons reportedly in merger talks
Buzz of potential combination comes in wake of Albertsons’ disclosure of strategic review
Russell Redman 1 | Oct 13, 2022


*Editor's Note: This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

The nation’s No. 1 and No. 2 largest supermarket retailers, The Kroger Co. and Albertsons Cos., are holding discussions about a potential merger, Bloomberg reported today.

Related: Albertsons announces strategic review of company

Citing unidentified sources, Bloomberg said in its report that a deal could be struck possibly this week. The sources told Bloomberg that no final decisions have been made and that negotiations could linger or fall through.

Spokespeople for Kroger and Albertsons couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.

Related: SN 2022 Retailer of the Year: The Kroger Co.

The report of merger talks comes more than seven months after Albertsons announced that its board of directors had initiated a “review of potential strategic alternatives.” The Boise, Idaho-based food and drug retailer said at the time that it retained Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse as financial advisers for the review, which would assess balance sheet optimization and capital return strategies, potential strategic or financial transactions, and development of other strategic initiatives to complement Albertsons’ existing businesses. Albertsons also said the review would involve “responding to inquiries.”

Then in April, when reporting fiscal 2021 results, Albertsons Cos. President and Chief Financial Officer Sharon McCollam shed more light on the planned strategic review, telling analysts that the company thinks it’s undervalued versus competitors.

“It was really sparked by the fact that valuation compared to peers was not reflecting the strength of our performance, and there were reasons in our mind for some of that,” McCollam said in the analyst Q&A portion of the earnings call. “We outperformed Kroger in Q4, we outperformed them for the year, etc. So that was really, originally, the catalyst for us,” she explained. “And of course, there was the overhang of the preferred shares that had hit the market, and then the IPO lock-up that was coming.”


At the time, analysts speculated that Albertsons could make a range of moves following the review.

“This strategic review will be a comprehensive assessment of the business to tackle all of these issues. It’s still unclear what will ultimately unfold from this review, but our guess is that we’ll see multiple actions to maximize shareholder value,” CFRA Research analyst Arun Sundaram told Supermarket News in an email at the time. “For example, we could see Albertsons divest some underperforming banners and use that cash to buy back stock and accelerate investments in areas like supply chain, technology and e-commerce. But again, I’ll emphasize that there are still a lot of unknowns right now.”

Currently, Albertsons Cos. operates 2,273 retail food and drug stores in 34 states and the District of Columbia under such banners as Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s, Acme, Tom Thumb, Randalls, United Supermarkets, Pavilions, Star Market, Haggen, Carrs, Kings Food Markets and Balducci’s Food Lovers Market. The retailer’s operations also include 1,720 pharmacies, 402 fuel centers, 22 distribution centers and 19 manufacturing facilities. The company totaled fiscal 2021 sales of $71.89 billion.

As of Thursday mid-morning trading, Kroger shares were down about 1% to $45.58, with a daily range of $45.03 to $48.38 and a 52-week range of $38.22 to $62.78. Shares of Albertsons were up over 6% to $27.30, with a daily range of $25.33 to $28.48 and a 52-week range of $24.34 to $37.99.

Cincinnati-based Kroger generated fiscal 2021 sales of $137.89 billion. The company operates 2,723 supermarkets and multi-department stores under more than 20 banners, including Kroger, Ralphs, Dillons, Smith’s, King Soopers, Fry’s, QFC, City Market, Owen’s, Jay C, Pay Less, Baker’s, Gerbes, Harris Teeter, Pick N’ Save, Metro Market, Mariano’s, Fred Meyer, Food 4 Less and Foods Co. More than 2,250 stores have pharmacies, and over 1,600 have fuel centers.

[abbey1227]

Oct 13, 2022 16:09:55 GMT merh said:

Sept 12, 2022 22:20:05 GMT abbey1227 said:

Our prices seem to be coming down.
Saw it $5.99 Tuesday when we saw Amsterdam 

Smoke and mirrors right before the elections. Big surprise.    Have you been paying attention to the Diesel prices, though? They're still high, which means everything in the supermarket is going to stay higher, too.

We're down to $3.59 at the moment. And threatening the Saudis if they don't up production? Seems a little quid pro quo-ish don't you think? Should we impeach?

[abbey1227]

Oct 13, 2022 20:28:05 GMT merh said:

What will 1 grocery store do to prices?

NEWS>RETAIL & FINANCIAL
Kroger, Albertsons reportedly in merger talks

The Duke Bros are trying to corner the market!  

[merh]

October 20, 2022 3:39 AM PDTLast Updated 2 days ago
Factbox: Strikes, protests in Europe over cost of living and pay
Reuters
Nationwide day of strike and protests for wages and against requisitions at refineries in France
Protestors attend a demonstration in Paris as part of a nationwide day of strike and protests for higher wages and against requisitions at refineries in France, October 18, 2022. The sogan reads "Bruno Le Maire, give us your salary". REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Oct 20 (Reuters) - European countries are facing more strikes and protests due to high energy prices and mounting costs of living. Here are details of some industrial actions and demonstrations.

FRANCE
* Workers at TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA) ended their strikes at all but two sites in France on Thursday, and morning staff at the Normandy and Feyzin refineries were the only ones to continue the stoppage, a CGT union representative said.

* Strikes have affected work at 20 of France's 56 nuclear reactors, an FNME-CGT power union representative said on Wednesday, delaying maintenance at many of them ahead of planned talks with operator EDF (EDF.PA). The union has been staging rolling strikes over wages at some nuclear power plants.

* The CGT said it was calling for a strike at luxury goods company L'Oreal to seek higher wages for staff.

* Regional train traffic in France was cut by about half on Tuesday as several unions called a nationwide strike. They are seeking to capitalise on anger over decades-high inflation to expand weeks of industrial action at oil refineries to other sectors. There was also some disruption to schools as the strike primarily affected the public sector.

* Thousands of people took to the streets of Paris on Sunday to protest against soaring prices.

BRITAIN
British railway workers union RMT said on Wednesday it would take strike action against 14 train operating companies in early November after the country's rail industry body failed to present new offers on pay, jobs and working conditions.

* Nearly 2,000 staff at the Atomic Weapons Establishment, which makes and maintains nuclear warheads, will vote on whether to strike after they rejected a 5% pay award, the Prospect union said on Wednesday. It said a ballot for its members at AWE would open on Oct. 24 and run for two weeks.

* About 1,000 GXO (GXO.N) drivers in Britain will take strike action over five days from the end of the month in a dispute over pay, the Unite union said on Tuesday, warning of disruption to beer deliveries.

* Hundreds of workers at the port of Liverpool, one of Britain's largest container ports, are due to take two more weeks of strike action over pay and jobs from Oct. 24. The Communication and Workers Union, representing 115,000 Royal Mail postal workers, held strikes in September and early October, and have threatened more strikes after months of failed negotiations over pay and operational changes.

* More than 300,000 members of Britain's largest nursing union have begun voting over a strike to demand a pay rise. Junior doctors and ambulance workers also plan to ballot over pay disputes. Rail workers have also walked out over disputes over pay and job security.

GERMANY
* Pilots at Lufthansa's Eurowings began a three-day strike over working hours on Monday, their union said, affecting tens of thousands of the budget airline's passengers. The walkout is due to end at 2159 GMT on Oct. 19.

HUNGARY
* Thousands of Hungarian students and parents protested on Oct. 14 in the second major rally in two weeks to support teachers who have been fired for joining a strike for higher wages, and more teachers being warned of dismissal.

CZECH REPUBLIC
* Tens of thousands of Czechs protested in Prague on Sept. 28 against the government's handling of soaring energy prices and the country's membership of NATO and the European Union. The demonstration was organised by far-right and fringe groups and parties including the Communists.

BELGIUM
* Thousands took to the streets in Brussels on Sept. 21 to protest at soaring energy prices and the cost of living. A similar protest in June drew around 70,000 Belgian workers.

But it's Joe Biden’s Fault!!!!!!!

[merh]

[abbey1227]

Oct 22, 2022 19:51:25 GMT merh said:

October 20, 2022 3:39 AM PDTLast Updated 2 days ago
Factbox: Strikes, protests in Europe over cost of living and pay
Reuters
Nationwide day of strike and protests for wages and against requisitions at refineries in France
Protestors attend a demonstration in Paris as part of a nationwide day of strike and protests for higher wages and against requisitions at refineries in France, October 18, 2022. The sogan reads "Bruno Le Maire, give us your salary". REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Oct 20 (Reuters) - European countries are facing more strikes and protests due to high energy prices and mounting costs of living. Here are details of some industrial actions and demonstrations.

FRANCE
* Workers at TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA) ended their strikes at all but two sites in France on Thursday, and morning staff at the Normandy and Feyzin refineries were the only ones to continue the stoppage, a CGT union representative said.

* Strikes have affected work at 20 of France's 56 nuclear reactors, an FNME-CGT power union representative said on Wednesday, delaying maintenance at many of them ahead of planned talks with operator EDF (EDF.PA). The union has been staging rolling strikes over wages at some nuclear power plants.

* The CGT said it was calling for a strike at luxury goods company L'Oreal to seek higher wages for staff.

* Regional train traffic in France was cut by about half on Tuesday as several unions called a nationwide strike. They are seeking to capitalise on anger over decades-high inflation to expand weeks of industrial action at oil refineries to other sectors. There was also some disruption to schools as the strike primarily affected the public sector.

* Thousands of people took to the streets of Paris on Sunday to protest against soaring prices.

BRITAIN
British railway workers union RMT said on Wednesday it would take strike action against 14 train operating companies in early November after the country's rail industry body failed to present new offers on pay, jobs and working conditions.

* Nearly 2,000 staff at the Atomic Weapons Establishment, which makes and maintains nuclear warheads, will vote on whether to strike after they rejected a 5% pay award, the Prospect union said on Wednesday. It said a ballot for its members at AWE would open on Oct. 24 and run for two weeks.

* About 1,000 GXO (GXO.N) drivers in Britain will take strike action over five days from the end of the month in a dispute over pay, the Unite union said on Tuesday, warning of disruption to beer deliveries.

* Hundreds of workers at the port of Liverpool, one of Britain's largest container ports, are due to take two more weeks of strike action over pay and jobs from Oct. 24. The Communication and Workers Union, representing 115,000 Royal Mail postal workers, held strikes in September and early October, and have threatened more strikes after months of failed negotiations over pay and operational changes.

* More than 300,000 members of Britain's largest nursing union have begun voting over a strike to demand a pay rise. Junior doctors and ambulance workers also plan to ballot over pay disputes. Rail workers have also walked out over disputes over pay and job security.

GERMANY
* Pilots at Lufthansa's Eurowings began a three-day strike over working hours on Monday, their union said, affecting tens of thousands of the budget airline's passengers. The walkout is due to end at 2159 GMT on Oct. 19.

HUNGARY
* Thousands of Hungarian students and parents protested on Oct. 14 in the second major rally in two weeks to support teachers who have been fired for joining a strike for higher wages, and more teachers being warned of dismissal.

CZECH REPUBLIC
* Tens of thousands of Czechs protested in Prague on Sept. 28 against the government's handling of soaring energy prices and the country's membership of NATO and the European Union. The demonstration was organised by far-right and fringe groups and parties including the Communists.

BELGIUM
* Thousands took to the streets in Brussels on Sept. 21 to protest at soaring energy prices and the cost of living. A similar protest in June drew around 70,000 Belgian workers.

But it's Joe Biden’s Fault!!!!!!!

it is. Our actions here, affect others overseas.

The cost of living is going nuts over there? Weird, huh? Maybe they should raise their minimum wage? 

[abbey1227]

Oct 22, 2022 21:37:25 GMT merh said:

short term entertainment - everyday people wasting their time and money

[merh]

Oct 23, 2022 1:08:19 GMT abbey1227 said:

Oct 22, 2022 21:37:25 GMT merh said:

short term entertainment - everyday people wasting their time and money

Judge much?

They buy caviar or penis rocketships but that's not a waste of time or money?

Wow.

[merh]

Oct 23, 2022 1:07:15 GMT abbey1227 said:

Oct 22, 2022 19:51:25 GMT merh said:

But it's Joe Biden’s Fault!!!!!!!

it is. Our actions here, affect others overseas.

The cost of living is going nuts over there? Weird, huh? Maybe they should raise their minimum wage? 

They're striking so it sounds like they are trying.

So we affect everything that happens in the world?

We are the reason the PM in England resigned?
We caused the death of the British Queen?

[abbey1227]

Oct 23, 2022 3:00:57 GMT merh said:

Judge much?

They buy caviar or penis rocketships but that's not a waste of time or money?

Wow.

Like you and others say about higher tax rates on them......"THEY can afford it"

Unlike the typical American who cries they can't make ends meet..........while they sure find the money for their vices. Oh and they'd do anything for their kids, too  

[abbey1227]

Oct 23, 2022 3:04:07 GMT merh said:

They're striking so it sounds like they are trying.

So we affect everything that happens in the world?

We are the reason the PM in England resigned?
We caused the death of the British Queen?

Look up where our $Dollars are being used and influencing markets/prices. There's a reason China, Russia and others are doing their best to keep the US Dollar out.

That looks like some weird gamesmanship to get Boris back in. How weird, right?

She was long overdue, doncha think? Or are you like Toy Cannon and think everyone should live to 120?

[merh]

Oct 23, 2022 13:15:16 GMT abbey1227 said:

Oct 23, 2022 3:04:07 GMT merh said:

They're striking so it sounds like they are trying.

So we affect everything that happens in the world?

We are the reason the PM in England resigned?
We caused the death of the British Queen?

Look up where our $Dollars are being used and influencing markets/prices. There's a reason China, Russia and others are doing their best to keep the US Dollar out.

That looks like some weird gamesmanship to get Boris back in. How weird, right?

She was long overdue, doncha think? Or are you like Toy Cannon and think everyone should live to 120?

You know me
80 minimum.