Went to a Publix to take advantage of a senior 5% discount. The store manager said that they haven’t offered that for seven years. What I know now is the discount is only available at SELECT locations in a few states. I live in one of those states, but not this store. Now I read that it’s available on only the first Wednesday of the month but may be different at your store. So, did the news reports have a listing of the stores? No, you just need to keep trying different stores on the first Wednesday of a month and hope for the best to save your 5% at the most expensive grocery store in the USA. I think I am more likely to win at three card monte.
I wouldn’t shop at a store that charges me 5% more for the exact same product than someone who just happens to be old. A moot point, since there’s no Publix near me.
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Many stores near me offer senior discounts on certain days or hours (always early). I rarely remember the first, and I am NOT a morning person.
That’s really cute and funny, “5% more for just being old.” Wait til you’re there; feel free to check back when you are emotionally mature.
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Sure, as long as you promise to check back when you learn how to use quotation marks.
??? What was wrong with the quotation mark use?
Quotation marks are typically used to denote the actual words that someone said or wrote. Here, they were used to misquote me in a way that makes no sense at all.
I’ve noticed ratber2k having attitude issues with some of his posts so I am not surprised by his being old comment.
Don’t feel bad. It’s very common to think people who point out when you’re wrong have attitude issues.
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Is that why you somestimes have an attitude, because you don’t like people disagreeing with you?
Marci, there is always one idiot…
Scott, what you said is so very true. I have found people who won’t accept anybody saying something that is contradictory to what they say.
A while back I made a purchase at my grocery store. I was double-checking that a sale price was correct and the cashier said, “oh, and I gave you the senior discount”.
Ummm… Should I be happy or insulted?!?
It made me laugh!!
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just joined - thats terrible. We live in an area with a large retirement crowd and our Publix does offer the 5% Senior discount every Wednesday. They also allow you to only purchase one item from the BOGO items and receive the discount. Great Store and Management - will thank them next time I am in. Best of luck
Senior and other discounts are usually available on a store by store basis. That is not to say that a company may not offer them company wide, but that may be the exception.
As with a Senior discount, it is probably offeed for two reasons, the first to get people into the store during slow days (not unlike a happy hour or Senior discount at a restaurant). The second reason for a Senior discount might be that there are plenty of other shopping locations in an area where Seniors are plentiful. If you were the only supermarket in an area of man ySeniors, you do not have to offer a discount as they are more likely to shop there than drive many miles away.
Here in Hawaii we have Kamaaina Discounts. ( Kamaʻāina (Hawaiian: kamaʻāina, lit. ‘child or person of the land’) is a word describing Hawaii residents regardless of their racial background, as opposed to kanaka which means a person of Native Hawaiian ancestry.) So it is a local discount which may be offered. I once heard a guy in a restaurant who said his friend told him to ask for a ‘kamma anna discount’. The guy was obviously a tourist during his first trip to the islands. If he could not even pronounce the word or understand its meaning, he probably would not get any discount.
For hotel discounts I have been asked to show my State ID. In other cases I have been given a discount just because they could tell I was a local resident, having stopped in multiple times in a month.
Here the discount is given for a few reasons. One is unfortunately because some places jack the prices up for tourists. I know, but it happens. But giving the locals (and by that I mean residents) a discount is because we pay a lot more to live here than other places and are pretty much a captive audience being on an island. Also, hotels and restaurants want the locals to bring visitors with them or recommend the place to tourists.