Originally Posted by champion6 (Post 1069953)

Warren, sadly, most of the responses in this thread are not relevant to the post.

It seems to be the norm around here.

Originally Posted by thevillagechicken (Post 1070101)

i love irony.

Originally Posted by LuckySevens (Post 1070044)

So I am a Miracle whip fan, which isn't mayonnaise! I hate Hellmans, so does that mean I probably won't like Dukes? Is Dukes more like salad dressing than mayonnaise? Never tasted it before.

Originally Posted by CFrance (Post 1070018)

Have you made a price comparison of all the products you buy between WD, Publix, and Walmart? Every store has loss leaders and then jacks the price up on other items.

Here's what I think about Walmart: I don't know exactly what I think about Walmart.

For me it's a royal PIA to shop there. I'll stick to the smaller, less crowded stores and am very grateful that I can afford to pay higher prices to have a calmer shopping experience. I'm sorry if that sounds snotty, but grocery shopping is actually enjoyable for me--but not at Walmart. And we don't buy enough food to make that big a price difference over a year's time. However, I am glad it is there for the young families and others who absolutely need to or want to get lower prices on the food they buy the most of. The only time we go there is to get something in the non-food area, and if we happen to need groceries, we will get them while there. But generally we avoid the place, especially in the winter season.

I do not like their drive-Mom-and-Pop-businesses-out tactics, nor the fact that they got caught for charging less than break-even prices on things in stores located in areas where they wanted to drive out the competition. They are a prime example of corporate greed in my opinion. BUT, they do employ a lot of people. I don't know if they pay a fair wage equal to other companies equal to the skill level of the job, so I can't comment on that. So there's a lot of contradictions there.

Originally Posted by CFrance (Post 1070018)

For me it's a royal PIA to shop there. I'll stick to the smaller, less crowded stores and am very grateful that I can afford to pay higher prices to have a calmer shopping experience. I'm sorry if that sounds snotty, but grocery shopping is actually enjoyable for me--but not at Walmart.

Originally Posted by CFrance (Post 1070004)

Now that reminds me that some people back in my youth used to put sugar on tomatoes.

Your O/V/S/S/P combo sounds good. Now if we could get some decent home-grown tomatoes around here... (à la Ohio or Jersey or PA).

Originally Posted by perrjojo (Post 1070118)

Cmy Dad put country white gravy on tomatoes. It looked gross but once I tried it, it was yummy.

Originally Posted by Barefoot (Post 1070007)

If you ate a plant-based diet, you could grow all your own food and rarely visit a supermarket. :doh:

Originally Posted by pbkmaine (Post 1070184)

Publix for the fresh bread and the $40 for a $50 gas card, Winn Dixie and Publix for the BOGOS, Target for pet food specials with gift cards and layering coupons with the Cartwheel app, Aldi for the ease of shopping and all the basics, Walmart when I have a bunch of assorted items to buy. I look at shopping as a sport.

Originally Posted by pbkmaine (Post 1070184)

Publix for the fresh bread and the $40 for a $50 gas card, Winn Dixie and Publix for the BOGOS, Target for pet food specials with gift cards and layering coupons with the Cartwheel app, Aldi for the ease of shopping and all the basics, Walmart when I have a bunch of assorted items to buy. I look at shopping as a sport.

Originally Posted by Bonny (Post 1070241)

Wow, 10 pages pretty much about mayonnaise. Who woulda thunk ! :a20:

Originally Posted by Wandatime (Post 1070240)

Jiminies! Doesn't that take up a lot of time? More importantly, WHERE DO YOU BUY YOUR MAYONNAISE?!? LOL!

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1070244)

I think I am being converted from Hellmanns to Dukes.

I don't know what my ancestors are thinkin'.


I love the stuff that looks like Mayonnaise and tastes of garlic and they serve on green beans in France.

I never could figure out what they called it. It sounded like "eye".

Originally Posted by Wandatime (Post 1070253)

What I love about TOTV is that a thread start can go in one of a thousand different directions, depending on the energy, enthusiasm and wit of the posters. This one did start as a cost question and could have been continued with posts about economics, politics, world order, the dollar versus the euro, labor costs, and a thousand different things. But no, we made it all about crazy mayo, and I love it!

Originally Posted by judynlee (Post 1070133)

Blue Plate!!

Originally Posted by Wandatime (Post 1070250)

Okay, pbkmaine, you need to invite us over and show us how to make mayonnaise and aioli.

Originally Posted by Justus (Post 1069948)

We ordinarily like Aldi's brands very much. That said, we've tried their mayo on two occasions. Both times it separated into its components while in the fridge. It was probably ok to eat, but not very appetizing. Just trying to save you some money here...

Originally Posted by tomwed (Post 1070116)

I agree with you. I also enjoy grocery shopping at some stores, Fresh Market, Aldi's and Save-A-Lot. Aldi's and Save a Lot is not a snotty experience. Aldi's in particular, at both locations you see many random acts of kindness.

Originally Posted by tomwed (Post 1070255)

you could call it a mayo clinic.

Originally Posted by Wandatime (Post 1070253)

What I love about TOTV is that a thread start can go in one of a thousand different directions, depending on the energy, enthusiasm and wit of the posters. This one did start as a cost question and could have been continued with posts about economics, politics, world order, the dollar versus the euro, labor costs, and a thousand different things. But no, we made it all about crazy mayo, and I love it!