My hubby (disabled vet) works part time at Safeway. He was told .. No FREE Turkey this Thanksgiving

[Trueblue1968]

Kroger, Albertsons, Safeway and other big grocery chains ...... Raising food prices

Screwing over employees. I hate them. We are just barely making it. Paycheck to paycheck.

I am going to see if we can get a food box.

[Lovie777]

1. And it's going to get worse....

Next year with the tariffs, employment decline, more tax cuts for the greedy.

[Trueblue1968]

2. Hurts my heart they wont help their workers. Employees get NOTHING.

[Elessar Zappa]

3. Typical.

One year when I worked as a hospital, they bought us one candy cane and one cookie as a “thank you” bonus. It was insulting.

[markodochartaigh]

27. The hospital I worked at

gave day and evening shift a free meal, one slice of turkey, one lump of dressing, one scoop of green beans and mashed potatoes, and a holiday cookie. Night shift got a cheese sandwich and bag of potato chips. We all had to sign a slip that we had received our food.

[viva la]

4. I'm sorry--

Turkey is expensive this year! I mean, comparatively. I decided just to get a turkey breast-- easier to cook also for just three people.

the day after Thanksgiving, I'm going to get my Xmas turkey... because probably they'll be dropping the price immediately.

[wolfie001]

34. This is the ad for where I worked my Union job for 39 years and 2 months:

27 cents/lb. *Limit 2. I always find deals at this store. DC Metro Area, Virginia, Delaware, Maryland and the city.

[viva la]

35. I once won a frozen turkey at bingo.

That was the most expensive prize I ever got, LOL.

[wolfie001]

38. For this holiday, timing is everything

Don't wanna pick up one of those frozen bombs after Tuesday

[thinkingagain]

5. That's sad

Locally to me we have places that will get people baskets with food and turkeys etc
My daughter does Facebook and they have a free. Site and she along with others have donated turkeys that they get with buy x amount of groceries and get a turkey etc.

I f you we’re nearby me I could try to help you out with some of the Fixins.

[Trueblue1968]

19. Thank you for the love.

[thinkingagain]

24. Of course

We need to all help each other as much as possible.

I hope you at least get your box.

[XanaDUer2]

6. I'm sorry

[bdamomma]

7. Cruelty

is their mantra. Horrible, it's no way to treat people. I hope there is a day, when all their hate and greediness bits them back hard.

[LoisB]

8. Heartless. It's not as if (a) they can't afford it, and (b) it's not a tax deduction. I hope they end up with tons of

unsold turkeys rotting in their warehouses.

[Squaredeal]

9. Where I live, the discount supermarkets are selling turkeys for $3.99 each.

But you have to spend $20. Maybe food shop elsewhere?

[MichMan]

13. Yesterday my local big chain was selling them for 33 cents a pound

[DFW]

10. One is forced to wonder, is business THAT bad at Safeway?

I am SO glad I work for an outfit that takes the opposite approach to its employees. Granted, we are at about “only” 900 people worldwide by now, and Safeway probably has tens of thousands of employees, but even so, since everyone needs to buy food, how bad can a major food chain’s business be that they feel OK about discontinuing a tradition like that?

Here in Germany, an organically raised turkey big enough to feed 20 people costs us anout $200, but it’s once a year, so we just say “what the hell” and pay up.

[happybird]

11. Martins/Giant has turkeys for 400 points

off your bonus card. Once you reach or already have 400 points, you can print a Turkey Certificate out and redeem it. Not great (many use the points for gas discounts), but better than no turkey on the table.

[Tesha]

12. Businesses are in the business of profit.

Corporations, I mean, they lose their hearts when they grow too big, when they don’t know the names of the kids bagging.

I’m so sorry, yes, go get a food box, get one every week and save up what you can. We have no idea what’s coming.

[calimary]

14. Boy, you can say THAT again.

“We have no idea what’s coming.”

But we do know one thing for sure: if it’s coming from trump ‘n’ company, you know it’s gonna be bad - on several fronts. And mainly good and beneficial to a very small, exclusive group of high-level thieves and cheaters.

[Tarzanrock]

15. Thankfully, a large "tax cut" will soon be coming for this Creep.

As Chief Executive Officer at ALBERTSONS COS INC, Vivek Sankaran made $15,125,283 in total compensation. Of this total $1,500,000 was received as a salary, $2,931,642 was received as a bonus, $0 was received in stock options, $10,500,020 was awarded as stock and $193,621 came from other types of compensation. This information is according to proxy statements filed for the 2023 fiscal year.
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$193,621
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[The Madcap]

16. One would think

With that amount of stock in his pay package, he would want to stave off a depression.

[Trueblue1968]

21. I hate them ..... Kroger too

[kimbutgar]

17. I was in Costco this past week and turkeys were going for 99 cents a pound and $1.99 for an organic one

But those idiots are going to be whining even more next year when food prices go though the roof and the government will turn a blind eye and then big grocery chains will be posting record profits on Wall Street.

Idiots think the orange monster care about the price of eggs !

[Initech]

18. The election wasn't about the economy.

[DENVERPOPS]

20. The worst part is

there is no FDR on the Horizon........

Only Hoovervilles, a repeat of the GILDED AGE, and ROBBER BARRONS, once again..........

We can only believe, from past experience, Trump will do anything he has said he was going to do......

Maybe, just maybe, he will show us all that he has planned, starting in the first month or two. Then will come APRIL 15th and a hundred million or more of us will launch their own "Protest" on that date...................

[electric_blue68]

22. Well, that's dispiriting, and disgusting. Sorry to hear this.

[MLAA]

23. Absolutely go for a box and as another poster already said get one as often as allowed and create

a little stockpile. 🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵

[Xavier Breath]

25. I'm sorry that has happened to you.

That's a complete shit move on their part. I'd suggest they'll lose a lot more in employee morale than the damn turkeys would have ever cost them.

[LilElf70]

26. It's sickening.

This action from the corporate America is totally unacceptable. There's been record profits over the past 2 years, right? Where do you think all that money went during the fake inflationary period?

Besides any of that, what's it gonna cost them for a couple dozen turkeys? 2 dozen? More? Does it even matter? When I had a job 10 years ago, the company I was employed by, had an employee total of 500K. Imagine that bill for turkeys. We all got one. Today, it's all about Corporate America and profits in Trumps world. And soon, Trump will dole out huge tax breaks to the top 1%. The domino effect then starts. It's going to be messy, believe me.

So give me a friggin break. Give the employees a turkey!! They deserve it and it's a nice gesture. The day of helping thy neighbor is over. No empathy trump likes it that way. God help us all

[Mr.Bee]

28. A year from now

they'll be saying how good things were under Biden!

[Evolve Dammit]

29. Like it would cost them a lot. Give me a break.

[Evolve Dammit]

31. I meant to add, it's about five bucks to the consumer and less than that for them for a ten pound bird. Such a small

token of appreciation

[osteopath6]

30. I'm so sorry

Our hospital used to do a Turkey on Turkey day and a ham for Xmas (eventually became a "holiday" ham which makes more sense but I digress) and they quit doing it altogether this year too.

Their reason was too many people complained about the size or quality last time. Seriously. I won't call them liars, but I personally heard nothing but super happy people.

[TexLaProgressive]

32. My first thought was avian flu was causing a rise in turkey prices.

While turkey farms have been hit for some reason it hasn’t affected supply or price. It seems that eggs have taken the big hit.
I feel for you, and I hope that you get the help you and others need. I worry that this is only going to get worst next year.

[TexLaProgressive]

33. Weeird duplicate - to bad you can't trash a post on DU

[SharonClark]

39. But you can trash a post.

Following the original post there are several options, including trash.

[ReRe]

36. By all means

get to a God's Pantry nearest you tomorrow & let them know your plight, hubby and all.
If you were anywhere near me, I would have you come over here right now and get my
turkey out of the fridge! And listen, if you don't get a turkey, just get a whole chicken,
and pretend it's a turkey. My family had to do that once & it worked out fine.
I hope and even believe you will have a turkey this Thanksgiving, Trueblue1968.

[jimfields33]

37. Winn Dixie is closing all over the south.

The employees are out of a job. However, Aldi’s are taking over. But at my store, we have 95 employees and Aldi agreed to hire 15. A turkey is the least of their worries.

[raging moderate]

40. Contact your local United Methodist Church.

My church gives away large amounts of FREE food to many recipients, with a room that is stocked like a grocery store, twice a week. And they are not the only United Methodist Church in my town that does it. Plus, this week, they are going to give a FREE TURKEY to each family. If your local United Methodist Church does not do this, they should be able to tell you about a church that does do it.

[Meowmee]

41. That is terrible

I have purchased very inexpensive turkeys on sale at Stop & Shop. This year I purchased one at Costco, which was also on sale but not as much. Also, if you qualify, a lot of people are giving a free Thanksgiving meals away at charities. In addition, if you buy them after Thanksgiving, they are often deeply discounted.

[Trueblue1968]

42. Hubby just called during his break. Our next door friend is rewarding hubby with a nice 10 pounder!!

He had never neighbor put in a few front door and he is gonna give to us tomorrow.
If we are eating at home, I usually get a small one as it is just us 2.

I am happy... That will be 10 bucks or so that we don't have to pay out.

Happppppy Thanksgiving everyone.

[mucholderthandirt]

43. Happy the day is going to be better for you guys now. The holidays are when the corporations lay off, usually.

At the mill where I used to work, they always served these "turkey roll" things, bits of this and that meat pressed into like a meatloaf form. It was nasty. The fixings were always cold and dry, the desserts looked like they were last year's leftovers. So, people just wouldn't go eat. Most of it went into the trash.

One year, the company sent out a memo, asked if we'd rather have the dinner, or $5. Everyone said they'd take the money. Back then, five bucks bought more. LOL

The year after that, we were asked if we'd rather have the old meal, or BBQ. Everybody said BBQ. The company was shocked, but we got a nice meal of Carolina BBQ, with the fixings, and either peach cobbler (from canned peaches) or banana pudding. It was great, there was plenty of food, and people were just happy. Then in the summer, for Textile Week, we started getting a steak and baked potato, served outdoors weather permitting, cooked and served by management!

Sometimes, putting your foot down ends up with good things.