The new Wal Mart in town is a lovely thing, no question. However, they have been rather disappointing of late. I used to buy Marge's food at the grocery store...till I discovered that you can get a much bigger bag for much less at Wal Mart! So I was determined to buy it no where else.
It sounded like a full proof plan to me. What could possibly go wrong?
Well, Wal Mart NEVER has dog food in stock. I tried no less than 5 times to get Purina Puppy Chow...and every single time they have been out! I have been on a weekend, on a weekday, during the day, in the evening. I have asked when they will get it in stock, and no one knows.
They have a few other kinds of dog food there...but it is either way more expensive (did you know Rachel Ray has a line of dog food? Yah, ridiculous), or it is for "mature large breeds" and marge is neither large, nor over 7 years old, so that is no good.
This past weekend, we tried again to get Marge some food...she was just about out, so if we didn't find it at Wal Mart we would have to go to a back up plan.
We walked into the store and straight to the dog food section - a quick glance at the incredibly empty shelves confirmed our suspicion, Wal Mart never has any Purina Puppy Chow.
But then! The people in the aisle who had previously had their backs to us turned around, revealing to us the contents of their cart
Yes, ladies and gentleman, they had, no more than 30 seconds before we go there, picked up the LAST bag of Purina Puppy chow.
It sounded like a full proof plan to me. What could possibly go wrong?
Well, Wal Mart NEVER has dog food in stock. I tried no less than 5 times to get Purina Puppy Chow...and every single time they have been out! I have been on a weekend, on a weekday, during the day, in the evening. I have asked when they will get it in stock, and no one knows.
They have a few other kinds of dog food there...but it is either way more expensive (did you know Rachel Ray has a line of dog food? Yah, ridiculous), or it is for "mature large breeds" and marge is neither large, nor over 7 years old, so that is no good.
This past weekend, we tried again to get Marge some food...she was just about out, so if we didn't find it at Wal Mart we would have to go to a back up plan.
We walked into the store and straight to the dog food section - a quick glance at the incredibly empty shelves confirmed our suspicion, Wal Mart never has any Purina Puppy Chow.
But then! The people in the aisle who had previously had their backs to us turned around, revealing to us the contents of their cart
Yes, ladies and gentleman, they had, no more than 30 seconds before we go there, picked up the LAST bag of Purina Puppy chow.
We considered making the lucky shoppers an offer on the bag of food.....but they looked a little possesive, and a little bit like they could beat us up if they wanted to.
Oh the cruel cruel ironies. If only we had left a mere moment sooner, or walked a smidgen faster, or something!
Necesity forced us to switch to the only other kind of puppy food they had "Old Roy Puppy Food" (what a good name). Poor Marge has a sensitive stomach so I suspect the first few days on her new food will be a little rough.
Wal Mart, I am officially less entranced by your vast square footage. What good is all that space, if there is never anything on the shelves?
Oh the cruel cruel ironies. If only we had left a mere moment sooner, or walked a smidgen faster, or something!
Necesity forced us to switch to the only other kind of puppy food they had "Old Roy Puppy Food" (what a good name). Poor Marge has a sensitive stomach so I suspect the first few days on her new food will be a little rough.
Wal Mart, I am officially less entranced by your vast square footage. What good is all that space, if there is never anything on the shelves?
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We were just talking about that yesterday! What good is a "super store" with super deals if they don't carry what you need when you need it? I had the same experience 3 times when I tried to find the store brand of unsweetened applesauce!
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