re: Zuppardo's Making Progress

I mean are you saying in that story he typed up he is being racist? If we take his story at face value I don’t know how you come to that conclusion.

You’re being ignorant right now.

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Yes he's racist because he sees racism where there is none.

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That's as ignorant as it comes. So him just insinuating I own a corner-store is why? Because I'm buying a brisket and 2 liters?

It's a known fact a ton of cornerstones are owned and operated by Asians/Indians, I'd garner to bet majority of random cornerstores in New Orleans are owned and operated by an Asian mom and pop. Just like nail salons are predominantly vietnamese in New Orleans.

I gotta say, on my very limited visits to Zuppardos, I got a weird vibe from the employees I encountered. It wasn’t a friendly vibe, either.

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This is someone just waiting to be a victim of something.

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no, its called calling a spade a spade.

If you saw ANYBODY come into a store and buying a ton of sale items, is your first thought "oh they're taking it to resell at their store"? Because I guarantee you that's not the first thing on your mind.

At the minimum, he was being an arse. If it wasn't racist to insinuate I owned a store and say it as a "you people" comment, than it was ignorant as shite at minimum.

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No grocer expects a normal customer to buy 40 2-liters because it's on sale.

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Which is why I asked prior to even grabbing it. The cashier was kindly enough to tell me there is no limit and "Grab as many as you'd like". I also let her know beforehand it was going to be a lot.

If it was such a significant issue, there's an easy way to fix that. Limit the sale.

But I guess snide remarks is perfectly okay? GTFO with that nonsense. Breauxmart that week also had 2 liters on sale; limit 15 FYI.

Dorignacs does it
Balestras does it
Breaux Mart does it
Winn Dixie does it
Rouses does it
Albertsons does it
Hong Kong Market does it
Every other store does it

I wonder why? Because the suppliers limit them a quantity during that cycle. I can 100% guarantee they don't lose money on those sale items either. I know the owner's of Balestra's very well and they put those items on sale because the supplier runs a promotion. They have the same suppliers as Zuppardo's, notice how smaller run markets run the exact same promo weekly?

They might not make the usual 30-50% profit, but they still make a profit.

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For you to do that, you're taking advantage of a store trying to reward its loyal customers.

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Stores use sale items to attract customers to come in to shop. Which it did because I also purchased an expensive arse piece of brisket that costs more than buying it at say Sams or Costco.

For whatever "they lost" from the 2 liters, they sure as hell made it up with 3.99/lb choice brisket when that costs <$3 at most other stores and considering a prime brisket at costco/sams was only 3.29 at the time.

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I'll bet the majority of "corner stores" are owned by African Americans, Middle Easterners or others.

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You need to go outside of your neighborhood and aside from zuppardo's apparently.

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This is someone just waiting to be a victim of something.

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Easy for you to say. This would never happen to you. You have no idea how it makes someone feel, Mr white man

Htran90, One-time I bought the last dozen or so of the canned French Market Coffee from a Vietnamese grocery store on the west bank. An Asian lady started to raise her voice to me but, I smiled bc I did not understand a word she said. I checked out and the lady is still on me, and now telling cashier something. Now the cashier is not happy. I kept smiling, paid my bill and left. I have no idea what went down... but I have a dozen coffee cans at half the cost of zuppardo’s. The best part I still go back to the West Bank grocery store to buy my Asian groceries.

So rather than bash a store take it on the chin like so many people do and move on. If I complained about every disparaging remark made to me growing up I would be an arse to everyone. It’s okay to laugh some stuff off bc you know how people are. Sorry the world treats you bad or you have to bash a business bc one person may have made a mistake or a judgement.

Btw... the old school food bar had the best hot sausage poor boys as well.

In every transaction, there is an expectation of reasonableness. in law it's called the "reasonable man" standard. The cashier told you to "grab as many as you like". That doesn't mean fill up 3 grocery carts full. That is not reasonable under the circumstances.

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They might not make the usual 30-50% profit, but they still make a profit.

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If you think groceries have a 30-40% profit margin, you are delusional. It's probably less than 10% A convenience store might make that much. Those sale items are called "loss leaders" for a reason.

There's a reason they didn't kiss your arse to be nice - they don't want your business if you're gonna pull this kind of shite. You were an arse.

Good thing they were racist to make up for it.