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Check those Grocery Receipts

Kachina624 — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 18:42:56 GMT

According to reports on the local NextDoor App, one of our largest local grocers, Albertsons, has had on-going computer problems with their produce.

Various people report being charged the following prices at the cash register:

1. Bananas $25./ea

2. Bag of Oranges $74.95

3. Baking Potatoes 4/$160.

4. Cucumber $40.

One person said her cashier didn't notice and was very nonchalant when the error was mentioned. Maybe they're routine?

Pays to be alert.

Re: Check those Grocery Receipts

Laura14 — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 18:56:02 GMT

My biggest offender is Walmart. My $9.97 bag of pistachios is now actually $11.97. It's been a while since they've done that after they got tagged for it locally, but it seems they are back at it again.

Luckily, I have found my old supermarket chain has a store about twenty minutes away that I will gladly drive to now after the one near me closed.

I heard all the ruckus about digital pricing in stores. I wish they would hurry up and get to it if they can't replace the store shelf stickers faster than this. It makes a difference to me and my budget!

Re: Check those Grocery Receipts

Big Joanie — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 18:58:23 GMT

Not only the receipts .. but expiration dates .. picked

up some Parm cheese Monday ... 8/4 .. expiration date

6/25 ... I know my fault ... I have been lax about that ..

Now I am writing a note to self on the top of every

grocery list ....

O.K. rant over !!!!

Re: Check those Grocery Receipts

Rosebud 06 — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 19:13:11 GMT

I learned a long time ago that the shelf price on an item is not the register price. Many times the priceis higher than the ahelf price. I only noticed this in Walmart. I,m sure their are other stores guilty of it.

Re: Check those Grocery Receipts

PhilaLady1 — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 19:20:09 GMT

That's crazy! Albertsons owns Acme, a supermarket chain in my area. We don't have Safeway around here, but I think they are a part of Albertsons too. We should always be checking our receipts.

Re: Check those Grocery Receipts

Travone — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 19:26:16 GMT

I always scan my own items so I am able to check every price in real time.

Re: Check those Grocery Receipts

Tissyanne — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 20:39:20 GMT

At my Market Street if the price on the shelf is lower than the computer price, they apply the lower one. I watch carefully, one day I was charged for 12 heads of lettuce, instead of 1.

An incorrect produce code was used for my red onion, and I was charged almost $40.00. !!!

Be vigilant. It is necessary.

Edited to add, I check dates always.

Re: Check those Grocery Receipts

amyb — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 21:20:41 GMT

Wow, can't believe (but really I can...) these mistakes I'm reading...wow! Tks for the reminder.

Though....I had a mom who must have DRILLED that in me "Check your receipt!" and "Did you check the date?!"

I'm not as good as she was...she walked slowly out the door on her way out, checking the receipt, so she could go right back if there was a mistake. I check it thoroughly, but when I get home. I feel bad when I recall, I'd be impatient with her sometimes, when I was taking her shopping...between reading the slip, searching through her "coupon envelope" "Wait! I have a coupon for that...somewhere here...Wait, wait!! ....then it would be expired, and she'd say, "Oh they never look at the date!" (Yes....they do.) Dang...now I wish I could deal with all that stuff again. Anyhow...I digress..(as usual)

I have not caught any mistakes or computer glitches yet, at my local markets. They have, in the past, sometimes forgotten to deduct my bottle return slips. Not that that adds up to much but not only does every dollar count, but if I'm going to go through the business of saving bottles, then filling those dang machines that are always on the blink....I want it deducted!

Thanks for the reminder to be diligent on all this.

Re: Check those Grocery Receipts

Xivambala — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 19:56:07 GMT

I find the worst offense is expired items on the shelves. I always check the dates before putting items in my cart. There are also times when I will reject an item that is too close to an expiration date. For example, I can't eat a whole loaf of bread in two days (no I will not freeze it) or use an entire condiment jar in one month!

I use self check-out the majority of the time at Walmart and Publix. If the items ring at the wrong price, I either reject them entirely, or in the case of Publix, I get it free.

Re: Check those Grocery Receipts

lynnie61 — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 20:34:23 GMT

I usually scan it quickly, I try to watch while they ring. One day I got home, boy I didn't get much for $120. My cherries were rung as 22.99 ln instead of 2.99/lb. I got the refund the next day. I had 1.5 lbs of cherries, which rang near $33.00

Re: Check those Grocery Receipts

Goodie2shoes — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 20:38:24 GMT

@Xivambala wrote:

I use self check-out the majority of the time at Walmart and Publix. If the items ring at the wrong price, I either reject them entirely, or in the case of Publix, I get it free.

I had a pleasant surprise at my local grocery store yesterday. I had my 9 yo grandson with me and he loves pie. The store had a display table with several single pie slices and cakes so when he asked if he could have one I said yes and he picked out a container of 1 slice of peach pie. When I scanned the container to pay at the self check out I got a message to contact a store clerk. The clerk came over and scanned the item with her scanner and it told her the item had expired ! I was surprised that the system was set up to catch expired items but very thankful they could do that !! She went to the table, found a pie that was not expired and discovered every other item on the table had expired !!. They cleared that display table.

Re: Check those Grocery Receipts

Kachina624 — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 21:02:42 GMT

@PhilaLady1 wrote:
That's crazy! Albertsons owns Acme, a supermarket chain in my area. We don't have Safeway around here, but I think they are a part of Albertsons too. We should always be checking our receipts.

@PhilaLady1. My mom used to do all her shopping at Acme. I know it well.

Re: Check those Grocery Receipts

Kachina624 — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 21:08:11 GMT

@Travone wrote:
I always scan my own items so I am able to check every price in real time.

@Travone. I haven't been in a grocery store in over 5 years. I have Walmart deliver everything and the pice is listed online. It never has varied from what I'm charge.

I do check to assure I haven't been charged for something I didn't get. I'm more likely to get something I didn't order, for free.

Re: Check those Grocery Receipts

LisaMofSLC — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 02:54:03 GMT

I wondered about this issue. It was a small amount. But I can see where errors can be made on produce. The store had cucumbers for 79 cents each. I bought one for a salad. I always go through my receipt when I get home. It was listed as an English cucumber for $1.49. I can see them making mistakes with the type of produce item, but in future, I will check when its being rung up.

Re: Check those Grocery Receipts

Big Joanie — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 15:23:52 GMT

As per my previous post .. I'm making out a grocery list

and I am putting .. check the dates right at the top of the

list ....:

Re: Check those Grocery Receipts

Big Joanie — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 15:24:46 GMT

Hey .. a girls gotta do what a girl's gotta do !!!

Re: Check those Grocery Receipts

Sooner — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 15:52:24 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:

@Travone wrote:
I always scan my own items so I am able to check every price in real time.
@Travone. I haven't been in a grocery store in over 5 years. I have Walmart deliver everything and the pice is listed online. It never has varied from what I'm charge.

I do check to assure I haven't been charged for something I didn't get. I'm more likely to get something I didn't order, for free.

@Kachina624 I haven't been either! Walmart has been surprisingly good (never shopped there for groceries before), Target as well. The star is Costco. Great produce and you can put notes to the shopper there and Target--which is great.

Sams pickup is super too! You always get your order, never had anything out of stock there, and the rotisserie chickens are great!

One word about Walmart. If I don't select NO SUBSTITUTIONS I think they give you whatever isn't selling rather than what you ordered--switch brands if your first choice is low, saving it for instore.

Re: Check those Grocery Receipts

Etoile308 — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 16:26:45 GMT

I've also have been surprisingly pleased with any delivery or curbside pickup, especially with produce.

For small orders I do go in the stores. Always with my reading glasses to check expiration dates. Needed mostly for bagged salads and bread products.

Once groceries are home I've gotten into the habit of marking the expiration dated with permanent marker in large, easily visible numbers. For things like different packages of cheese I'll see in seconds that the Provolone expires on 8/25/25 while the Mozzarella is good until 10/15. Same with package meat products. Makes it simple to know what to use first.

Re: Check those Grocery Receipts

shoekitty — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 23:11:35 GMT

I don't know about most of you, but here they have drastically cut employees since Covid. We have Raleys Nob hill, Safeway here, and the store doesn't even look like it used to. Bare shelves a lot, product selection greatly reduced. Prices are not always updated immediately, and dated items are not removed like before. Tells me the stockers who work nights are not doing job, or can't because lack of supplies or help

Re: Check those Grocery Receipts

gardenman — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 13:48:20 GMT

Locally, we just have one real supermarket in an Acme. They seem as well-staffed as ever, maybe even more so with their in-store shoppers picking orders. The shelves are kept well stocked. I tend to be an early morning shopper (7:15 AM yesterday,) and they're often restocking as I'm shopping. You'll probably find more empty shelves if you shop later in the day.

The Acme surprised me yesterday as they'd moved some stuff around. The store had been absurdly stable with no aisles changing in probably ten years or more. They shuffled a few aisles before yesterday's visit, and that had me reading the overhead signs again to find out where stuff was now.

The only things I've had issues with date-wise there is snack food. And that's more of a vendor issue as they stock those areas and not the store. I typically use the self-checkout and keep an eye on the price I'm being charged. Bought about $115 worth of groceries and paid $73 with $42 in savings (sale prices, For U coupons).