Monday, September 28, 2009

Have you ever went to the grocery store and never found the item that you needed?

I went to the grocery store a couple of weeks ago and I wanted to make egg rolls. I don’t buy the premade egg rolls because they have MSG in them. I bought everything I needed to go inside the roll. Then the problem started. I searched for 20 minutes to find the wrap to put over the stuffing. It was no where to be found. So I got very frustrated and went ahead and checked out.

I asked around to find out if any of my friends could tell me where they would look for the wrapper and this past weekend I went back to the grocery store to find those egg roll wraps. Unfortunately still no where to be found. I went and ask a store worker, they sent me to all the spots I already looked. I ended up going to 2 more stores with no luck. I ended up making egg roll stuffing since I have no idea where to find the wrapper. It was really good but I really wish I could figure out how to locate the wrapper.

This is not the first time that I have spent an extra 20 minutes trying to find something in the store. This is my idea of how I think the problem could be solved.

I want to have a computer at the front of the grocery store where you can go and type in the item you are looking for and then the computer can tell you if they have it or tell you what isle to look in. The signs in the store aren’t enough help. I also think that it would be great if you could pull up your grocery store on-line, type your items that you will be shopping for at the store and it will sort it for you by which isle it is in. Anyway, this is my perfect plan to find those egg rolls!

4 comments:

  1. I don't know if they have Hy-Vee where you live ... but they do have an online thing. I can even find things on sale. For example: If I'm looking for bacon ... I search for it and it will tell me the price for all of them or I can search for brands on sale. I can also just click on items and it goes to a shopping list and when I print it, it's in order as I go through the store. OR ... I can do all of it online and just go pick it up. I don't even have to shop for it.

    And for the egg roll wrappers ... I have no idea where you'd find those. HA!

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  2. We must be behind the times because we do not have a store like that. So much for my idea. I guess someone already came up with it.

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  3. Thank you Val for finding my egg roll wrappers. She found them at Target in the produce section.

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  4. Your Welcome Lisa! Enjoy your egg rolls.

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