Dear Grocery Outlet,
I am sad to inform you that I’m no longer in love with you. I know that you must do what is best for your business, but to be honest, your classy new “makeover” just isn’t my style. I miss your deflated balloons, dented cans of Campbells soup written in Chinese, the occasional wild bird flying around, sticky floors, hungover employees, customers milling about in shower caps and fuzzy slippers, and of course the $1 value bin full of obviously-tampered-with pregnancy test kits. Did you really have to get rid of the big faded rainbow from your storefront sign? Or replace all the stolen mismatched shopping carts with shiny new ones printed with your own logo? Your newfound lack of hilarity saddens me.
Well I guess the poo-shaped candles I saw yesterday were pretty all-right, but I don’t know if that’s enough to keep me coming back.
So my dear Grocery Outlet, it was fun while it lasted but it’s time for me to move on. It is a sad day for us all.
XOXO
Amy
EDIT: OH! MY! GOD!!!! Apparently Grocery Outlet is on Twitter, because I just got this message:
WOW! I am amazed and impressed. I may have to reconsider the breakup….
did you get me those candles? dammit i need those
but if you go elsewhere, the candles will be $14.99!
You’re right! I’d better stock up on this great deal now! :-D
Noooooooooooo! I was so looking forward to a trip there with you? Why does everyone think they have to class it up? Screw that.
They are “upgrading” their image probably to weed out the weirdos. No more old ladies in shower caps eating ice cream straight out of the container in the freezer aisle. :-(
They need better security, not a facelift.
I wanna know where this “elsewhere” that supposedly also offers the poo candles is. I think I’d prefer to pay $14.99 for them.
“…the occasional wild bird flying around…customers milling about in shower caps and fuzzy slippers, and of course the $1 value bin full of obviously-tampered-with pregnancy test kits.”
a perfect description of the GO on Broadway…
Ha! That’s actually the one I go to too!! I heard some are more ghetto-er than others. Now that Broadway has cleaned up its act, it’s time to look for another GO that hasn’t!
Huh? Too little too late, man. One tweet text when you’re already out the door? Not enough. Tell G.O. they need to be themselves, and to not be a sell-out. That’s why you loved them in the first place. They were genuine! Now what’s to set them apart from all the other manicured and boring stores with lame inventory? … not much, I say, poo candles not withstanding.
I’m sad you won’t be able to send me texts from there anymore, though. *tsk* I’m disappointed in you, Grocery Outlet. I thought you were special. I thought you knew who you were. But you’re just another lame dollar-whore like the rest of them. Sad and pathetic, really.
Good job standing up for yourself, Amy. I’m glad SOMEONE still has integrity.
need poo candles.
I live your post on the grocery outlet. It was highly entertaining with all the randomness it contained. I expected poo candles to be brown before I saw the picture. Haha.
Don’t worry. Grocery Outlet’s character will reamin the same!! Poo candles and all.
holy crap you got a groc out tweet! they value your biz!haha
oh yeah, i bought a “don’t cat” at Daiso yesterday…hehe..
whoa, grocery outlet reads your blog? that’s when you KNOW you have hit the big time!
ha ha ha ha interweb busted! that is awesome. umm i need those poo candles. i will be making my way over soon :)
HA! I had a similar thing happen when the ultra crappy Food 4 Less behind my mum’s house “upped” their image to become Food Max. The rats running around the meat counter disappeared, they did away with the weird neon yellow interior, and raised their prices. However, Food 4 Less never had awesome items like Poo candles- so it was easier to say goodbye.
But what about the prayer candles of Jesus and Virgin Mary that were written in Spanish in the Mexican food aisle? Those were pretty awesome.
I love that they tweeted you about it!
loving those poo candles! but wouldn’t you think they’d @ least have ‘em in brown as well? XD hehe just stating the obvious! :P
… I love the fact that they responded to your tweet.
LOL! I love that they were saddened by your leaving and responded!
I defy *anyone* to find those “elsewhere”.
I know! It’s hilarious that all their price tags have an “elsewhere” price with some crazy exorbitant price that you KNOW no one would ever be crazy enough to pay!
Grocery Outlet: The only boyfriend you ever wished wouldn’t clean up his act.
The mind of woman remains inscrutable. Will you never be satisfied???
I completely agree.
1. I want a poo candle.
2. Maybe they’ll get more organic stuff?!
3. That Twitter comment is amazing.
I LOVE the GO. Ours are still crazy and semi-ghetto. I go about twice a month to laugh at the generic products and weird crap. The beauty/medicine/Kinoki foot detoxifying pads isle is fascinating but has some really good stuff too! And ours gets Ben and Jerry’s sometimes. The produce is usually pretty awesome too, although the meat area is kinda scary. My rule is to always check the expiration date (Don’t ask). I think your relationship deserves a second chance, at least for your readers.
I LOVE their beauty/medicine aisle! We once got chorizo-flavored Tom’s of Main toothpaste there!
i cannot believe they tweeted you back about that, how freaking awesome.
At least they weren’t scented poo candles, haha
Uhhhh how weird! It makes me think that they stalked your blog. Big brother watches us alllllllllll!!!!!! d:
Those are some expensive poo candles!
No kidding! I thought the same thing. But hey, elsewhere they are $14.99!!
Some of the orange/yellow poopers candles don’t even have wicks! The green ones say Merry Christmas, Happy St. Patty’s Day, and thank-you-for-taking-your-multi-vitamins-today all at once. Must lurk my local GO for these…
WAAH! They twittered back! Amazing!
and you thought they didn’t care.
yeah, I’m also amazed they tweeted you back. I would reconsider the break up as well. But oh well, I suppose customer’s amusement isn’t enough to make the store stay the way it is. Ooo I just noticed you got a shrinkle on ebay banner. Cute cute.
OMG. I can’t believe they actually tweet’d you about this. Rad.
But quite sad that they went all ‘normal’.
PS. If the poo candles were brown I might buy them. Might…
If the poo candles were brown I would have TOTALLY cleaned them out on those!!!
Oh, I missed that shop when in the US ;) It seems they went from Grocery to “Gross-ery” now ;)
Hehee well their nickname is “Gross-Out.” :-D
hahaha those poo candles are WONDERFULL! Talking of crazy old ladies in supermarkets, i took a bunch of oldies out for a walk yesterday, and two of the ladies started fighting. I went over to calm things down, and they whispered,giggling to me to leave them alone, as they wanted to get thrown out of the shop for FUN! haha.crazy oldies. gotta love them all!
I can’t wait to be a crazy old lady so I can get away with being a total weirdo in public. I am going to wear a shower cap everywhere I go and shoo people away with a broom!
BTW, I drove by Tracy’s Grocery Outlet today (I’ve never been inside) and they too have changed their logo and presumably the inside of the store as well.
Oh no!! What’s happening?!?! I was hoping it was just our Grocery Outlet that was upgrading, and that I’d just have to find a different one that was still ghetto. But I guess not. No Grocery Outlet, noooooooo!!!