loblaws - hot prepared foods - discount

[jaguarkl]

hey guys,

just wondering if there is a set time when they mark down their hot food items.
the other day i went and got some chicken nuggets and the lady stuck on a 50% sticker, pleasant surprise :)

is there a rule or standard in place as to when/if items will be marked down?

[jayt90]

My guess is 1 hr before closing. I have seen them marking down bread at that time.

I'm told by a shopping guru on Chow, that meat is marked down at 9 AM.

[shadow_cruiser]

At the majority of Loblaws, the hot food counter closes at 9pm. It's YMMV but most locations set the discount on average 15 minutes before closing the hot food counter.

[gh05t]

Probably when the food is too cold to consider it hot and when it's too close to closing time to reheat it.

[Bookpreviews]

I know one Superstore I go to they do not discount the bbq chickens but at the end of the day I would see them just cover the station with some kind of blanket and leave it overnight.

I never see other stores do that.

[wolverine07]

Metro has dinner special nights, they have lured me atleast for Tuesday evenings with their Mammoth BBQ whole chicken at only 6.99. The Metro I go to makes a good bird, and there is meat left over for a sandwich for the both of us for our Wednesday lunch.

Loblaw in my opinion are missing the market while Metro, Longos, have theme dinner nights.

[appleb]

The Loblaws at Empress Walk used to do this, I think around 8:30pm. However they stopped a few years ago because I think they noticed too many people hanging around just waiting for the 50% stickers. Getting a mammoth 1kg bbq chicken for $5 was pretty hot.

I also remember I was going to buy a rack of ribs, regular price was like $16 but it had the 50% sticker so it was tempting. I didn't buy it and it was near the end of the day... then I saw an employee pick up the ribs I was looking at, and immediately dumping it straight into the garbage bin. Such a waste of perfectly good food!

[sandikosh]

One evening I was at Loblaw and their was an announcement on the P.A. system that the chicken had just been reduced. This was around 7, a couple hours before closing. Wal Mart used to discount them, but they realised that the associates woud swipe for their break only to buy it.