Today, I was shopping when I saw an amazing deal. Fresh hamburger for $2.89 for the WHOLE package. The date was fine and it was a big package. About 4lbs. I bought it and put it in the fridge with my name on it.
2 hours later I was doing my sweeps and noticed the hamburger line was gone. I asked the meat guy what was up and he said that entire line of hamburger was priced wrong so he removed all the packages. He said he was looking for a 4lb package of hamburger.
I'm not sure if I should say I bought it and then return it for a refund or just keep the package and say nothing. It's not every day that you can buy a package of hamburger for $2.89.
I assume you KNEW the meat was not supposed to be that cheap. And you bought it anyways. Wow. Now, if your smart, you'll RETURN the product and say you bought it by mistake not realizing the error and HOPE theyll understand. (They should). If you choose to keep the meat, that's on you but be forewarned that 4lbs of meat does not last very long. You'll run out and being as you'll no longer be employed, have no food.
Traditional mark up for most stores is 20-30% from whole sale cost. When you're purchasing an item it's probably more like 30-40% more than whole sale value. I budget and bargain shop all the time and have learned the math well. If you want cheaper than retail cost purchase in bulk assumingly it's an item that won't perish any time soon and you use regularly.
It's like manager specials. Customers think they're saving money when in reality they're not. Why? Manager specials are met to be eaten within 24-48 hrs of purchase. Not met for the whole week. We have several customers that come in and purchase only manager specials. I calculated they actually end up sending more and get less than a couple that comes in once a week. Due to the fact they have to purchase more due to the near to expired product. They probably end up throwing out half their food compared to the other couples that purchase for quality not cheap. The other side is near to expired food means you could also get food poisoning from product that turned. While most people use expiration dates as a suggested use by date that's not true. They're there for a reason and I've gotten sick from enough foods near expiration that I will not purchase manager specials.
you did nothing wrong and i highly doubt the meat manager was on the hunt hours later for a package of meat, too many items are being packaged/labeled for anyone to remember / know what has sold. 4lb sounds like trim as the largest fluff pack is 3lb. and that is the per pound of trim. makes no sense 2 hours later for a meat member to be on the lookout for it without just assuming it was sold and out the door, your story sounds super fishy, thats for sure.
Usually if meat is that low it's because they ordered too much of the product, or it some packages are approaching their 'sell by dates. Maybe your meat clerk wanted to make sure all the meat was accounted for and make sure the price was correct. The pricing error may have meant to price it a bit lower than what was already priced to get rid of it before putting new product out.
That happened a few times at our store. The op has nothing to worry about.
Today, I was shopping when I saw an amazing deal. Fresh hamburger for $2.89 for the WHOLE package. The date was fine and it was a big package. About 4lbs. I bought it and put it in the fridge with my name on it.
2 hours later I was doing my sweeps and noticed the hamburger line was gone. I asked the meat guy what was up and he said that entire line of hamburger was priced wrong so he removed all the packages. He said he was looking for a 4lb package of hamburger.
I'm not sure if I should say I bought it and then return it for a refund or just keep the package and say nothing. It's not every day that you can buy a package of hamburger for $2.89.
Since you already bought it at that price, you have nothing to worry about. You did nothing wrong. $2.89 for 4 lbs. of hamburger does not sound unusually low. If it came in by mistake, it's better to make some money off it rather than losing it all. The only time it would be unethical is if you knew the price was wrong before you bought it and you set a package aside so nobody could correct the price.
