The answer can be found in “The Secret Lives of Groceries” by Benjamin Lorr. It’s a revealing look at the retail food industry. As a life-long eater of food, I found it interesting and also a little bit disconcerting at times. The micro-economy that is the modern American megamart was particularly eye opening. SO many moving parts!
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I will look into that! Thank you!
Those were the BEST crackers ever! Looks like Nabisco “delisted them” some time in 2022.
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The fetid pest that is cinnamon-“scented” pine cones is back at every GDMF supermarket in town. I may have to invest in a flame thrower / blow torch.
Every f’n year that 
olfactory assault. Hate it.
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Consider my forking of your post an ANGRY FACE. 
I smell them walking in to my local CVS - because they put them in the damn entryway with standing Santas, etc. GAHHH.
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It’s the equivalent of restaurants having lilies in the entrance (or anywhere in the dining room) … like, do you want me to stay far, far TF away? 
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Exactly. When I know they’re there, I hold my breath walking in to my CVS. They are completely vile.
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“every GDMF supermarket in town.”
I like the way you think.
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HATE them. In case I was being obtuse 
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Yes indeed. They assault as many of your senses as much of the time as they can. When they run out of seasonal crap to pipe at you they crank up the grocery store fried chicken.
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I’d MUCH rather smell fried chicken (our grocery stores do a swell job with it).
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That is the worst!!!
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MUCH rather smell fried chicken (our grocery stores do a swell job with it).
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The fried chicken at my supermarket, Publix, is to die for
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Just think how lovely THAT would smell!
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I know when my local Market Basket has put out new rotisserie chicken, as you can smell it at the front of the store. There’s usually a crowd around the heated display. LOL
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ZACKLY! Much, much better.
That’s another great smell!!!
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Where I live, the supermarket is kitty corner to McDonald’s. Some days their ventings can be intoxicating! When I was pregnant with #1, the venting of the donut shop around the corner from us would trigger terrible morning sickness symptoms at about 5:45am almost every day. 
Closing the windows at night wasn’t helpful, I just had to grow out of it.
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Yup, that’s it exactly!
A touching rant against self checkout.
https://imgur.com/gallery/thank-you-come-again-CXItRWa
