Dear Editors, Today I received my first copy of the Paper. I want to congratulate you on the investigation of the A&P store on Des Peres and Delmar. After repeated futile complaints directly to the store about the deplorable conditions, I finally started shopping somewhere else. The store smells like a garbage dump and the floor remains the. epitome of filth. And you are absolutely right about the milk and dairy products that remain sitting so long that they spoil.
However, I suggest you examine the prices more carefully. For example, just before I stopped shopping there, I bought some “NuSoft Fabric Softener.” The company offered a 25 cent off savings on the label. the store price, however, did not reflect the 25 cent saving. When I questioned the sales personnel, the price was changed on the bottle I purchased, but on a return trip I found they still had not changed the price on the remaining bottles. Many shoppers do not notice, or take it for granted, that when a label says 25 cents off, the price is marked, so I’m sure a lot of shoppers bought the softener at the hiked price.
The clerks at A&P are not courteous; the whole atmosphere of the manager and clerks is not to strive for a “We-e-e 0-o” from their customers.
Maybe customers and residents, after reading this article, will demand that these conditions be remedied by not shopping there. Let’s “Wee all not go to We-e-o.” Sincerely,
Originally published in The Paper, November 1974.
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