For your reference, records indicate that
Post by Moe DeLoughanPost by Darrin "Doc" O'LearyBut it is possible that, with the same facilities and maybe the same bakers,
the same recipes will survive. Give the “new” store a chance before you
reach any conclusions.
Facilities had nothing to do with it. Staff had almost nothing to do
with it. It mainly has to do with suppliers. Cub will be using their
own wholesale supplies, not those that formerly supplied Rainbow.
I see no reason to believe the actual differences between one distributor’s
bag of flour (or whatever) and another’s is *so* great that they turn a
chewy cookie hard. I expect the things I mention to have a far greater
influence on the end product.
Post by Moe DeLoughanOne of the orphan Rainbows is in my neighborhood, across the street
from a Cub. I suspect it is going to be renamed and put up for sale
again, but in the meantime the changes have come fast and furious.
None of the Rainbow bakery offerings remain; it's all Cub Crap, same
as across the street.
And that may be true. All I’m saying is that, were I a regular consumer of
a bakery’s goods, I would at least try them once after a name change to
verify that more than the name has changed. Then stop buying it if it
isn’t good enough. It’s simply in your best interest to do so, because it
sends a message to Cub that their recipe is sub-standard compared to the
previous product.
Post by Moe DeLoughanIn the long run, this means less variety to choose from in the Twin
Cities grocery market. For instance, the Larpenteur Rainbow was the
one reliable source for Krispy Crackers in the Twin Cities. Cub does
not offer them because Supervalue, their wholesale arm, does not stock
them.
Brand names don’t necessarily represent real variety. It’s quite likely
that whoever is that *actual* source of the crackers that get labeled
Krispy does a substantially similar run of product that it places into
boxes that bear a different name. They’re just crackers, after all.
I’m just saying to let the products speak for themselves. Maybe there’s a
difference, but maybe there isn’t. The first thing I decided to do when my
Rainbow reopened as a Cub was to buy their store brand where possible so
that I could judge the products based on evidence. If the quality
differences are anything like Roundy’s store brand, I’ll keep buying some
and I’ll switch back to name brands for others. No big deal.
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