lodasi wrote:Just as an FYI, one can sign up for Mariano's Rewards program from their new website pretty easily. You don't receive a physical card, but you can set your alternative ID to be something easy to remember, like your phone number.
lodasi wrote:Just as an FYI, one can sign up for Mariano's Rewards program from their new website pretty easily. You don't receive a physical card, but you can set your alternative ID to be something easy to remember, like your phone number.
Kman wrote:lodasi wrote:Just as an FYI, one can sign up for Mariano's Rewards program from their new website pretty easily. You don't receive a physical card, but you can set your alternative ID to be something easy to remember, like your phone number.
That's good info and thanks for sharing. My beef is . . . they already HAVE my info. They couldn't have sent me something about the switchover in advance? Or, I don't know, maybe even pre-register the new digital card using that info and send me something telling me about it and providing me a url to go to and activate it if I so chose? Really, when getting and harvesting customer data is so important to retailers these days this seems totally inexplicable to me. I stopped at Mariano's on my way home to pick up some dinner items a little while ago and flashed my card. When told I'd need to sign up for a new card to get the discounts on the items I was buying I passed and declined to make the purchase. The leftovers I had in the fridge were just fine that night. Sometime in the future I'll go through with getting the new format card, since the store is only a block away and quite convenient, but the way this was handled really rubbed me the wrong way.
lougord99 wrote:Mariano's is now playing a new game. The 'regular' price is some ridiculous price and the 'sale' price is what it should be selling for. I will not give them my personal info and let them track me and I will not be shopping at their stores.
Example from today before I walked out: Non-organic avacados, 'regular' priced at $2.99 and 'sale' priced at $1.99. Avacados have never ( except for a very short time several months ago ) been $2.99.
KevinM wrote:The cashier immediately gave me the card price when I told her I didn't have a card . . .
KevinM wrote:I bought a pork butt at Foster Ave store last weekend for about $1.25/lb at special card price, or whatever. Non-card price was $2.75/lb so this was a huge difference on an 8-pound item. The cashier immediately gave me the card price when I told her I didn't have a card - it was a very nice thing for that person to do, but I'm not going back to Mariano's anytime soon, even if it's a block from where I live.
Lenny007 wrote:KevinM wrote:I bought a pork butt at Foster Ave store last weekend for about $1.25/lb at special card price, or whatever. Non-card price was $2.75/lb so this was a huge difference on an 8-pound item. The cashier immediately gave me the card price when I told her I didn't have a card - it was a very nice thing for that person to do, but I'm not going back to Mariano's anytime soon, even if it's a block from where I live.
And Jewel was selling pork butt for 77cents/lb at the same time.
Ram4 wrote:Regarding the Bannockburn Dominick's, a friend of mine who works for Jewel heard that Mariano's doesn't want that store because the rent is astronomically high. Supposedly Mariano's may have acquired land across the street next to Beeson's Nursery in anticipation that Beeson's will sell and then Mariano's will have their own property to build on at Route 22 and Waukegan. I have also heard that Bannockburn is trying to woo Fresh Thyme Farmers Market (Phoenix-based chain) to replace Dominick's rather than open in the Cadwell's Corner mall in Deerfield. There is already a lawsuit from nearby homeowners that do not want Fresh Thyme opening right next to their homes in Deerfield.
Odd, I was at the 5353 N Elston Mariano's today and, while I did not count the varieties, noted there were quite a few, at least 7, types of apples on hand.blipsman wrote:but the only apples in the store were granny smith or red delicious).
G Wiv wrote:Odd, I was at the 5353 N Elston Mariano's today and, while I did not count the varieties, noted there were quite a few, at least 7, types of apples on hand.blipsman wrote:but the only apples in the store were granny smith or red delicious).
riddlemay wrote:Admittedly trivial question (but it interests me): Do any of the Mariano's have pianists anymore? It was kind of a signature for them, a microcosm of the "new kind of shopping experience." But now that I think of it, I can't recall seeing them lately in the locations I've been in.
G Wiv wrote:Odd, I was at the 5353 N Elston Mariano's today and, while I did not count the varieties, noted there were quite a few, at least 7, types of apples on hand.blipsman wrote:but the only apples in the store were granny smith or red delicious).
riddlemay wrote:Admittedly trivial question (but it interests me): Do any of the Mariano's have pianists anymore? It was kind of a signature for them, a microcosm of the "new kind of shopping experience." But now that I think of it, I can't recall seeing them lately in the locations I've been in.
AlekH wrote:Live music is about the only thing my local does right, had a real nice little polka outfit last week and the piano get regular use. There are a lot of seniors in the neighborhood and they really seem to enjoy the music.
Drover wrote:riddlemay wrote:Admittedly trivial question (but it interests me): Do any of the Mariano's have pianists anymore? It was kind of a signature for them, a microcosm of the "new kind of shopping experience." But now that I think of it, I can't recall seeing them lately in the locations I've been in.AlekH wrote:Live music is about the only thing my local does right, had a real nice little polka outfit last week and the piano get regular use. There are a lot of seniors in the neighborhood and they really seem to enjoy the music.
They removed the piano at the Elston location.
Drover wrote:The last two times we've gone there they had no green onions
Everything my friend (works for Jewel since 1984) said would happen with Mariano's has more or less happened so far. After the store opens they cut staff dramatically and the quality starts to go down. He would laugh and say it was just a Roundy's (now Kroger). They do have better prepared foods, soups and other things over Jewel. But I still tend to go to the Highland Park Jewel (or Sunset) for my everyday things. It's funny that the new Bannockburn store was packed (I went around lunch to get some soup and see if there was anything new), yet most people know what to expect. I guess new is always fun. And Mariano's always puts on a show at the grand openings.WillG wrote:Stopped by the grand opening of the Bannockburn store yesterday. Prepared food and deli area was jammed but the rest of the store was pretty empty. Parking lot was almost full but zero wait at checkout.....in fact about a third of the lanes were staffed but empty. Lots of free samples. Great looking tomahawk ribeyes for $10/lb which is a good price even considering they are probably about half bone by weight.
Interestingly, the Heinens across the street was busy too.
-Will
Coogles wrote:G Wiv wrote:Odd, I was at the 5353 N Elston Mariano's today and, while I did not count the varieties, noted there were quite a few, at least 7, types of apples on hand.blipsman wrote:but the only apples in the store were granny smith or red delicious).
I buy apples at the New City location (1500 N. Clybourn) frequently and they also always have at least 7-8 varieties available, I suppose a lot of it depends on the store's manager.