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Re: Day 5, no power You would think that these stores (at least some) would have backup generators. I would imagine they have lost more money than what it would cost for a generator.
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| said by battleop:You would think that these stores (at least some) would have backup generators. I would imagine they have lost more money than what it would cost for a generator.
We have a Weis and a Giant market here.
Tons of food had to be thrown out because of potential spoilage and defrosting.
I totally agree with you- it would cost a LOT less to have an industrial sized generator to power the store than to have to throw away tens of thousands of dollars worth of food.
It's not like the power doesn't go out in this area on a regular basis either. This crap happens ALL the time.
It really pissed me off that much of the food they were tossing in the dumpsters was still good- like eggs- and could have been given to the local shelters instead. Such a waste.
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| said by jazzlady:said by battleop:You would think that these stores (at least some) would have backup generators. I would imagine they have lost more money than what it would cost for a generator.
We have a Weis and a Giant market here. Tons of food had to be thrown out because of potential spoilage and defrosting. I totally agree with you- it would cost a LOT less to have an industrial sized generator to power the store than to have to throw away tens of thousands of dollars worth of food. It's not like the power doesn't go out in this area on a regular basis either. This crap happens ALL the time. It really pissed me off that much of the food they were tossing in the dumpsters was still good- like eggs- and could have been given to the local shelters instead. Such a waste. Out here, they bring in multiple semi trailers and put all the stuff that needs to be refrigerated or frozen in them. No loss assuming they can get there soon enough, which they usually can.
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| Some of the BI-LOs here have gensets to power their coolers and freezers but they don't seem to have enough power to open a store.
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said by djdanska:said by jazzlady:said by battleop:You would think that these stores (at least some) would have backup generators. I would imagine they have lost more money than what it would cost for a generator.
We have a Weis and a Giant market here. Tons of food had to be thrown out because of potential spoilage and defrosting. I totally agree with you- it would cost a LOT less to have an industrial sized generator to power the store than to have to throw away tens of thousands of dollars worth of food. It's not like the power doesn't go out in this area on a regular basis either. This crap happens ALL the time. It really pissed me off that much of the food they were tossing in the dumpsters was still good- like eggs- and could have been given to the local shelters instead. Such a waste. Out here, they bring in multiple semi trailers and put all the stuff that needs to be refrigerated or frozen in them. No loss assuming they can get there soon enough, which they usually can. Nothing like that is done here.
My neighbor stood watching in horror as good food was thrown into dumpsters. If it were my supermarket, I would have given it away. People were picking stuff out of the dumpsters anyway.
Such a waste, and so stupid of the supermarkets to not have generators.
When you live in the snow belt, during the winter there will be no way to get semi's here because more often than not- route 80 will be shut down due to a truck accident.
This stretch of 80 is one of the worst highways in the nation, and we have weeks- even in good weather- where it gets shut down 3 times a week due to tractor trailer accidents.
So what happens in this case? The supermarkets get a tax write-off, and the insurance company picks up the tab for the lost goods? I'm really not sure how it works.
Sounds like poor planning to me, when a generator would have prevented the loss in the first place, and they're in an area where this happens all the time.
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| said by jazzlady:Nothing like that is done here.
My neighbor stood watching in horror as good food was thrown into dumpsters. If it were my supermarket, I would have given it away. People were picking stuff out of the dumpsters anyway.
Such a waste, and so stupid of the supermarkets to not have generators.
When you live in the snow belt, during the winter there will be no way to get semi's here because more often than not- route 80 will be shut down due to a truck accident.
This stretch of 80 is one of the worst highways in the nation, and we have weeks- even in good weather- where it gets shut down 3 times a week due to tractor trailer accidents.
So what happens in this case? The supermarkets get a tax write-off, and the insurance company picks up the tab for the lost goods? I'm really not sure how it works.
Sounds like poor planning to me, when a generator would have prevented the loss in the first place, and they're in an area where this happens all the time.
The power company here, ComEd is well, known for taking their time and we lost power for simple things like rain showers. Jewel-Osco is very well prepared for these type of things. You never know the weather here.
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| said by djdanska:said by jazzlady:Nothing like that is done here.
My neighbor stood watching in horror as good food was thrown into dumpsters.
Such a waste, and so stupid of the supermarkets to not have generators.
Sounds like poor planning to me, when a generator would have prevented the loss in the first place, and they're in an area where this happens all the time.
The power company here, ComEd is well, known for taking their time and we lost power for simple things like rain showers. Jewel-Osco is very well prepared for these type of things. You never know the weather here. I can totally relate.
We have PP&L, and we regularly lose power on sunny clear days for no reason at all. This is the longest we've ever been without power though.
And PP&L always takes forever getting the power back up and running because they've downsized- laid off a bunch of linemen- and they're not prepared for anything at this point.
When anyone ever asks me about moving to PA I always tell them don't even consider it unless they're prepared to buy a generator to survive.
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said by battleop:Some of the BI-LOs here have gensets to power their coolers and freezers but they don't seem to have enough power to open a store.
that is strange, Most supermarkets i have been in only have generator power to lighting(at about 50% usual brightness) and the POS systems.
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Thats exactly how it works. The insurance picks up the tab. Its not feasable to have a generator the size that would be required to run all them freezers. You have to pay insurance anyway so why waist the money on a generator |
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