The Safeway family of grocery stores (they own eight regional store brands, including Genuardi's, Vons and Tom Thumb) has always prided itself on being a friendly, consumer-oriented market. When I was growing up, we often shopped at Safeway, and the checkers always addressed my mom by name when she used her club card and they never failed to offer to help us out to the car with the groceries.
One of the ways in which Safeway tried to go offer service that was above and beyond was that at their stores, a baker's dozen always included a whopping 14 items (one more than the traditional baker's dozen). However, due to rising fuel and food prices, a dozen now includes just 12 items. Still a true dozen, it is one more sign that everyone is being forced to do a bit of belt tightening.
[via The Consumerist]
