Mostly: Classical

[Sexton O Blake]

Everyone enjoying the week? And one more day to go!

Retail Snooze from Richmans Hill..

Spoke with a buddy tonight (a part time red coat at our WMT; one of the busiest locations in Canada), Walmart Canada is starting (May 1 or already - Apr 1 - not sure), a 90 day return policy. Up to now it has been completely open (shit, I took back something once that was over a year old - of course unused/unopened).

Anyways, this goes hand-in-hand with Home Depot's policy as well.
(<90days - return money;CC etc. more than 90days, gift card)

I know without a bill, WMT would put it on a GC already, but wonder about the >90days.

Of course it helps the bottom line - they can basically assume that after 90days, the profits are booked (no return or gift card - same thing).

Krispy Kreme is Kaput

The second KKD in Canada, had its sign taken down this week. I was driving by and noticed a cherry picker - odd? - well the kraft paper on the windows was the only thing I needed.

Here is a chart... no indicators.. no oscillators.. no overlays.. no volume... just krazy krap...


So the burning question I have is...
If the Krispy Kreme closed here, where is our Walmart getting the KKD donuts from?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Breyer's Ice Cream
Not a retail store, but a brand. Company was taken out by Unilever but goes under Good Humor still.
Sells two brands basically - "Quebon" the blue "classic" variety and "Black" "All Natural".

Well what an interesting marketing trick they stumbled onto.
I almost missed it.

I was at Dominion and the All Natural was on sale from $659/2L for $499. But something odd caught my eye. Bottom left had two swirl things - I looked down and it said "now double churned for better creamy taste". Hmmm.. doesn't seem right. (any label change raises my flags)
So I look at the ingredients.

BAM!
Up to now the All Natural had basically natural ingredients - egg yolk, cream, sugar etc. I suspected they added Guar Gum about a year ago but had no previous container to prove it.

Well when I look now - it shows the normal fillers "Polysorbate 80" "di gylcerides" "guar cum" "carageenan" etc etc.

So I asked - how the heck can this be natural?
So I look at the box front and whatcha think I see...
"Breyer's All Natural Flavoured Ice Cream".

So for $1.50 more now, instead of getting REAL ice cream, you are getting JUST real vanilla flecks....

WARREN G LYRICS: "Regulate"

.. snip..

I'm gettin jacked, I'm breakin myself
I can't believe they taking Warren's wealth
they took my rings, they took my rolex
I looked at the brotha said "Damn, what's next?"

[Nate:]
They got my homey hemmed up and they all around
ain't none of them seeing if they going straight pound for pound
I gotta come up real quick before they start to clown
I best pull out my strap and lay them busters down

[G:]
They got guns to my head
I think I'm going down
I can't believe this happenin in my own town
If I had wings I could fly
let me contemplate
I glanced in the cut and I see my homey Nate

[Nate:]
Sixteen in the clip and one in the hole
Nate Dogg is about to make some bodies turn cold
now they droppin and yellin
it's a tad bit late
Nate Dogg and Warren G had to regulate

I laid all them busters down
I let my gat explode
now I'm switching my mind back into freak mode
if you want skirts sit back and observe
I just left a gang of those over there on the curb

[G:]
Now Nate got the freaks
and that's a known fact
before I got jacked I was on the same track
back up back up cause it's on
N A T E and me
the Warren to the G


Jacked is right!
Blakulatorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

PS: Look on the bright side... tomorrow is the last trading day for the month!!!!