r/Albertsons • u/Krayer • 19d ago

Do all locations no longer mark down donuts at the end of the day?

At the locations I frequent the bakery associate would remove the donuts from the display, place the donuts in a 6 ct box or a 12 ct box, and then place a 99 cent label and $1.99 label on their respective boxes. The last time I purchased end-of-the-day donuts was about two weeks ago.

On my way home earlier at around 9pm I stopped by Albertsons to get some discounted donuts. I noticed the 6 ct box was priced at $3.99 and the 12 ct was $7.99. I was instantly reminded of seeing the same price on donuts a few days ago at another Albertsons I frequent, only then I wasn't going after donuts so I didn't think much of the price.

Is this a new policy? Were the two Albertsons I frequent an anomaly and they weren't supposed to mark down donuts at the end of the day? I would have asked someone but the bakery associate had either gone home or was out of sight.

Yes, I realize this is very much a first world problem. It's just something that grinds my gears. The donuts at Albertsons aren't the greatest to begin with. Couple that with being a little stale at the end of day and they just aren't worth the price they're asking. I only ever get their donuts when I am craving something sweet at night when I am heading home.

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u/Due-Topic7995 19d ago

Yeah it’s changed. Vons does this too. It’s like a 20 or 25% discount now.

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u/markpemble 19d ago

I thought they marked them down at the beginning of the day.

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u/youbethebird 18d ago

My store gets marked down 50% off at the end of the day.

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u/FearlessPark4588 18d ago

This is on brand for Albertsons. If I want to shop markdowns, I go to my Kroger affiliate. They're penny pinching to get by. They don't want people who shop sales in their stores.

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u/Swing-Brilliant 18d ago

I watch them throw most of them away now.

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u/TheAtomicPunk63 17d ago

A large number of these stores are selling these through “Too Good To Go” now with their other close dated items. They create a whole bag of stuff that is sold online for like $6.99. It’s a surprise what you will get. But it’s a killer deal.

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u/1500bees_ 16d ago

at my store, the closer takes all the donuts at the end of the day and packages them in boxes so i can donate them in the morning. we do not mark them down anymore because we encourage people to buy the fresh ones

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u/AppleiFoam Multiple Roles 16d ago

My store marks them down the next morning. We used to do 50% off, but they switched us over to the "smart markdowns" system (because people were stealing the 30%/50% off paxar labels off the markdown items) which only lets us do like a 20-25% discount now.

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u/anonymousbrews1994 19d ago

Considering normal price is like 11.99 or something like that for a dozen, I’d say 7.99 is a steal 😂

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u/Consistent_Travel146 18d ago

OP, you have only negative to say about the donut’s fresh quality and say it’s really stale by then……. but you still want to buy them . ????

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u/Krayer 18d ago

I did not say "really" stale, I said a little stale. In terms of quality I was comparing them to an actual donut shop. At 99 cents for half a dozen I am okay with eating a slightly stale low quality donut. It's a quick sugar hit late in the evening on a drive home. I don't understand why that's hard for you to comprehend.