Okay, I’m the kind of person who always checks things out and I’ve now gone to other Jewels – they do NOT have the black dot on the Nabisco to-go shelf tags and I’ve had two asst store mgrs check their “books” or whatever it is they call it where they order from.  The to-go Nabisco products show as active, not discontinued.  I will be meeting with the Lisle people tomorrow, straightening this all out.  If it’s an active item, we will all be able to benefit.

Another Jewel that encourages special orders is the Lombard Jewel on Roosevelt.  The asst mgr I spoke with said that they deal with many organizations that place large orders.  I reminded him that our orders always include coupons and his response?  That’s fine, we get reimbursed for all those.  So coupon-friendly and willing to take special orders?  Oh, and they also prefer that you pay upfront for those special orders.  It’s a hat trick, I tells ya!

So we wait until tomorrow and I’ll see what transpires – – or I’ll have the warehouse make a direct drop to my basement…