Lazy Sundays usually start out this way in my home. We take it easy in the morning, read the paper, surf the Web, drink coffee and sometimes throw together some pancakes. Then the question always gets raised by my husband:
You've probably seen the blue signs posted all over your local Weis supermarket.
"Price freeze."
The store has promised to freeze prices on 2,400 of its products through April 1.
Weis' stores carry between 25,000 and 40,000 items, according to spokesman Dennis Curtin. Therefore, the freeze represents about 6 to 10 percent of Weis' products -- items scattered throughout the store.
Some aisles have more frozen prices than others. The salty snacks aisle featured several frozen prices on selected Martin's Potato Chips and Snyder's of Hanover products.
If you're looking for a loaf of white bread, however, the selection of price-frozen items is slimmer. I spotted only one loaf of white bread with a frozen price: A 20-ounce loaf of Weis brand enriched sandwich bread.
We want to hear from you -- what do you think of the price freeze?
Is it a legitimate way of helping shoppers? Or a marketing ploy designed to attract attention?
Have you been lured into the store by the promise of prices that will stay static for three months?
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In other business news today, Sean Adkins reports on a $65,000 fine levied against Exelon Nuclear by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for violations associated with former security officers who napped while on the job at the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station.
