What's up with Valero pushing junk food ? (Post, Lott: home, live in)

[mamatotex97]

I was in Valero tonight and laughed when the guy asked me if I wanted to buy recess pb cups. Uh, no thanks....I actually made homemade ones last night.

They are just doing their job. They aren't in business for free ...every business is about making money. As many posters have said, the profit is not in the fuel that they sell. It's the drinks and snacks.

Doesn't bother me if someone is buying/cashing in lotto tickets. It's their right to do so as a customer. Just as it's your right to buy beer, cigs, candy, coffee or whatever.

Too many people take themselves too seriously these days and judge everyone for everything that they do if they don't like it. Live and let live.

[Hedgehog_Mom]

The only time the lottery tickets bother me is when someone is standing there scratching tickets and cashing them, tying up the line.

I think I've been in a gas station maybe five times in the last five years. I always pay at the pump and once I quit smoking, there wasn't any reason to go into a gas station, unless we're on a road trip and the kids need the restroom.

[Willsatx]

Funny about this post is I just got back from Valero and bought a soda, the guy pushed peanuts and a candy bar. Told me it went well with the soda, bet they have a contest in the stores to see who sell the most crap.

[thenewtexan]

Originally Posted by cobralou

Everytime I go into a Velero in San Antonio the cashier is always trying to push whatever cookies or candies they have at the counter. Why have they started doing this knowing that it contributes to weight issues and tooth decay? What's next cigaretttes and beer? Do the cashiers make something off these sales to persistently push it off on every customer ? I hate waking into a covenience store only to be solicited by the cashier, it is one thing when it is for MDA it's another when its for junk food.

Supply and demand.

[Pachuco2]

Just say "no"!

[ggeorgie]

This morning Twix candy bars were being pushed on me!! Haha, last week it was beef sticks!!

[JuanValdez]

Personally I'd be a little worried if a Valero cashier was offering me his beef stick.

[69GSstage1]

Originally Posted by badalchemist

I'm glad you no longer have to deal with what you feel to be second-class citizens.

If a person wants to blow his money on lottery tickets, so be it. It's a free country last I checked. I take issue when he is wasting my time doing so.

[teenwolf80]

Geez, some of the things some people complain about. Do people not have perspective? This is the epitome of first world problems.

[elnina]

I wonder - is that only happen at Valero gas stations??