Micki St. James writes…
I had a hot, ready-to-eat Turkey Pot Roast about two weeks ago at my local supermarket, Safeway. It was delicious and I've been looking for it ever since, but all they ever have is Turkey Breast (which I tried and it wasn't the same) and chicken, sometimes fried chicken, mostly rotisserie. Don't know why they would have it one day, sell out, and then not carry it again, but I didn't ask.
Then came your Jennie-O item and it took a couple days but I finally made the connection: The Turkey Pot Roast I ate was the same one you are touting. The force of that revelation was almost religious, seeing as I was blindsided by it. I conclude you have good taste in turkey roasts.
No happy ending yet. Your item gave me the clue to look in Costco but my local Costco didn't have it. I called Jennie-O and their customer representative was very cordial, and told me that only two Costcos in my area carried the pot roast. Of course I asked which two. And she said (something like) I don't have that information. WalMart, Sam's Club, and Costco don't give us skewing information. The word "skewing" made me feel like I'd picked up the next clue for the treasure hunt (that's not the word I want, its some kind of…race, darn it, what's that word?) Anyway, it may take months to happen by all the Costco, and what do you want to bet that when I step into the one with the Turkey Pot Roast, I'll be thinking now I know there was something specific I wanted to get at Costco, what was it again?
I'll give you a tip. Every Costco item has a Costco item number. If you know it, you can phone up any Costco and get someone to look up on their computer if they carry the item in question, how many they have in stock at that moment and if they're out, when another shipment is expected. Usually, the person who can do this for you is in the Administrative Office. The code number for the Jennie-O Turkey Pot Roast is 39249.
Knowing this may save you a fruitless, turkey-less trip to Costco…which means you'll wind up buying two gallons of Russian Dressing, a new blender, enough Brawny paper towels to keep the Koch Brothers happy, your complete spring wardrobe, a case of frozen scallops, a twenty-year supply of Beano and a complete set of Kirkland-brand snow tires…but no Turkey Pot Roast.