Winn Dixie "Down Down" (Nine to Five) |
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Jimbo
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Posted: 10 Jan 2016 at 6:01pm |
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If you don't live in the southeast, you likely aren't familiar with the Winn Dixie supermarket chain.
I have a smaller one near my house that I go to occasionally for certain things, but I don't shop there on a regular basis because, contrary to the claim made by the ad, their prices are NOT that great. They're kinda high, actually. But re: the ad itself... pretty annoying already and I've only seen it twice. Once on TV, once on YouTube prior to posting it here. That stupid Dolly Parton song alone is bad enough, but pairing it up with all those silly looking "dance moves" and goofy gyrations just puts it right over the top. One thing I will say is, you can tell that the employees in the ad really are actual WD employees because they look exactly like typical WD employees. BTW, since I started writing this post, its been on TV like 3 times already. Looks like they're gonna be hitting us hard with them for awhile. Yay. |
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aka ron
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That is bad, too bad I can't find it on iSpot.
I would have made some vulgar comment about the blond and those fingers.
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Jimbo
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Which would bring to mind another annoying 80's song....
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...the ads take aim and lay their claim to the heart and the soul of the spender
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aka ron
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I love Janet Jackson, that is some fine hot chocolatte.
The first time I had cable TV in my own home was 1986, back when the MTV played music videos.
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This is crap! Bi Lo's even worse with the ugly green shirts worn by the employees. I came across Bi Lo after the Winn Dixie ad ended.
Pukealicious! |
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One good thing about TV-you could always turn it off
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verminstew
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Why oh why did I watch this?
Now that stoopid song is gonna be stuck in my head all day
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Jimbo
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Heh heh!!!
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...the ads take aim and lay their claim to the heart and the soul of the spender
Jackson Browne - The Pretender C'mon, man! Joe Biden - 46th President of the United States |
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Anduril
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Nothing I remember about Winn-Dixie growing up is any good.
Their slogan used to be "The Beef People", but frankly I never thought it was all that. The Winn-Dixie near my parent's house closed up decades ago. I also remembered they had this cheesey little scratch-off game promotion involving previously run horse races from obscure racetracks. You got game cards with your purchase, and would watch the TV later in the week to see if you "won" anything. This would have been in the mid 70's sometime. (?)
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crash1984
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Glad Food City bought the Bi Lo stores in our area last summer. Not only was it an upgrade in many ways we do not have to see those commercials. I don't know where they get the name Bi Lo from. If it was Bi Hi on the other hand... |
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Jimbo
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Some of their smaller stores are kind of trashy, too. They have larger "Marketplace" stores that are pretty nice, though. The one near my house is an older, smaller store but it's clean and well kept. I think it may have been an A&P at one point possibly in the 70's or 60's or before, because up until a couple of years ago, it had a red brick facade reminiscent of the old A&P's. But they remodeled it around 2013 or so, and covered the red brick with a stucco like masonry coating and painted it. Looks more modern, but I'm a red brick guy. Take all the lettering and logo off this building and remove the fake bell tower and fence from the rooftop.... ...and this is exactly what it looked like. But with the WD logo in place of the A&P, of course. I've been shopping there occasionally, for about thirty years. Nowadays I only go there when I just need to pick up a couple of things real quick and don't feel like fighting the traffic to go to Walmart which is about 2x or more farther. I could walk to the WD if I had to. But their prices are not that low at all. |
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...the ads take aim and lay their claim to the heart and the soul of the spender
Jackson Browne - The Pretender C'mon, man! Joe Biden - 46th President of the United States |
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EEEEts All so REEEdEEEculous
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ALE515
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The ad says the prices are low and staying low. The song says crazy if you miss them (prices). Well if the prices are staying down, then you're not going to miss them. They'll be like that the next and week after that and the week after that. Make up your mind Winn-Dixie!
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Jimbo
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A fair observation, but of course they could mean missing them by not even shopping there. But in all honesty, if you shop there, you'd miss the much lower prices at Walmart. Which would be crazy!!! |
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...the ads take aim and lay their claim to the heart and the soul of the spender
Jackson Browne - The Pretender C'mon, man! Joe Biden - 46th President of the United States |
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Anduril
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For all the bad press (some of it deserved) and all the weird sh!t that goes on at the typical Walmart, especially in the off hours, they do have some righteous prices. And unlike "K-mart", actually keep more than one register open at a time!! Oh, but back to Winn-Dixie: I do have to say, of all the [crap] that originates from Jacksonville, Florida (the true armpit of the universe, in my humble opinion), at least Winn-Dixie does seem to have some staying power. Usually, anything associated with JAX FLA tends to die a quick, ugly, and often public death. Either that, or the place sucks in whatever culture there might be in surrounding cities and towns. It's a death spiral pit of a place. Never go there, if you can help it. |
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Anduril
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My advanced apologies to Bayou Sale, Louisiana !
..(and maybe Hillside, NJ), both a close 2nd. |
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Jimbo
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I've been to Jax a few times and never found it to be that bad of a place. Boring and lacking any kind of urban vibe, but not a totally dirty sh*t hole, though I'm sure there are parts of it that would fit that description. Not much different than a lot of old, industrial cities in the South and Midwest. Wouldn't want to live there, though. |
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...the ads take aim and lay their claim to the heart and the soul of the spender
Jackson Browne - The Pretender C'mon, man! Joe Biden - 46th President of the United States |
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