Which Supermarket do you shop at?

[TBoneTX 46,602]

54 minutes ago, Neonred said:

9:00am.  Much too late for me.

Already bedtime!   

[Neonred 3,770]

37 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

Already bedtime!   

Ha.

 

As always I'm way ahead of you....well by at least an hour.

[TBoneTX 46,602]

3 hours ago, Neonred said:

I'm way ahead of you....well by at least an hour.

And missing almost all daylight hours, given that you embed yourself at noon or before.

[Dashinka 25,161]

12 hours ago, Neonred said:

The Aldi near me doesn't open until 9:00am.  Much too late for me.

 

And their offerings are limited.

Honestly, I do not see all the hype with Aldi.  I realize it is anecdotal, but I was not impressed by anything there the few times I ventured in.  I can say similar things about Trader Joes.

7 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

And missing almost all daylight hours, given that you embed yourself at noon or before.

Early to bed....

[Neonred 3,770]

7 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

And missing almost all daylight hours, given that you embed yourself at noon or before.

No.  Usually in the ten o'clock hour.

That's PM.

[TBoneTX 46,602]

12 hours ago, Neonred said:

That's PM.

    

[spicynujac 54]

The nicest grocery store I've ever visited in the USA is a Wegman's.  They might be limited to the northeast / midwest.  I heard about them for years and stopped in when I was visiting Lancaster, PA.  The prepared deli foods are gourmet and incredible.  They serve fresh cold pressed juice made daily.  All the fresh fruits and veggies you can imagine (lots of international).  Other than that, everything else (including Whole Foods) is a big step down.  Publix is nice in my area, but I don't really have a preference.  I go wherever is convenient and/or has a good sale. 

 

There's always Costco.  I frequently go with my neighbor, and the prices are slightly cheaper, but ONLY if you end up consuming the giant package of whatever you bought before it goes bad.  I'm not sure I would pay for my own membership, but if you have a bigger family, it's worth it.  Their products are high quality and their policies are very consumer friendly.

 

Aldi / Trader Joe's (related companies) are small but carry nice products at a good price.  Aldi's is more rotating stock where you see a variety of new items every week and TJ is more the same popular products every week, but they have good fresh produce, fresh flowers and great potted plants.  (TJ and Costco are both a great place to work by the way--if ours was closer I would consider getting my wife a job there!)  The health insurance alone would be worth it!

My general plan at the grocery is buy almost everything along the outside walls--the refrigerated items, which are REAL FOOD, and skip items in a box, jar, or can.

Edited Thursday at 02:10 AM by spicynujac

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,100]

17 hours ago, spicynujac said:

The nicest grocery store I've ever visited in the USA is a Wegman's.  They might be limited to the northeast / midwest.  I heard about them for years and stopped in when I was visiting Lancaster, PA.  The prepared deli foods are gourmet and incredible.  They serve fresh cold pressed juice made daily.  All the fresh fruits and veggies you can imagine (lots of international).  Other than that, everything else (including Whole Foods) is a big step down.  Publix is nice in my area, but I don't really have a preference.  I go wherever is convenient and/or has a good sale.

That was literally the only store I missed when I moved to San Diego from Rochester, NY (where they started).

They have a few stores in the mid-Atlantic and southeast, including one northwest of Raleigh (where I am now) but it's too far away to shop at.

They're supposed to be adding a store in my suburb in 2026 (near the Wal-Mart), and as someone who spent his formative years in upstate NY (and so very much in Wegmans territory), if that actually happens, I think I'll be kind of mandated to shop there as long as Anastasia and I are employed.

 

Right now I usually do my regular shopping at Food Lion because it's cheaper than the grocery stores that are closer and for some reason the others don't seem to have regular green leaf lettuce. I'd think it some weird southern thing, except that the cheapest grocery store has it, not the expensive one. But there's a Harris Teeter (Kroger affiliate) on the corner that's the go to for picking up stuff on the way home from picking up mini-Dave from preschool.

[Neonred 3,770]

When I was a student at the U. of South Carolina we used to shop at Piggly Wiggly because it was cheap, but it was gross.  I'm not even sure if they still exist.

[Mary Lou 682]

2 hours ago, Neonred said:

When I was a student at the U. of South Carolina we used to shop at Piggly Wiggly because it was cheap, but it was gross.  I'm not even sure if they still exist.

Yes there are Piggly Wiggly's in the Midwest. I actually like to shop there for the deli meat and regular meat. Fruits and veggies are hit or miss. But they do have good sales each week. 

The piggys in my city are clean 😆

[TBoneTX 46,602]

3 hours ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

Food Lion

Shopped here all the time when I lived in North Carolina.

They briefly had stores in Texas.

[Dashinka 25,161]

11 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Shopped here all the time when I lived in North Carolina.

They briefly had stores in Texas.

Don't Lions eat Monkeys?

[TBoneTX 46,602]

15 hours ago, Dashinka said:

Don't Lions eat Monkeys?

We hadn't evolved into a superior primate yet.

[TBoneTX 46,602]

2 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

We hadn't evolved into a superior primate yet.

Meaning human ==> monkey ==> ape (Central Chimpanzee).

[Neonred 3,770]

6 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Meaning human ==> monkey ==> ape (Central Chimpanzee).

 

So the big hairy ape is having trouble attracting chicas?  🤔