How many grocery stores do you shop at?

[Anonymous]

Saturdays are for the farmers market and either Whole Foods or Wegmans. Maybe every two weeks I make a mid-week trip, usually to Safeway, because it’s super close and I just need bananas or milk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That is completely insane especially for a family with kids and two working parents. I don’t know anyone who does anything like that. I go to or Instacart Harris Teeter or Wegmans once a week and try to make that it. I give huge tips on Instacart and often have a good experience.

About once a month I have to pick up extras.

Me again. Life is full of trade offs. It boggles my mind that someone who is already working 40 hours a week is going to sacrifice 40 minutes a week for better bread and then a similar amount for better fruit. I love good food too but I just can’t imagine this.

I don't work, but I'm not running to the store that much, I might slip in if my kids are in an activity but normally not. Who just works 40 hours a week? With a commute, my spouse works 55-60 hours since the commute is 2-3 hours a day.

[Anonymous]

It depends on what country I am currently in.

[Anonymous]

I like to do my shopping "European style" and grab what I need for dinner on my way home from work. Instead of getting on the Metro at Capitol South I walk to Trader Joe's or Safeway and get on at Eastern Market or Potomac Ave.

It's a really nice way to relax and get a little exercise after work. It's about a half mile walk to TJ's and a mile to Safeway, and I'll usually hit up Safeway 2x a week and TJ's once, so a good 2.5 miles of extra walking a week.

I'll also occasionally go to other stores if I need something specific - Seafood and good bread at Whole Foods, and usually do 1 trip a month out to the burbs for H-Mart, 99 Ranch, India Bazaar, or Megamart.

[Anonymous]

-Costco every other week (delivery only)
-Whole Foods once a week
-Giant during the week on the way back from work if we need any particular items, and for the milk that we like
-Trader Joe’s maybe once a month or 6 weeks to stock up on a few TJ things
-99 ranch to stock up on a few Asian things (they also have delivery) every 2 months or so

[Anonymous]

I look for fresh ingredients, mainly organic and great value.

Mainly - Costco, Whole Foods, Patel Brothers/India Bazaar, GW/Lotte, Safeway, Giant, Amish Market, Halal Meat Shop

[Anonymous]

I go to Lidl or Aldi, but hopefully into Safeway or HT if they have a good sale or I need just one thing.

[Anonymous]

Nothing but hyper consumers here. It's insane how much you all shop.

Once a week is enough to plan your meals and get fresh fruit and vegetables.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nothing but hyper consumers here. It's insane how much you all shop.

Once a week is enough to plan your meals and get fresh fruit and vegetables.

A lot of it is price shopping, freshness, or specific items. For instance, we get the Stonyfield smoothie yogurts at Costco and not at our Giant because there are pretty significant price savings. Same for a lot of meats that we buy.

We get Fairlife milk at Giant for nutritional / lactose intolerance reasons, but find produce and fruits to be more fresh at Whole Foods (which does not sell Fairlife).

This ends up requiring multiple trips to different stores. It’s not just “hyper consumerism”.

[Anonymous]

I don't live in the DC area, so the specific stores i have will vary from what most here will have available, but here goes:

Costco once every 4-6 weeks.

Delivery from large mainstream supermarket 1-2 times/week.

In-person visit to smaller boutique grocery store - 2/week (it's 1 block from my house).

Farmers market/specialty butcher/bakery - once/2 weeks. I'm lucky that my boutique local grocery store carries excellent quality higher end items so I don't need to frequent these as much. Also DH's mother bakes like crazy so we almost never have to buy bread/rolls/etc.

[Anonymous]

Three stores usually:

- Farmers Market weekly on Saturdays or Sundays for produce and eggs, specialty hummus, cheese and nuts
- Balducci's weekly for prepared foods and meats plus non-local items like bananas. Plus lactose free yogurt, sour cream and cream cheese
- Giant monthly for paper products and cleaning supplies. We don't have the storage space for bulk.
- Also as needed, protein powders, bread, wraps, crackers, bars , shiratake noodles and bone broth from internet shopping.

[Anonymous]

Four -
Safeway is closest
Giant is bigger and will drive a little further for better meats than Safeway
Harris Teeter even further, but bigger selection and has a few items I can't get at
Wegman anytime I am in Germantown because I is not near me yet.

[Anonymous]

Costco and farmers market every Saturday
TJ for occasional fill-in during the week
Bulk health food store every few months

[Anonymous]

Imperfect Foods delivery and Instacart for Wegmans.

[Anonymous]

Probably 2-3 every two weeks. Weekly grocery shop at Safeway, giant or Harris teeter. And occasional stops at Trader Joe's for certain things that only they have. (Love their butter chicken and the tadka dal.)