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There are other changes as well.
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I thought of this question because I answered the "What's for dinner" post today and I got all of my stuff (well, except for the wine because I live in stupid Pennsylvania,) for dinner at my favorite food store, Wegman's.
We will also shop at the Acme, Giant or Walmart, but we Wegman's!!
We will occasiona buy food items at Walmart but that is usually only if it is something we can't find at the "normal" grocery store. Our choice here in central Texas is H-E-B!
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Mostly at Walmart, Aldi and meats at a local Mexican market. They have the best prices. I only shop at Publix once in a while, they are just too pricey.
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I buy most of my groceries at the commissary, and I go to Kroger for watermelon all year long . For quick stops, I try to go to the local mom-and-pop grocery to try to keep them in business--they're very supportive of local Scouts and do other charitable things. I haven't been in a Wal-Mart in years, and don't plan to if I can help it....but that's just me.
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I haven't been in a Wal-Mart in years, and don't plan to if I can help it....but that's just me.
I believe you haven't, Ginger, because it's called just Walmart anymore. Hasn't been cap-W-hyphen-cap-M for years. Just had to josh you a bit for being so out of touch with The Evil Empire's current name.
That said, I'd never heard of Wegman's until meeting DH, a Brooklyn, NY native, and visiting his parents who shop there. Wegman's is an East Coast thing.
I'd never heard of the two major supermarket chains in St. Looey, Dierbergs and Schnucks, both long-established local ones, until moving here either. I prefer Dierbergs.
We also shop often at the local gourmet market, Straub's, which has been in business for over a century. I love Straub's because they have a real old-fashioned meat counter where you choose the cuts you want, and the butcher wraps them in white butcher paper for you. It's fantastic meat, too.
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WalMart tends to be my default. I also will get stuff at Safeway, Target, Albertsons & Fred Meyer (Kroger). I love WinCo but rarely go there because it's just inconvenient & a pain to haul stuff back from.
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We shop Kroger mostly. We also go to Marsh (it's local). Sometimes, if it's more convenient while I'm out running errands, I'll go to our local Super Target. During the summer, I try to hit the local farmer's markets, and sometimes I'll make the trip into Indy to get stuff from the Farmer's Market (it's a huge building downtown with small booths, some are specialty foods).
For certain meats or cuts of meats (like bacon hamburgers or ground lamb or rack of lamb), we go to a local butcher.
And, rarely, we'll hit Whole Foods (or, as someone on the boards has called it - Whole Paycheck!), Fresh Market, or some other trendy little 'all natural' place. Or, the kosher butcher a couple of towns over - YUM!
I never realized I get my food from so many sources.
Lowe's Foods because it is convenient, clean, friendly and carries brands I like. It is a little pricier than the other chains in town, but I use my rewards card every time. I also go to Walmart for toiletries and prepackaged items that are always cheaper than a sale price at Lowe's.
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We too like to go to our local mom & pop store for all the little trips & meat...we have two in the area - 1 is a small chain of 4 stores & the other is a stand alone single store that has been dubbed "the store time forgot" bc of how slow the employees move & all the old time bakery items & such. Love their sales. For big orders it's giant eagle or big bird as we call it here.
Whole Foods if I am at work. Hannaford if I am home and heading north.
I am a huge Whole Foods fan and find it no more expensive than the other stores (except maybe Walmart) but always high quality. I do not buy anything packaged so maybe that's why.
Always Publix. I love Publix so much - best customer service outside of Disney, I like to say!
I also go in to Whole Foods every now and then because I am obsessed with their olive bar.
I won't shop at Walmart. When we lived in Alabama, Walmart was the only option I had for food shopping unless I wanted to drive 50 minutes each way. Once we moved, I vowed to never go in that store again unless I absolutely had no other choice. We moved in 2009 and I've been in a Walmart maybe 4 times since then.
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. For quick stops, I try to go to the local mom-and-pop grocery to try to keep them in business--they're very supportive of local Scouts and do other charitable things. I haven't been in a Wal-Mart in years, and don't plan to if I can help it....but that's just me.
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