This didn’t tell me much that I didn’t already know, but I did learn some interesting tidbits. I stopped shopping for groceries at Walmart years ago because it was actually surprisingly expensive....
This didn’t tell me much that I didn’t already know, but I did learn some interesting tidbits. I stopped shopping for groceries at Walmart years ago because it was actually surprisingly expensive. The prices were about the same as, say, Albertson’s or Von’s. I know that they’ve done a lot to improve their grocery department in more recent years, though, so this is more of a factor of them being in a relatively inconvenient location for me now that there is better competition.
The choices of stores to represent seem a bit odd to me. For Southern California they include WinCo (a great company I wish more people knew about), but they only have a handful of locations in the region and none of them are near Central LA. They don’t include Smart & Final which has significantly more locations. With them excluded it seems ever so slightly unfair to include Costco who is playing a different game than the rest with their exclusively bulk-sized packaging, something that S&F at least partially tries to compete in with select bulk items in their stores.
I’ve said this a lot but here in SoCal the Asian markets have fresh products that are higher quality, freshness, and with better variety while generally having lower prices. The same is likely true at Hispanic grocers.
Tbh I shop for groceries almost exclusively by proximity. In practice I just don’t eat enough food for going large distances away to save dollars on an item to change very much. There’s also a lot...
Tbh I shop for groceries almost exclusively by proximity. In practice I just don’t eat enough food for going large distances away to save dollars on an item to change very much. There’s also a lot of other metrics I’m trying to optimize for in terms of food intake, like health. Or just choosing to cook at all.
Like, I could drive 30 minutes in normal traffic to get to Costco, so an hour round trip, so I can get eggs for $2, or I can go to the local incredibly overpriced supermarket that’s a 3 minute drive/ 10 minute walk and get eggs for $7/dozen, which is more than 3x the price but it takes me like two weeks to eat a dozen eggs, so would I rather spend $5 more to not have to drive for an hour? Kinda, yeah? If I eat out, it’s usually like $60-$80 so that’s a much bigger hit to the wallet anyway.
This didn’t tell me much that I didn’t already know, but I did learn some interesting tidbits. I stopped shopping for groceries at Walmart years ago because it was actually surprisingly expensive. The prices were about the same as, say, Albertson’s or Von’s. I know that they’ve done a lot to improve their grocery department in more recent years, though, so this is more of a factor of them being in a relatively inconvenient location for me now that there is better competition.
The choices of stores to represent seem a bit odd to me. For Southern California they include WinCo (a great company I wish more people knew about), but they only have a handful of locations in the region and none of them are near Central LA. They don’t include Smart & Final which has significantly more locations. With them excluded it seems ever so slightly unfair to include Costco who is playing a different game than the rest with their exclusively bulk-sized packaging, something that S&F at least partially tries to compete in with select bulk items in their stores.
I’ve said this a lot but here in SoCal the Asian markets have fresh products that are higher quality, freshness, and with better variety while generally having lower prices. The same is likely true at Hispanic grocers.
This tracks with my experience in Dallas. We do a lot of our shopping at Costco and Aldi's because they have some of the best value.
You should mention: In the US. Many of us don't live in the US.
OK, ok, no need to rub it in :)
Stealing this.
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Tbh I shop for groceries almost exclusively by proximity. In practice I just don’t eat enough food for going large distances away to save dollars on an item to change very much. There’s also a lot of other metrics I’m trying to optimize for in terms of food intake, like health. Or just choosing to cook at all.
Like, I could drive 30 minutes in normal traffic to get to Costco, so an hour round trip, so I can get eggs for $2, or I can go to the local incredibly overpriced supermarket that’s a 3 minute drive/ 10 minute walk and get eggs for $7/dozen, which is more than 3x the price but it takes me like two weeks to eat a dozen eggs, so would I rather spend $5 more to not have to drive for an hour? Kinda, yeah? If I eat out, it’s usually like $60-$80 so that’s a much bigger hit to the wallet anyway.