SNL skit on what is available; groceries no one wants to buy
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Comments (29)Here in Montreal, over the last year, there has been a seachange from disposable to reusable bags in grocery stores. One store started providing high quality cloth (or plastic-impregnated strong paper) reusable bags for a dollar. The bags were so gosh-darned useful that people started buying them and using them not just for groceries, but for carrying stuff all over the place, advertising the name of the store as they went. The other stores quickly got involved, and started competing to make more and more attractive ones, so it was their bag that was being carried, not the competition. The plastic bags are still available for people that want them, but carrying one makes you a pariah on the street. This time last year, you would see hundreds of those bags stuck in trees and streetlights, breaking down in alleys and filling trash cans. Not any more - the combination of real utility (the bags are actually very good - I use them to carry things to work, for luggage, in the garden, lugging tools in my workshop, and for storage when homebrewing), low cost (the bags are printed with the store's name, so it's free advertising) and social stigma seems to have corrected this problem in a very big way. One unexpected problem that has arisen is that I used to use those plastic bags as trash bags. Now, I find myself buying real plastic trash bags, which is a habit I have to break....See Moregrrrr...wasted my time at the grocery store.
Comments (27)Like a few here, I'd much rather grocery shop than shop for clothes!!! I'm not a one-stop shopper though. My main shopping is done at the Commissary at MCAS Miramar, once a month. That's what we call "Stock up". Then we shop Wal-Mart's food section (limited; we don't have a Super Wal-Mart yet, and though they're planning one, the town criers are lobbying against it). I shop sales and fresh stuff at Stater Bros and Henry's (like a Wild Oats), but will only go into Vons if they have a really good sale on something I need/want (like the red seedless grapes they have today). Wal-Mart, Stater Bros, Henry's and Vons are all within a half mile of my house so gas is not at issue. If Albertsons has something good, there's one on my way home from work, but normally that's not a stop. To Claudia near Bakersfield: I hear ya. My DH and I used to live in a small town in Arizona with one grocery store. Decent grocery prices were 70 miles away, down in Tucson or in Phoenix. We used to make a once-a-week run to Tucson for a class I had to take, so we'd take a cooler along and stop at the grocery store before class. Also, my daughter broke a bottle of Worcestershire in one of our cars about 6 years ago. Whew! It smelled until the day she wrecked that car! DonnaR/CA...See MoreSNL -- Farrow & Ball paint
Comments (3)Anglo, you might enjoy perusing Little Greene's colors as well. And in the fantastical paint color naming sweepstakes, Rita Konig's beloved Cuisse de Nymphe Emue, from Edward Bulmer Paint, is surely a contender ;-) Farrow & Ball is American owned and has a huge marketing budget. Little Greene and Edward Bulmer are smaller and worth a look. I see them referenced often in UK magazines....See MoreBuying different groceries than normal?
Comments (35)Frozen sliced red peppers, jarred roasted red peppers, these are not thing I normally buy but do now. We do 1 big shop every 17 days or so, in between I can get local fresh veg at a farm, but that is limited to what is grown in greenhouse and storage crops. Speaking of storage crops, thank goodness for cabbage! Last night a head of red was the center of our meal: Braised red cabbage, with focaccia and a pork tenderloin. The night before it was Napa, stir fried with frozen edamame, and garlic tofu. Kim chi broth quinoa bowls also made the meal plan....See More- 6 years ago
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