Are supermarkets the most depressing places in modern society?

[LordJezo]

Every time I go to a supermarket I see some pretty disgusting displays of American society. Now while I do not have a body of a god I try to at least keep myself eating a little bit right. People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones (or something like that) but some of the things I see in the store are just horrifying.

I guess what really set me off was a few days ago when I was in the checkout line. A large (fat with tight clothes) woman was in front of me. Her baby was in the cart in the child seat. The mother gave the child a huge candy rollup sugar covered thing and the little kid covered herself in sugar and ate away. The baby wasn't too tiny and it was like I was watching the start of a terrible obese lifestyle.

Then you have the monstrosities that wander around the aisles, looking in their carts its pretty interesting, do people even try to eat healthy? Watching a morbidly obese person have their shopping cart overflowing with soda, chips, cookies, and frozen meals. No fruit, no vegetables, just processed garbage. Seeing them with their children is just sad, seeing a parent with a huge fat kid waddling right along with them is downright depressing. Those kids have no say in what they eat, they just get what is put in front of them, there is no way a tiny child should weigh as much as I do.

Bah.

I guess this is a rant on the current state of things in this country. Something about it really does bother me.

[Tall_James]

You should start shopping at Whole Foods.

[jauble]

What bothers me is when really fat people will sit idling in the front of the lot waiting for a close spot rather than walking a few more feet.

[Dougie Brootal]

Are supermarkets the most depressing places in modern society?

no, lord jezo threads are.

[ralphbxny]

I loved supermarkets. Growing up in the Bronx we didnt have them. All we had was Bodegas and shops. I am always very excited to go shopping!

[Ritalin]

Every time I go to a supermarket I see some pretty disgusting displays of American society. Now while I do not have a body of a god I try to at least keep myself eating a little bit right. People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones (or something like that) but some of the things I see in the store are just horrifying.

I guess what really set me off was a few days ago when I was in the checkout line. A large (fat with tight clothes) woman was in front of me. Her baby was in the cart in the child seat. The mother gave the child a huge candy rollup sugar covered thing and the little kid covered herself in sugar and ate away. The baby wasn't too tiny and it was like I was watching the start of a terrible obese lifestyle.

Then you have the monstrosities that wander around the aisles, looking in their carts its pretty interesting, do people even try to eat healthy? Watching a morbidly obese person have their shopping cart overflowing with soda, chips, cookies, and frozen meals. No fruit, no vegetables, just processed garbage. Seeing them with their children is just sad, seeing a parent with a huge fat kid waddling right along with them is downright depressing. Those kids have no say in what they eat, they just get what is put in front of them, there is no way a tiny child should weigh as much as I do.

Bah.

I guess this is a rant on the current state of things in this country. Something about it really does bother me.

I guess you haven't been to Disney in Orlando. That's the Fat ass Mecca of the World. It's mindboggling.

[Freakshow]

I don't like going outside Smithers. For one thing, there are too many fat children.

[RAAMONE]

I don't like going outside Smithers. For one thing, there are too many fat children.

i was at wendys yesterday the mother in front of me was encouraging her huge fat little son to try the baconator...which has to be the worst fast food sammich ever...a couple burgers, cheese, pile of bacon, and mayo

[CambriaBurning]

I remember seeing a huge woman giving her 8 year old girl, who looked like the Michelin man with all her rolls, a can of pepsi and oreos for her to scarf down... and I thought, is this child abuse?

I think yes.

[Tall_James]

I remember seeing a huge woman giving her 8 year old girl, who looked like the Michelin man with all her rolls, a can of pepsi and oreos for her to scarf down... and I thought, is this child abuse?

I think yes.

I agree with you wholeheartedly. When my kids want snacks, fruits and vegetables are the first, and often only, option. If they complain, too bad - you're not getting potato chips. If they're hungry they'll eat the fruits and veggies.

[Enabler]

What a bunch of "high-horse" nonsense. When I am forced to be in a grocery store I get out as fast a possible. I dont walk around judging other people and what they eat. Shop at WholeFoods with the rest of the super-cool hipsters. No offense.

[joethebartender]

There should be a weigh in once a year and a tax should be imposed for every pound that someone is over a state imposed body mass index.

How these people live is disgusting. I hate fat people. The other eating disorders are ok, but obese people piss me off!

[Death Metal Moe]

no, lord jezo threads are.

Preach it.

I love the supermarket. I enjoy eating and cooking so it's a fun place for me. Supermarkets have really stepped up their games in past years as well so you can usually find interesting new foods in their specialty areas.

Plus, for every fat woman with a kid you're complaining about there's an attractive woman in the produce asile looking for arugula and organic baby carrots.

Try it sometime. I used to work the produce asile and it's da bomb baby.

[K.C.]

Every time I go to a supermarket I see some pretty disgusting displays of American society. Now while I do not have a body of a god I try to at least keep myself eating a little bit right. People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones (or something like that) but some of the things I see in the store are just horrifying.

I guess what really set me off was a few days ago when I was in the checkout line. A large (fat with tight clothes) woman was in front of me. Her baby was in the cart in the child seat. The mother gave the child a huge candy rollup sugar covered thing and the little kid covered herself in sugar and ate away. The baby wasn't too tiny and it was like I was watching the start of a terrible obese lifestyle.

Then you have the monstrosities that wander around the aisles, looking in their carts its pretty interesting, do people even try to eat healthy? Watching a morbidly obese person have their shopping cart overflowing with soda, chips, cookies, and frozen meals. No fruit, no vegetables, just processed garbage. Seeing them with their children is just sad, seeing a parent with a huge fat kid waddling right along with them is downright depressing. Those kids have no say in what they eat, they just get what is put in front of them, there is no way a tiny child should weigh as much as I do.

Bah.

I guess this is a rant on the current state of things in this country. Something about it really does bother me.

Used to work at one years ago...agree almost 100%.

It's disturbing when you see people who can't physically support their weight so they use the handicap electric cart, loading up on some of the worst food known to man.

Thank god we have Trader Joe's here. No processed foods = none of that.

[Hottub]

There should be a weigh in once a year and a tax should be imposed for every pound that someone is over a state imposed body mass index.

How these people live is disgusting. I hate fat people. The other eating disorders are ok, but obese people piss me off!

They should all be on a diet of Stella and hot wings in order to keep the unwanted pounds away.
Fat bastids!

[SatCam]

I love supermarkets. I like comparing prices, checking out their merchandising, seeing how they run things, seeing how clean the store is.......................................

I try not to pay attention to the other customers

[Lady Resin]

I started going to ShoprRte to take my mom after my father passed away. She didn't drive. My sister and brother asked me if I could take her on Monday mornings. I sooooo hated shopping there. They do have great produce and fresh meat. I dreaded Monday mornings. Since she passed away I still go there and hate it. The old people leave there carts in the middle of the isle, walk slow, etc. But they do make me smile when the ask me "Can you get reach that can of corn for me?" And on Tuesday I saved $27.47 cents.:clap:

[RhinoinMN]

I agree with you wholeheartedly. When my kids want snacks, fruits and vegetables are the first, and often only, option. If they complain, too bad - you're not getting potato chips. If they're hungry they'll eat the fruits and veggies.

QFT!

Its just that simple. I do exactly that.

Works fine for me. I have good kids, and they don't complain any more than the average kid.

[Lady Resin]

On a related story:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,365839,00.html

:ohmy:

[Gvac]

Nothing pisses me off more than the lazy ass cocksuckers who leave their carts in the middle of the parking lot (or worse, in a handicapped parking space) when there's a cart return rack about 25 feet away.

Is it that fucking hard? Are you in that much of a hurry?

It should be perfectly legal to beat these people into a coma if you catch them not returning their shopping cart to its rightful place.

[Friday]

Nothing pisses me off more than the lazy ass cocksuckers who leave their carts in the middle of the parking lot (or worse, in a handicapped parking space) when there's a cart return rack about 25 feet away.

Is it that fucking hard? Are you in that much of a hurry?

It should be perfectly legal to beat these people into a coma if you catch them not returning their shopping cart to its rightful place.

TROOF!

every time i got to the market i am infuriated by this and think of starting a thread about it.
lol

[Lady Resin]

Nothing pisses me off more than the lazy ass cocksuckers who leave their carts in the middle of the parking lot (or worse, in a handicapped parking space) when there's a cart return rack about 25 feet away.

Is it that fucking hard? Are you in that much of a hurry?

It should be perfectly legal to beat these people into a coma if you catch them not returning their shopping cart to its rightful place.

That is why I have hate/love relationship with ShopRite. They have guys ALL over the parking lot that will direct the handicapps into their spots and shoo away the lazy bastards. When I put my bags in the trunk, they are right behind me to take the cart away. ShopRite is spoiling me.

[ADF]

Maybe it was just my imagination, but I swear I saw Walt Whitman in the Stop 'n Shop last night.

[sailor]

why should it affect you if others eat poorly and are fat? it's their life to live however they desire. do you get equally bothered seeing smokers outside a bar slowly killing themselves?

and i agree the cart thing is annoying. i always plan ahead and park a few spots away from the cart return.

[underdog]

You should start shopping at Whole Foods.

Seriously. It's awesome.

Shop at WholeFoods with the rest of the super-cool hipsters. No offense.

What? Whole Foods has better food than a normal supermarket. I shop there because I like good produce, not because I'm a "super-cool hipster" (although, I do wish I were a super-cool hipster).

And it's filled with yuppies, anyway.

[sailor]

whole foods is wholly over-rated and over-priced.

[underdog]

whole foods is wholly over-rated and over-priced.

Compared to what?

I'll agree that it can be somewhat more expensive than a normal supermarket, but their employees are actually nice and friendly. Most important, though, is their fresh food is just flat out better than what I can find at any other supermarket up here.

[sailor]

Compared to what?

I'll agree that it can be somewhat more expensive than a normal supermarket, but their employees are actually nice and friendly. Most important, though, is their fresh food is just flat out better than what I can find at any other supermarket up here.

stop&shop, stew leonard's, or local butchers and vegetable shops.

[Gvac]

Maybe it was just my imagination, but I swear I saw Walt Whitman in the Stop 'n Shop last night.

Is that another shot at Fez?

[LordJezo]

why should it affect you if others eat poorly and are fat? it's their life to live however they desire. do you get equally bothered seeing smokers outside a bar slowly killing themselves?

Nope, don't care about smokers, but it's the people who smoke in closed cars with small children and even worse, smoking pregnant mothers that tick me off.

It's not so much the fat older people that bother me, screw them and let them die of some heart attack if they want, that's their choice, it's the fat people who are feeding their small children copious amounts of junk food before they even leave the supermarket that bother me.

Fat people of legal age = lazy folks who don't give a crap about themselves.

Fat babies and small children = depressing to me.

[Marc with a c]

no. this website is.

ten thousand posts? somebody please kill me.

[mendyweiss]

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u41/siblog/fat_kid.jpg
What's The Problem Here ?

[sailor]

Nope, don't care about smokers, but it's the people who smoke in closed cars with small children and even worse, smoking pregnant mothers that tick me off.

It's not so much the fat older people that bother me, screw them and let them die of some heart attack if they want, that's their choice, it's the fat people who are feeding their small children copious amounts of junk food before they even leave the supermarket that bother me.

Fat people of legal age = lazy folks who don't give a crap about themselves.

Fat babies and small children = depressing to me.

gotcha. as you were.

[Devo37]

supermarkets are great! you just have to block the other shoppers out of your mind and focus on the amazing variety of items available there.

i often think "what would someone from 100 or 1000 years ago think if they were time-travelled here and dropped into a modern supermarket?"

i also look at some of the obscure/weird items on the shelves and wonder "if i was so inclined to purchase it, how, exactly, would i prepare pickled eel?"

[PapaBear]

I like grocery stores. Hot 20 year old girls are paid to be nice to me.

[underdog]

stop&shop, stew leonard's, or local butchers and vegetable shops.

I will agree with the local butcher, but I have to do the majority of my shopping at Stop & Shop. From my experience, Whole Foods is worth the slight increase in price.

[tele7]

I like grocery stores. Hot 20 year old girls are paid to be nice to me.


Not in New Jersey.

Two weeks ago I was checking out at the A&P in Edison. A 50 ish Indian woman woman was ringing up my food. No problem so far, but then she started to scratch her head and look at her fingers. I'm guessing she found something, because she wiped it on the rubber belt where the food goes. Totally disgusting!! I said out loud "guess I'm going to have to wash all of this when I get home". I'll never go back.

Also, I don't mind bagging my own groceries, but when she was done ringing she just stood there watching me fill the bags.

[Gvac]

Not in New Jersey.

Two weeks ago I was checking out at the A&P in Edison. A 50 ish Indian woman woman was ringing up my food. No problem so far, but then she started to scratch her head and look at her fingers. I'm guessing she found something, because she wiped it on the rubber belt where the food goes. Totally disgusting!! I said out loud "guess I'm going to have to wash all of this when I get home". I'll never go back.

Also, I don't mind bagging my own groceries, but when she was done ringing she just stood there watching me fill the bags.

That's one of the most vulgar and vile things I've ever read. I honestly would have reported her to a store manager.

Keep your lice to yourself, you filthy fucking animal.

[Recyclerz]

Maybe it was just my imagination, but I swear I saw Walt Whitman in the Stop 'n Shop last night.

I'm pretty sure I saw Jonathan Richman driving past the Stop 'n Shop when it was late at night. I remember that he had the radio on.

[Mike Teacher]

Supermarkets = The 21st century church; where we gather in groups and pay homage to the refrigerated railroad car.

Really, time capsules should note this was the age of the Supermarket and the Refrig, and TV of course. Three things not around a century ago and now so ubiquitous we forget they exist.

Supermarkets with every kind of food, fruits and veggies from all seasons available; this is something not available, ever.

Forget which book [Red October?] but often Russians, when they defected, had heard rumors of these places where all the food you wanted was available, no lines, take all you can pay for.

They thought it was propaganda, a fake story to entice people from their communist ways.

Celebrate it; we live better then Kings ever imagined.

=

Disgusting habits are another thing entirely. Most people dont realize they are in public when they are. Most people dont realize.

Aphorism: Behave in private as you would in public.

[Ritalin]

Also, I don't mind bagging my own groceries

I refuse to bag my own groceries. It's a total scam, and I can remember when some stores started making you do that "to save money". You don't save any money. You're just doing someone else's job.

And I really don't understand the whole check out yourself craze. Why the fuck is everybody doing that? It would be fun if I was 8 years old, pretending to be a check out clerk and scanning things, but I'm 42 and I already have a job. Thankfully I live in the city and there isn't enough square footage in the grocery stores to set that up. It's a scam that allows the stores to hire less check out people.

[sailor]

I refuse to bag my own groceries. It's a total scam, and I can remember when some stores started making you do that "to save money". You don't save any money. You're just doing someone else's job.

And I really don't understand the whole check out yourself craze. Why the fuck is everybody doing that? It would be fun if I was 8 years old, pretending to be a check out clerk and scanning things, but I'm 42 and I already have a job. Thankfully I live in the city and there isn't enough square footage in the grocery stores to set that up. It's a scam that allows the stores to hire less check out people.

just because they're not hiring unnecessary workers, what makes it a scam? the one thing i hate is that the stop and shop by me closes those lines first at night, so if you go late to get 2 things there's no express line and you can get stuck for a while.

[Ritalin]

just because they're not hiring unnecessary workers, what makes it a scam? the one thing i hate is that the stop and shop by me closes those lines first at night, so if you go late to get 2 things there's no express line and you can get stuck for a while.

Well I mean a scam in the sense that they're trying to get you to do more and more of the work. When you check yourself out at the grocery store, you're willingly taking on an extra job.

(you can see that it's a little peeve of mine, right?)

[A.J.]

Nothing pisses me off more than the lazy ass cocksuckers who leave their carts in the middle of the parking lot (or worse, in a handicapped parking space) when there's a cart return rack about 25 feet away.

Is it that fucking hard? Are you in that much of a hurry?

It should be perfectly legal to beat these people into a coma if you catch them not returning their shopping cart to its rightful place.

So THAT'S why you always order take out.

[Thebazile78]

Well I mean a scam in the sense that they're trying to get you to do more and more of the work. When you check yourself out at the grocery store, you're willingly taking on an extra job.

(you can see that it's a little peeve of mine, right?)

When you check yourself out, you can usually get out faster and you can always have things grouped exactly the way you want them ... unless there's a retiree in front of you.

Then you're better off going to the zit-popper with working papers who cusses at you for asking if they took your $0.30 (for using 6 canvas, reusable bags) off the end of your order ... and bags your milk on top of your loaf of bread and dozen eggs.

Unless, of course, you go to Whole Foods. I have never had a surly cashier at a Whole Foods. And I have never had to ask for my nickel back for using a reusable bag. (Heck, if you buy a reusable bag at Whole Foods, the cashier will even cut the tag off and start loading it up without your having to ask them.) Even the guys who empty the trash are friendly there!

Plus, the meat, produce and fish departments at the Whole Foods I shop at kick both my ShopRite and Stop & Shop's asses.

When I compare the meat I bought for my anniversary (filets mignon from Whole Foods) with anything I could have bought in Shop Rite (I refuse to buy meat at my local Stop & Shop ... the meat case smells funny ... ewww) I got fresh-cut meat (as in the butchers had JUST cut the tenderloin into filets and put them out on display) AND a butcher that I could ask to please butterfly the hubby's steak because he likes it a bit more well done than I do and I don't want to overcook this yummy piece of meat ... exactly what I wanted.

I don't know if it's just me, but I am willing to pay a little more for that level of customer service. And I get great customer service at Whole Foods; it's too bad that I have to make a special trip to shop there.

[Freitag]

Anybody who shops at Whole Foods is a pinko communist. Wegmans' is just as good as Whole Foods without "we're all about Earth MAAAAAAAAAAAAN" leftist vibe that permeates Whole Foods.

I don't like mixing politics with shopping. There's a lot of good things about Whole Foods, but the vibe ruins it.

Yes, I had a steak from Whole Foods that was certainly delightful, but I didn't have to pay for it.

I also enjoy Trader Joe's. Cheap, good wine.

[Death Metal Moe]

no. this website is.

ten thousand posts? somebody please kill me.

Not before me buddy boy.

[Death Metal Moe]

Maybe it was just my imagination, but I swear I saw Walt Whitman in the Stop 'n Shop last night.

Is this gonna end up like the last time you thought you saw someone at an Apple store because it took you months to start posting again.

LINGER LONGER!!!!!!!!!!!!

[drjoek]

Whole Foods=Whole Paycheck
Yuppie lemmings willing to pay whatever they are told for supposedly fresher foods.
http://www.slate.com/id/2138176/

[Freitag]

Whole Foods=Whole Paycheck
Yuppie lemmings willing to pay whatever they are told for supposedly fresher foods.
http://www.slate.com/id/2138176/

BINGO!!!!!

[Thebazile78]

BINGO!!!!!

This means I could start grocery clerking again and would be fine going to work at Whole Foods without a huge hit to our budget. (I've been looking.)

The clerks at Wegman's are pretty good, too, but it's equally inconvenient to shop there.

Their produce section is wonderful. I could go broke based on that alone!

[Dash77]

I've spent the past 14 years working in supermarkets behind the counter and for the employees and I've seen it all, from women fighting in the aisles to shoplifters having bags of shrimp down there paints running for the door. You see disgusting things just when you shop, but I see them everyday..

The people letting there kids run around the store screaming like wild animals the customer's who shop everyday for the same items the love triangles between employees and customer's the fat people who don't try to hide there shame by wearing clothes two sizes to small it's a living soap opera.

[underdog]

Unless, of course, you go to Whole Foods. I have never had a surly cashier at a Whole Foods. And I have never had to ask for my nickel back for using a reusable bag. (Heck, if you buy a reusable bag at Whole Foods, the cashier will even cut the tag off and start loading it up without your having to ask them.) Even the guys who empty the trash are friendly there!

I'm convinced that they put the baggers through rigorous training or something, because they are so good at bagging your groceries. They can fit so much shit in two bags without squishing anything. It's crazy. And I'll never understand why everyone there doesn't use the reusable bags. They cost $1.50 here, but you get $0.10 off every time you use it. So if you shop there 15 times, you've made your money back. Plus, they're far more comfortable to carry than their normal bags (which are already lightyears better than a normal shopping bag).

Also, my wife and I noticed the last time we were there that we've never been bothered by screaming children there. There's plenty of kids, but they're so well behaved. I think they pump in some sort of gas to calm the kids down. Either that, or I shop in Beacon Hill and all the people have the money to have professionals raise their children.

Whole Foods=Whole Paycheck
Yuppie lemmings willing to pay whatever they are told for supposedly fresher foods.
http://www.slate.com/id/2138176/

I shop there because the food tastes better. And now I have friends who work there that have told me what goes on "behind the scenes" there, and its made me want to keep shopping there. Not like when I found out what happens in produce and meat departments in normal grocery stores. Yuck. Also :

"And under the umbrella creed of "sustainability," Whole Foods pays its workers a solid living wage—its lowest earners average $13.15 an hour—with excellent benefits and health care. No executive makes more than 14 times the employee average. (Mackey's salary last year was $342,000.) In January, Whole Foods announced that it had committed to buy a year's supply of power from a wind-power utility in Wyoming."

Why wouldn't you want to support this company?

This means I could start grocery clerking again and would be fine going to work at Whole Foods without a huge hit to our budget. (I've been looking.)

You get a discount for working there, too. I think 10%.

[Thebazile78]

I'm convinced that they put the baggers through rigorous training or something, because they are so good at bagging your groceries. They can fit so much shit in two bags without squishing anything. It's crazy. And I'll never understand why everyone there doesn't use the reusable bags. They cost $1.50 here, but you get $0.10 off every time you use it. So if you shop there 15 times, you've made your money back. Plus, they're far more comfortable to carry than their normal bags (which are already lightyears better than a normal shopping bag).

I actually have one of their vinyl-like plastic bags that was made using recycled plastic bags...it's one of THE best bags and makes a very convenient storage sack for my smaller bags in my car. I think I paid $0.99 for it.

Another thing I like about Whole Foods cashiers is that they consistently THANK you for bagging your own groceries. (It's erratic at other stores. To be fair, ShopRite by me is superior to Stop & Shop on this point, though. And I shop at Wegman's so infrequently that I can't remember what they do. Although, for the most part, their cashiers are friendlier than other regular grocery stores as well.)

We get $0.05 back here for reusing bags at Whole Foods, ShopRite and Stop & Shop. It's worth it because the canvas bags hold a LOT more than even the paper bags do ... and if you bring a cooler with cold packs, you can load up your cold stuff and keep it fresh.

Also, my wife and I noticed the last time we were there that we've never been bothered by screaming children there. There's plenty of kids, but they're so well behaved. I think they pump in some sort of gas to calm the kids down. Either that, or I shop in Beacon Hill and all the people have the money to have professionals raise their children.

You know, I haven't noticed screaming kids at my Whole Foods either.

There's a lack of screaming kids at Wegman's too.

I shop there because the food tastes better. And now I have friends who work there that have told me what goes on "behind the scenes" there, and its made me want to keep shopping there. Not like when I found out what happens in produce and meat departments in normal grocery stores. Yuck. Also :

"And under the umbrella creed of "sustainability," Whole Foods pays its workers a solid living wage—its lowest earners average $13.15 an hour—with excellent benefits and health care. No executive makes more than 14 times the employee average. (Mackey's salary last year was $342,000.) In January, Whole Foods announced that it had committed to buy a year's supply of power from a wind-power utility in Wyoming."

Why wouldn't you want to support this company?

Exactly my point. That AND great customer service ... why shouldn't I spend my money there instead?

Another thing I like about Whole Foods is the fact that they sell bulk foods ... rice, grains, lentils, etc., so if I need a small amount of something obscure (amaranth, quinoa, etc.) I don't have to spend $6 for a big bag of it ... I can get only what I need for the recipe for 1/4 of the cost. (I used to do this at the George Street CoOp, but it's more convenient for me to go to Whole Foods now.)

You get a discount for working there, too. I think 10%.

Yes, yes you do.

[Freitag]

Their produce section is wonderful.

Thanks, K-Pax.

[Dash77]

There is no difference between the food you buy at a Shoprite, ect & Whole foods except price, think about it there's only so many distribution warehouses in an area and it's just people packing the same stuff into a different truck...In NJ there's 3 warehouses for 5 major chains.

[Mullenax]

I'm broke so I go to Kroger. When I can I go at really offbeat hours (9 am sunday, 2 am tuesday) so I can have the store almost to myself and some other harmless night-shifty people, who are weirder looking than day people, admittedly. BUT there are no fat kids at night to depress/disgust me, no hayseeds to ogle my tattoos, and the cart-guy has brought all the stray carts in from the parking lot. :happy:

[torker]

I find pet stores depressing.

[underdog]

There is no difference between the food you buy at a Shoprite, ect & Whole foods except price, think about it there's only so many distribution warehouses in an area and it's just people packing the same stuff into a different truck...In NJ there's 3 warehouses for 5 major chains.

That's so amazingly wrong.

At Whole Foods, I can get much different produce than I can at Stop and Shop. And I can get different types of common things, like tomatoes.

And the meat is just flat out better. If its the same meat, Whole Foods has much better butchers.

Also, do you really think a chain like Stop and Shop shares a grocery distribution center with a national chain like Whole Foods? That doesn't even make any sense.

[CofyCrakCocaine]

Walmart is vastly more depressing and symbolic of the so-called "American disgrace-inducing vices" that is so chique to lambast these days.

Supermarkets suck only when "Coldplay" or "Five for Fighting" starts blasting tear-filled lyrics at you.

[Sinestro]

Met Foods and C Town rock.

[Dash77]

That's so amazingly wrong.

At Whole Foods, I can get much different produce than I can at Stop and Shop. And I can get different types of common things, like tomatoes.

And the meat is just flat out better. If its the same meat, Whole Foods has much better butchers.

Also, do you really think a chain like Stop and Shop shares a grocery distribution center with a national chain like Whole Foods? That doesn't even make any sense.

Stop & Shop is part of a bigger chain there under Ahole inc, which is The meat comes from the same place it's all USDA grade A or Choice meats or Select meats it just depends on the vendor but again the same truck can do from wholefoods to C-town and they can charge different prices for the same Tee-bone steaks.

Shoprite has Vendors bring there product to there waerhouse and they send it out in Shoprite trucks but it's the same stuff in A&P, Pathmark Foodtown and Kings.

[Sinestro]

So you're saying if I go to a whitey type supermarket (Wholefoods let's say), the other market in the hood like C-Town/Metfood there's no difference? C'mon who you kidding?

[Thomas Merton]

Smokers, disgusting fat people all affect the price of health care for you and me

Shop locally for produce

[CofyCrakCocaine]

The fat chick from my high school only ate salads.

[scottinnj]

The fat chick from my high school only ate salads.

Hershey's Chocolate Company makes salads?

[sailor]

anyone have any experience with fairway?

[SatCam]

Hershey's Chocolate Company makes salads?

No.......



salad dressing

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

I'm just QUOTING Lost in the Supermarket by The Clash.

Im all lost in the supermarket
I can no longer shop happily
I came in here for that special offer
A guaranteed personality

I wasnt born so much as I fell out
Nobody seemed to notice me
We had a hedge back home in the suburbs
Over which I never could see

I heard the people who lived on the ceiling
Scream and fight most scarily
Hearing that noise was my first ever feeling
Thats how its been all around me

Chorus

Im all tuned in, I see all the programmes
I save coupons from packets of tea
Ive got my giant hit discoteque album
I empty a bottle and I feel a bit free

The kids in the halls and the pipes in the walls
Make me noises for company
Long distance callers make long distance calls
And the silence makes me lonely

Chorus

And its not hear
It disappear
Im all lost



I kind of like the supermarket because it was the one time me and my dad could talk. He'd point out ladies who shouldn't be wearing tennis skirts in our LI suburb. PLUS, he'd do a jig for the hell of it!

At this point, I get off of work at 11pm and I shop until the close at midnight.

I'm not a fan of crowds or people, in general.

[sailor]

No.......



salad dressing

that and croutons

[Dash77]

So you're saying if I go to a whitey type supermarket (Wholefoods let's say), the other market in the hood like C-Town/Metfood there's no difference? C'mon who you kidding?

All i'm saying is that there are only so many vendors in so big of an area with so many stores, C&S is a warehouse in NJ and they supply A&P, Stop & Shop, and Pathmark while Shoprite has there own warehouse but they all carry the same product & Shoprite has the better price b/c they control what goes in and out...
The true quality is how it is merchandised and of course some of the little guys aren't as big on quality control as the major chains..

[A.J.]

Their produce section is wonderful.

Thanks, K-Pax.

That deserves a :clap:

[drusilla]

I loved supermarkets. Growing up in the Bronx we didnt have them. All we had was Bodegas and shops. I am always very excited to go shopping!

that's not very true. a few of my friend's worked at alan's on williamsbridge once we were in high school. i'm pretty sure there was a keyfood or two around also.

[sailor]

that's not very true. a few of my friend's worked at alan's on williamsbridge once we were in high school. i'm pretty sure there was a keyfood or two around also.

it's not very untrue either. when i was a kid my mom took a bus to get to a supermarket and cabbed it home. there was a small supermarket in our area (just 1) and it was worse than shit.

[Gvac]

I went food shopping at 7:30 last night (Friday) and pretty much had the place to myself. I think I've discovered the perfect time to go and not have to be bothered with the dregs of society.

[ibanez23]

There should be a weigh in once a year and a tax should be imposed for every pound that someone is over a state imposed body mass index.

How these people live is disgusting. I hate fat people. The other eating disorders are ok, but obese people piss me off!
I hate fat people.What a card.

[A.J.]

I went yesterday at 4:30-ish to pick up beer and it looked like the set of Cocoon.

Old people in the express line trying to work the debit card machine -- no, that doesn't test my patience!

[A.J.]

I went food shopping at 7:30 last night (Friday)

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[reeshy]

I LOVE supermarkets........I usually get lucky!!!!!!!

[JerryTaker]

Really? does it really bother you judgmental pricks that much? You keep telling me that when I want to kill myself I need to look at people less fortunate than me, but you're so disgusted by someone paying 99 cents for a loaf of white bread, which is loaded with sugars and fats rather than paying $2.99 for the whole grain? really? or buying 2 for $0.99 macaroni and cheese or a double cheeseburger off the burger King dollar menu than paying $3.00/lb for lean ground beef or chicken? really? when you find yourself in an unfortunate situation, and you have to figure out how to feed your family on $5.00 a day, then go bitching about fat poor people.

holy hell, no wonder I hate myself...

[PapaBear]

Really? does it really bother you judgmental pricks that much? You keep telling me that when I want to kill myself I need to look at people less fortunate than me, but you're so disgusted by someone paying 99 cents for a loaf of white bread, which is loaded with sugars and fats rather than paying $2.99 for the whole grain? really? or buying 2 for $0.99 macaroni and cheese or a double cheeseburger off the burger King dollar menu than paying $3.00/lb for lean ground beef or chicken? really? when you find yourself in an unfortunate situation, and you have to figure out how to feed your family on $5.00 a day, then go bitching about fat poor people.

holy hell, no wonder I hate myself...
He's got a good point. Though it is possible to eat healthy on the cheap, you practically have to take classes to learn how, and be lucky enough to have inexpensive healthy food easily available given your transportation abilities. Face it. Healthy eating is major challenge to low income people on many, many levels.

[Fallon]

I went food shopping at 7:30 last night (Friday) and pretty much had the place to myself. I think I've discovered the perfect time to go and not have to be bothered with the dregs of society.

I go in the afternoon before work, it's perfect. Nobody in my way.

[Mike Teacher]

Face it. Healthy eating is major challenge to low income people on many, many levels.

Obestity doesnt recognize income; the rich have just as much trouble eating right; there are just as many rich fatties out there.

[PapaBear]

Obestity doesnt recognize income; the rich have just as much trouble eating right; there are just as many rich fatties out there.
That's true, but the people with money have more choices. I totally understand what Jerry was talking about, even though his words were mostly based on other issues.

[sailor]

That's true, but the people with money have more choices. I totally understand what Jerry was talking about, even though his words were mostly based on other issues.

not to be a jezo defender (dear gods no!) but the purchases he described do not seem to indicate someone trying to maximize their spending dollar. they just appear to be uninformed choices.

i think his premise is off even if this was a poor person with little to no food to feed her family, although it sounds convincing. it's not that hard/expensive to eat well. i just checked on peapod and they sell wonder bread for 12-13 cents an ounce (depending on size). they sell freihofers whole wheat for 10 cents an ounce. they sell nature's promise 9-grain or wheat for 13 cents and multigrain or flax & grain for 10 cents. i know it's only item, but similar comparisons can be made for almost any healthy vs. unhealthy foods (as long as you aren't going to whole foods :wink: ).

[TheMojoPin]

I'm all lost in the supermarket
I can no longer shop happily
I came in here for that special offer
A guaranteed personality

I wasn't born so much as I fell out
Nobody seemed to notice me
We had a hedge back home in the suburbs
Over which I never could see

I heard the people who lived on the ceiling
Scream and fight most scarily
Hearing that noise was my first ever feeling
That's how it's been all around me

I'm all tuned in I see all the programmes
I save coupons from packets of tea
I've got my giants hit discoteque album
I empty a bottle I feel a bit free

I kick through halls and the pipes in the walls
Making noises for company
Long distance callers make long distance calls
And the silence makes me lonely

[sailor]

and that should read "little to no money" but i'm an idiot.

[mdr55]

Do Target and Wal-mart count as Supermarkets too? Especially their Mega Center stores.

[JerryTaker]

not to be a jezo defender (dear gods no!) but the purchases he described do not seem to indicate someone trying to maximize their spending dollar. they just appear to be uninformed choices.

i think his premise is off even if this was a poor person with little to no food to feed her family, although it sounds convincing. it's not that hard/expensive to eat well. i just checked on peapod and they sell wonder bread for 12-13 cents an ounce (depending on size). they sell freihofers whole wheat for 10 cents an ounce. they sell nature's promise 9-grain or wheat for 13 cents and multigrain or flax & grain for 10 cents. i know it's only item, but similar comparisons can be made for almost any healthy vs. unhealthy foods (as long as you aren't going to whole foods :wink: ).


Ok, I have no idea what peapod is, other than the "container" that peas grow in (I'm tired), but do you really think a mother in low income housing, no computer, with a husband beating her if she doesn't have his dinner on the table, with 3 crying kids attached to her legs, will have any idea what peapod is?

really?

[sailor]

Ok, I have no idea what peapod is, other than the "container" that peas grow in (I'm tired), but do you really think a mother in low income housing, no computer, with a husband beating her if she doesn't have his dinner on the table, with 3 crying kids attached to her legs, will have any idea what peapod is?

really?

it's the delivery service for stop & shop. i've never used the service, but it was easier to research to post here than to run out to the grocery store where you get almost exactly the same info (you'd probably get price per lb.).

[Death Metal Moe]

Ok, I have no idea what peapod is, other than the "container" that peas grow in (I'm tired), but do you really think a mother in low income housing, no computer, with a husband beating her if she doesn't have his dinner on the table, with 3 crying kids attached to her legs, will have any idea what peapod is?

really?

OK, fine. Then NO ONE should have any personal accountability.

That works great.

[Leticia]

So I don't really find myself caring what other people have in their carts.

I understand that people don't all live healthy these day, but I think it's getting a little healthier.

When we shop we get chicken cutlets or stir fry pieces and cook them with veggies, so I would say we're pretty healthy.

When we get juice it's usually pear nectar or orange juice.

We only occasionally eat out for special occasions, or when we're too lazy to cook.

The supermarket is full of healthy stuff.

I used to eat fast food all the time when I lived by myself (i had a roomate but i mean without my husband)

And when we started shopping at the supermarket and making our own food I lost 20 pounds in about a month.


Oh and I HATE whole foods. With a fucking passion. Most of thew stuff they have is actually in the supermarket, you just have to look for it and not give in to all the useless junk.

I donb't make anywhere near the amount of money that it would take to actually buy a whole bag of groceries there. What a fucking rip off.

If you want there to be healthier foods, don't only make them available to kids with trust funds.

That's why people in poor neighborhoods are more likely to be obese.

[Thebazile78]

Do Target and Wal-mart count as Supermarkets too? Especially their Mega Center stores.

We don't have a Wal*Mart SuperCenter nearby (and I probably wouldn't shop there if we did because I have a tendency to feel homicidal while dealing with Wal*Mart) nor do we have any Super Targets nearby ... but I would likely shop at a Super Target in the same way that I would shop at ShopRite if it were convenient enough.

The Target that's about 2 miles from my apartment has an "extended grocery section" ... which means that I can choose to purchase frozen foods, milk, cheese, orange juice, cold cuts and a lot of non-perishables. I feel that most of it's overprocessed crap, but if I can get cereal that the hubby will eat for $2/box (as opposed to $5/box) and his diet soda (it's on sale this week) for less than the regular grocery store, I am going to shop there a good bit more than at any other store.

They carry the same products as my local ShopRite, Stop & Shop and Whole Foods, and have a lot of low-to-super-low prices on their house-brands (Market Pantry and Archer Farms, although Archer Farms stuff tends to be a smidge snootier) ... I've started doing a lot of "basics" shopping there (spaghetti sauce, orange juice, frozen fish fillets that are the same as the ones I like at Whole Foods, etc.) and will fill in the blanks with fresh veggies and meats when I stop at the regular grocery store. Unless I've picked up flash-frozen chicken cutlets ... that are EXACTLY the same as the ones from Tyson or Purdue, but cost less because they're Target brand.

[Sinestro]

The Super Wal-mart in Kisseemee is huge. It has all the stuff sold in a grocery store (there's a bakery, fruit and vegetable section, etc.) and Disney souvenirs too.