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Excluding big box warehouses (like Costco, BJs, Sam's Club, etc.), where do you do most of your grocery shopping?
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I just take stuff from @DevsBro 's fridge.
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A combination of the first 3 options.
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Vans sells groceries? TJs is discount??
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2 and 3 interchangeably.
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A combo. I get meat from a local butcher, produce mostly from a farmers market, odds and ends at a hyvee
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Highwind07 posted...

I have never seen a Vans outside of the shoe company lol.

I thought it was a western US chain. fenderbender321 posted...

Um...at a grocery store like Safeway or Albertson's. I don't see that option.

Never heard of those. Use your discretion.
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combination of normal and discount. i have a QFC less than 1/2 a mile and i go there 2-3 times a week.

trader joes i have about 3 miles from me and go there about twice a month

i also have an IGA about 1.5 miles and i go there about once a week. they have a good deli.

edit: and winco. they are like between discount and warehouse almost. i go there about every 2 months for durable goods since i don't have a Costco card.
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Publix, whatever that qualifies as
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Trader Joe isn't discount.
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emblem boy posted...

Trader Joe isn't discount.

Yes it is. It is Aldi level.
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safeway is normal store.

i tend to use a mix of costco/dollar tree and safeway.
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wegmans

greatest food store, i feel bad for people that dont have one
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I almost always go to Walmart

I just can't justify going anywhere else. Almost every single item that I buy weekly costs more at other stores in my area, including Target, Kroger, and especially Tom Thumb. In many cases, a lot more. Even when it's the same brand and same size item.

It's not as if the Walmart I go to is trashy either, it's in a nice part of town. On top of that I almost always go early in the morning because I'm up anyway and it allows me to avoid long lines, most of those other stores aren't open as early as I would like them to be.
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The one I work at, ShopRite
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almost exclusively costco, giant for my extras, harris teeter for my wife's extras
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Whatever Costco, Target, and Sprouts count as.
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I like upscale tbh
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In my area it's usually cheaper to go to a Warehouse Market.
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Caution999 posted...

I just take stuff from @DevsBro 's fridge.

And here I thought I had good metabolism.
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ImTheMacheteGuy posted...

A combination of the first 3 options.

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Walmart usually
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Safeway, Kroger stores, Wal Mart, and Target are the places I buy stuff. I think going to Whole Foods is a waste of money.
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IdiotMachine posted...

emblem boy posted...

Trader Joe isn't discount.

Yes it is. It is Aldi level.

No, its not. You thought Vans was a grocery store so I dont think youre in any position to say lol
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I really wouldn't put wal mart in the same category as Aldi and Trader Joes.
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emblem boy posted...

Trader Joe isn't discount.

Also this.
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Walmart or HEB usually.
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Walmart is the only grocery store in town so that one.
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Typically start at a discount store (Aldi or Walmart) and then finish off at a normal grocery store for the remainder of our needs.
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Trader Joe is between normal and upscale. Is certainly isn't discount.
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I go to a discount store that has food that is slightly out of date. This works well with boxed and dry goods and helps reduce overall food waste. The prices are also heavily discounted for niche organic items that don't fly off of the shelf, so that's always a plus. For everything else (like fresh foods) I'll go to a regular supermarket like Giant Eagle.
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IdiotMachine posted...

I thought it was a western US chain.

That would be Vons...

And no, Trader Joe's is not what I'd call a discount store. Have you ever even been in one?

I shop at Sprouts, Ralph's, Trader Joe's, Vons, Whole Foods, Target, Hmart, Zion, Grocery Outlet... Wherever has what I need. Oh, and how could I forget Costco?Most common are the first three though.

I still miss Wegmans from when I lived in New York, though, despite having all these options in California.
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TJ reminds me of Publix. Just a tad lower.
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Aldi is basically a Trader Joes rebranded and discounted. IIRC they get a lot of Trader Joes overstock and sell it so it doesn't go to waste.
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i do most of my shopping at a midwest chain called Meijer. they're sort of between Kroger and Walmart.
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ShinyFinder posted...

IdiotMachine posted...

emblem boy posted...

Trader Joe isn't discount.

Yes it is. It is Aldi level.

No, its not. You thought Vans was a grocery store so I dont think youre in any position to say lol

I Google'd it; turns out it's Vons lol.
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Shoprite or Super Wal-Mart.

And yeah, just to echo the sentiment of others: Trader Joe's is NOT discount in the least. It's off-brand. Big difference.
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Mostly Wal-Mart, but I just got a membership for Sam's Club real cheap so I'll probably start there.
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Stop and shop or Mahkit Baskit ked.
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Grocery Outlet, unless I need something outside of what they have (like certain cuts of meat). I always wind up finding interesting discontinued or test-market stuff there.
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Dierbergs, as far as I know they are only in St. Louis.
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mustachedmystic posted...

Dierbergs, as far as I know they are only in St. Louis.

*thumbs up*

The best grocer in the area too.
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Normal stores. Usually just a nearby Jewel-Osco.
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Mostly Aldi, sometimes Walmart, Sprouts and Stater Bros.
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ShadowElite86 posted...

mustachedmystic posted...

Dierbergs, as far as I know they are only in St. Louis.

*thumbs up*

The best grocer in the area too.

I still prefer Schnucks, but Dierbergs are pretty good too. We have one of each less than 10 minutes away from home. Whatever my family can't get super cheap at Wal-Mart, we compare prices at those two and buy from the one that's cheaper at the time.
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