Where do you shop for food?
Prompted by our visit yesterday to the expansion of our local HY-VEE SuperMarket. We shop at Aldi's... the nation's best food retailer, the HyVEE visit was an experience.
To put this in prospective, consider that the Wamart Neighborhood Markets... which approximates the size of the Food part of a Super Walmart... average about 42,000 sq. ft.
Our HyVee is 80,000 sq. ft. I assume that Whole Foods markets may be about this size, but never been there.
Awesome... Probably 3 miles of aisles ... Bring a lunch, except that there's an included full size restaurant... Plus... large liquor store. I asked about how many SKU's of different beers... 500... about 3000 wines.
The red meat counter is about 80 feet long.. I estimate some 500 to 600 steaks. The Pork counter is only about 30 feet, and chicken 40 feet. Specialty meats another 30 feet. Fish counter has 7 employees.
The Pharmacy is the size of a small Walgreens.
Gluten free is a separate section 3 aisles... Bulk foods a 75 ft aisle... Frozen pizza alone... a 75 ft aisle freezer... pizzas stacked on 5 shelves, about 12 deep. Thousands and thousands... Flower shop w/ 5 FT workers...
Vegetables... No kidding ... I think there had to be enough to feed all of Chicagoland...
Yesterday was "Fish Day"... a 1200sf tent outside in the parking lot... filled with everything from pollock to frog legs, to some kinds of fish I've never heard of... BTW... outside temp yesterday was 14 degrees, real feel -6.
Took about an hour and a half, and only saw about half the store. OMG!
Much too old for this stuff.
Back to Aldi's... nation's best food retailer. Psstt... I think DW likes to go to HY-Vee just to be knowledgeable when she talk to her card playing buddies.
We did buy something at HyVee... 2lbs of fresh asparagus @ $.99/lb. Full page color ad in the local paper. Asparagus $.99.
So, where do YOU shop? Costco? How does one buy for two persons at Costco? Whole Foods?
If you bought at a Safeway Store, you won't be able to do that anymore, 'cuz Albertsons just bought them for 12B.
Slow day... waiting for time change and the promised 32 degree temperature.
Prompted by our visit yesterday to the expansion of our local HY-VEE SuperMarket. We shop at Aldi's... the nation's best food retailer, the HyVEE visit was an experience.
To put this in prospective, consider that the Wamart Neighborhood Markets... which approximates the size of the Food part of a Super Walmart... average about 42,000 sq. ft.
Our HyVee is 80,000 sq. ft. I assume that Whole Foods markets may be about this size, but never been there.
Awesome... Probably 3 miles of aisles ... Bring a lunch, except that there's an included full size restaurant... Plus... large liquor store. I asked about how many SKU's of different beers... 500... about 3000 wines.
The red meat counter is about 80 feet long.. I estimate some 500 to 600 steaks. The Pork counter is only about 30 feet, and chicken 40 feet. Specialty meats another 30 feet. Fish counter has 7 employees.
The Pharmacy is the size of a small Walgreens.
Gluten free is a separate section 3 aisles... Bulk foods a 75 ft aisle... Frozen pizza alone... a 75 ft aisle freezer... pizzas stacked on 5 shelves, about 12 deep. Thousands and thousands... Flower shop w/ 5 FT workers...
Vegetables... No kidding ... I think there had to be enough to feed all of Chicagoland...
Yesterday was "Fish Day"... a 1200sf tent outside in the parking lot... filled with everything from pollock to frog legs, to some kinds of fish I've never heard of... BTW... outside temp yesterday was 14 degrees, real feel -6.
Took about an hour and a half, and only saw about half the store. OMG!
Much too old for this stuff.
Back to Aldi's... nation's best food retailer. Psstt... I think DW likes to go to HY-Vee just to be knowledgeable when she talk to her card playing buddies.
We did buy something at HyVee... 2lbs of fresh asparagus @ $.99/lb. Full page color ad in the local paper. Asparagus $.99.
So, where do YOU shop? Costco? How does one buy for two persons at Costco? Whole Foods?
If you bought at a Safeway Store, you won't be able to do that anymore, 'cuz Albertsons just bought them for 12B.
Slow day... waiting for time change and the promised 32 degree temperature.