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My preferred grocery shopping time is Thursday at about 10 am, as that is when it is least crowded.
It is possible more folks are working the equivalent of 4 day weeks i.e. 10 hrs each as was done in the major oil company I worked for 15 years ago.We have now pretty much documented the best time to do our Costco run. Pretty much Monday through Thursday between 10:AM and 1:00PM. (Full disclosure, we've not really tried before 10AM since we don't get up too early.
Friday, though you'd think it would just be another w*rk day, seems to bring out people all day long. Our 'local' (girl) friend warned us about pay-day Friday - happens every 2 weeks. You can actually see it and know whether it's a pay day or just another Friday.
So, just to be certain, we avoid shopping (well, now, grocery run) on Fridays. YMMV
Our Costco opens one hour early on weekdays, 9 am, for seniors. That is my preferred time, it’s super easy to get in, shop, pay and get out before the crowd.
It is possible more folks are working the equivalent of 4 day weeks i.e. 10 hrs each as was done in the major oil company I worked for 15 years ago.
Same here. We swoop in about 45 minutes before closing and it is almost empty. Check out is very fast at that time, as well.Our Costco is pretty slow weekday evening near closing............
Just got back from Aldi today.
It was about noon.
I had to drop off a UPS package at the Staples nearby.
There was about dozen dozen shoppers just like it was before the pandemic.
Nice.
Picked up organic produce.
Same here. We swoop in about 45 minutes before closing and it is almost empty. Check out is very fast at that time, as well.
Ironically, I stopped at TJ the other day about noon and there was a big line of people waiting to get in. I was surprised that any stores still had lines outside.I found that with Trader Joe's last night as well. I went in 20 minutes before closing and it was pretty empty and no lines at the check out. I find the smaller stores like TJs usually are easier to get in and out in 5 - 10 minutes, compared to some of the huge supermarkets and warehouse stores.
and found out you cannot order beer or wine to be delivered to your home through Walmart.
Are grocery / liquor stores closed
Target brought it to my car yesterday (I had been hiking with my dog and I don’t like leaving him in a car without me)
I bunch up my booze order for Walmart, buy 8 bottles of wine at the same time, just so the hassle is once in a while, rather than every order for 1 bottle.
It's curbside.
Today we went to Costco, at 3pm it was CROWDED... I really detested it being so crowded, grabbed my stuff and self checkout. Of course because I am using self checkout to stay isolated, 2 staff come over to help...
I much prefer Sam's self checkout that has a little gun, you can just shot the bar code right in the basket. At Costco, you have to take everything out of the basket and put on the big metal shelf, then put back in your cart.
Costco had Charmin, but no Costco toilet paper. .
When I was at the grocery store today, most everything was stocked well, except for Charmin tp. Lots of other choices including the Kroger brand, but Charmin ultra soft is our favorite. There was only one pkg (thankfully a large mega roll pack) and I grabbed it. A couple of weeks ago, I ordered some from WM and it was never delivered.
I swear, the earth would stop moving (for DH) if I bought another brand.