Where do u grocery shop and why?

aldi for the bulk of it, then price chopper. i only have 100 bucks to feed 6 people.

Adam's Fairacre farms... usually has a lot of local produce and their prices are fair. Or Stop and Shop which is right on my way home from work. The gas rewards are pretty nice.

LOVE adams! i always forge to check their sale flier though.

Most of my shopping during the winter/early spring I do at Shoppers. It's not the closest grocery store but it has the largest selection of fresh produce (except for Giant which is markedly more expensive). It also has a very large international section which I enjoy. Their meat selection is also noticeably fresher than Food Lion (the closest store to me).

I buy some non-perishables and all cleaning supplies from Wal-Mart.

When the Farmer's Market opens, I drive about 30 minutes out of my way to shop there. I find the Amish price their produce much more favorably and I LOVE getting eggs from them.

ETA: I also stop by Food Lion for little things but mostly when I'm pressed for time as it's less than 5 minutes from my house and in the same plaza as my gym.

Costco.
First the prices, Cannot beat wholesale
Quality: there's a huge selection of organic foods and they get grade A meats
Bulk: I only eat at home so I buy in bulk and only have to shop once a week

Kroger, Marsh, or the local hippie co-op. Where I shop partly depends mainly on what I'm looking for on a given day.

My husband and I are just a two-person household but we are really frugal. We do eat a lot of foods that are not processed and a lot of produce, ethnic grocery items, etc, but we are not the types who would be willing to pay more (at this point, anyway) for all organic, local, etc. In our area, the farmer's markets in particular are LOCO...prices are like $6/each tomatoes, $20 jar of local honey because it is accented with lavender, $9.50 for a loaf of artisan bread...you get the picture. Not gonna happen!

We currently spend about 40% of our grocery budget at Aldi. I am very familiar with the old school crowded & filthy Aldi, we used to have one of those -- but our current store is spotlessly clean and organized with short lines. We get staples there like milk/almond milk, eggs, Sandwich Skinnies, shredded or block cheeses, hummus, baking supplies, steel cut oats, and whatever produce they have that looks good (usually a LOT) or is on sale and works with our weekly menu. We also love their frozen seafood offerings (especially the salmon and shrimp).

We spend another 40% at Food 4 Less, a discount supermarket more similar to a "regular" supermarket (i.e., not a club store, only offers groceries, carries all of the major name brand items). It's within easy walking or biking distance of our home and we often go there to pick up 1-2 items. We buy a lot of produce there and sometimes they have awesome sales like Organic Girl greens in a big tub for 88 cents because they're going out of date soon. We like their bread, brown rice, natural peanut butter, beans, lentils, plain yogurt, etc. They also fill in the gaps from Aldi like whole wheat bread flour or less common spices and seasonings.

I would say the rest of our budget for food is split between Target and a locally owned whole food store (it's more crunchy than trendy). At Target we stock up on veggie burgers/sausage, dark chocolate, Clif Z bars, noosa, and occasionally pick up La Croix sparkling water in cans. It's the cheapest for those items in our town and we often get coupons at the register for next time. At the whole food store we get fresh herbs, tofu, rice noodles, curry, bok choy, super cheap bulk spices and coconut milk, etc. It is also about a 10-minute walk from home which is nice.

4-5 times a year we hit up larger/specialty Asian grocery stores in a couple of larger cities in our region. We stock up on our favorite ethnic items at those times. Once in awhile I'll buy something grocery-related on Amazon too (specialty items...Trader Joe's cookie butter mmm). Occasionally we will see a great deal at Big Lots on Bob's Red Mill staples, protein bars/smoothies, or Nutkao and take advantage of that.

ETA: We don't buy meat to cook/eat at home. My husband is pescetarian and I usually just have beef or chicken a few times a month at restaurants.

Meijer- best produce department, easy to navigate, lots of specials. We have a brand new one and the quality and prices are just great

Ruler Foods- Kroger's discount store- best price on almond milk, paper plates, reg milk. I get only certain items here

Farmer's Market- sometimes worth it- we have a great one, but I tend to go crazy

Occasionally Schnucks because it is literally around the corner from my house, but this is when I only need one or two things and don't have time to make the trip to Meijer

It's a little time of year dependent. We have a couple of really good No Frills near us with proper butcher counters run by local Portuguese butchers and as a rule the stores are very low cost to boot. Once the Farmers markets start up again a good portion of the veg,cheese and meats will come from there (we have some year round markets but mostly they sell the same food terminal product that no frills does and the ones that don't are pretty much limited in winter

Walmart because we live in a small town and it's cheaper than SuperOne, which is the only other option.

We don't buy meat there, though because we raise our own chickens and ducks for meat and eggs and we buy a pig to slaughter each year for pork from a local farmer. We're able to purchase hamburger from a coworker of mine that is so lean that there is no liquid fat in the pan when the meat is cooked because they turn the entire cow into burger - and it only costs $3.50 a pound!!!

I grocery shop at grocery stores because they have groceries.

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Whole foods is right across the street from my apartment building, so I shop there mor than I like. I also shop at a smaller grocer called Garden of Eden - the fruit and veggies are cheaper. Sometimes I shop at the small fruit stands on rhe street.

Now that I'm in France for a bit, I shop at Monoprix, which is the French version of Target, for staples. I go to the vegetable stand for veggies and a boulangerie for bread if I have the time, but if I don't I'll get them at Monoprix too. I also buy things at Picard, which is an all-frozen food store but has some really amazing things, including a line of healthy ready-to-eat meals that are usually whole-wheat and thus high in fiber, have lots of protein, are low in sodium, and are delicious to the boot for less than 400 cals a tray. Leave it to the French to perfect frozen food... :laugh:

Back home it was Ralph's (what Safeway is called in CA) and Vons for staples and Trader Joe's and Whole Foods for speciality items/organic produce.

Costco, Superstore and Walmart. Costco because I feed big appetites and I like their butcher, Superstore because they have Canadian grown veggies and the prices are reasonable, Walmart because it's super close to my house.