What's on the perimeter in your grocery store?
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I figured this out for the other thread: In my mainstream grocery (also a pharmacy) there's now a section in the middle that you see when you come in for fruits and veg (it's a lovely section, but not on the perimeter). So the ridiculous advice about the perimeter gets you (going clockwise): donuts and other pastries, breads, deli meats and prepared salads, better cheeses, dips, and party platters, fish counter, meat, pop, dairy and eggs and pasta that need to be kept cold (like various sorts of ravioli), some cookie dough and yogurt of all sorts, tofu and soy-based products that need to be chilled, misc seasonal stuff, various pharmacy things, magazines. Oh, and there are some stacks of wine on the perimeter sometimes, although the liquor section is upstairs (everything kept chilled, mainly beer, some wine) is on the perimeter up there.
What I'd miss out on: fruits and veg, frozen fruits and veg (in winter), dried pasta, oatmeal, canned tomatoes and beans, dried beans, ice cream, paper products, detergent/cleaners, pepperoncini and giardinera, pickles, various condiments, vinegar, spices, stuff like that, quinoa, barley.0 -
Fancy bakery items - cakes, biscuits (cookies), sourdough bread
Refrigerated prepared meals
Deli section - sliced cheese, processed meat, fresh chicken and fish, a few prepared things like chicken skewers, schnitzels, Kiev etc
Frozen seafood
Fresh beef, lamb, pork, chicken
Frozen desserts and meals
Barbecue gear - charcoal, utensils etc
Cleaning equipment
Toilet paper
Seasonal section - currently blankets, cushions etc as its winter with no special occasions coming up.
I'd miss:
Fruit, veg, eggs, grainy bread, oatmeal, lentils, milk, yoghurt, butter, frozen and canned veg, coffee, spices .... ie, things which make up the majority of my shopping list most weeks.
There's no booze in our supermarkets, so that doesn't enter into the equation, you still have to go to the bottlo for that.
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At our local Kroger:
Fresh vegetables/fruits
Bread
Seafood
Meats [beef/chicken/pork/lamb]
Luncheon meats
Breakfast meats [sausage/bacon]
Cheese/Cream Cheese
Yogurt
Canned biscuits
Butter/Margarine
Sour Cream/Cottage Cheese
Milk
Juices
Breakfast Items
Ice Cream/Frozen Yogurt0 -
Yep there is a lot of goodness in the interior of my grocery store. All the organic stuff, bulk items (rice, quinoa, pasta) Dog food, oils, spices, tea, frozen vegetables, any canned goods.
There is actually a lot of rather diet dangerous items on the perimeter as well, ice cream, tv dinners, pizza rolls, candy, energy drinks. So many things are said that just don't really make sense when you really think about them
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Oh gosh ok. I shop in three places.
Kroger is pretty standard for American chain grocers:
Flowers
Sushi
Deli meat/cheese
Bakery
Produce
Fresh meat and seafood
Packaged meat
Juice
Dairy
Eggs
Ready-bake cookies
Pharmacy
Staples I would miss:
Tea
Rice
Beans
Pasta
Canned tomatoes
Canned artichokes
Crackers
Mustard
Pickles
Olives
Nuts
Canned tuna
Frozen shrimp
Frozen edamame
Soup
Asian sauces and pastes
Noodles
Wine
Beer
Ice cream
Sprouts is less standard, it has an open floor plan with produce and bulk foods in the center. Perimeter is:
Bakery
Sushi
Deli
Fresh meat and seafood
Frozen seafood
Leafy/refrigerated produce
Vegan
Frozen veggies
Dairy
Ice cream
Frozen dinners
Wine
Beer
Things I would miss:
Most everything from above except frozen shrimp, edamame, wine, beer, ice cream
60% of the fruits and veggies that I eat
Central Market saves me the headache by not having an accessible perimeter. It's like Ikea and winds you through the entire store. I think that means I can shop for ALL the foods!0 -
I shop at two different stores and here is what our perimeter foods look like:
Hy-Vee
Fresh produce
Bulk nuts/snack mixes
Deli meat counter and artisan cheeses
Fresh Bakery
Salad bar
precut fruit
raw seafood
raw meat
milk (almond and cows)
yogurt
eggs
some refrigerated cheeses
frozen vegetables
health section: gluten free/dairy free/organic
Fareway (much smaller store)
fresh produce
canned food
processed cheeses and meats
raw meat/seafood counter
dairy products (milk/yogurt)
all frozen foods
Some reasons for "perimeter shopping" is to help you avoid high carb foods and high processed foods (although there are still some in the perimeter). I don't believe you they want you to only shop the perimeter but to start with it and get as many products as possible so you are getting less processed foods. Then grab any other essentials (peanut butter/tuna/whatever is needed for you) in the aisles. But you also have to remember that not everything in the perimeter is good for you.
I see it as a well to help you start to make better decisions: I need green beans (grab fresh instead of canned) or I need fruit (grab a fresh peach in stead of sliced peaches in sugary syrup). This can be helpful for someone trying to look for new alternatives but doesn't know where to start.0 -
In a Canadian Superstore the perimeter (exclding their clothes and household items) has (for my LCHF diet):
Produce and refridgerated salad dressings
Meat, processed and deli meat
Frozen meat products and seafood
Dairy (whipped cream, cheese, butter, cream cheese)
Olives and pickles
Eggs
Dips (babganoush and artichoke and asiago dip)
Bulk nut bins
In the middle I would miss:
Salsa and taco seasoning
Seasoning and salt
Coffee
Protein powder
Canned coconut cream
Coconut oil
Mayo
Stevia
boullion
peanut butter
cocoa
And other items that my family would miss like rice, rice crackers and noodles, coconut flour, flax meal, chia ad hemp, Udi's bread, ketchup and other condiments... their list is a bit longer than mine.
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To the left: ice cream, ice cream cakes, other frozen novelties, the bakery (fresh breads, cakes, pies, danish, bagels, donuts, etc). To the right: produce, deli and florist. To the back: meat, seafood, dairy, eggs.0
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grinning_chick wrote: »The bakery and a beer growler filling station, to name two. Oh, and all the wine. And the discount bins of everything pulled from the center aisles.
The whole "eat the perimeter" is bunk and lazy. Also pretty sure it was initially coined for the low carb crew as that's the first time I ever encountered the mantra. Maybe back in 2003 when I started my very first diet – err, I mean WOE – (Atkins NDR 2002) only meat, dairy case, vegetables, fruit, and the frozen food reefers were to be found along the perimeter of grocery stores. Not anymore. Plus then we enter the whole moralizing food debate of what's in the center aisles is "bad" for you/people.
I don't think you read to the end of my post. I'm far more interested in how grocery stores differ from place to place than yet another boring debate about this rule of thumb.2 -
WinoGelato wrote: »So are we limited to only the true perimeter, the outer wall?
Let's see then, mine has:
Sale Items (usually things like Chef Boyardee, Kraft Mac n Cheese, Hamburger Helper, juice boxes, store brands)
Produce
Donuts
Cakes
Store Made Foods (dips, toasted ravioli, chicken tenders, mashed potatoes, mac n cheese, coleslaw, rotisserie and fried chicken)
Deli Counter
Fish Counter
Meat Counter
Frozen Items like corn dogs, chicken nuggets, white castle sliders, but no frozen vegetables and fruits.
Velveeta Products and Kraft Grated Parmesan Cheese in the big green can
Dairy including: Sour Cream, Butter, Margarine, Cream Cheese, Milk, Creamer, Cheese, Yogurt
Juices
Pudding and Jello
Pillsbury stuff like crescent rolls, pizza dough, cinnamon rolls
Break and Bake cookies
Pharmacy
Hair Product
Makeup
Magazines
Seasonal Items
Lottery Tickets
I would miss:
Bread & Bagels
Quinoa, Rice, Pasta, Tortillas
Canned Tomato Products/Sauces
Dried and Canned Beans
Canned Vegetables
Oats and Cereal
Protein Bars, Granola Bars, Poptarts
Beer, Wine, Alcohol
Frozen Meals, Frozen Veggies, Frozen Pizzas, Ice Cream
Chips and Crackers
Organic and Gluten Free Packaged Foods
Paper Products
Dog Food
If I kept my list to just the outer wall then scratch bread, nuts, jerky, hummus, any yogurt, butter, sour cream, the salad bar, and bulk foods. I used anything reachable while making a loop around the store without turning into any of the aisle for my list.0 -
swheeler0602 wrote: »Some reasons for "perimeter shopping" is to help you avoid high carb foods and high processed foods (although there are still some in the perimeter).
In both my mainstream grocery and my WF the bakery stuff and the pre-made foods (i.e., lots of so called high processed and high carb foods) are on the perimeter.I don't believe you they want you to only shop the perimeter but to start with it and get as many products as possible so you are getting less processed foods. Then grab any other essentials (peanut butter/tuna/whatever is needed for you) in the aisles. But you also have to remember that not everything in the perimeter is good for you.
Why pretend like people are dumb (not you, whoever made up this idiotic rule) and cannot figure out how to shop and what fits well into their version of a healthful diet (based on actual nutrition principles, as well as personal taste)? That's what I find annoying and insulting about this rule. Well, that and besides in bears no relationship to where things are actually located -- there are as many healthful staples (including fruits and veg) not on the perimeter as located there, at least in my storeI see it as a well to help you start to make better decisions: I need green beans (grab fresh instead of canned)
Neither are on the perimeter in my mainstream grocery, but let's say it's winter -- why on earth would "fresh" (out of season and carted in from far away) be a "better decision" than frozen veg? I am likely to buy the fake fresh anyway since I prefer cooking with them, but they are more expensive and NOT a better decision from a nutrition POV. That's why these kinds of rules bother me -- they aren't really about what's good from a nutrition perspective and they assume people are idiots.
I really don't think anyone needs help understanding how to shop -- again, the idea is bizarre and insulting.1 -
Hmm. I'd be able to buy cameras, phones, pharmaceutical products, seasonal toys, clothing, bread, beer and pet food.
Not a wildly nutritious selection, to be honest.6 -
Produce, including refrigerated dressings, herb pastes, minced garlic
Bakery (donuts, cakes, etc) including commercial bread & bagels
Deli....this is partial (the salad bar and pizzaria is in the middle aisles).
Meat (fresh, frozen & processed)
Dairy, dips, eggs, refrigerated bisquits, bagels, etc
Cards & flowers
Alcohol
Seasonal items (typically candy).0 -
Cereal, tea and coffee
Bakery section
Jams, spreads and condiments
Chiller with salad and soft fruit (the rest of the fruit and veg is in the middle)
Big chiller with all kinds of deli stuff, ready meals, sausages, bacon, haggis, hot dogs, cold meat and cheese (the other chillers for fresh raw meat and fish, and the freezers, are in the middle)
Dairy section
Eggs, flour, sugar
Toilet rolls and kitchen towel
Booze
Fresh flowers and potted plants
I'm in Scotland but I shop at a German discount supermarket. You have never seen so many different types of hot dogs.1 -
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What is around my local stores' perimeters
- Produce
- Salad bar
- For some stores, "health foods" (the all-natural, gluten free, organic, etc. stuff).
- Hummus/cheeses
- Floral
- Fresh/frozen seafood
- Fresh meat
- Deli counter
- Grab and go hot foods
- Prepackaged lunch meat/more processed meat products (chicken sausages is a staple for me now)
- Dairy
- Eggs
- Frozen foods (often ice cream)
- Bakery
What I would miss out on- Coffee
- Sweetener
- Chocolate
- Low blood sugar treatment
- Canned vegetables/beans
- Protein bars (except in one store where it's located in the healthy foods section along the perimeter versus in the pharmacy area)
- Peanut butter
- Nuts/Seeds
- Frozen fruit/vegetables
- Frozen dinners
- Salsa
- Popcorn
- Vitamins
- Spices/sauces
- Canned tuna
- Olive oil
- Vinegar
- Diet pop
- Gum
- Shelf-stable almond milk (I typically get the refrigerated kind, but it's nice to have one shelf-stable container in the pantry)
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At Meijer:
Produce
Deli/rotisserie chicken case
Bakery
Packaged lunch meats
Seafood case
Meat case
Self serve meat case
Butter and other things (cookie dough, refrigerated rolls, etc.)
Milk, eggs, juice---yogurt, cheese on the opposite side of the aisle
Plus if you continue past the juice, there's the pet department, toys, electronics, etc. You'd avoid the section I work in, actually.
Kroger differs a bit, especially since it's a Marketplace:
Produce
Deli/olive bar
Bakery
Bread
Meat/seafood cases
Self service meat
Lunchmeat
Cheese
Eggs, rolls
Yogurt, butter
Milk, juice
Then you go around the corner and come up to the pharmacy.0 -
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I go through all the aisles because I want to see what's out there and what's new. I do buy most of my items from the perimeter of the store but that's just me, it's a habit. Everything I buy is already listed above.0
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Only one in mind as I have many that I miss, but our local Sainsburys is Cafe, clothes, toys, electronics, meat counter, deli, bakery, jam and spreads, cereals, freezers (usually the puds), Spirits, read wine.
Nearest (small, city centre) Waitrose is coffee dispenser, organic veg, pizza and fresh pasta, ready meals, cheese, butchery, fish counter, wine, bread, spreads, tea &coffee, biscuits, toiletries.
I think I'd have to stick with Waitrose, under them rules!0
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