Grocery Store Snob??
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WinoGelato wrote: »
Look at people's carts and make comparisons. I believe it's in our nature to compare and compete.
Why is what we have in our grocery carts a competition? What logical conclusions do you think you can draw about a persons life from looking at what they have in their shopping cart at a given point in time?
That you have more money than them?
That you eat “cleaner”?
That you’ve made better choices?14 -
jamesjeffsmith wrote: »I have lunch from a grocery store deli 3 or 4 times a week. Backed chicken breast and veggies or .2 pounds of potato wedges and/or Triple Zero yogurt with that chicken. I consume this outside on tables. I see food stamp people most of the time with ridiculous amounts of junk food and they are 50 or more pounds overweight. There needs to be more strict rules what they can buy. Not a dozen doughnuts sugar drink and Doritos!
It's a systemic problem, really, isn't it? Junk food is cheap food.12 -
WinoGelato wrote: »Why is what we have in our grocery carts a competition?16
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I am usually too anxious about getting all of my stuff out of the cart and getting my credit card and shoppers card out in time to put the bags back in the cart and get out of everyone else's way that I don't have time to look at other carts6
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I thought this was going to be about which grocery store people prefer (and organic vs conventional growing). I guess not! I buy from all different places so my cart looks different at every store. It all depends on what’s on sale and what I need, so I often assume others are doing the same.
However, my favorite place to shop is the seasonal farmers market. I love the sights, sounds, colours and beautiful assortment of fresh fruits and veg! I love interacting with the farm kids who are working the booths with their parents and the little ones are messing around amount the crates. I love it when these awesome kids (as young as ten years old) can keep track of all my purchases (like eight different things), tell me how much I owe them and give me back the correct change!
Where I live the market only runs from early June to the first week of October. I’m going through withdrawal now! Can’t get my freshly picked kale, garlic scrapes, radishes, peaches or honey crisp apples!1 -
I can honestly say it never occured to me to assume that what I see a person buying on this one shopping trip is somehow indicative of the totality of their diet, the type of person they are, their intelligence or health. Regardless, what you eat doesn't make you a better person. Not being judgemental makes you a better person. You can be a kind, generous, intelligent, healthy person and buy Toaster Strudel and Oreos when they're on sale.25
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I can honestly say it never occured to me to assume that what I see a person buying on this one shopping trip is somehow indicative of the totality of their diet, the type of person they are, their intelligence or health. Regardless, what you eat doesn't make you a better person. Not being judgemental makes you a better person. You can be a kind, generous, intelligent, healthy person and buy Toaster Strudel and Oreos when they're on sale.
Say it louder for the *kitten* in the back14 -
Gosh there were a lot of self righteous judgey pants on MFP back in 2013
About 20 pages of them - with only a few saying Get a Life. Good on those few!
Interestingly most of the judgey posters are no longer around - wonder if they reached their goal weight and then lost interest in posting or what?? Who knows??
Anyway the times this topic comes up I always think of myself, who is the bar manager for our local sports club.
So, when shopping for the club, I have a cart full of dozens of chocolate bars, dozens of packets of crisps, cartons of sugary drinks (balanced by a few diet drinks and waters ) and nothing else.
and if anyone is really curious they can then see my next stop - the liquor store for cartons of beer, spirits, wines
Perhaps they wonder how a chocolate addicted alcoholic can possibly be in healthy weight range16 -
I pay no attention to other people's carts in line. I pay a lot of attention to the women in line. A whole lot more interesting, they are.
Also, I sometimes annoy my wife by sending her texts repeating the breathless tabloid headlines. You know, like "JonBenet's Killer Finally Found!", or the latest about Brad and Angelina.5 -
Maybe it's a character fault, but I do notice what other people have inber their carts when I'm waiting in line at the grocery store. (Seems like the next logical thing to do, after scanning the tabloid headlines, unless there's a baby ahead of me that I can make silly faces at.)
Can't say the cart observation is a judge-y thing, though: Just idle curiousity about who buys what.
There are usually longer lines at Kroger, where I buy only a subset of stuff, vs. places I buy a wider range. People can eyeball and even judge my haul of skim milk, beer/wine, Yasso Greek yogurt bars, ice cream, and cucumbers (or whatever) as they wish; no harm to me. I can't even imagine what lifestyle picture my handbasket contents would suggest - drunken li'l ol' lady dessert binges, with skim milk and cukes for hung-over penance?7 -
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Made a stop at Walgreens for some bleach and a 2 liter of Diet Pepsi. I noticed the person in front of me had ice cream. That reminded me, we're almost out. On my way, found the cookie aisle with a sale on Keebler Sandies. Grabbed a box! Then had to wander past the candy aisle and I saw Reese's FastBreaks on sale. Grabbed 2!
So thank you to the person in front of me for helping me restock the snack cabinet.9 -
who keeps ressurecting zombie threads? lol but I applaud people whom I see making healthier choices especially ones that and on the "fluffier" side. Im not judging them because of their size but secretly am giving them a thumbs up for being health conscious. otherwise I dont care what people buy. If people want to judge me on whats in my cart thats their problem not mine.8
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I giggle when its full of junk and they have diet soda.
I always share a trolley so no idea what people think of mine, dont care either lol
I know this is an old thread, but I do that because I would rather eat more food be it calorie dense or healthier compared to drinking sodas/beverages that have a ton of calories!2 -
CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »who keeps ressurecting zombie threads? lol but I applaud people whom I see making healthier choices especially ones that and on the "fluffier" side. Im not judging them because of their size but secretly am giving them a thumbs up for being health conscious. otherwise I dont care what people buy. If people want to judge me on whats in my cart thats their problem not mine.
People who are told to search before asking questions that have already been asked and are trying to oblige.13 -
janejellyroll wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »I clicked on the thread thinking it was going to be about shopping at Whole Foods compared to Shop Rite or something and was appalled to see what it was really about.
The first idea would have been merely pretentious and well, it's your money whatever, but ... what it's really about? Woah.
I can't even explain why the whole concept of looking in people's carts and asserting one's own superiority grinds my gears so much, but there you go. It really, really does.
In the first sense, I think I'm the opposite of a grocery store snob. I prefer different stores for different things, but I've never been in a grocery store that I didn't appreciate on some level. I'm always intrigued by how different stores have different things or how they're laid out. Just another expression of my lifelong love affair with food.
I love Grocery Outlet, because it has food that's near expiration that I either never could find due to it being limited edition to another store that may not be in PA, brands I've never heard of, or something I have heard of that usually is expensive that if I try & don't like/give it away it didn't cost that much.
The first time I went into one a few years ago I bought a lot of different ice creams maybe around 9-10 & became known as the ice cream lady. It was fine the first few times, but the one cashier always had to bring it up even if she wasn't the one ringing me up. Luckily they've stopped, but it was a bit embarrassing/annoying. My record at another Grocery Outlet was around 27 pints of Gingerbread Halo Top since it was $1.99. I asked the cashier if that was the record at the store & he said no.
As a cashier I never make rude comments based on what someone else is buying. I may ask if they're having a party if they're buying 10-30 bottles of 2 liter of soda to make small talk, but never in a rude tone. Usually when someone makes a disparaging comment about the fact they're buying a ton of junk food I just chime in & say so do I & say life would be boring with no treats.
Now I did silently judge the one customer the day she bought $200.00-$300.00 dollars of Easter Candy with a food stamp card, because I was outraged that someone else who may have been struggling money wise could have used that card to buy a wide variety of food be it nutritious (meat, vegs, fruits, any kind of grains, legumes, etc.) & included junk/processed food as well.1 -
paperpudding wrote: »
Gosh there were a lot of self righteous judgey pants on MFP back in 2013
About 20 pages of them - with only a few saying Get a Life. Good on those few!
Interestingly most of the judgey posters are no longer around - wonder if they reached their goal weight and then lost interest in posting or what?? Who knows??
Anyway the times this topic comes up I always think of myself, who is the bar manager for our local sports club.
So, when shopping for the club, I have a cart full of dozens of chocolate bars, dozens of packets of crisps, cartons of sugary drinks (balanced by a few diet drinks and waters ) and nothing else.
and if anyone is really curious they can then see my next stop - the liquor store for cartons of beer, spirits, wines
Perhaps they wonder how a chocolate addicted alcoholic can possibly be in healthy weight range
I also wonder what people must think of my cart every time this topic comes up. I buy very few vegetables at the store because our farm share runs nearly year round so I only buy "filler" vegetables. We buy meat in bulk and freeze it and our fish comes from the boat that comes in twice a year. Which means my cart at the grocery store ends up filled with Coke, bread, cheese, milk, pop tarts, chips, cookies, yogurt, ice cream, etc. It seriously looks like I don't cook! Then again, I figure people can judge away - saves them from judging someone who might actually give a *kitten* about what other people think.
And I rarely notice what is in other people's carts. Well except for the guy in front of me not long ago who had nothing but green vegetables filling half a large cart who proudly announced to everyone in the vicinity that he was starting his "green smoothie detox" the next day. Yeah, I judged him.8 -
Wow, a lot of these responses surprise me. I never judge, or even notice for that matter, what others purchase. It’s none of my business, nor concern. This is something that I never even gave a thought to. I thought this topic was going to be about shopping at upscale grocery stores, where the prices are higher for the same items and they feature more gourmet foods.0
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Maybe it's a character fault, but I do notice what other people have inber their carts when I'm waiting in line at the grocery store. (Seems like the next logical thing to do, after scanning the tabloid headlines, unless there's a baby ahead of me that I can make silly faces at.)
Can't say the cart observation is a judge-y thing, though: Just idle curiousity about who buys what.
There are usually longer lines at Kroger, where I buy only a subset of stuff, vs. places I buy a wider range. People can eyeball and even judge my haul of skim milk, beer/wine, Yasso Greek yogurt bars, ice cream, and cucumbers (or whatever) as they wish; no harm to me. I can't even imagine what lifestyle picture my handbasket contents would suggest - drunken li'l ol' lady dessert binges, with skim milk and cukes for hung-over penance?
You should see me when I shop. They have remodeled/shifted around every one of the four stores I regularly shop in and I am so busy wandering around like an idiot shifting between looking at my phone for my grocery list and looking at the stock on the aisles/aisle signs trying to figure out where everything is.
Even buying produce is an adventure because each store has the items I like in different places in the produce department and I'm always wandering around like a lost puppy.
FTR, the stores were all remodeled over a year ago. I apparently don't handle change well
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I thought this was going to be about which grocery store people prefer (and organic vs conventional growing). I guess not! I buy from all different places so my cart looks different at every store. It all depends on what’s on sale and what I need, so I often assume others are doing the same.
However, my favorite place to shop is the seasonal farmers market. I love the sights, sounds, colours and beautiful assortment of fresh fruits and veg! I love interacting with the farm kids who are working the booths with their parents and the little ones are messing around amount the crates. I love it when these awesome kids (as young as ten years old) can keep track of all my purchases (like eight different things), tell me how much I owe them and give me back the correct change!
Where I live the market only runs from early June to the first week of October. I’m going through withdrawal now! Can’t get my freshly picked kale, garlic scrapes, radishes, peaches or honey crisp apples!
I thought it was going to be about being snobby in regards to where we shop, too.
I want to be a grocery store snob, but any trip to Whole Foods or the local market reminds me exactly where I belong in the socioeconomic structure 😂😂 BACK TO ALDI!!10
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