I shop at a Kroger Store (Fred Meyer). It has everything like Walmart, but only much Better (sales, shopper rewards, Gas Discounts). The Store in town is so outrageously expensive that I refuse to shop there. When Shopping for groceries I have a Specific Routine that never follows a store layout exactly. I always start with non-food and work my way through and end up with Frozen Last.

I live in rural central Illinois and there are not a lot of choices for grocery shopping. I try to do most of my shopping at our local grocery store, even though it is a little more expensive. Mainly because the quality is better, and it means less time shopping at Wal-Mart. We do shop at the local meat market and farmer's market in the warmer months. I try to stick to sale items, and I buy both brand name and store labels. I buy as little prepared food as possible, because it is generally more expensive and less healthy.

When I was in the US, I bought bulk organic food from the local health food coop. I raised much of my vegetables, grew sprouts, had fruit trees, etc.

Here in Thailand I can buy fresh food so cheaply I don't grow it. But I do buy from tiny nearby Thai shops instead of shopping at the big Tesco-Lotus, a few blocks away.

I nip into the market in the centre of York for meat, fish, cheese, fruit and vegetables.

It´s not a farmer´s market - just an ordinary market open every day.

They don't sell tins, packet stuff, drinks or bread so I go to the local shop for that.

In the big supermarkets I always head to the reduced-price sections That's where the stuff that is coming up to its best-by date and dented tins is on offer.

Where I live, almost all food is shipped in, except for small amounts of locally grown produce and meat. Therefore, most food is expensive, so I divide my priorities between the few big box stores, for economical savings, and the smaller stores that sell the locally grown foods to support the local food industry.

Here on my small island, we have "farmers markets" that many of the local residents and tourists go to daily, but I just can't eat that much fresh food before it spoils, living alone, so it's not worth it to me to fight the crowds. So, I buy small quanties of fresh food, and large quanties of non-pershibles, at the small but local chain grocery stores, even though I have to store some sale items under my bed, for lack of a pantry.

I do enjoy the "farm to table" cuisine we have here, in the restaurants, since I'm not much of a cook myself, and like the feeling that I'm putting something fresh and locally grown into my belly.

One pet peeve I follow is that here on Kauai, there is a huge divide between the "organic" movement and the scientific research into gmos and it's very fierce. I personally am fine with research into better ways to grow food with less impact to our environment, so I shy away from any product that this is adverstised as "Organic" or "Non-GMO Verified" simply out of protest for the fear mongering and close-minded selfishness of our local activists here who want to remove choices from the poor, so only the affluent rich white folks can afford to eat. It's apparrent (being in the thick of the controversy) that the "organic" and "anti-gmo" movement is heavily funded by mainland organic corporations who want to nip gmo research in the bud, for their eventual financial gain. I think that is short sighted. So, I vote with my dollars.

Looks perfect lol

First off, looking at that rack of candy makes me feel sick. I shop at Wa-Mart mostly. I do buy name brand things most of the time. I do buy some of it off-brand too. I never buy candy though. I did buy some mandarin oranges yesterday. I went to King Soopers yesterday because it was closer. I will never shop there again. Even with their card that saves you money, it cost more than Wal-Mart. Since no one will take me or drive me to Wal-Mart but my aunt, I had to spend a shit-ton of money at this store. My aunt is on her way to New Mexico and couldn't take me to Wal-Mart. I hate not being able to have a car due to my bad eye sight. The cab service I took home from King Soopers ripped me off and then when I called for some of my money back, they played stupid with me. He took more money off of my card and I called to complain, they said no one ever drove me home! I had their number in my phone and the time I called. Uber won't take cards without chips. Mostly I shop Wal-Mart. Never again a King Soopers. I'm not rich,

Food, I have two chain choices, Woolworths and IGA. I tend to shop Woolie's, as we call them here in Australia, for selecton and value. I buy almost all my meat from the local butcher and produce from the local green grocer. I do have Costco card, one nearby, and yes, I have enough toilet paper to get me to the end of the decade. I will often buy fish and smoked salmon from Costco, big jars of things like kalamata olives, etc., cat food, and the odd kitchen item that catches my eye.

If my wish could come true I'd have a Market Basket nearby! Glad I will be in Maine for the summer.

Big Box Stores, I go there to browse and wind up buying on Amazon most of the time.

When I lived in Burns, Oregon, no surviving locals stores except groceries (Safeway and one other whose name I can't remember, and I never shopped there), I depended entirely on Amazon for 90% of my non grocery purchases, I use to see the UPS man almost daily! We had a hardware/rancher store, best selection of jeans I have ever seen, but underware or other men's and women's clothes, either drive to Bend or buy on line. In the five years I lived in Burns I saw one store after another close, very sad, leaving no choice but Amazon or a 133 mile drive.

I go to Sprouts every day and I love it.

I do not buy any processed food products. Haven't for at least 3 years. If I shop at any of these stores it is to buy proteins, vegetables and dairy products in whole form.

I shop whereever it is convenient at the time

I have a supermarket around the corner but prefer Market Basket in Nashua, NH. I used to shop at Trader Joes but now have a Whole Foods which is closer. I physically go to store. Do not buy frozen, precooked or anything with msg, fruitose corn syrup and artificial ingredients. Fresh produce and fruits. Nothing canned.

We live in a rural area so we shop at our local Albertson/Safeway, our local health food co-op and Farmers markets in the summer. If we go out of town we might shop at Costco, Winco, Trader Joe's, Cash and Carry or Wal-Mart. I rarely order food items online unless they are specialty foods I cannot locate elsewhere...like the 6 pack of Sir Kensingtons spicy Ketchup I ordered yesterday. (OMG so, so good!!)

I'm very lucky to have both a summer's farmer's market as well as a year-round farmer's market in this city. We have several farms locally that have a type of subscription service, (work or pay or combination for harvest shares). Another great option is the many, many ethnic markets from East European, East Indian, Oriental including Japanese, Mandarin, Hmong, Laotian and Vietnamese. And of course Mexican, (Not the Americanized version); Hawaiian and French. It helps that the University is headquartered on the ridge just West of town.

Lol! Great picture. I get a lot of essentials from bigger name stores, but prefer to catch a local farmers market, bakery, or butcher shop when I can.

I support the smaller businesses, but typically the convenience of everything in one place is the deciding factor.

Bodega, low-rent supermarket, Trader Joes and local halth food store.
Don't care about brand names except when one brand is clearly superior to the others,
No frozen dinners -- we don't even own a microwave.