Shop around the edges of the grocery store and never buy anything that is processed.
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Funny how all the natural stuff is on the perimeter and the processed and boxed stuff is up and down all the aisles. Done the same in all the grocery stores. Must be some efficiency thing or psychology thing.
‘Shop around the edges of the grocery store and never buy anything that is processed.’
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“Funny how all the natural stuff is on the perimeter and the processed and boxed stuff is up and down all the aisles. Done the same in all the grocery stores. Must be some efficiency thing or psychology thing.”
My first job after I turned 16 was as a stocker in a new grocery store. I did the fresh stuff and 66 years ago, that was that store’s layout then,
Basically every grocery store in our city with 6 different owners/corps uses this floor stocking model.
Since, my wife and I only buy from the natural/fresh stocking, it makes shopping a lot faster and easier. Frozen foods, stock and paper products are separate in the store we use.
Our favorite store starts off with the fresh produce as you enter and go right. There is a deli at the end of that aisle and then to the left about 50 stands with fresh fruit and veggies down the way with one to two restocker all day. The first food items after the produce/veggies are a staffed butcher shop with fresh everything.
Next is an aisle that takes one from the SW to the SE end of the store with pre packed meat/chicken on one side and canned fruit and veggies/soups on the other side. Milk and dairy products to that end and a refrigerated section for chilled wines, beer and non alcohol drinks.
The rest of the store has the packaged junk with impossible to pronounce ingredients.
It takes me about 15 to 20 minutes to buy our weekly groceries and to stay in the healthy zones. There is a larger store owned by the same corp. in town. We prefer the smaller one for the planning and getting around easier.