/ck/ - Food & Cooking

my experience today:
>My gf made me go to one because "zOMG bbUMPKIN SPICEE SEASONAL SHITTT!!!"
>agree even though I never get anything
>standing off to the side of an aisle holding the basket because the gf can't hold the weight for too long
>some fat autistic boomer woman going through every individual bag of chips for some reason some 4 yards away
>look the other way
>look back and she's going full speed with the cart in my direction
>go wtf and jump out of the way
>put my hands out like wtf and look at her
>she is just looking straight ahead going full speed
>finally get to the old guy cashier
>go up to where the card reader is
>"I'm not going to scan anything until you step back on that flower" referring to this faggoty flower sticker to denote where to stand
>see no one is around me
>"uh, ok"
>remark to the gf how tf that makes any sense
>see some girl go the line next to us
>she just goes to the card reader and is chatting with the cashier
>we're both like wait why can she do that
>old guy makes no eye contact or conversation and is just ringing stuff up
>"ok I need your card."
>we walk up standing right next to the woman in the other line that we were supposed to be social distancing from.
Fuck this place. Anyone that likes trader joes is a faggot that will be hung on the day of the rope. I hope their shitty little franchise goes out of business.

>>14729788
more like traitor hoEs LMAO

>>14729788
>>14729799
It's just Aldi operating under a different name. Your weird /r9k/-tier shit has nothing to do with why they're crap.

>>14729788
I like their frozen section tho

>>14729816
I think the greatest shift in /r9k/ culture, and 4chan as a whole, was when "tfw no gf" went from a depressive statement to being considered a positive thing.

>>14729858
>I think the greatest shift in /r9k/ culture, and 4chan as a whole, was when "tfw no gf" went from a depressive statement to being considered a positive thing.
>positive

No. I miss it. Now every other /r9k/ post is

>hey ummm anyone else watch gay porn but TOTALLY is NOT gay??

>should i just become a qt trap?

Fucking faggots.

>>14729788
i challenge you to find me a better deal on wine, if you do i will never shop at TJ's again, i hate it

>>14729915
If you go there for one thing because you know it's a better deal that's fine.
Anyone who gets their week's worth of groceries there is degenerate.

>>14729923
maybe their priorities are wine and frozen food?
actually that does sound pretty degenerate doesn't it

>>14729915
"Costco"

You guys know that hating on TJ's make you guys sound like a bunch of fly-over state hicks.

>>14729979
Aren't they really popular in the Great Lakes region, though?

>>14729987
No idea, but they are huge on the west coast.

>>14729997
As if this is a source of pride. West coast wears the crown of a cuckold.

Their frozen foods selection is based. Their alcohol selection is extremely based. And their cheese selection is beyond based. Don't hate something good just because the "libs" like it.

>>14729788
Went in there yesterday only because its right next to the liquor store. How disappointing. Everything is overpriced and carefully marketed to faggots with hand drawn signs. I left with nothing except three buck chuck, even though I needed groceries, I just cannot justify buying them here. I will not visit again.
For those who want shitty wine, Aldi has Winking Owl for a dime less money, and its actually worthwhile to step foot in.

>>14729923
You mean like people who unironically use the word 'degenerate'?

>>14730061
What's wrong with a hand drawn sign?

I worked at the first one that opened in my area (Tampa) back around 2014.

They built the parking lot too small and shitheads would alway ask me about it at the checkout as if it was my call or I could somehow improve the situation.

Yessir I will forward that right to corporate!

there would be literal fights in the parking lot and the when the captain tried to make us get out there and direct traffic I said fuck no that was no that is not included in my duties. We literally had people coming from hours away just to get some cookie butter or watever. They would be proud of it too... "haha! made a day trip out of it!"

>>14729788
they have these buckets of tiny cookies there that are based as fuck

>>14730094
People are pathetic, and you can buy that shit online anyway. Reminds me of this time I got this idiot to buy some bacon flavored cheesits or something.

>>14730088
Whats wrong? Fucking everything is wrong.
This is the place where upper-middle class born suburban loser 30 year olds work, after dad paid for your useless liberal arts degree. You have no skills whatsoever, but this shithole embraces your quirkyness, so they pay you a dollar over minimum to sit around making signs from glitter and glue.
Seriously, fuck this place. Ever since they pulled Gorilla Munch, they have been in decline.

>>14729788
they have good stuff from time to time. mainly get chips, frozen fruit/veggies/meals, pasta, and seasonal stuff there.
for anything that is fresh, i go to either whole foods or central market

>>14729997
Apparently they're big in Wisconsin and Michigan, which as far as I can tell are typically derided as being "flyover". Just because they started out as a California-only brand before Aldi bought them out and made them nationwide doesn't really make them a coastal icon.

>>14730109
They don't make signs all day tho. They're pretty much just regular grocery store workers. It's crazy how you're so sensitive that even a tiny little whimsical sign will get you frothing at the mouth. You need mental help

The virgin Trader Joes vs. the chad WinCo Foods

>>14730119
Lets just say that they employ people, and attract a certain clientele, which I do not view favorably.
Why are you defending them?

>>14730088
it's like reverse consoomerism where you can't buy things that are popular because they are quality and a good value

Trader Joes has a few brands that are just way better than any competition.

Their peanut butter filled pretzels are the best you can buy.

Good mochi too.

>>14730140
for me it's the hummus

>>14730132
>why let those people who draw those signs live rent free in your brain?
>why come here to post about them instead of shutting the fuck up about it?
/ck/ is an outrage machine run by (you) hungry niggers

>>14730132
Because they have good selections and prices on a cheese, alcohol, and snacks. I can't imagine avoiding a store over something so stupid. You really are a snowflake

>>14729816
>It's just Aldi operating under a different name
false and faggotty. Aldi in america is Aldi Sud while trader joe's is Aldi Nord. Saying it's "Aldi" under a different name is disingenuous.

>>14729891
this

>>14730155
This and that's what they are good for. They are a specialty odds and ends food store. You don't go there for regular groceries; you go there for figs, coconut milk, dried fruit and cheap wine.

>>14729788
their holiday themed stuff is pretty cool and they randomly have good deals on bougie shit, like The Peanut Shop peanuts for half price.
It's also good entertainment for the gf, like taking a dog to a doggy park to sniff everything so it doesnt tear through your house at 2am or want to start a fight because her RA in college got an arranged marriage and you're still dating her.

I like IGA just fine, it's a good chain, but the one in my neighbourhood is like walking into a 3rd world country. This is the only pic I could find and it just doesn't do it justice. The aisles are not only narrow as allfuck but way overpacked and the shelves are just chaotic. there's shit way overhead that's hard to reach, shit down at floor level, and so forth. if you have a backpack you're fucked and if someone else is in the aisle you're trying to get down tough shit you have to wait.

and if you're in a wheelchair or anything just stay out

>>14730161
I'm standing by my statement. Nitpicking over Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd when they share next to everything is just autismal. The fact that the US is the only place they have market overlap is inconsequential.

>>14729816
>>14730200
trader joes and aldi in america have completely different inventories, the only thing the same about them is ownership but the stores themselves are entirely different

Foodmaxxx is pretty cool

>>14729979
enjoy the fires, water shortages, and meme trends I guess you fucking commie faggot

>>14730479
FOODMAX TAKE IT TO THE MAX
always wondered wtf it was, never had one in my city but heard the commercials on the radio

>>14729788
imagine being this much of a faggot

>>14729788
imagine being triggered by a grocery store. You sound like such a pussy

>>14729961
Unironically this.

>>14729788
>muh brands

>>14730701
go paint your fucking nails and shop at trader joes then shut the fuck up

>>14729891
>should i just become a qt trap?

Discord Trannies Strikes Back

The cheese section at trader joe's is about 1000x better than that in any other store.

>>14730828
Amerisharts don't care about that. As long as they can get their kraft singles they're happy.

I've never been to a Traitor Joe's am I really missing out on that much? I have an acquaintance/friend who works at one and since he's a piece of shit I've always had this negative connotation with the place

https://youtu.be/yLJzIDtcUpY

>>14730819
>Discord Trannies Strikes Back
>writing that

>>14730836
Trader Joe's is only in America, so I think that probably means Americans do care.

>>14730836
You sound jealous

>>14730866
You sound fat.

I think TJ's is pretty rad.
Their products are unique and are rarely shit tier like the low quality store brands every other store shits out.
Their products are also extremely competitively priced compared to like products from other stores, you can't beat their prices on wine, cheese, frozen goods, snacks. Pretty much everything they sell will be as good as and much cheaper than a comparable product from a competing store. Not sure what isn't to like

Maybe the Hawaiian shirts or the extremely casual attitude of the staff. Maybe the fact that its always packed with karens and hipsters.

>>14731020
>rad
Bodacious, dude.
Cowabunga!!

for me it's a sixer of simps and a bag of their peanut butter pretzels

Not a shitty chain, but they went bankrupt and closed all their Florida locations. A damn shame, as fine as Publix is, Lucky's had a much better meat and produce selection.
RIP Lucky's

>That got me thinking.
>I feel like women are more indecisive
lol. women are some of the most brand conscious people, they know exactly what they want and when they want it. The only time this changes is when you give them a choice between something you BOTH need to agree on, and they say "whatever" to seem accomodating but they get upset when you choose the thing they didn't want.

Last but not least and unironically, ____ ___.

>>14729915
If I don't care about taste I'll just drink vodka

>>14729788
>one brand, makes you feel like you're in a communist shit hole
Except that one brand is both cheaper and higher quality than the numerous brands present in other supermarkets.

If we've reached the point where communism means that you get better stuff for less cost, than capitalism has lost its way.

>>14730772
nigger stop shitting up this board with these low effort outrage bait threads

>>14731863
>they know exactly what they want and when they want it
Have you ever gone shopping with a woman? Sales and bargain hunting is their thing. Men will walk into a store, grab exactly what they need, and leave.

>>14732103
Bargain hunting isn't a woman thing, just a conscientious, poorfag, semi-autistic thing. I read the food ads every single day for that week during breakfast to memorize the sales and plan my shopping list accordingly based on that information and what I need.

>>14732183
Sucks to be you

>>14730701
but this grocery store nobody is forcing me to go to is making me cry, anon :(

>>14729788
Just went to one the other day, back when I lived in the city, I would go to one weekly, because they had frozen garlic naan for like $2.50 for two which is way the fuck cheaper than any restaurant. But the one I went to the other day didn't seem to have them, so that was super gay

They have these green chili microwaveable burritos that I really like.

>>14729788
are you from jew york or are a flyover state? I don't get the hate, why are there so many TJ's here if they suck so bad? there are tons of them where I live.

>>14730132
no one is defending anyone, the burden of proof is on you to state facts and evidence. you have only fussed as if you shit your diaper or lost your food stamps.

>>14730161
>>14730200
that is like saying puma and Adidas are they same company. it is false, a lie, and there are records, taxes, and corporate statements by thousands of accountants that prove otherwise. you are just as mental as the other flyover, take your meds and vote for that indian chick

>>14730838
cool anecdotal evidence, met a black once, it was horrible

>>14732976
>flyovers don't like Trader Joe's
Wasn't this already disproven?

>>14731032
>>mommyyyy he said a word i dont like, REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
typical dem

I hate the fuckers that cram into the local TJ's but I can't quit their cheapo Indian food god DAMN that shit is delicious.

>>14731804
>RIP Lucky's

https://www.luckysupermarkets.com/

They're still around.

>>14733049
That'd be handy if it wasn't 3000 miles away

>>14730192
IGAs are weird because they are a franchise with a high level of autonomy for the store owner. Many IGAs will have been some independent grocery store that needed help.

I have two IGAs where I live one is really dumpy feeling and takes me back to my childhood despite not having lived where I do now when I was a kid, and the other is rather new and has a lot more specialty items.

Also, if the aisles are too narrow and you live in the US, you can report the place for an ADA violation. Many small business like these won't budge until the government is breathing down their back.

>>14730061
>trader joes
>overpriced
wat

>>14729788
trader joe's is best for certain ingredients. meat and produce is a ripoff, but this only affects you if you're too lazy to do your marketing at a few different stores. the wine is unbeatable and charles shaw is way way better than a $3 wine bottle has a right to be

>>14733023
>flyover
>chooses a city with top 25 population size in the us
t. retard

>>14733235
I've seen so many conflicting opinions on what the fuck a "flyover" even is, at this point I just think you faggots should stop using the term.

>>14733260
West Coasters and Northeasterners consider pretty much any non-coastal state a flyover because they just fly between the coasts.
One of the many reasons people from the rest of the country hate them.

>>14733331
by that logic alabama, louisiana, and mississippi are not flyover

>>14733392
They don't count the Gulf Coast, just the West and Northeast. It's just elitism desu

>>14729923
what if you are b&r but live in san fagcisco, there aren't a lot of choices

>>14729979
Only butthurt Coasties ever have the "rent-free" state of mind where they think living in areas untouched by regressive policies is somehow an insult. It's creepy and sad.

>>14729788
Cuckfornian here, it's an alright store. I like to stop by it once a month on the way back from Costco. Interesting things they keep on the shelves but I rarely ever buy anything because it always just feels just a tad bit too expensive. I usually just get the cat cookies and one of those chocolate bars.

>>14730061
My wife has worked there for 20 years. $28/hr, great health insurance, the fucking 401k they put 10.4% in an account it's yours after 7 years. Used to be 15.7. Also 20% discount

>>14730108
are you the ceo of cheez-its or something

>>14729788
>Waaaah there's only one brand! I don't get to choose out of 10 nearly identical products!
who gives a fuck? They have a great selection of wines, beers, liquors, and cheeses, which is really the only place it matters.

>>14734078
>ceo
I wish. No, simply a bored employee at a shitty little dollar store. I guess it was evil because it was pretty obvious she was pretty unsure about whether to buy it or not, but I wanted to try my salesmen-ship, so i told her they were very good etc, even though earlier someone had returned them because they said they were gross.

>>14729800
last halloween i snuck into a party and picked up a girl dressed as a Trader Hoe.
she had a great rack, luckily she took me back to her place when the idiots kicked me out for "muh ratio"

>>14729788
>My gf who likes this shit hole was saying how it's really a woman's store
what is her reasoning for this
also i dont like food lion

>>14729788
They have excellent frozen macaroni and cheese. That's all that matters. That's why Trader Joe's should continue existing.

>>14729788
The only things worth buying are:
>Dairy
>Eggs
>Bread
>Can goods
>Pasta
>Nuts
>Sweets
>Supplments
>Chips
If you buy produce or meat youre getting ripped off. Frozen foods are a hit or miss.

>>14729788
>Be me
>Decide to smoke a fuckton of weed before work
>While riding the subway to work, I remember that theres a Trader Joe's on the way to work and I can get some of that sweet frozen Mac-n-cheese and make it at work
>Get off the subway, go to Trader Joe's and buy the frozen mac-n-cheese and a bunch of other goodies.
>Get back on the subway
>Get to work late, with a bag of Trader Joe's groceries
>Go to my desk, log into my computer, check my email, everything seems OK
>Go to the kitchen and make the mac-n-cheese
>Eat the mac-n-cheese and other munchies at my desk
>This is awesome
>A user has a power outage at her desk, I need to flip the circuit breaker. This office is really old and this has happened before.
>Go to the circuit breaker and look at the panel. None of them are the right switch.
>Hmm, it must be in this box. It has a single switch on it. It's probably a button to open the box. Let me just open it up to see the circuit breakers inside.
>Flip the switch, all the power to the entire office goes out.
>Oh shit. I'm high at work, being late, eating mac-n-cheese, and I just cut the power to the entire office. If I hadn't been smoking weed, I might have noticed that the switch wasn't a latch to open the box, but was a master circuit breaker.
>SOMEHOW I manage to play it off as a totally normal, reasonable accident, and I don't get fired or punished.
>Decide to never smoke weed before work ever again.

>>14729788
Get over yourself pussy. They have good food that's a little more expensive if not the same as other mid-tier foods.

>>14734933
>That's all that matters
Found the manchild.

>>14735854
not him but the hatch chile mac and cheese is based.
same with the pizza mac but that one is quite greasy due to the pepperonis and it's lacking on the tomato sauce

>>14730161

so its owned by Aldi north suds, got it.

>>14730192

the closest store to me is a IGA and it's pretty fucking grim. Everything is about 40% higher than the next closest store and the whole building is just run down and nasty, the place smells like mold and rotten food.

There is a sign for the UFCW local stating "proud union shop" when you exit so I guess that's why it sucks and the owner gave up caring.

>>14730125

>>14735865
>the hatch chile mac and cheese is based.

>>14732744
not him but when you are stacking chicken quarters at $0.29/lb, Boston butt at $0.89/lb, whole turkey at $0.29/lb and $3.99/lb rotating ribeye/NYstrip/shortribs/brisket it pays to read a sales paper. That is not even including shit like loyalty programs. I don't have a gas station in my rewards programs, so I get $5 back every $100 spent. Plus college id is extra 10% off that adds up fast.

t. price per ounce nigga.

>>14736029
>couldn’t come up with a valid response so he posts soyjak
you must be such an intolerable nigger in real life

>>14733412
Is Texas flyover?

They have good frozen food, the kerrygold is cheaper there than the other grocery stores near me, when the drive-thru for the nice liquor/beer store is too busy they have the best selection of local beers.
Also their shampoo is relatively cheap and isn't filled with phosphates and other shit.

>>14733070
>>14735979
what country(s) you anons in? just curious cuz that's exactly what IGA is like in Australia

>>14729788
>Small as fuck
Sorry you need a 180,000sqft Walmart in order to buy groceries
>One brand
Nigger how many choices to you need?
>Hippy decor
Ok incel.

It's literally just an Aldi that appeals to hipsters instead of lower to middle class families.

I will say that they don't have a good selection of meat, but that's ok because I'm vegan

>>14729788
>OP lives 45 minutes away from one and is salty

>>14736344
YOU NEVER FLY OVER TEXAS.

>>14729788
They have good tv dinners and cheap booze but nothing else is good there.

>>14729799
The egg nog is top tier there.
>>14729816
It's nothing like aldi. Aldi is shit.

>>14736344
No, anywhere with big gentrified cities aren't flyover. The cheeselakes, nevada, az, texas, illanois, tennessee, etc don't count.

>>14729788
Trader Joe's is mediocre for produce but has the best cheap pre-prepared shit around. Its target audience is people who don't know how to/want to cook but don't want to go to restaurants every night, and it operates well in that niche.
>>14730109
You sound sensitive

I'm glad Joes is getting their store brand names changed for the better.
I almost thought I would have to change stores if they decided to keep offensive shit like "Trader Jose" up.

>>14737393
Their frozen foods are actual food too unlike stoffers and shit in normal grocery stores.

>>14730192
Maybe if you weren't a fat fuck that has its own gravitational center you could fit on those big ass aisles just fine never thought about that?

>>14737402
they're not changing the names. they backtracked

>>14734996
sounds like everything worked out in the end

>>14730094

tellow Tampa non, can can confirm. didn't we just get Culver's (WI) and Wawa (PA) just recently? the area is all boomers and snowbirds now

>>14737936
Trader Jane's

>>14729788
Trader Joe's is great except for the usually terrible parking situation.

>>14740062
the trader joe’s that i go to has a front and back parking lot shared with 2 other stores. even before wuflu i could always find empty spots at peak hours

Trader Joe's Cuban Black Beans and Green Chillis are pretty good so they do some stuff right.

>>14740069
The nearest my house had nearly impossible parking until they installing a ramp. Now, it's only difficult. Good luck on the weekend though. I usually drive 10 min past work to go to one in a normal suburban commercial area which is also next to a whole foods. So I can hit both for various shit.
Oh yah, completely forgot that Trader Joe's makes you wait in a line now thanks to Chinamen. Think I'm wasting my time in a line like a cuck to get into a store? I just drive over to whole foods while laughing at people in the line.

>>14729788
>injecting your political faggotry
the "one brand" is superficial, their products are sourced from a bunch of different dealers and having more options for individual items has no correlation to anything

>>14740062
It's a regular parking lot.

>>14733260

whole foods near me is mostly chinese and indians buying overpriced shit. i only go their once every couple of months. maybe 25% of their products are worth the markup. newly rich people really love wasting their money for no reason. i guess growing up in america i'm spoiled but new money immigrants are really gullible.

>>14740311
Missourian here. We view Trader Joe’s as a novelty fancy-pants shore. The Midwest is very much saturated with local competitors, and a lot of them do really solid business. It can be difficult for big established brands to break into towns and cities with a firm grasp on their existing grocery market. Hell you see that in convenience stores even.

>Go to Harris Teeter
>well-stocked store with a wide variety
>fresh bread baked every day
>the best stock of meat and seafood you'll find short of going to a dedicated butcher, sometimes even has specialty items in stock if you ask
>fresh produce takes up a sixth of the entire store along with more obscure items
>check-out aisles have actual employees, attentive and well-mannered, to scan and bag for you

>go to Food Lion
>half the shelves are empty
>barely any stock to begin with
>if you want anything less frequently used than iceberg lettuce or an onion you're fucked
>never once seen an employee from the meat section in all the times I've been there, would explain why it's so hard to get some shitty ground chuck out on the shelves
>two check-out aisles open at any given time while a handful of mystery-meat employees stand around talking at the self-checkout and act like they're doing you a favor when they reset their broken-ass machines every other scan

It's night and day, man.

>>14740311
How the hell is illinois flyover but not indiana or wisconsin? How the hell is minnesota not flyover? Fucking colorado? Chicago is the third biggest city in the US, if you count illinois as flyover (which it is) you better include a lot more fucking states than that measly handful dumbass. Worthless fucking post.

>>14729788
wasn't joe a nazi? why did they even name it trader joe's? are there even people named joe in germany?

>>14730161
they used to be the same brand until the brothers split because one wanted to sell cigarettes and the other didn't. aldi has pretty trash products. I've never been to trader joe's but I assume it's similar garbage. their bacon is sliced so thin it's see-through

>>14729915
what kind of wine or what? I can find $7 bottles of wine at target and walmart. I'm not a wine person so I assume they're all shit though I did buy a decent bottle of wine at target for like $20 recently

>>14740684
Uh, excuse me, but you forgot the only metric that actually matters: Which one has SOUL?

>>14729997
they have trader joes in atlanta for chrissake

>>14730112
they're a german brand anyways

>>14733696
>It's creepy and sad.
cry about it

The only thing I really like to buy at Trader Joes is the cheese since I don't really drink wine or eat frozen food anymore. But the store is always full of 10/10 qts, probably as good sights as walking through city college here, so my cheese drawer is always fully stocked.

As much as I hate trader joes, their sriracha garlic bbq sauce is the bomb

>>14737905
First of all I'm not fat, and second why are you so mean spirited anon? That was pretty mean.

>>14729788
I always try to stop and remember that Trader Joe's is literally just a re-branded Aldi

>>14729816
I go to Trader Joe's and Aldi for the warmth, care and friendliness that the Germans are famous for

>>14741816
I agree with a 3rd of that.

>>14729788
It's all overpriced junkfood.
I like seeing the cute women who shop there.

>>14741821
Imagine how much bread you could bake in all those ovens over the course of five years. Why, you could probably feed six million poor starving people if your supply routes hadn't been cut off by strategic bombing campaigns.

>>14729788
>>14729799
Never heard anybody seethe so much over trader joes. Try and say what you just typed out to a real person in real life and they would probably avoid you for life and possibly report you to the police.

My family calls them Trader Jew's because they are like a second temple to them.

>>14741619
it must go great with your soylent

>>14741814
it's not

>>14733034
try to find a local ethnic store man

Cant speak for the European stores but in America
>hoood ass people everywhere
>produce looks like the shit they rejected at the real stores
>snack items are all corn syrup shit with hydrogenated oils
>nuts are all low grade and stale tasting
>meat smells like rotten eggs while cooking and is pumped full of brine
>limited items beyond the bare essentials

>>14730273
No, Aldi and Trader Joes are owned by two different Aldis https://youtu.be/AaktzUQsIkE

>>14742745
Aldi is hit or miss depending on the place you live. Some parts of the country they are shit. Other places they are better than regular chains

>>14729788
>I feel like women are more indecisive, so by dumbing down the decision making process by only allowing one type of anything gives comfort to these more simple minded creatures.

Aren't men more practically minded though? It'd make more sense for a store to only allow one brand to appeal to men who usually just want to go in, grab, and get out quickly

>>14736290
>you must be such an intolerable nigger in real life

Hey, be fair, he is one on the Internet too.

>>14737099
>but that's ok because I'm vegan

Whew! You almost forget to tell everyone! What a wasted post that would have been...

loblaws sucks
everything is way overpriced

>>14729915
The store I work at has 750mL bottles of Beringer for $0.99 each, when you buy 6 bottles or more.

>>14729799
I'll bet you were wearing your cuck muzzle too like a good little goy.

Lidl always has a weird smell and it freaks me out how every store basically has the same layout.