/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>8881224
Winn Dixie and Publix.

publix because their bakery/deli/meat is better than any other standard grocer around here

fuck kroger

Krogers because it's nearby, open 24/7, and gives me discounts on my gas.

Market Basket is the best around here. Huge selection and cheapest prices.

Harris teeter is open 24/7 and is literally 2 blocks away and can easily be walked to.

Besides that there is Giant about 4 blocks away. Further afield there is a Whole foods about 2 miles away.

>>8881457
I am so glad I don't live in a place where "Harris Teeter" is an acceptable name for a grocery store

Walmart for my non perishables, frozen, dairy, and protein.

Sprouts, king soopers, sometimes whole foods for produce and everything else

Unfortunately I still spend too much but oh well

>>8881469
nigga, the teeter is the shit, you don't even know what you're missing.

>>8881224
Sam's for non-solution added pork, Angus beef, organic eggs, olive oil, beans, dog food and coffee. Sometimes fresh wildcaught salmon and cod. Kroger for organic milk, staple produce, oils and organic chicken. International market for rice, seafood and fish, esoteric produce, mexican products, asian condiments. We grow a lot of our produce. My area has 3 growing seasons.

>>8881457
Who grocery shops at 4am anyway

>>8881491
Does it matter? It's not like they're making you go at 4am. But the fact they're open at that hour means I don't even need to know what time of day it is if I can go shop or not, it's always open.

publix
the cashiers are all high school girls
yum yum

>>8881224
I've got a Key Food and a C-Town near me, but I try to avoid the supermarket as much as possible. Thankfully the Mexican, Chinese and Middle Eastern stores all have better prices and fresher produce, so I mostly shop there.

>>8881491
People with social anxiety.
Also being the only one in the grocery store is pretty nice desu. No lines no pushing past people to get what you need.

Tesco, Lidl, farmers' market during season

where my upper midwest bros at

>>8881491
My gf is an RN who works overnights....sometimes she shops at odd hours.

>>8881616
So your gf is only active at night? That's called a dream.

>>8881469
We call it Hairy Teets in my family.

Chief, Kroger, Aldi. Whole Foods if I need veal. Walmart for basic impossible-to-fuck-up stuff like AP flour and refilling jugs of water.

>>8881224
I commonly shop at Fred Meyer (a Kroger store), Haggen, and Costco.

Less frequently Albertsons, and smaller markets (Asian, Mexican, etc).

Go Broncos

Vons or Ralphs.

I love them both for different reasons.

Any of you guys remember Grand Union?

These guys just opened near us and I like them quite a bit. Much better than dealing with 750 annoying white people smashed into a 1000 sq ft Trader Joe's

>>8881914
>Fred Meyer (a Kroger store)
I shop at Fred Meyer mostly because it is the closest grocery store to me. They tend to have pretty good produce and they carry a bunch of non-grocery stuff, which is convenient.

Who /Piggly Wiggly/ here

ACME, ShopRite, trader Joe's

Wegmans for snacking and shredded cheese, soups and stocks when on sale, chicken breast patties, pasta, good veg, sauces and bakery bread, plus whatever neat stuff I find that tickles my fancy. Also their asian/chicken wing takeout, god damn it's a good day when they're stocking peking pork.

Aldi for eggs, butter, block cheese, wraps, salami, breakfast sausage and whatever stuff they've brought in for their flavor-of-the-week deal

Save-a-lot for ham, beef, canned goods, boxed stuff, the odd discounted packet of wraps and whatever they've unceremoniously dumped in a box in the middle of the aisle as a clearance special

Tops for stuff that's on a very good sale or has a good coupon: butter, vienna bread/everything italian loaves, french bread, not much else

Walmart for the very specific few items they have that none of the above do, plus whatever good stuff I can snag from the bakery overstock rack

>>8881966
Yeah, me too. Can't say i get much from the non grocery side too often, but it's nice to have the option.

>>8881601
>social anxiety
>>>/twitter/ seems to be more of a destination you'd prefer

>>8881969
If you can believe it, the shithole I live in couldn't even support a piggly wiggly. It closed down 2 years ago.

>>8881238
>Winn Dixie

>>8881224
Stew Leonard's x Aldi

>>8881224
Costco Master Race comin' through, make way you dirty plebes

Food4Less then 3 miles down is Walmart Food and lastly Costco.
Food4Less gets packed on the first day of the month due to EBT/Food Stamps. Sunday they have a sale on fresh fish which is really nice. At night it gets a little south due to ghetto people appearing at night so I avoid shopping there at night.
Walmart Food is really bad. Mostly expired food. The produce are alright looking, but would choose Food4Less over Walmart produce. Also had theft a couple days ago since they post the description of the thief in front of the store.
Costco is where I get most household things and some neat snacks. The place is alright. Also have high amount of security due to theft last year.
There's a Trader Joes a little farther down. I'd go there for some neat snacks and produce I can't get. No theft there because suburban area and security. Very nice looking area as well.

>>8882439
Since the bought out Sweet Bay I actually prefer some of their products. It's not better than my farmers market or the butcher I like...but it's good for simple stuff.

Food Lion, because they're raising their standards without raising their prices

>>8881680

Wow, so original. I bet you also give "Target" a french pronunciation too.

>>8881616
But if she worked overnight she would be working at 4am.... overnight implies that you work off hours 8p to 9am or 1130pm to 6am and such.

I usually go to Kroger. Decent balance of price vs quality compared to Walmart (shit tier everything) and Safeway (expensive as all hell)

>>8881224

Based HEB. Based Texas

Whole foods because one block away.

Publix for most things. Costco for bulk meat, seafood, cheese, etc. Trader Joe's when I get down there, Walmart neighborhood market when I need something fast cause it's 3 minutes from home.

Total wine for booze.

Winco. Fight me.

This is my happy place, never found a better store for most things I need in the kitchen in my life. That said, it's pretty expensive, but they're really knowledgable and passionate about selling the best stuff they can source.

>>8883261
Forgot pic lol

>>8883272
They have a ridiculously over the top range of any kind of pantry filler, fantastic butcher, fishmonger, and cheesemonger, and have even opened a deli section recently, which I've yet to try.

>>8883205
Fellow Orlandoian?

>>8881224
>tfw only grocery stores nearby are Whole Foods and Giant and various variations of those two
>tfw the cheap ethnic grocery stores are a pain to get to since I don't have a car
I hate DC.

>>8883191
this
HEB is god tier. Plebs don't understand

>>8883309
no, obviously from sarasota.

>>8883309
>>8883205
Orlando here.
I divide my groceries between Publix, Aldi's, The Fresh Market, and Walmart.

>>8883276
>>8883272
Name of store?

>>8883669
its this new place called whole foods

>>8883191
I miss HEB. I just want a Texas without the heat.

W E G M A N S

Super H-Mart

VONS

>>8881224
The one I work in because they give me a 10% employee discount on everything but the liquor. Unfortunately that discount just barely covers the sales tax so it doesn't actually save me much. The only other store in my area is Safeway, it has almost all of the same items but the prices are more expensive for some reason, like a four pack of drumstick ice cream is $3.99 at my store, but over there its $4.99 despite being the same exact thing. Even worse is that these two stores are only two blocks away from each other so its like why even go to Safeway?

>>8883164
She works 7 to 7. Still an relatively odd our to be grocery shopping.

King Soopers

Weis, unfortunately. Giant, if I feel like making the drive.

>>8881224
Stop n shop

>>8883996
>The one I work in because they give me a 10% employee discount on everything but the liquor. Unfortunately that discount just barely covers the sales tax so it doesn't actually save me much. The only other store in my area is Safeway, it has almost all of the same items but the prices are more expensive for some reason, like a four pack of drumstick ice cream is $3.99 at my store, but over there its $4.99 despite being the same exact thing. Even worse is that these two stores are only two blocks away from each other so its like why even go to Safeway?

I know that feel, I work at Frys (AZfag) and there's a safeway a few blocks away but no one goes to it because their prices suck. And I also get 10 percent off all kroger items.

>>8883332
It's not worth it. Why pay extra for the rats in the stores? Seriously I lived in DC for a couple years and call me a suburban cuck all you like I'll take driving to hmart over being forced to shop at Safeway

I buy my groceries at food n stuffn

>>8885351
I go to Frys too because Safeway is super expensive
also Basha's because they have a big beer selection.

>>8885420
>because Safeway is super expensive
...is it?

That's my cheap grocery store.

>>8881224
Local co op is the only real grocery store in walking distance, I'd go to Hyvee but I don't have a car.

I hate going to school in this hick town. I know I can get a lot of the same shit at Hyvee that I get at the co op for half the price too.

>>8885427
Where I live the only place more expensive than Safeway is Whole Foods

>>8885450
Whole foods or Harris Teeter or my normal, Giant and Safeway are my cheap stores.

>>8885450
Same. High prices, mediocre produce, awful staff, and shit selection. They've closed several stores in the area in the last few years because they're just plain shit.

flyover here, hy-vee is the only supermarket in the area that doesn't suck huge dick

>>8883335
HEB isn't much better than a WalMart other than having free samples. Go to a Central Market, which is HEB's premium store. So much more selection for meats, bread, cheese, seafood, beer, wine.......

>>8885584
For me it's HEB Plus, the best grocery store.

>>8883191
Same. Sadly, I don't have one with the peanut butter machine. Closest with that is 7 miles away. The one nerby is the hispanic one (not Mi Tienda)

>>8881945
I also live in Colorado. But I hate king soopers because they hire retards and they make me nervous. Costco a best.

Foodmaxx because Winco doesn't take credit card.

>>8885584
>HEB isn't much better than a WalMart other than having free samples.

You must have an unsually shitty HEB (or an unusually good Wal-Mart) then. There are 4 HEBs in my town, and of the 4, 3 of them stomp the crap out of Wal-Mart in every respect. The produce, deli, butcher/seafood, and foreign foods sections all have much better selection and higher quality than Wal-mart. The 4th one is more of a "warehouse store" sort of like a Sam's or Costco. That one is much closer to Wal-Mart tier.

>>8885726
I'm in Broomfield and they consolidated the retards to the location on US-287, which just happens to be the one between my work and home. The staff is like half retards and it's awful. The one at 136th and Zuni is A#1, though

Food Lion because there are 4 of the bastards within a 5 minute drive and nothing else but a Super Walmart.

H-E-B for meats and deli
Walmart NH market for everything else

grocery outlet
thriftway
that's usually it
sometimes safeway
never trader joe's
there's a really spicy thai sauce at the coop i'll sometimes buy but i fucking hate going in there

price chopper
hyvee
sprouts

>>8883191
one of the things i'd miss most if i were to ever leave texas

Acme because path mark closed

usually publix

Fresh co, sobeys, Zehrs, loblaws... Meh

>>8881491
>Who grocery shops at 4am anyway
Don't think little...
Sometimes your flight gets in at an hour like that...and it's nice to grab some real food for the house for the first time in like 18 hours of travel.

There are plenty of other professions other than medical who have shifts that cover every hour of every day of the week, from firefighters to police to airport personnel to to restaurant people to college kids who do the alnighters :) In a very large city, there will always be someone who is awake outside their normal schedule tending a sick kid or relative and making a quick run that is convenient to them, like the midnight need for milk or gatorade, or a bandaid.

>>8881949
>Any of you guys remember Grand Union?
Oh yea. They had the first generics that existed, big unmarked packages, and had the old timey help yourself bins (which I no longer like) but they were cool at the time.

Berkeley Bowl. Great produce selection.

Pretty good prices and tons of organic food and snacks. Sprouts is da best.

>>8886967
See
>>8886836

>>8886683
For me it is Best Market, the best supermarket to open at the same location of the old Pathmark that closed, which used to be the best.

Pretty much a Midwest version of Walmart, except cleaner, way bigger food selection and with employees that give a fuck. Good shit, been going there for many years.

>>8881224
Pic related. I might be a cu/ck/ for shopping here if you check the fine print. I also go to Aldi's for veggies and sometimes meat, depending on their weekly deals. I also go to local stores.

>>8883123
Sorry your dad left Tyrone.

>>8887173
Worked there for a year. Gave me a chronic illness and I was treated like shit by all the people above me. Left and never looked back. Id take homelessness to working there - very bad place. Ask me if you want to know more I can give a lot, management in grocery.

I love me my local Apple Cabin

>>8887635
Well do tell.

Winco, they have decent pricing plus a pretty nice bulk foods section.

>>8881224
Kroger
Some times HEB

>>8881509
Gravesend/Bensonhurst?

>>8881224
I've got a Key Food and what used to be an Associated's but is now a Food Universe. Same stuff, they just changed the name.

I shop there for most of my non-produce stuff like oatmeal, baking supplies, drinks, yogurt...occasionally I'll get produce but I usually get that in the little Chinatown that's emerging near my building since it's both cheaper and fresher there. Oranges that actually taste like oranges. It's a fucking miracle, man.

There are also a number of Russian food stores with really cheap, really good homemade pickles. And not just pickled cucumbers of various types- they do apples, tomatoes, a few kinds of cabbage, watermelon, mushrooms, etc.