/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.3907185]

Where do you do your grocery shopping?

Pic unrelated

[Anonymous No.3907187]

Fry's food. Gf gets 10% discount on store brand plus .10-.30 cents off each gallon of gas a frys gas stations. :D

[Anonymous No.3907192]

>>3907187
/g/'s favorite place to shop.

[Anonymous No.3907200]

Loblaws. $0.02 off of every liter of gasoline towards groceries. It's not much, but every little bit helps, plus I'm super cheap with fuel.

[Anonymous No.3907209]

in california:

fresh and easy for meat

winco for produce and anything else that isn't meat

target when i have coupons to stack (target coupons+manufacturer coupons) for food related items

trader joe's

[Anonymous No.3907212]

>>3907209
>Not going to Mexican markets

Are you even poor?

[Anonymous No.3907213]

Ralphs, 99 Ranch.

I occasionally go to Mitsuwa if I have money to spare.

[Anonymous No.3907219]

Hmart - fresh produce and fish, rice, snacks, tofu, korean food...
Wegmans - fancy meats and cheeses, bagels, some groceries
Shoppers - beef and chicken, really cheap.
Giant - the majority of shopping, since it's right behind my apartment.

[Anonymous No.3907223]

>>3907212
no. no mexican markets near by anyway, but i do go to oriental markets that are about 30 minutes away. it's pretty cheap there, and i'd imagine the mexican markets would be cheap too.

[Anonymous No.3907227]

and Sprouts. Beaner markets for odd/cheap stuff and farmer's markets for in season produce. Finally getting a Trader Joe's here in Denver soon. Gotta check that shit out.

Also see: Garden

[Anonymous No.3907228]

I go to whole foods, but the one near me is under construction so they're in a temporary location that is incredibly tiny.

[Anonymous No.3907234]

>>3907227
Gotta check out Sprouts one of these days.

[Anonymous No.3907236]

>>3907234
Really cheap produce and really cheap high-tier meat when it's on sale.

[Anonymous No.3907245]

And their cereals, nuts, and candy are amazing.

[Anonymous No.3907251]

>>3907227
same person from >>3907209

when i visited colorado with my boyfriend, i fucking fell in love with kind soopers. i'm planning to move there in a couple of months, and i'm fucking ecstastic to hear that trader joe's will be in.... denver- i thought it was boulder from the last time i checked?

[Anonymous No.3907254]

trader joe's

whole paycheck for produce, cheeses

[Anonymous No.3907256]

>>3907251
The first one will be in Denver and then the second will be in Boulder from what I've read. I'm in Broomfield and we have a very large, new Kings (~5 years) and I love it so. Puts Safeway to shame. Those fuckers are dead now.

[Anonymous No.3907258]

Reread my other post, King* Soopers
>>3907256
Oh god even more fucking awesome.

[Anonymous No.3907274]

>>3907258
Yea, it's definitely a perk of living in ritzy white suburbia.

[Anonymous No.3907287]

Safeway or Foodland. Not a whole lot of options here.

[Anonymous No.3907288]

Rouse's
Local owned and operated.

[Anonymous No.3907289]

Top Valu Mart.
Prices are great for groceries but holy fuck it's ghetto as hell.

[Anonymous No.3907291]

>>3907251
>>3907256
>>3907258
Wait, what? I heard that there was going to be one in Colorado Springs.

[Anonymous No.3907300]

>>3907291
The only confirmed locations are in Denver and Boulder.

P.S. The Springs is shit. Move away now.

[Anonymous No.3907302]

>>3907227
>>3907291
Trader Joes in the Springs? When?

The only grocery stores I know of that we're getting soon are the new mini-walmarts.

I do my shopping at Sprouts (veg. mostly), King Soopers (meat, dairy), and Asia Pacific (veg, dry goods), and the occasional trip to an Indian grocer for spices.

I wish Rancho Liborio was still running.

[Anonymous No.3907305]

>>3907302
>Asia Pacific
Do you mean Pacific Ocean?

[Anonymous No.3907309]

>>3907234
There's a Sprouts a 40 minutes walk away from my house, I probably should check that out one day.

[Anonymous No.3907311]

>>3907300
The Springs is shitty because we don't have much of a downtown, and because there are too many evangelical republican zombies, but I love this town anyways. Pic related to my backyard. You jelly.

>>3907305
http://www.yelp.com/biz/asian-pacific-market-colorado-springs

[Anonymous No.3907312]

>>3907311
Only a little jelly.

[Anonymous No.3907319]

>>3907311
californian here from earlier.

sorry to be off topic of the thread's subject but... is CO springs really shitty? i found it cheaper than denver/aurora by like 100-200$, and it's an hour away from denver which doesn't seem too bad to me... considering that i like to be near major cities (i.e i live in a city roughly an hr away from san francisco) i'm 21 and would like an eclectic place to live, and denver sounds perfect, but i'm afraid if it'll be out of my budget.

[Anonymous No.3907325]

A Spartan store, a farmer's market, Kroger and Wally World.

[Anonymous No.3907323]

>>3907319
Go north of Denver to the suburbs instead. Same price, less crazies, ~15 min away from the city.

[Anonymous No.3907329]

>>3907325
I hate Wally World but it really is the best place for toiletries.

[Anonymous No.3907330]

>>3907323
any other cities you can recommend in particular that could be in the 600$/mo (appartment) range? and is aurora awful to live in? my friend in denver says to fuck off aurora and that i'd be better off living in alabama... no idea why he said that

[Anonymous No.3907332]

>>3907302
>Indian grocer
Who do you use? I've been unable to find an Indian grocer I like.

[Anonymous No.3907335]

>>3907330
Aurora = minorities. Anything north of Denver is A-OK.

[Anonymous No.3907337]

>>3907335
To elaborate, all of the legit "hard" niggers (crips) I've been to jail with were from Aurora. And the asians, the fucking asians.

[Anonymous No.3907341]

>>3907319
Depends on what you expect. If you want "eclectic," the town of Manitou Springs is just next door and they have actual dirty hippies that form drum circles in public parks. If you're coming here for school (UCCS or Colorado College), you'd probably be pretty happy here.

Honestly, Colorado Springs has reputation for being ridiculously conservative and Christian, but you can live here and never notice, especially if you're going to school and spend time on the UCCS or CC campuses. These days there are more MMJ dispensaries than churches.

>>3907332
I used to go more often, but 'Sai Mart' closed up (the dude who ran that place was cool), since then I've been going to the one on Flintridge and Academy (Taste of India I think it's called?), it's okay for buying spices and lentils, but they don't have much in the way of produce.

For whatever reason I've never gone into India Bazaar on Austin Bluffs, but I've heard it's about the same.

[Anonymous No.3907355]

>>3907341
Okay then. That's fine anyway because the Asian Pacific Market has every fresh vegetable (with the exception of Kashmiri Chiles) I've ever seen mentioned in an Indian cookbook.

[Anonymous No.3907369]

>>3907335
>>3907337
ah okay, thanks for sharing. i'm actually asian myself, but i don't mind minorities... as long as it's not fucking ghetto there like Oakland or something. so, aurora is like the oakland of colorado?

>>3907341
my significant other and i aren't hippies/hipsters and we don't socialize a lot (introverts). what i meant by eclectic was just being around a place that had a lot of events going on and such that we can check out.

i'll look into manitou springs. thanks again for the very helpful info!

[Anonymous No.3907372]

>>3907369
>aurora is like the oakland of colorado?
Exactly.

[zorz!!metal4ever No.3907388]

Fred Meyer, bitches.

[zorz !!y63BK8En160 No.3907391]

FUCK.

[Anonymous No.3907393]

>>3907388
>metal4ever

Your neckbeard is showing.

[Anonymous No.3907568]

I guess there's no Southern fu/ck/ers in this thread? I shop at Publix.

[Anonymous No.3907580]

>>3907568
I used to shop there when I lived in Florida; it was glorious. Now that I'm in Virginia I'm stuck with Food Lion (not very nice but cheap) and Farm Fresh (nicer but overpriced). I end up just buying most things from Trader Joe's and Costco.

[Anonymous No.3907585]

Trader Joe's

Hy-Vee

Price Chopper

In that order

[Anonymous No.3907588]

>>3907187
It was this until today
Grand opening of WinCo
Shit was intense
isles were 100% packed no room to spare
Also prices are great and that have an insane selection

[Anonymous No.3907590]

>>3907588
Oh and Im pretty cheap but not cheap enough to make the brave adventure into a Food City
Its common saying around
"if you are within 2 miles of a food city you are in the ghetto"

[Anonymous No.3907595]

>>3907212


I lol'd

It's funny because it's true

[Anonymous No.3907607]

>>3907595
Yea I mean food city is mexican market here
They have 7lbs of tomatoes for 99c
they have 10lb bags of potatoes for 68c
5 avocados for 1$
bone in chicken is 58c per lb
insane price but its dirty like really dirty in there
They roast hatch chiles outside everyday which is nice I guess

[Anonymous No.3907637]

I do most of my shopping at Costco.

Even though I live alone, I still manage it pretty well. I get some loss but I eat a lot of veggies this way. Only issue really is freezer space.

I buy small things at other grocery stores like Safeway or Save on

[Anonymous No.3907639]

What? This is like $1 every time you fill up. Not even worth the effort.

[Anonymous No.3907797]

Trader Joe's

Work there so figure i should shop there with the discount.

[Anonymous No.3907820]

Pro's Ranch Market (super Mexican market) is where I do most of my unbranded shopping. I can get pasta that serves four for $0.25, 24 handmade tortillas for $2.50, and fresh produce at good prices. Sometimes they'll have 10 pounds of potatoes for $1.00.

I'll go to Albertsons when they have sales.

Walmart for all my branded food and bananas. Those bananas are damn delicious.

CVS actually has pretty good sales once in a while. For the past month they've had gallons of milk for $1.99.

[Anonymous No.3907869]

> not going to Fred Meyer for everything

[Anonymous No.3907879]

>>3907869
I miss Washington.

[Anonymous No.3907959]

waitrose or tesco, simply because they're nearest to me

[Anonymous No.3908159]

I live out in the boonies. Our town has Wal-Mart(s) or Winn-Dixie. They both suck, the winn-dixie doesn't even have shallots,veal, lamb, or chorizo. I wish there was a foreign market of ANY sort out here.

[Anonymous No.3908173]

Houstonfag here. I used to go to Walmart but I made a conscience effort to shop elsewhere so I go to H-E-B or Krogers. More the former than the latter. H-E-B just opened a store nearby, they have everything I need plus fresh squeezed juices, fresh meat/seafood/cheese, great selection of wine/beer. I think it's a little more expensive but I'd rather support anyone else but Walmart.

[Anonymous No.3908195]

Shoprite: flour (10lbs for $3,99), pasta (when on sale), coffee, Hunt's plum tomatoes.
Acme: meat on Favourite 4.
Save-a-Lot: loose collards, onions, Hillshire or Johnsonville kielbasa (forgot which it is), milk, Kraft singles, frozen chicken pot pie, Claussen pickles.
Halal grocery: loose collards, baharat, ras el hanout, spices, lamb, goat, yogurt, French imports, chickpea flour.
Korean grocery: fresh herbs, fish, dwenjang, kochujang, kochugaru, pickled mustards, green onions, some produce.
African/Vietnamese grocery (it's a combined one, owned by Vietnamese but catering mostly to Africans and everyone speaks French): smoked turkey, fresh shiitake, Lobo, shittor/shitor din/shito, crabs and lobsters, basil, sesame oil, store-made tofu, pumpkin, goat, rice.
Chinese/Vietnamese grocery: some produce, chickens, chilies, bamboo, ground pork, pork belly, live fish, rice vinegar (not rice wine vinegar), brined ginger, pickled chilies, duck, rice.
Vietnamese/Khmer/Lao grocery: gulaman, some produce, fish balls, store-made prahok, store-made fresh noodles, jeow bong, rice.
Aldi: carrots, asparagus, some meat, milk, cheese, eggs, instant coffee, cereal, sugar, butter.
Peranakan grocery: most of my produce, fish sauce, soy sauce, oyster sauce, Lobo, dry noodles, octopus, dried mushrooms, dried seaweed, dried fish, dried shrimps, rice vinegar, rice.
South Asian/desi/Pakistani grocery: chickpea flour, English imports (particularly bouillon cubes), spices, beans, pulses, legumes.
Italian Market: some groceries.
The corner store: potatoes, cucumbers.

[Anonymous No.3908210]

>>3907185
> 2012
> not growing at least half of your vegs.

enjoy your subpar flavor, plebs

For shit like oil etc go to costco with a friends card. Get everythin else from ethnic stores, they kmow their shit. Whole foods is insulting. Thry get some shit right but fuck up anything ethnic.

[Anonymous No.3908211]

Wholesale club, which is owned by Loblaws. I work there too, need to save every bit I can with 10% off groceries.

[Anonymous No.3908264]

:3

[Anonymous No.3908277]

Walmart.

wat

[Anonymous No.3908282]

Ica, sweden

[Anonymous No.3908309]

>>3907568
>>3907580


Flfag here, Publix is nice man. They are starting to remodel all the Winn-Dixies here to look just like them. Albertsons was also bought out and on their way to closing.

Publix doesnt pay half bad either. 8 bucks an hour packing groceries is better than min wage.

[Anonymous No.3908327]

Love it here. Lots of cheap, great shit.

[Anonymous No.3908331]

HEB at Texas.

[Anonymous No.3908335]

I usually go to LIDL for most stuff or to a small grocery shop for fruit and vegetables.

[Anonymous No.3908340]

>>3908282
This.

Ica Maxi is da shiat.

[Anonymous No.3908350]

>>3908331
Fuck yes, i love shopping at HEB.

[Anonymous No.3908351]

I really do hate all of you. I live in a shitty town where walmart is the only option

[Anonymous No.3908364]

Stop & Shop and Trader Joe's.

I'm intimidated by Whole Foods and I've only been in a couple times. I bought a pack of full-leaf tea and a delicious pre-made tuna sandwich.

[Anonymous No.3908365]

>>3908351
Have you had sex with farm animals?

[Anonymous No.3908370]

>>3908365
Yeah all the fucking time bro

[Anonymous No.3908480]

>>3908351

Likewise, closest Whole Foods and Trader Joes are both 60 miles away. On the most boring, slow, drive.

[Anonymous No.3908521]

Walmart, Superstore, and Sobey's is our every week thing

Save on foods and safeway are our once a month

and the occasional Cosco and Grocery People depending on how much sugar we want to down that weekend when we have guests over

[Anonymous No.3908545]

wal mart and kroger

[Anonymous No.3908676]

Lucky's, Safeway, a little asian market in-town. Every once in a while either Whole Foods or a place called Oliver's.

[Anonymous No.3908731]

Trader Joe's and Vons (I know, I know...)

[Anonymous No.3908781]

here or consum

[Anonymous No.3908786]

>>3907568
That's a neat logo.

Picture related for me unfortunately. I wish there was more of a choice in the UK, although I'm yet to check out the Polish shop in my town.

[Anonymous No.3908807]

>>3907568
Hell yeah Publix!
I was just there yesterday. I didn't realize how good we FL folk had it until I was in California and had to visit a Von's.

[Anonymous No.3908829]

>>3908807
Fuck yeah, Publix for lyfe. Moving to Cali from Tally in less than a year, what exactly the fuck is a Von's?

[Sceak !!LciZj2frsW6 No.3908842]

I live within walking distance of three provincial grocery stores (Provigo, IGA, Metro) and several other independent stores (Intermarché Quatre Frères, Marché Lobo, Marché Eden) and even several others I've not been to (Hispanic grocery, Kosher grocery, another fruit market).

Not to mention that I live a RPG shot away from Chinatown where I can find more cheap produce.

There's also Pharmaprix that's a lot like a general store here, they often have nice specials.

I can't say I go to one store anymore. They all have their peaks and downfalls but still, overall, I think IGA takes the lead for their good balance of fair prices on all product lines (produce/dairy and meat/non-perishable).

[Anonymous No.3908845]

>>3908842
> IGA
Do not want.

That said, where do you reside, friend?

[Anonymous No.3908848]

>>3908829

interesting, first time I've seen someone in Tally on /ck/. cheers.

[Anonymous No.3908864]

>>3908829
Freddie?

[Anonymous No.3908868]

Oh Tesco, saviour of the poor student.

So cheap, yet not so scummy and shite that it's chav tier (cough, Asda)

Decent food if you want to pay slightly more, but without milking it and charging alot more (I'm looking at you Sainsburys).

[Anonymous No.3908879]

Mexican grocery store down the street for produce and spices, Kroger for meat and other items.

>mfw captcha was sooooo close

[Anonymous No.3908909]

>>3908868
There's a small local Sainsburys near me and it's so damn expensive. Usually a third more expensive than Tesco for branded products. Their own brand products are fantastic quality though, their Basics-range peanut butter and milkshake in particular.

[Anonymous No.3908917]

>shopping at Whole Foods

Can you pick up a keffiyeh and some free trade Skrillex glasses on your way through checkout?

[Anonymous No.3908940]

>>3908864
No, not Freddie.

[AtG !r1hVsdq30I No.3909029]

Fresh & Easy
Wal-Mart
Fry's
Costco
Sam's Club
SOMETIMES Bashas' (but they're usually overpriced)

Arizona lyfe

[Anonymous No.3910006]

At school:
Ralph's for impressive discounts with the free card
Campus stores for quick fix during class
Walgreen's for cheap stuff that's not too far (frozen dinners when I don't have anything, candy, milk if I run out)
The fruity upscale grocery store at the fruity upscale mall on Santa Monica when I need GOREMAY.

At home:
post commissary because food tastes best when bought under a command economy.
Commissary pricing is strange though. For those that don't know, it's set by military regulation and they have no obligation to make a profit. So for instance, they can't mark things up beyond a certain amount that they paid for it. Bulk items end up being cheaper than buying single items sometimes. Cereal in particular is ridicucheap. At least 50% off what I find in Ralph's.

[Anonymous No.3910008]

I buy my dry goods and canned stuff and whatnot at an HEB or Kroger, I'll get meats and produce there if it is on sale. I buy most of my meat and produce from a small mexican grocer deeeeep in the barrio. For whatever reason the meat and produce is cheap there. Skirt steak is like $5 a pound, avocados are 4 for $1, you can get 15 limes for $1 and stuff. It's about a 15 min drive but well worth it if I'm loading up on meat and veggies.

[Anonymous No.3910011]

Woodman's. It's got a great selection in all departments, especially the liquor store. The only place where I can get ground bison breakfast sausage and obscure imported beer all in one stop.

[Anonymous No.3910024]

FUCK WHOLEFOODS

[Anonymous No.3910088]

>>3910024
>2012
>forcing your values on other people

Grow up.

[Anonymous No.3910158]

>>3910006
I used to love Ralph's when they had double coupons. Those were the days.

[Anonymous No.3910177]

From Ann Arbor. Usually go to whole foods or Meijer. Once in a while i'll go to trader joes or Target. Farmers markets or food co-ops are golden though.

[Anonymous No.3910179]

Walmart for paper goods, other things when they have a sale.
HEB/HEB plus for canned goods, meat, etc.
Farmers market that runs twice a week for produce, soap, jams/jellies, eggs, honey, and sometimes meat.
Market Basket for meats or whatever if I'm in a hurry....they're expensive so I try to avoid them.

[Anonymous No.3910181]

>>3910177
I am also a annarborfag.

Are you a university student?

Well regardless, >going to whole foods. Horrifying. Hipsters ruin everything. They can't even get ethnic cooking right. I suppose the quality of some of their ingredients is better, but come on. Grow your own vegetables. Forage, hunt your own game.

Go to the ethnic stores.

You'll thank me.

[Anonymous No.3910184]

>>3910177
oh yes farmers markets are nice

[Anonymous No.3910187]

>>3910181
They don't have the nickname "Whole Paycheck" for nothing.

[Anonymous No.3910189]

>>3910179
Where do you live anon? I used to work at a Market Basket in highschool. Golden Triangle represent. Market Basket is expensive but I'd always go there for meat, probably the best butchers in the area, at least where I was at.

[Anonymous No.3910197]

>>3910181
I do not go to U of M, I actually go to Schoolcraft for culinary. Also, I don't shop at Wholefoods for ethnic foods, I shop there mainly for organic, non-gmo, vegan foods. I know, I know...gay.

[Anonymous No.3910718]

>>3910189
I live in the Golden Triangle. Market Basket does have good meats. I love it when they have a sale.