Usually, once a week I go to both Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s. I like to buy produce, cheese, condiments, and canned goods from Whole Foods. I could buy most of that stuff at Trader Joe’s but I prefer the options at Whole Foods. Also, Trader Joe’s does not have the big salad mix boxes. It’s like $5 at Whole Foods. I like the 50/50 mix. If that’s out, then my second choice is Spring Mix. This mix will last me four or five days. I make big salads for lunch every day. No joke. Every day at work for the past year I ate a salad. I’ll have to provide a breakdown of ingredients that go into the salad. That’ll be another blog post.
I like Trader Joe’s for the wine selection, bread, random frozen specialty food, and a few other items I can’t think of. The wine selection is the absolute best. You can find wines from all over the world at affordable prices. I buy French and Italian wine there all the time. Good bottles for under $10. I also started dabbling in the Champagne/Prosecco area too but I’ll write about that in a different blog post. Though if I write too much about food then people may think I am a food blogger.
Anyway, I don’t know other people’s grocery store habits but I wouldn’t mind reading about them. Last thing and this is a must. An absolute must. I ALWAYS bring my own bags. Toujours. I will never use a plastic bag at the grocery store. If I forget my bags and they do not have brown paper bags, then I say “No bags please” and I put all the items back in the cart after they scan them. Pretty serious stuff.