Interesting. All the local shops here are far and away more expensive than the chains. I want to shop local, but everything looks to be 20-30% higher. I can’t justify it.
Do you have any local shops that cater to an immigrant community, such as Asian, Hispanic, African…? These tend to be so much cheaper than what I think of as “white people grocery stores” (Safeway, Albertsons, Publix, whatever is in your region). They might not have everything you’re looking for, but they’re fantastic sources for fresh food.
P.S.
To be clear, I don’t actually think that those big name stores cater exclusively to white people. I just go to a lot of Asian stores and I needed a way to easily communicate to my husband which kind of store I’m going to (he likes to ask for ice cream and frozen pizzas that they don’t have at the Asian stores), and that’s what evolved for us.
Interesting. All the local shops here are far and away more expensive than the chains. I want to shop local, but everything looks to be 20-30% higher. I can’t justify it.
Do you have any local shops that cater to an immigrant community, such as Asian, Hispanic, African…? These tend to be so much cheaper than what I think of as “white people grocery stores” (Safeway, Albertsons, Publix, whatever is in your region). They might not have everything you’re looking for, but they’re fantastic sources for fresh food.
P.S. To be clear, I don’t actually think that those big name stores cater exclusively to white people. I just go to a lot of Asian stores and I needed a way to easily communicate to my husband which kind of store I’m going to (he likes to ask for ice cream and frozen pizzas that they don’t have at the Asian stores), and that’s what evolved for us.