Favorite part of grocery shopping

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I am always amazed by the bountifulness of grocery stores/supermarkets. You go in there and they have just about anything you could think of as something you'd like to eat. I suppose shopping is a bit of a chore but the sheer abundance is actually energizing and satisfying to me. For instance, I love yogurt and there are so many styles and flavors to choose from. Same with cheese, and I don't even consider the super fancy cheeses.

I guess it might be less of a chore for me than for most people to go to the store because I order the bulk of my groceries for home delivery and I only go to the store when I'm craving a particular treat.

Do you enjoy grocery shopping? What are your favorite items to buy?

I like grocery shopping, yes. I buy myself way too many treats however, and continue to be overweight.

I'm not sure how I would get by without looking forward to restocking my cupboards and fridge with shopping goodies.

I quite like the little zappertrons you get now so you can scan your shopping on the way and make a quick exit.

Otherwise it's earphones on, head down and get it down as quick as possible. Actually I quite often have it delivered now because I really don't enjoy it

Grocery shopping is frustrating and depressing. Everything is insanely overpriced. And there are just too many choices. And I can't stand in one spot for more than a few seconds to make up my mind before other people get in the way. And they put the bread on one side of the store and the milk and eggs on the other side on purpose because they know those are the three items people go to the store to get the most and they want you to walk through the store to impulse buy things you don't need. You could be buying food that has E. Coli or listeria in it and not know it. I have to estimate out how long the food is going to last through the week and thanks to my dyscalculia I never know how much exactly it's going to cost. And I have to get up earlier, especially this time of year, because only my mom drives me to the store and back and we have to be done before it gets dark because her night vision is poor. Of course, the taxis are horrible. When you call them on the phone they're very rude, and making you wait for a half hour or more while it's raining, freezing and pitch dark outside. Of course they're even worse during the holidays. I have to pay them to take me home, they're not doing me any favors.

But at least it's not as bad as clothes shopping. Just the thought of having to try on the clothes to make sure they fit and see how they look makes my skin crawl.

Grocery shopping I have more problems with than nearly any other kind of shopping.
I like the limited range of ALDI and the way the stores only come in a right and left handed version, as opposed to the random nature of the other big chains.
It always takes me more than twice as long to find anything in those stores and then I'm left with a bewildering array of choices. Thanks for the government mandated unit pricing info.
The other chains also seem much more prone to shrinkflation.