by RosieGHM Jetpacker on July 10th, 2007

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When I go to the grocery store, I always begin shopping in the Produce section. Where do you always start, or does it vary from time to time?

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by loveshoes on July 10th, 2007
I always start at the beginning
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- So there is only one entrance? Thanks for your answer.
  
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  by RosieGHM Jetpacker on July 11th, 2007
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by Moongrim on August 8th, 2009
The entrance.
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- We're feeling frisky this morning aren't we m'dear? Thank you for your response Moongrim and Happy Sunday! :) ((hugs))
  
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  by RosieGHM Jetpacker on August 9th, 2009
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by kizzygirl on August 8th, 2009
dry goods first, then produce and dairy, and last is the frozen dept
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by xJellyRollx on August 8th, 2009
Frozen food (I like to get those curly fries things that you can heat up in the oven)
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or Candy!
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- Welcome to Answerbag JellyRoll. Thank you for your answer and Happy Sunday to you! If you start out with the frozen food might it not defrost before you leave the store or do you go in and out really fast? :)
  
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  by RosieGHM Jetpacker on August 9th, 2009
- I sprint, honey :D
  Thanks for the welcome! My god, some people on here are absolutely full of themselves.
  
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  by xJellyRollx on August 9th, 2009
- You're welcome m'dear. Happy Monday! So you sprint? Me? I meander, stroll, lollygag and love going to the market. I love to cook so that's why I look forward to it! You must be in really good shape if you sprint JR! :) I do hope you take time to read labels and I doubly hope you never eat anything with partially hydrogenated or hydrogenated oil as an ingredient! :)
  
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  by RosieGHM Jetpacker on August 10th, 2009
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by Merfish on August 8th, 2009
Pet food. That way the heavy cans and bags of litter can go on the bottom.
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- Thank you for your answer Merfish and Happy Sunday to you! :)
  
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  by RosieGHM Jetpacker on August 9th, 2009
- Happy Sunday Rosie
  
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  by Merfish on August 9th, 2009
- Thank you m'dear. Happy Monday! :)
  
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by -Icy- on August 8th, 2009
produce
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by scubaduba on July 10th, 2007
I start there too, but usually because it is the first thing you come to in most stores.
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- Absolutley correct. Points given.
  
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  by CrimsonPixel is glad to see Sweet Potato on July 10th, 2007
- Thanks, just seems logical to me to start at the beginning. Unless you're going in for one specific thing.
  
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  by scubaduba on July 10th, 2007
- OUr market has three entrances, each of which leads to a different section of the market..thus a choice has to be made. Thank you for your answer. :) Does your market only have one entrance?
  
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  by RosieGHM Jetpacker on July 11th, 2007
- Well, no. There are two entrances to the markets that I frequent actually. But because of the way the store is designed, the door I usually go in through is the one closest to the main avenue. So, by default I usually go in through those doors, which lead into the produce section. The other doors usually lead into the pharmacy or liquor section. But good question!
  
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  by CrimsonPixel is glad to see Sweet Potato on July 11th, 2007
- The only stores I may go to with more than one entrance are the "mega" stores like SuperTarget or Meijer. They have 2 entrances, but one is the grocery side and the other is the non-grocery side.
  
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by Sloth13 on August 8th, 2009
Often it's the meat section first. Whatever is on sale there will dictate what else I'll need to buy.
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- Good strategy. Thank you for your answer Sloth and Happy Sunday! :)
  
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by john pennington on August 8th, 2009
At Kroger stores, you actually have no choice.

They arrange the store where you have to pass the produce section, before anything else. they designed it that way for a reason.

Next, is the Deli Section. i guess they figure if you not on a diet and don't need produce for a salad, that you must be a bread eater. the Deli is loaded with tempting breads and rolls of all kinds. and, did i mention they also have doughnuts in the Deli? you know i will find a doughnut before anything else.
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- Aarrgghh! Donuts? Anything but donuts john..fried sweet grease! Thank you for your answer and Happy Sunday to you. I think most stores have Produce on the left-hand side...you could always work the store right-to-left! :)
  
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by Pecks bad boy on August 8th, 2009
Produce +4
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- In most stores Produce is on the left so I work the store left-to-right. Thank you for your answer m'dear and Happy Sunday to you! :)
  
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  by RosieGHM Jetpacker on August 9th, 2009
- Not here. On the right at my market.
  
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  by Pecks bad boy on August 9th, 2009
- Really? What store is that m'dear?
  
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  by RosieGHM Jetpacker on August 9th, 2009
- Zabars.Food Emporium too. NYC. I mostly go to small produce markets. NYC.
  
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  by Pecks bad boy on August 9th, 2009
- We go to a variety of markets and our produce market..Henry's.. is just a couple of miles away. Even they have Produce on the left side of the store. Happy Monday to you! :)
  
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by bk12321 on August 8th, 2009
i dont ever buy much at the grocery store, typically I walk to the back where the meats are, or the beer aisle lol. +3
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- You know what you want so that's what you focus on! Thank you for your answer and Happy Sunday! :)
  
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by DudeLer 2 on August 8th, 2009
milk and liquids, they go on the bottom of the cart. bread and produce last because they are soft.
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by Penny The Wise on July 11th, 2007
If I'm doing a list, I start from one end of the store, probably the farthest away from the checkout counter, and then work my way in. Then when I'm done, I can just head right to the checkout and be done with it.
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- Hi, Miss P...sounds like a good plan to me. Thanks for your answer. :)
  
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by Smart2 is back! Did you miss me? on July 11th, 2007
I start at the right side of the store which is almost always produce and work aisle by aisle. Even when I shop with a list, I do this because otherwise I might not get to see new items. Also the stores are usually laid out so that frozen and refrigerated items, milk, dairy, etc are at the end of the shopping excursion and therefore less likely to get warm while you are shopping and transporting them home.
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- Very logical...our Produce Section is at the left entrance..we also have a middle entrance and a right side entrance...decisions, decisions, decisions....thank you for your answer. :)
  
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by Zibbys Mind Is In the Gutter Today on July 11th, 2007
I start at the front of the store, by the entrance which happens to be the beauty supply part, then I work my way around to the actual groceries. I try to get in and get out in the least amount of time, conserving the most amount of money too.
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- Hi, Zibby...good for you. The faster you go the less you spend. Thanks for your answer. :)
  
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  by RosieGHM Jetpacker on July 11th, 2007
- Hey! Don't congratulate me too fast, I have to walk through several tempting departments and hardly ever leave without a little something!
  
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  by Zibbys Mind Is In the Gutter Today on July 11th, 2007
- May I ask what tempting departments? The bakery, perhaps? Or the Imported Foods aisle possibly? :)
  
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  by RosieGHM Jetpacker on July 12th, 2007
- More like cosmetics, and the arts and crafts departments. LOL Then yes, there's always the bakery and the children's dept.
  
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by Norman_Outside the lines on July 11th, 2007
being that I HATE shopping I am a direct shopper. I go directly to the Items I am shopping for and get out asap. (whenever possible)
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- Hi, Norman...I absolutely love going to the grocery store...if we were neighbors I would do your shopping for you, no charge! Thanks for your answer. :)
  
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  by RosieGHM Jetpacker on July 11th, 2007
- Ok rosie you have a deal! as soon as I sell my lot and my house Ill move next door to you and you can do my shopping for me . OK ?
  so what part of the world do you live in ?
  Is your neighboring house empty or do we have to knock someone off ? :)
  
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  by Norman_Outside the lines on July 11th, 2007
- You are so darn funny! We live in an apartment complex (there are currently vacant apartments) in Riverside, California...I generally go to the Ralph's within 1/2 mile and we also have a Winco which is great and a Trader Joe's which is phenomenal...the only shopping I truly love is food shopping or book shopping (you know, Barnes & Noble or Borders) and I love the environment of libraries. So yes...the offer has no expiration date! Again, No Charge to you! :)
  
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by Galeanda on July 10th, 2007
Both bigger stores we shop at has you start at the produce section, In fact in one you have to walk all the way past all the produce just to get to the checkout stands. They are way inside. I'm always surprised they aren't worried someone will run off with a dozen ears of corn LOL! Frozen food and milk are at the absolute opposite end and what we get last. Makes sense in case we get ice cream and milk and it's a long way home. But our little local store has you wlk past a wall of soda and bread first, then leads you to dairy. Produce is all along the back wall. Meat and ice cream are last here. It's interesting to think of the other stores I go in occasionally and they all start you out in the produce department. I wonder why? Could it be because they want to suck yoi in with great easy to do sale veggies and fruit, a lure to make you feel you are going to get good prices before they lure you deep inside where the higher prices lurk? LOL!
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- In our local market it depends upon which door you choose to go in...the left door leads you to Produce...the middle door leads you to paper products and the right door leads you to alcohol, bakery and then meats. Sometimes I try the middle or right door but then I always go to Produce...I don't know why...maybe subconsciously I'm trying to fill my basket with the healthiest foods first so there is less room for the other stuff. But I always end up with the ice cream/frozen foods last so nothing melts or defrosts. But the market is just 1/2 mile away so we're lucky. Thanks for your answer, galeanda! :)
  
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  by RosieGHM Jetpacker on July 11th, 2007
- I like your idea about filling up with the healthy.....but there is always the little kids seatroom for some ice cream:-)
  
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  by Galeanda on July 11th, 2007
- True...so true. :)
  
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by Meow Meow 1BadMutha TBMF on July 10th, 2007
I also start at the Produce section. I have tried to start at the other side but I always forget things shoppig that way. Insightful question, BTW.
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- We have three entrances, each to a different section of the market. I also have tried to start elsewhere, but it just doesn't seem right or comfortable! Thanks for your answer and the compliment! :)
  
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  by RosieGHM Jetpacker on July 11th, 2007
- You're welcome ; )
  
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by Ed the Jetpacking Headbanger on July 10th, 2007
I start there too, because it is right inside the entrance to the super market.
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- Only one entrance, Ed? Thanks for your answer. :)
  
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  by RosieGHM Jetpacker on July 11th, 2007
- Yes, and the only exit is past the cash registers.
  
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by Sheepingly needs no handy men only hugs on July 10th, 2007
It depends on the store and which door do i go through. Usuaall it's the frozen food section and then i go aisel by aisle seeing if anythign i want is in there.
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- You must shop really fast if you start with frozen foods...that is my last stop. Thanks for your answer. :)
  
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  by RosieGHM Jetpacker on July 11th, 2007
- no problem :D
  
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by Brian I on July 10th, 2007
I start at the first aisle and zig-zag up and down the aisles until I get to the end and I get really frustrated by people pushing their trolleys in the opposite direction to me. I really think that supermarkets should have strictly policed one-way systems.
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- It would be very helpful if the aisles weren't so darn narrow and if the shelves weren't so high as to obscure your view as to what/who is coming 'round the corner. Thanks for your answer BL! :)
  
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