How many shops do you visit to buy food?

I am surrounded by supermarkets. Within a 2 mile radius I have 5 choices. Within a 10 mile radius, I have 2 great health food markets. We also have a large supermarket in China Town, a Phillipino market, and an Indian market. For the meat eaters, there is a market that specializes in meat, and another that deals only with seafood. Then there is Farmers Market for fruits and vegetables. Most of what I want is from the health food store or the 5 markets nearby.

Hi friend, I have two mayor supermarkets at walking distance and two others not so big where I can also walk to get food. I usually go in my car though because I have shoulder problems and it hurts me to carry too much weight. I usually go to the same one, a big one, because I know there where everything is and I can get it easily. If I go there on Tuesday or Saturday, there´s also a farmer´s market nearby and I can buy fresh fruit and veggies at better prices than at the super. My supermarket is also on a mall so if I need other things, I can shop there too. Today I´ll take my mom to that super. She invited me for lunch there and I have to buy a book to paint for Vicente, my grandson. I owe him half of his birthday present and he doesn´t forget. Hug

Depending on what I am eating, I buy from various stalls. I may shop around few supermarkets if I am just browsing around and is not in need of the food I need to buy. If I need something urgently, I would go to the place I know for sure I can get the item at the cheapest.

I usually only shop at one grocerystore, with the cost of gas, I dont think it is wort it to drive here and there, unless there is a really great deal driving for.

there are one of supermarket and a food market in the walked places,on the weekend,we would like to the food market to buy fresh vegetable and fruit in here,though the places is a little dirty and sometimes the seller give us a uncorrect kilos.but the food is really good than supermarket. but one the working day, we prefer to buy food at supermarket which is nearby as it is more convenience.good luck and have a nice day.

I go to 1 of 2 supermarkets near wear i live. They all sell the same stuff and all about the same cost. If i was not working strange shifts i would go to all the small shops which is a lot nicer. My perents go to a butcher and he sell great meat and always has time for a chat. That what i miss about going to a supermarket because were one is in a rush.

We generally go to two shops but sometimes 3....I actually miss having a store nearby that I could walk to..Sometimes that would be so much easier..

I usually go to the grocery store that's down the street from my house. That's where I buy most of my food. I used to go to Whole Foods until they started being stupid about not supporting national health care. If you don't support that, you don't get my money. Now I go to Trader Joe's if I want to go to a health food store.

It depends what I need,and at what time of the day..there's a minimart in a garage within walking distance in my village,but it closes around 8pm(I work mostly evenings)..there's more of a selection in a neighbouring town a couple of minutes away which I'd usually cycle to,or if really lazy,or have a lot to carry,I'll bring the car..then there's 24 hour large supermarkets in the main county town 10 miles away,but I'd travel the same road there as my commute to work,so I'll do a late night shop maybe once a week after work,saving me part of the round trip the shopping trip would take going from home..so that's about 3 places I'd go sort of regularly,but of course there are others available around those,depending on the time of day..so long as I can walk,ride or drive there,there's no problem doing the shopping-if I was limited to public transport where I live,I'd be in trouble..there's maybe one bus out of here in the morning,and another back in the evening,so,maybe good if you had the day free to go out,but not so good to arrange around work or anything in the daytime!

I live in a coastal town too. And although there are two supermarkets, we tend to drive down to the nearest Tesco supermarket once a week which is about 20 minutes away, as there is more choice. If we ever got the stage that we couldn't drive anymore, we would manage with the local shops though. - Derek

For food shopping I usually go to nearby supermarket.I do so to avoid traffic jam. To buy other necessary things I go to distance markets. I usually go those places once or twice a month. I feel uneasy to go to market. In this regard my wife is expert. I think ladies are efficient in marketing.

Well,I live in the center of my town and all the shops and markets are at a walkable distance.So,I have the easiness to select every store for every needs.Some shops have all the items and they give things at cheaper rate and some stores have things of recent dates.Depending on the items,I choose the shops.Cheers!

Hello, This is a very god question that you have post, at first I thought it was just me, having to shop at a few markets to get all my food needs.To have to shop at a few supermarkets can be a pain at times, but the only thing that really matters to me is that me and my family gets all that we need to eat, so going to three markets to shop for our food is not that bad after all. Happy My Lotting!

For me I shop in the store that is have a cheaper amount of food so that I can budget more my money because in the crisis time I do that even if it is not near in my house.

I visit a lot of shops in the market to do weekly shopping. Basically, I will look for shops that sell good things. On average, I visit 5 shops. Other supermarket shopping, I do on weekday. That would include milk poweder, baby supplies and toiletries.

I have one supermarket that is 30 miles away, that I prefer, but only go there once a month. I go to the ones close to my home and buy their sale items, because the other things are just too high.

There are a lot of supermarkets in my area which are quite accessible... i don't have my own car so i take the jeep and that is okay... but when i need to buy a lot of groceries... i ask my father to drive me to the big supermarket... that way i won't have a hard time bringing the item to my apartment...

I live in downtown, so it is easy to buy food. We have 24 hour shops, several supermarkets a few blocks away, and for fresh vegetables, meat and fish, we have the markets. I usually visit the nearby on weekdays and for weekends, the one a bit far away, which has greater diversity and the food there are more fresh.

Hi maxima8! I mostly just visit one supermarket every week for my grocery shopping. It's pretty easy for me because it's on my way home from church and it's just right convenient. It's funny, in a way, because I always see other people in there I know from church, lol. I was talking to one of our deacons about this one time and he said it's our gathering place after church, lol. If I don't get a chance to go to church or if I don't have my checkbook with me, I just go to a supermarket closer to where I live the next day. The other one is about 10 miles north of here. Kathy.

Up until very recently, I did all of my grocery shopping exclusively at one store. However, last week I discovered the joy of Aldi's that is here in our town. It's been here for a while but I've never visited until last Sunday. Now, I am up to going to two grocery stores to get my grocery shopping done. I went to the store with a list and I bought as many of the things off of my list that I could at Aldi's and then I drove across the street to the Super Wal-Mart. I think that is going to be my style from here on out because I saved a ton of money.