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Grocery shop once every 2 weeks. Drive car to Aldis.
Use cart once a week to shop CVS or Walgreen and pick up anything on sale cheaper at Winn Dixie or Publix. Shop at Costco once every 3 months, drive car there. Storage no problem using pantry. Paper products stored on shelf in Garage. |
I know people or going to hate what I about to say.
When I was single and lived in Manhattan I would eat out 80% of the time. Now I'm married and my wife is in a wheelchair so we very rarely go out. What I discovered is I totally trust the food I'm eating and I'm never disappointed. I don't have to drive, don't have to get dressed and it's a hell of a lot less expensive. Today with the internet even if you have never held a pan in your hand you can be a chef over night. There are millions of recipes just a touch away. the only thing you need is a love for food. |
Groceries YES... Restaurants NO
We shop online for groceries every week or ten days—outside pickup at either Walmart or Publix. But we haven’t visited a restaurant in over a year.
We grocery-shop most frequently at Walmart because their outside pickup prices are the same as in-store. We limit our Publix shopping to items only available there because their curbside pickup or delivery prices are quite punitive—as much as 25% higher than in-store. Even though we’ve gotten two Pfizer shots, we’ve decided to steer clear of inside dining until 75-80% of the U.S. population has been immunized, plus gaining the assurance that new COVID variants haven’t popped up. |
We go about once a week. I freeze meat and usually have several meals worth in the freezer. Meat is expensive in Florida as is seafood, at least as compared to our former home in Pennsylvania. We have also noticed that fruit is of lesser quality here, but it could just be us. Lately I have not seen any shortage of paper products. We generally go to Walmart for paper products and publix for groceries. We use both the golf cart and the car as it is easier to get to the "big" publix by car. We have one of those golf cart shopping bags which is large enough to hold all of our groceries. We are fortunate that we have 5 grocery stores which are easily golf cart accessible near us ( two Publix, a Winn Dixie, Walmart and Aldi).
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You are right about the Compari Tomatoes, they are sure the best, have been buying them for years. Sam's has the best price unless Publix or Winn Dixie have the buy one get one, then they are close. |
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I am alone but eat out quite a bit with friends..have favorite foods at many restaurants .. a lot of variety..cook at home .. favorite places are Fresh Market, The Lighthouse Fish Market and Publix.. go by cart whenever possible.. that’s why I choose to live fairly close to Southern Trace
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I appreciate all of the responses very much. It sounds as though there is a nice variety of stores to shop at, as well as, a decent variety of restaurant options. I like the idea of being within walking distance of stores, restaurants and entertainment. It would be fun to walk to a restaurant for a nice meal and drinks after spending the day golfing, going to clubs and rec centers.
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I shop in several places usually twice a week: most of time via car: Winn Dixie nearby for my prescriptions & some other things, Target on occasion for some things (I look at Sunday ads), WalMart maybe every other month for canned goods or cleaning supplies, maybe Whole Foods in the Fall for apples, Farmers Market at Brownwood for produce maybe once a month. We spend $100 a week because prices are so much higher here than in Upstate NY where Wegman’s has great selection & pretty decent prices. I go to Sam’s Club once a month for sparkling water & napkins, laundry soap etc. Shopped at BJ’s up north for paper stuff, spaghetti fixings, etc.
I don’t shop in Publix because their prices are ridiculous. Best advice is to check some of these places out to assess for yourself. It might give you a better idea of the sticker shock you very well will notice here. We go out to breakfast every 2 weeks, out for pizza once a month, order Chinese take out once a month, maybe out to dinner every couple months prior to Covid. I cook dinner at home most nights. |
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We are about a half mile from our neighborhood pool and mail box and people are very surprised we walk there. |
Groceries once a week by golf cart, but would use car if I had been able to cross the border with it this year. I find it so precarious to have groceries stay put in cart though. I end up driving back home at the slowest speed you can imagine and such careful turning of corners! HAHA I finally figured a bungie cord scenario that may prevent bags from flying off. Haven't eaten out in SOOOOOOO LONG! I'm a homebody and prefer eating at home Covid or not.
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The favorite saying when I moved to TV was if you wanted to hide something put it in the oven.
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Campari tomatoes are trendy but not all that good for eating. They make good sauce but that would be cost-prohibitive at $3/pound.
If you're looking for good slicing tomatoes, I was happily surprised to find them at Walmart. They come 2 or 3 to a pack. Thin-skinned and very juicy. Warning - they ripen very quickly so use them up or they'll get moldy before the week is out. |
We have plenty of room for storage but I guess it depends on how much paper goods you keep.
We do our main grocery shopping 2x/mo by car & pickup odd items 1x/wk by golf cart. We live about 5 miles from the grocery store we use. We mostly eat at home, always have. Healthier food & prepared the way we like it. Now that we have both of our vaccine shots we will probably dine out about 1x/wk. Before the shots we only did occasional takeout. |
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We have eaten our 4-6 times per week always inside since restaurants opened at 25% capacity. One of our favorite restaurants has a sign on the door to the effect that we don’t wear masks and don’t expect you to either. They even have a salad bar! Expecting significant negative feedback from the paranoid sheeple on this revelation but I won’t reveal the restaurant. Many restaurants outside TV and Orlando have relaxed rules on masks.
Really enjoying the availability of tables at many restaurants since many are avoiding eating inside and sincerely hope the restaurants are getting enough business to survive. Grocery shopping is on an as needed basis 1-2 times a week. We avoid Publix due to their high prices. |
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