How do you go thru a store?

[dstarr Profile]

I have to admit that I am an every-aisle kind of shopper. It drives my DH nuts, but I often find unadvertised sale items that I have Qs for.

Today I started in frozen (the 'last' aisle at HT) to make sure I got the frozen veges. Then I worked 'backwards.' I used to do this all the time, as it puts produce and bread last, so they are on top of my cart -- not buried under everything getting squished.

When I had to start shopping with kids, I started with produce, bread and meat to make sure I got the bulk of my essentials done quickly in case of child meltdown. Since I do 1 major shop per week, it takes about an hour to go through the store, so starting with frozen may not be the best thing.

I like saving produce and bread till last so I can 'build' my cart and really stuff it (as I tend to fill my cart). How do you guys go about the store? How do you keep your stuff from getting squished when you have a kid occupying the seat?

Maybe I should grab one of the baskets and put produce and bread in it and just stick that underneath the cart (along with my 2 gallons of milk, 1 1/2 gallons of OJ, etc etc)...

[dan Profile]

I'm usually all over the place, because I'm typically not that organized. The good news is that I move pretty fast.

Aisle 1, Aisle 9, Frozen, Deli, Back to aisle 1, wait...forgot something on aisle 9. You get the idea.

I went to the store one day with a friend and her kids and quickly realized the value of Harris Teeter curb side shopping!

[chelseav Profile]

I love when I go to Lowes Foods or Harris Teeter, I make my list on their online store first, where you can make grocery lists. Then I print that out and it already has the aisle or section it's located. Knowing that I never know for sure if I will have to go with kids in tow or not, I make sure to do 85% of the work before I go to the store. I figure out my estimated total to stick to our budget, sometimes I go over during triples though.
I love it though, I'm usually in and out for a week's worth of groceries in about 45 minutes, unless I have something on the list I couldn't find online and have no idea where it would be, or if something on my list is out of stock and I need that particular item so I'm figuring out which other product there is cheapest, and I have to customer service for my rain check(s). With the kids, I'm in and out within 1 hr. 15mins. tops.
I love already having the aisles. What's funny, when I need to go to CVS or Walgreens, I feel more lost, b/c I have to go and figure out what aisle everything is on.

[craybon Profile YIM]

I'm usually all over the place

Aisle 1, Aisle 9, Frozen, Deli, Back to aisle 1, wait...forgot something on aisle 9.

That's Me !!!!

Glad the kids are grown Just do it with the grand kids once in a blue moon .

Chet

[dan Profile]

I make my list on their online store first, where you can make grocery lists. Then I print that out and it already has the aisle or section it's located.

How did I not know about this feature! Cool!