Let's Get Aquainted Florida!

[Sassy]

Originally Posted by ruffryder_0187

Heyyy sunny FL peeps. what is your fav grocery store chain and why?

So I went to get groceries at Walmart when I first got here. Walmart is reasonable priced. Not sure they have all the fresh fruits although. I was so surprised at the price of oranges grown in FL and the quality! I'm guessing they ship most of them, make some money on that and keep the shitty ones here to sell expensive. haha.

So today, I try a local Publix. I loved their bakery, deli area. Their fruits were a bit more pricier but looked fresher. There fresh veggies looked very fresh and great priced so I stocked up! I get to the meat area and I was surprised to see that FL has it's own chicken fresh at 6.99 lb. wow! Then I saw 3 hamburger patties 80 lean for 4.00. I thought to myself wow I can get a double burger cooked at a fast food joint for 1.00. I passed up the chicken and ground beef. LOL

I shop at Publix 80 percent of the time. I shop CostCo for bulk purchases. And every so often I get dragged kicking and screaming to shop at WalMart. Publix produce is always nicer. Walmart is always cheaper on everything. In our area Publix runs a large wrap/advertisement in the Thursday paper listing the week's best sales/deals. And often that's how we shop for meats -- pick up good deals and make good use of our freezer.

If my hours weren't so weird I'd do more of my shopping for produce at locally owned shops and farmers markets. There are at least 2 in my area, plus plenty of small farmers rent booths at the local flea market on the weekends. You get some great deals on locally grown veggies that way. I bet if you pick up a newspaper early in the week (probably whatever day the Food section publishes) it'd have listings for those kinds of events.

Peace,
-S