Adventures in Grocery Shopping

Getting groceries at a new store is always a bit of an adventure. We have a huge grocery store nearby, which carries plenty of familiar, international brands. The biggest struggle there is, well, finding what you are looking for. On my last trip, I took a few pictures to demonstrate.

Suppose you were looking for cough drops. You would, naturally, start in the candy aisle, right?

Perhaps you wanted sugar-free cough drops? Oh, those are next to the chocolate.

And avocados? You'll find those by the mangos, guava, and pomegranates. But I'm sure you knew that.

How about broccoli? In a bin by the watermelon and cantaloupe, of course!

The other difference in buying groceries here is, of course, the lack of pork. Our nearest store doesn't have a pork room. But we went across town to another store. I took a few pictures in the pork room, just to point out the things you probably wouldn't expect.

I'm sure you were expecting the chicharron (pork rinds). But why are the Pop Tarts in here? And why just cherry, strawberry, and hot fudge sundae? You can find other flavors in the ordinary part of the store.

Now here, you'll see more of the canned products you would expect - Spam, Bacon Bits, tinned sausages, pork & beans, refried beans. But also, canned spaghetti?