Your dream grocery store...

Sometimes I am so fed up with grocery stores.
In my dream grocery store:

-EVERYTHING would be packaged single-serving style
-nothing full fat could make it through the doors
-the bakery inside would bake low-cal versions of their cookies and muffins
-the deli inside would not slather their broccoli in oil and cheese
-we could jog whilst shopping and not be treated weirdly
-caloric values are posted for fresh fruits and veggies
-tempting danger foods are not in stock, EVER

Add some more! =D

-the checker knows what they are doing
-the other shoppers in the store use proper shopping etiquette

Original Post by jewelsmcblah:

-the checker knows what they are doing
-the other shoppers in the store use proper shopping etiquette

 I second those.
Especially the second one.  I cannot stand how some people act in the grocery store.  More than once, I have come narrowly close to losing my life in a tragic grocery cart accident due to people swerving around corners quickly.

- All nutritional guides on food would be accurate 5 of the same TV dinner might say 229, 247, 251, 262 and 271 depending on exact contents.  

- Nutritional guides are printed in large pring and directly under the brand name (no flipping packages repeatedly)

- Items are shelved by product in caloric order by mutual serving size.

- the healthiest foods are the cheapest

- processed foods sections are the ones spread all over the store

- There are always decent and affordable fresh fruits and veggies.

- The frozen foods/deli sections are not so cold that I ache.

- There are healthy versions of yummy things in the prepared foods section.

Original Post by sun123:


- the healthiest foods are the cheapest

Of course!!! Fruits and veggies would be pounds for a dollar....not one apple for a dollar! Milk wouldn't be as expensive as gas, either : \

 

Yay!!!!!!!!

This is so great XD

In mine, there would be a WHOLE AISLE devoted to Options hot chocolate ;)

and then low fat cheese (all varieties) and WW yoghurt :D mmm...

Have overhead signs listing the importance of healthy eating in evert aisle.

Restricted from selling anything that's considered "junk" food.

Have a real salad bar in the produce section.

Only sell low fat/ low sugar/low cal/ low sodium/ high fibre food. ( haha this is so impossible.)

- All the produce would be local.  Hell, all of it would be local, 'cause there wouldn't be a bunch of processed crap.

- And a coffee shop right when you walk in the door.

- The book section would have more options than just the regular crappy Danielle Steele paperbacks.  If I wanted to grab a Vonnegut paperback with the rest of my groceries, it would be available.

- Those automatic wheelchair carts would be reserved for people who actually need them, who aren't just lazy.  And blocking the aisle would be punishable by fresh produce firing squad.  (Think Fozzie Bear and tomatoes.)

Hell, I'd be happy if everyone who tried to use the U-Scans were actually capable of following both simple visual and auditory instructions.

Oh, and I'd like my Kroger to have the same awesome wine selection that the Kroger has in the rich part of town.

My dream store would not move everything 5 feet to the left the second I leave so the next time I go I am completely lost.

They would have to send written notice for every item they will not carry anymore before removing from shelf.

All kids tethered securely to their parents cart, yes even if you think they're cute running around like little savages, please know they're really just annoying.

Ancient men would not block the aisle looking like they just wandered off the reservation and landed in a grocery store for the first time.

Jerks would not tie up the deli line bitchin' a blue streak because their order is a smidgen over the requested weight....move it buddy or I'll show you 2/3 of a pound of my boot up your butt.

 

 

Just heard this one on the radio talking how they used to have pay scales to weigh yourself in grocery stores --

The rubber mat you step on to open the automatic doors (although now many use that beam of light above the door) would also provide a weight like a step on scale.

Yikes- for everyone else behind you to see, rethinking THAT one!

not one apple for a dollar!

I have to pay $5 for two apples and $18 for a very, very small watermelon (about the size of two cantalopes)

Love these!!

"servings" would actually be what a normal person would eat.  Enough of the "Serving size: .02 ounces, Number of servings: 162 Just so we can keep down the calorie count"!

There would be NO cookie isle to tempt you on a weak day....

And only 100 calorie packs in the checkout candy section. 

Ooh, has anyone else ever noticed that the bagged candy and junky toys are right across the aisle from the breakfast cereal?  NO MORE OF THAT!   It's torture for parents of small children!

And while we're at it, no toys in the grocery store at all.  They merely induce temper tantrums and family struggles.  Who really needs to buy toys at the grocery store anyway?

How about fresh or dried fruit at the checkout counter?  I'd buy that for my kids as we checked out.

Everything would be in bulk - nothing in packages.  Packaging is too wasteful and terrible for the environment, and it doesn't allow you to see the product, and buying in bulk allows you to get the exact amount you want. I espcially hate the colored packaging such as putting tomatoes in those red bags to make them look bright red - then you get them out of the bag and they are really a sickly underripe orange color.

NO junk food! 

I love these xD

There would be nutrition info for ALL the prepared foods so if I want to pick up lunch to go, I don't have to worry about guessing at the calories.

They would bring back the scales to weigh produce.  Why would you sell apples $2.99/lb, and then leave me no way to figure out how much a pound is?  Do I look psychic?  Do I look like I carry a scale on me? Grr...

BTW, bagga, you totally had me cracking up! Lol! :-)  And I strongly agree with the written notice about everything that gets discontinued/is no longer carried.  My grocery store stopped carrying my deodorant and I was wrecked for like a week (til I found it at Target!). :-)

I work for a Kroger so let me give you an ear full!

I would get rid of the self serve salad bar and replace it with one that a employee serves you. I have seen grownups reach in with their hands and eat out it. Their children have spit their gum into or sneezed and coughed.

I would design the store so the employees are stocking the items  in an asile that is behind the shelf rather than in front of it. I know that the store would have to be huge but this would also keep the stock rotated.

I would have people in the store to help the elderly shop as well as for those who need assistance.

I would have a station set up to find items by name,asile and department.

I would have customers pay for their food items before they feed the to their children or themselves. 

My dream grocery store would be a place where you would go in, hand in your list of things that you need to a happy employee so they can get them for you while; you take a seat in the pedicure chair to get your feet and hands serviced at the same time; but any additional facial waxing needed; followed by a temple massage.  By that time; your groceries would be already bagged and loaded in your cart for another person to load your car (since your nails still may be wet) then the cart would be returned to the line so you don't back into it while pulling out of your spot.

only one indulgent thing to be eaten would be in your bag; but all of your other stuff would be heathy, pre-packaged, trimmed for prep; and ready to be put away.

fage yogurt would be as cheap as yoplait on sale (20 for $5 bucks?!) nice. usually its $1.99 per container :(