ALDI. There are certain things I grab at Dollar Tree and a few things we have to throw on a Walmart or Kroger list since ALDI doesn’t have as big of a selection.
I usually shop at aldi, but if I can’t be awake during Aldi’s store hours sometimes I go to foodlion or Walmart(🥲)
I’m broke as shit and don’t wanna support companies that treat their employees like garbage, but sometimes my sleep disorder makes aldi a non-option, and foodlion is more expensive than aldi or Walmart
Sometimes I go to Hmart, my local asian grocer, or other regular grocery stores if I’m looking for something specific. The instacart app is super helpful for browsing what items different places carry
Mostly Kroger and Costco
At a local-ish chain called Tops, mostly. I live in Upstate New York if anyone wants to look them up. Pretty standard grocery with decent daily prices, and they still run weekly deals and coupons in the paper like most places used to do about 20 years ago. Even with my dietary restrictions, I can get most of my groceries there for a decent price.
Anything I don’t get there, I get at the other local brand called Wegmans. They are pricey, but have more specialty food, partnerships with local farms for really good seasonal produce, and some items that they have made for their own name-brand that are cheaper than the big name alternative.
I also make it a point to stop at farmers markets and the like throughout the year. Most of them have partnered with programs that allow you to use, and even double, your food stamps/EBT (I don’t use it but give rides to friends who do), and getting to connect with the local farmers is always nice.
Wegmans is awesome, their pharmacy is especially. Sometimes they drop things off the shelves I want and have to go to a different location for, but they are things I can stock up on if needed. I admit I haven’t really gone to Tops much, though the Millennium games in the same plaza is neat. Public Market is a treasure, especially for the EBT part. Lot of local produce for cheap and the selection of goods overall is impressive to someone who grew up with Walmart.
Their pharmacy has been hit and miss for me, and I ultimately had to stop going there because they allowed their pharmacists to refuse to fill a script if they had a “moral objection”. This resulted in my usual location having their pharmacist refuse to fill my HRT script. That was years ago though, so they may have changed that?
That is crazy! I live near RIT and the one on Calkins has been a champion fighting to make sure I had my ADHD meds every month when the shortage was really bad. Whole mess with the doctor, wrong script, them calling my doctor’s office over and over during the holiday season, and ultimately holding pills off to the side so they would have something to give me the next day. That location especially has been amazing. I can’t even imagine that location denying medication.
