An ode to the Grocery store….

I guess this is more of a love letter/rant than an ode, it’s not lyrical.

I’m a bit of a grocery nut, Okay…I’m a lot of a grocery nut.

I might even a bit of a grocery store snob.

I know what I like.

I like grocery stores with bin areas, large produce sections, stores that sell lamb and other specialty meats.

I love sausage that was made at the store where I bought it.  

I like to buy granola cereal in the bulk section, I like to buy as much or as little coconut flour as my recipe calls for and no more.  I love to buy yogurt covered pretzels by the scoopful.

Okay, many, many scoopfuls. 

I like the little pretzels with peanut butter in the center.

Who thought up pretzels with peanut butter in them?

It’s pure GENIUS!

I love grocery stores like Central Market,  Sprouts and Whole Foods.

I drive  two, sometimes three cities away from my home to go to these stores.

I live five minutes from a Wal-Mart Super Center and a Super Target, yet I drive. I live less than 10 minutes from a Kroger and a Tom Thumb, yet I drive. 

Not for everything, I do shop at my local stores, but

once a week I travel to a specialty store

I’d love to appeal to one of these chains to build near me, I’m just not sure how.   I live in a thriving suburban area. I live near a new-ish outdoor mall. 

There’s open space near our mall **HINT HINT**

In a world full of Super Centers, I cry out for a grocery store. 

Somewhere (near me) that does not offer oil changes or eye glasses.  Somewhere (near me) that does not have a bank or a pharmacy. 

Somewhere that offers food and not much else.  

 

Somewhere with knowledgeable staff, not  morose teenagers. 

  I’ll feel better once I eat a yogurt pretzel or five.

 

Yeah, probably five.

 

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