I lean toward the market feel. It's so much more welcoming and I feel more accomplished lol. The open air feels more inviting and just bustling in the throng of people is fun.

Supermarkets in Malawi ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ are relatively small. The staff is not that motivated which is understandable. It breaks my heart how they have to be so mechanical for hours.

Not to say vendors are free of worries and disadvantages though.

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[โ€“] 10 points 11 months ago

Local markets every day. I am fortunate enough to have been to several markets in Morocco and would shop there before any supermarket. Getting everything I want takes more time, and sometimes meant visiting more than one market. Worth it

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  • [โ€“] 10 points 11 months ago

    I'm not particularly enthusiastic about grocery shopping. I go to LIDL because it's the cheapest.

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 11 months ago

    The one that allows me to do the smallest possible human iteration.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    My twin works at a grocery store, so we shop there because employee discount.

    We sometimes go to farmers markets though for fresh produce or produce the grocery doesn't sell. Like winesap apples for canning apple butter.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I'm now imagining you going to the grocery store, pretending to be your twin, to get the employee discount. ๐Ÿ™ƒ

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 11 months ago

    Nope: I loathe every second of my shopping.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I buy stuff from all sorts of places. I'm pretty serious about food and cooking, and I run through a pretty wide variety of cultures and regional variation in making my food. So for me, this is how I buy:

    Fresh produce in season: street markets

    Fresh produce out of season (greenhouse grown or shipped in from another latitude): Whole Foods

    Mainstream American prepackaged foods: nearest big box corporate supermarket.

    Day to day meat, dairy, and seafood (chicken, beef, pork, shrimp): Whole Foods

    Specialty meat (aged stuff, unusual cuts): local specialty butcher, ethnic grocery stores

    Specialty seafood (live seafood, less common items): specialty seafood shop

    Fancy cheeses: cheese store in my neighborhood, occasionally Whole Foods

    Various ethnic specialities (Kim chi, tortillas, paneer, certain types of Chinese/Korean/Vietnamese vegetables, Mexican/Indian spices) that are perishable: ethnic grocery stores

    Unusual or imported prepackaged or shelf stable foods/spices: ethnic grocery stores, Amazon, other online stores depending on the item.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 11 months ago

    Local supermarkets, local brands. I would like to buy more directly from the source, though.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 11 months ago

    Don't have any local markets. In the south you can pick up some groceries straight from the farmer but I live too far north for farming.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

    What all Produce and other wares are in that image?

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Would love to know, too. To my European eyes, it looks like onions, potatoes, apples and tomatoes, but surely they have some different produce there. Whatever is in the bottom-left does look unfamiliar, at least...

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  • [โ€“] [S] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    You have nailed almost everything ๐Ÿ‘ . To the bottom right are a few sweet potatoes. The bottom middle has unripe tomatoes. These are at times sold to ripen later on. Locals do prefer buying most commodities ripe.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 11 months ago

    Anywhere that offers the most mass-produced, packaged, and making me feel far removed from the source, and me feeling anonymous walking through the store, where I can compare shelf tag prices with ounces, I feel most comfortable.

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  • I am a different type of enthusiast

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 10 months ago

    It's a chore to get over with. Enthusiasm isn't a factor. I go to the closest one, which, gladly, I can walk to.

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