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I live right on top of a grocer. It's fucking great.
I'll start cooking something, only to realize I'm missing something. I can literally turn off the stove, walk out the door and be back to continue before anything has cooled enough to affect the dish.
We finally moved to a city with actual local businesses. Bring able to walk 50m to a reasonably priced grocery store is a game changer. It's so much better than having the weekly 3-4 hour long Costco + WinCo trip to stock up a huge pantry.
I read that as walk 50 minutes and not meters. I was thinking about how terrible that walk home with groceries must be.
Yeah, that'd be way too far. With a 50 minute walking radius from here I could hit about 20 grocery stores. Using the public transit that doubles or triples.
Nah, it's almost visible from our apartment's front door. We have to cross one street where traffic really never gets above 15mph and the biggest danger is tripping on one of the tram tracks (did I mention the multiple railed transit routes here as well?).
I used to live ontop of a grocer.
If I didnt know what to make for dinner, I'd start preheating the stove, then walk down to buy dinner.
Still had to wait for the oven to finish preheating when I got back up.
I feel like living on top of a Costco wouldn't be as effective, though.
For everything Costco carries, they typically only have the most popular variety. You want coffee? We have Folgers and Maxwell House, and fuck you in particular if you like Colombian, we have regular and decaf.
You want a blueberry muffin? Here's a dozen for six bucks, but they expire tomorrow. Even at one a day that's not healthy (they're like 600+ calories each) but they don't last 12 days, they last 1 day, maybe 2.
Okay so it's fine if you live in a massive home with your six kids and 18 grandkids. Those are apartments above that Costco. They are not benefiting from it. Then you gotta pay like $100 a year to even shop there.
I hear heir hot dogs are good though! I mean the ones you can get for a buck and a half in their food court. And from what I hear they don't check membership, so you can walk in (anyone can go in, you need membership to check out), get a hot dog or two, and leave. So I'm told. Costco doesn't have stores around me. I've been in a couple and I've been in similar stores (Price Club and Sam's Club, same thing, different owners).
A grocer is definitely better to live above/near. FWIW this Costco also has a 2+ story parking garage attached it's not just for walkers and transiters.
My local costcos have a dozen whole bean choices, ranging from robusta blends like folgers to regional high end roasters. There best seller is a kirkland branded Columbian coffee in a grey bag with a leopard on it. Im suprised you dont have it, even with how regional Costco's stock can be.
Im with you on the muffins. Ours has shifted from 2 x 6 packs to I think an 8 pack. The cost is higher per muffin, but less overall with less wastage.
I had that for a bit and disliked how it “encouraged” me to be mentally lazy and end up passing by the supermarket at least once a day