Where do you start

[reyd reid reed]

when you go to the grocery store? Right side of the store, left side of the store?

I'd say it's my inquiring mind that wants to know, but really I'm just curious.

[Texasgal]

1. Right side.

Produce first! :)

[reyd reid reed]

4. I hit the produce first too, usually

and then I spend the rest of the trip shifting stuff around so's it doesn't get bruised.

x(

[Texasgal]

7. I know...me too!

Quite silly isn't it?

Yesterday I needed mainly cleaning supplies, you'd think I would have started in the cleaning aisle first... but NOOOOO... I had to shift the laundry detergent and bottle of bleach around so that my tomato and avocado's wouldn't get squished!

[Danger Mouse]

2. Hmm...Depends on what store I'm in, but I'd say usually right...

actually, I usually go where the produce is...

[reyd reid reed]

5. Me too

Except for Safeway...there I usually go straight back.

[Oeditpus Rex]

3. Left

Sammich stuff. :9

[reyd reid reed]

6. Why doesn't that surprise me?

Deli stuff or just reg'lar?

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. Regular

I really should start hitting the deli, though. The turkey is to die for.

[reyd reid reed]

9. I love deli turkey

a little mayo and some sliced avocado....I'm in heaven.

:9

[Oeditpus Rex]

12. Why would you wreck turkey with avocado?

Turkey, muenster, mayo, sweet mustard. :9

[crimsonblue]

15. If you like turkey and avocado

try some turkey, avocado, cream cheese and a thin spread of blueberry jam. It's delicious.

[reyd reid reed]

10. #$&%^(@) ($&^

:hi:

[Kittycat]

11. I used to go right. Then Whole Foods came to town and screwed my plan.

Damn Lefties!

[Left Is Write]

13. I head immediately to the right, like probably 95% of shoppers.

[crimsonblue]

14. I start with the cinnamon toast crunch and go from there.

I usually follow the Random Walk method.

[KitchenWitch]

16. Produce section

Depends upon which grocery store I am at.

Albertsons produce is on the left side as is Ralphs

Zion Market's produce is on the right side.

[ThomCat]

23. Exactly.

:)

Where ever the fresh Produce is, that's where you start.

[emilyg]

17. Right - always.

[SeattleGirl]

18. Left side, because that's where the main door is.

[sohndrsmith]

19. When I used to do grocery shopping regularly - actually, even now,

I care more about where I finish, not where I start, and it made sense to finish with frozen stuff so that's what I'd do. I used to organize my shopping lists by aisle because I really don't like to shop and I wanted it to be over with as fast as possible.

Even if I'd only have a few things to get, I'd try to make it as streamlined as possible - and I'd learn how the aisles were organized in the local stores (not hard, they don't vary much other than be a mirror image of a different store... but aisles generally follow similar flow patterns and it doesn't take much to key into.

If I don't know the store at all and needed to do a full trip, I'd organize my list by type. I'm guessing most people do this automatically. But ending with anything frozen or refrigerated or spoil-able is always a priority.

[mwooldri]

20. Depends on store, depends on what I'm going for.

If it's a Food Kitty and i want milk... left hand side.

If it's a Wallyworld and i want food... pretty much inevitably right hand side though there's a couple of Wallyworlds that are back to front.

If it's a Harris Teeter, I'm lost. Always. Though often for them milk is on left, fruit & veg is on the right, just like a food kitty. Same goes for Fresh Market.

if it's Aldi, then there's not really a side to them, more of a circuit you got to navigate - you got to go to the back of the store before you can go to the checkouts.

[Lady Effingbroke]

21. Beer first.

[av8rdave]

22. I'm a "rightie"

Not socially or politically, of course.