Comment on What is an average person living in the US supposed to do about corporations raising prices?
gentooer@programming.dev 8 months ago
Not American, but I try to buy most of my daily stuff from independent places instead of supermarkets. The social contacts at my local butcher, bakery, vegetable shop, fish shop, … is also much more enjoyable than stressing in the Colruyt or whatever. And the produce is way better.
Xabis@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The problem in the states is that many of the local grocery stores went out of business when wally world rolled into town.
gentooer@programming.dev 8 months ago
O, I see. I guess that makes it even more important to support your local baker/butcher/…, if you’ve still got one. But yeah, that’s a shitty situation.
Kerensky1101@lemmy.world 8 months ago
To add to this, due to the scale that the major grocery chains operate at, even if you do have a local grocer, baker, etc their prices will be higher than the big box stores
jeffhykin@lemm.ee 8 months ago
There’s usually still farmers markets within driving distance. Granted they’re not a replacement for a grocery store, but they have a lot of the essentials. There’s no middle ma getting a cut when buying from them. But also it’s important to go because otherwise the local markets won’t get any bigger.
Xabis@lemmy.world 8 months ago
While those do exist where I live, the selection is usually limited to fruits and vegetables.
On top of that, the ones around here are time limited (growing season only; weekends only; etc).
jeffhykin@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Agreed. Ones near me (in Texas) usually have meats, eggs, nuts etc. But, to your point, this last summer it was so hot almost all of the chickens for all of the farmers stopped laying eggs. So we just couldn’t get eggs from the for half the summer.
vonbaronhans@midwest.social 8 months ago
Guess it depends on where you live.
In my hometown (rural Midwest), there’s a Walmart, a Schnucks (Midwest chain), maybe an IGA if it’s still around, and about five Dollar Generals (more convenience store than grocery). I don’t think I’ve seen a farmers market there my whole life, despite being literally in the middle of a million farms. Super odd now that I think about it.
RaoulDook@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I live in a rural area too, and there are at least 3 farmer’s markets within 25 miles of me. I would assume it’s common in most similar areas.