Sunday, March 22, 2026

The Sunday Five: Shopping


1: How far away is your nearest grocery store? 

2: How often do you go grocery shopping? 

3: How do you get to the store and back? 

4: Could you shop without driving a car? 

5: If you could have one store within easy walking distance, what would it be? 

My answers: 

1: How far away is your nearest grocery store? There is a latin specialty market about half-a-mile away, for a general supermarket about 2 miles as the streets wind around. 

2: How often do you go grocery shopping? About once a week, I would like to buy less and go more often. 

3: How do you get to the store and back? We drive, though the condo does provide bus service a couple of days a week. 

4: Could you shop without driving a car? Limited shopping yes, there are three stores that are options, two of them are near metro stations.  

5: If you could have one store within easy walking distance, what would it be? I know they are expensive, but Whole Foods, if they would build a store in place of the falling down parking garage at the metro station life would be easy. 

Please share your answers in the comments. 

3 comments:

  1. How far away is your nearest grocery store? About two blocks.

    How often do you go grocery shopping? About 3-4 times a week. I tend to buy meats, veggies, and fruit when I plan to eat it.

    How do you get to the store and back? Drive or walk, depending what market I'm using.

    Could you shop without driving a car? Yes.
    If you could have one store within easy walking distance, what would it be? I wish the Trader Joe's was within walking distance.

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  2. 1: How far away is your nearest grocery store? Just over 1/4 mile for the low end; about 3/4 mile for Target (but I'm boycotting), and there is a great old neighborhood market about a mile away. But I don't use any of these on a regular basis (see #3 & $ below).
    2: How often do you go grocery shopping? One big run each week and then filling in with odds and ends or forgotten items once or so as needed.
    3: How do you get to the store and back? Typically drive - on my way back from the gym.
    4: Could you shop without driving a car? Yes. As noted above there are 3 options within walking distance and two other options that I actually use regularly on a bus line. See #3 above - I leave for the gym at 5:30AM+/- and the bus line by my house doesn't start running until about 6:30AM.
    5: If you could have one store within easy walking distance, what would it be - My local food COOP or Sprouts.

    Will Jay

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