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Old Mar 6th 2015, 9:34 pm
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Originally Posted by WEBlue
I have to laugh at the "one occasion" comment. That's one more time than my husband has willingly stepped foot into a Walmart....
okay...One-up-(wo)manship

Have not only never set foot in a Walmart....
Have never even laid eyes on one from afar
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Intend to keep it that way!

The bigger the super store - the greater my claustrophobia (not something from which I otherwise suffer)
In any case - food shopping in such an environment seems such an off-putting proposition.
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Old Mar 6th 2015, 10:46 pm
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
The ones that have a full range of groceries are branded "Walmart Super Center". There are none of the old limited-range Walmarts left near me. There appear to be ones in New Haven, Wallingford, and East Windsor.

As Mrs P likes to point out, while the fresh fruit and veg aren't the best, and the meat isn't the best either, if you're buying Kelloggs cereal, Campbell's soup, or Lays crisps, it just makes sense to buy where it's cheapest, so that is where our tins and packets come from. Personally I don't much like the place, but it's hard to argue with their prices on branded goods.
Very true. Unlike my husband, I quite like wandering around our Walmart, but I always try to go early in the morning before it's crowded. I buy nearly all my baking ingredients there--flours, sugars, yeast, oils, etc. They're much cheaper. And cereal & crisps too, as you point out. (Although for the latter items, Ocean State Job Lot can have lower prices... plus more interesting varieties....)

Our Walmart is giant enough, and has a lot to it, a pharmacy, nail salon, eyeglass center, & Subway sandwich shop. It sounds like I haven't missed much if they don't sell the perishables, which are easily found in the same shopping centre--in the Shaws supermarket two doors down.

Where we used to live, Walmart was next door to Shop Rite supermarket, which does carry perishables. Perhaps this is the reason these Walmarts don't carry that stuff--close proximity to a "true supermarket"..... ?

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Old Mar 7th 2015, 11:56 pm
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On a tangent to food, but noticed that Walmart is now selling Persil, laundry detergent...
Thanks! Went to Walmart today and bought some Persil powder.
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Old Mar 8th 2015, 4:54 pm
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Originally Posted by MMcD
okay...One-up-(wo)manship

Have not only never set foot in a Walmart....
Have never even laid eyes on one from afar
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Intend to keep it that way!
You'd get along well with my husband. He really hates the big box stores, Walmart being his #1 unfavourite, closely followed by Costco, Target, any Big Lots store, etc. He has however begun to come round to being able to walk into a Home Depot (needs must)....

OTOH, I feel these places are a quintessential part of the American experience.... plus the prices are so much more reasonable than what's at the few small independent shops he loves so much.

Originally Posted by MMcD
The bigger the super store - the greater my claustrophobia (not something from which I otherwise suffer)
In any case - food shopping in such an environment seems such an off-putting proposition.
It was daunting for me at first, but now I'm used to it. It does help to feel a bit poor....
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Old Mar 8th 2015, 6:18 pm
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The big secret about Walmart is that they have a wine section which sells some very nice bottles at extraordinarily good prices....
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Originally Posted by IRJ
The big secret about Walmart is that they have a wine section which sells some very nice bottles at extraordinarily good prices....
They now sell beer as well as "beer", though the prices aren't good enough for me to drive out of my way to buy it there.
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The big secret about Walmart is that they have a wine section which sells some very nice bottles at extraordinarily good prices....
Not in PA they don't :-(
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Not in PA they don't :-(
Is wine affected by the "distributor" law in PA?
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
Is wine affected by the "distributor" law in PA?
Yes, going out to buy wine feels sort of illicit. Beer is a little easier to pick up as our Wegmans has a special beer section with sit down food, and our local bowling alley sells take out beer too.

On another note - does the Man size tissue exist in the US?
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I'm looking for chocolate chip brioche rolls. My 3 year old loves the Marks and Spencer ones we had over in the UK last summer. I wish I could get them here. I may have to actually go in the kitchen and try to bake them myself. No doubt that will be disastrous.
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Sometimes just starting from scratch is best.

Today, after making cornbread in our cast iron skillet, I had a yen for Welsh cakes, so q-boy#2 and I have been busy in the kitchen.
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Originally Posted by lizzyq
Sometimes just starting from scratch is best.

Today, after making cornbread in our cast iron skillet, I had a yen for Welsh cakes, so q-boy#2 and I have been busy in the kitchen.
If I had these, a pot of tea and some kerrygold butter I would seriously eat the whole thing.
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I get Kerrygold butter from Walmart. Wife doesn't understand why it's SOOOOOO much better than the yank stuff! I have been known to find Lurpak on my travels, too.
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Kerrygold is being hyped in the supermarkets around our way at the moment. Something to with it being Irish?
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Originally Posted by lizzyq
Kerrygold is being hyped in the supermarkets around our way at the moment. Something to with it being Irish?
Is it dyed green yet?
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