General Suburban Updates and Rumours

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You don't need to go to 10 different stores in one day. The ones I listened each individually have a good variety of types of products.

Stop being so CarBrained™ and thinking that the only way to get groceries is to take your SUV once a month to a ginormous Zehrs and fill the back end with $500 worth of stuff.

People the world over have panniers or baskets on their bikes, and two of those reusable grocery bags (one per pannier or both in the basket) can hold a lot of food. Stop at one store on your way home on Wednesday and in 10-15 minutes you can easily fill those two bags with enough of the basics to feed two people for more than a week. It doesn't take very much planning to the point that it becomes second nature to get eggs and fresh veggies this week, 2x2L milk and fruits next week, and meat and a medium bag of potatoes every 4th week.

Ac3r is clearly being hyperbolic and defeatist, but it's also not all sunshine and rainbows like you're describing. I've shopped at almost all of the stores you've listed (plus more), and no, most of them are not practical for daily needs between prices, lack of selection, and operating hours. They are mostly specialty shops and requires stops at multiple places to get what you need. Really curious - when you stop at multiple shops on a bike, do you leave loaded panniers with you locked bike, or haul them into every store? Neither sound like decent options to me.

Until Marche Leos opened I depended pretty heavily on grocery delivery services and eating out excessive amounts, despite living in the most central location possible. And Marche Leos has failed to deal with my complaints, having sold me spoiled meat at least 4 times, so I'm hesitant to even go back now.

Our current environment, both physical and social, means what are you suggesting is genuinely impractical for most of the city's residents. It's CarBrained to think it has to be that way, but it's not CarBrained to look at the current situation and see the alternatives as presently impractical.

Usually I use a backpack and put my stuff in it. I also often get meat at the Kitchener Market, which does have limited hours but pretty good selection.