Are you a local market or supermarket enthusiast?
from PinkInSlippers@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world on 12 Dec 05:36
https://lemmy.world/post/40078102

I lean toward the market feel. It’s so much more welcoming and I feel more accomplished lol. The open air feels more inviting and just bustling in the throng of people is fun.

Supermarkets in Malawi 🇲🇼 are relatively small. The staff is not that motivated which is understandable. It breaks my heart how they have to be so mechanical for hours.

Not to say vendors are free of worries and disadvantages though.

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TheFermentalist@reddthat.com on 12 Dec 05:56 next collapse

Local markets every day. I am fortunate enough to have been to several markets in Morocco and would shop there before any supermarket. Getting everything I want takes more time, and sometimes meant visiting more than one market. Worth it

sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz on 12 Dec 06:22 next collapse

What all Produce and other wares are in that image?

Ephera@lemmy.ml on 12 Dec 06:34 collapse

Would love to know, too. To my European eyes, it looks like onions, potatoes, apples and tomatoes, but surely they have some different produce there. Whatever is in the bottom-left does look unfamiliar, at least…

PinkInSlippers@lemmy.world on 12 Dec 09:19 collapse

You have nailed almost everything 👏 . To the bottom right are a few sweet potatoes. The bottom middle has unripe tomatoes. These are at times sold to ripen later on. Locals do prefer buying most commodities ripe.

sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz on 12 Dec 13:16 collapse

This reminds me of the market at the Gerudo oasis place in BOTW

Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 12 Dec 06:43 next collapse

I mean, I kinda like both? Supermarkets for resiliency and the benefits of scale. Markets for the kind of stuff you probably wouldn’t find in a supermarket and the benefits of a broader marketplace.

zxqwas@lemmy.world on 12 Dec 08:03 next collapse

Don’t have any local markets. In the south you can pick up some groceries straight from the farmer but I live too far north for farming.

BootyEnthusiast@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 12 Dec 08:33 next collapse

I am a different type of enthusiast

Perspectivist@feddit.uk on 12 Dec 08:40 next collapse

I’m not particularly enthusiastic about grocery shopping. I go to LIDL because it’s the cheapest.

lime@feddit.nl on 12 Dec 09:01 next collapse

I prefer local markets for fresh and domestically grown produce, and because I prefer giving to the community instead of to chains. However, there are things which can only be found in larger markets because they are not grown/availble locally or currently not in season.

Local markets for quality and price, supermarkets for variety.

PinkInSlippers@lemmy.world on 12 Dec 09:24 collapse

That’s nice!

Most trading centers in Malawi have small stores which sell the products which are not made locally.

I do take a trip once a month to replenish farm supplies at the nearest city.

daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 12 Dec 11:21 next collapse

The one that allows me to do the smallest possible human iteration.

RebekahWSD@lemmy.world on 12 Dec 14:56 next collapse

My twin works at a grocery store, so we shop there because employee discount.

We sometimes go to farmers markets though for fresh produce or produce the grocery doesn’t sell. Like winesap apples for canning apple butter.

PinkInSlippers@lemmy.world on 12 Dec 15:03 next collapse

I love me a puree, will definitely co sider making apple butter.

Ephera@lemmy.ml on 12 Dec 19:23 collapse

I’m now imagining you going to the grocery store, pretending to be your twin, to get the employee discount. 🙃

RebekahWSD@lemmy.world on 12 Dec 20:08 collapse

I don’t have to pretend! I am a family member so I can just get the discount!

Ephera@lemmy.ml on 13 Dec 03:18 collapse

Yeah, I figured, once I actually thought about it. 😅

exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 12 Dec 17:00 next collapse

I buy stuff from all sorts of places. I’m pretty serious about food and cooking, and I run through a pretty wide variety of cultures and regional variation in making my food. So for me, this is how I buy:

Fresh produce in season: street markets

Fresh produce out of season (greenhouse grown or shipped in from another latitude): Whole Foods

Mainstream American prepackaged foods: nearest big box corporate supermarket.

Day to day meat, dairy, and seafood (chicken, beef, pork, shrimp): Whole Foods

Specialty meat (aged stuff, unusual cuts): local specialty butcher, ethnic grocery stores

Specialty seafood (live seafood, less common items): specialty seafood shop

Fancy cheeses: cheese store in my neighborhood, occasionally Whole Foods

Various ethnic specialities (Kim chi, tortillas, paneer, certain types of Chinese/Korean/Vietnamese vegetables, Mexican/Indian spices) that are perishable: ethnic grocery stores

Unusual or imported prepackaged or shelf stable foods/spices: ethnic grocery stores, Amazon, other online stores depending on the item.

PinkInSlippers@lemmy.world on 12 Dec 22:30 collapse

Wow! I love how thorough you are.

Frenchgeek@lemmy.ml on 12 Dec 19:38 next collapse

Nope: I loathe every second of my shopping.

swelter_spark@reddthat.com on 12 Dec 21:14 next collapse

Local supermarkets, local brands. I would like to buy more directly from the source, though.

LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 00:09 collapse

Anywhere that offers the most mass-produced, packaged, and making me feel far removed from the source, and me feeling anonymous walking through the store, where I can compare shelf tag prices with ounces, I feel most comfortable.