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When you go out food shopping, how long do you spend in the store?

Our last shop ended up being an hour and 1.5 hours yesterday - it's always longer with my daughter in tow!

SamGoodship
a year ago
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G0501

20 minutes for my weekly shop, 25 if there's a bit of a queue at the till. I don't like supermarkets so I bring a list, everything written in the order of the aisles, and I'm in and out. Then again it's only 2 of us so I don't buy loads

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JLouM

Depends on what we need. A weekly shop usually takes an hour or 1.5 hours just 2 of us. Husband is coeliac so have to be ultra careful with ingredients.

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KAW18

I don't go into supermarkets get everything delivered to me. Do go to local shops like best one, spar and one stop shop. Probably in there 20 mins if that. I miss shops but my Agoraphobia is really bad now since COVID.

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Leannexxx

Me if I'm on my own 10 mins tops I get what I need and I'm out of my kids are with me at least 30 mins

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SamGoodship
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Leannexxx I'm curious how only 10 minutes for a full shop? Sometimes I spend that long just at the till lol

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Leannexxx

SamGoodship I don't do a full shop one place because my family eat different foods daily so I run in get what I need from each shop and the self service is really good in my local shops

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Deansmum

Too long. I work in the supermarket so keep getting stopped by customers and colleagues.

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slightfoot

Wow, that's we too long for me, I'd start getting cabin fever,lol, but I'm lucky that no kids and I leave the bloke at home, unless I need him as my mule🤣 I take me list, bish bash bosh in and out

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Emerge11

I spend about 40 min as the more time you`re In one, the more you will spend. I tend to have some kind of list In my head but I always come out with other things.

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sallylester1

Same as you. I take ages love looking at everything

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BonzoBanana

I remember spending 25 minutes at the till at Lidl a year or so back. Only one person serving when the shop was full of customers and unfortunately there was a couple of trolleys in front where they were packed full. I don't buy much in Lidl's either a lot of it is too low quality for me and they don't have many of the items I want so I've often only got less than £10's worth of goods. I would say overall I average about 30 minutes, 15 minutes for a quick shop, 45 minutes for a long shop.

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martinlufc5637

I don't go often because my Mrs spends ages in a supermarket, I don't go to shopping malls at all lol

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Louise2018

I don't like shopping so I tend to be in and out within 20 minutes and if I forgotten something which I usually do I would go to local shop rather go into supermarket again

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jms19

I usually look down pretty much every aisle as i figure it’s atleast a bit of exercise. Typically i probably spend about 25 minutes

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Jackscot

All that depends on what we need in can be up to 2 hours

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MrsCraig

It depends what I need. If it is a quick top up shop then 10 minutes. If it is a big weekly shop then probably 30-40 minutes.

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SaveMeSunday

Shortest amount of time as possible in more an online shopper

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MelissaLee1

Much depends how much time I have available and/or who I am with.When I'm on my own I love to wander the aisles with gay abandon and hunt down bargains.My husband when he was alive would have a shopping list and go straight to source .He's be in and out in record time.I like to mooch about the place lol.

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janphoenix51

MelissaLee1 ...You are same as me,my partner hates going shopping with me,he says I take too long,he's right of course, I like to walk around browsing & comparing items before I buy them..

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Pjran

Since the start of Covid I do my grocery shopping online. I wish I started earlier. One of my colleagues used to order via Ocado and I thought it lazy but I’ve wised up to it at last.

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kitty88uk

Haha my family always takes about the same amount of time as my siblings like to look at food items for the best price and size and my mum looks for reduced items too that’s why they take a long time!

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eyeballkerry

My husband and I have the time just to wander around separately and take our time. I usually have to drag him out eventually.

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