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AsahinaKimi

(20,776 posts)
Fri Jun 29, 2012, 05:19 PM Jun 2012

When do you prefer to go grocery shopping [View all]

Just curious when you think is the best time to shop for groceries..


33 votes, 2 passes | Time left: Unlimited
Early, early in the morning.. 5am to around 7am
6 (18%)
Mid morning
5 (15%)
Around Noon or shortly after
1 (3%)
Late Afternoon before 5pm
4 (12%)
5pm to around 7pm at night
3 (9%)
After 7pm till around 9pm
2 (6%)
9pm to around Midnight
5 (15%)
I hate to go shopping, let someone else do it...
0 (0%)
Our grocery place is 24 hours, so it doesn't matter.
0 (0%)
Other
7 (21%)
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Prefer early as I am already up Sherman A1 Jun 2012 #1
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM week days - when everybody is fighting rush hour. nt Xipe Totec Jun 2012 #2
I do most of my grocery shopping mid-morning on Saturdays slackmaster Jun 2012 #3
Whenever the tourists aren't around. They make me feel stabby. Brickbat Jun 2012 #4
Wow, that's exactly what I was thinking. Gregorian Jun 2012 #8
Kinda. Brickbat Jun 2012 #16
Stabby??? Marie Marie Jul 2012 #59
Whenever snow is forecast for the DC metropolitan area. I love watching panic-stricken ... 11 Bravo Jun 2012 #5
Other: whenever I run out of food petronius Jun 2012 #6
For me its almost the same... AsahinaKimi Jun 2012 #7
Early Sunday morning....while the assclowns are in church jerking off to the hatred. RagAss Jun 2012 #9
No more, and thanks AsahinaKimi Jun 2012 #12
Yeah, that's a good time here too! Same thing! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2012 #51
It is already 90 degrees ChazII Jun 2012 #10
Our local Safeway is open 24 hrs. so I prefer to go between 2-5 am. Adsos Letter Jun 2012 #11
Oh my! AsahinaKimi Jun 2012 #13
Most of the stores here are 24 hr - TBF Jun 2012 #14
Early morning [9am] on Friday. GeorgeGist Jun 2012 #15
I rarely grocery shop HeiressofBickworth Jun 2012 #17
8-9 am is when I prefer to go. n/t cynatnite Jun 2012 #18
husband does all our shopping...... a kennedy Jun 2012 #19
Other - During the 'Big Game' Ohio Joe Jun 2012 #20
You are not kidding! VenusRising Jun 2012 #49
I don't shop for groceries. I have a wife. oldhippie Jun 2012 #21
I take it your wife doesn't read DU. unapatriciated Jun 2012 #45
10pm-midnight or later if open 24hrs. nt Raine Jun 2012 #22
We go before ten usually on Saturday. YellowRubberDuckie Jun 2012 #23
I prefer to shop online and have my stuff delivered. Avalux Jun 2012 #24
5 - 7pm HappyMe Jun 2012 #25
When I have money :-) djean111 Jun 2012 #26
I had to pass bupkus Jun 2012 #27
good one permatex Jun 2012 #36
Well, you know, after a certain age bupkus Jun 2012 #38
I'm there when the store opens at 7 AM hobbit709 Jun 2012 #28
My favorite is around 3 am.. no crowds..easy parking SoCalDem Jun 2012 #29
When I need groceries. meaculpa2011 Jun 2012 #30
When I need food or beer liberal N proud Jun 2012 #31
Between 2am and 5 am when no one is around, the doors are locked and KatChatter Jun 2012 #32
I like to go as early as possible. badhair77 Jun 2012 #33
Early morning with the blue-hairs. n/t rucky Jun 2012 #34
I like going as early as possible permatex Jun 2012 #35
Hell on earth is Saturday or Sunday afternoon... hlthe2b Jun 2012 #37
going to whole paycheck generally makes me stabby fizzgig Jun 2012 #50
Sunday morning...the Pagan Shopping Hour B2G Jun 2012 #39
When I have money in my bank account.n/t Autumn Jun 2012 #40
Grocery shopping? I let my servants handle it. Buns_of_Fire Jun 2012 #41
LOL! oldhippie Jun 2012 #48
My husband and I shop on Friday evenings WCIL Jun 2012 #42
ooh I always do that.. AsahinaKimi Jun 2012 #43
The grocery is next to my building so I never *really* shop. Chan790 Jun 2012 #44
That's pretty cool. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2012 #54
All Of The Above, for me. I walk to all my stores most of the time. Squeezing in a bit of shopping Overseas Jun 2012 #46
Sat. Or Sun. early DiverDave Jun 2012 #47
8-11 pm fizzgig Jun 2012 #52
Wednesdays mrs_p Jun 2012 #53
Mid morning between 8am-9am, nt Broken_Hero Jul 2012 #55
Its doesn't seem to matter much cause even if... Historic NY Jul 2012 #56
Late night/Early morning hours (10PM-4AM) if 24/7......if not.....mid-afternoon. (I voted "other") FLAprogressive Jul 2012 #57
midnight Skittles Jul 2012 #58
Other: I avoid the crowd. EFerrari Jul 2012 #60
Depends TheCruces Jul 2012 #61
Weekdays around 5-6 PM when everyone else is eating dinner. nt Speck Tater Jul 2012 #62
I prefer to go in the late evening Art_from_Ark Jul 2012 #63
"Other" H2O Man Jul 2012 #64
So you are telling me that I have to shop left is right Jul 2012 #65
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