WAIT, @ GROCERY, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO PULL APART A BUNCH OF BANANAS TO SUIT YOUR SIZE?

[Zeze]

WT?F??????

 

[Ns1]

....

 

[Drako]

Surely you can't be serious?

 

[dullard]

Yes, and you are allowed to buy less than a full case of any item. The cases open, and you can buy individual boxes / cans / etc. at most stores. Even more interesting, you can buy certain items (like deli meats) by the pound and have the butcher/deli cut them to different weights and only buy what you want.

 

[jtvang125]

Can you buy only 1 or 2 bottles of a six pack?

 

[zinfamous]

Are you stupid OP, is that your problem?

The annoying thing, though, is that they won't sell celery like that. Have to buy the whole bunch, which is ridiculous. For a while, some Harris Teeters would let me grab a few stalks and purchase them by weight (sometimes the bunches are sold by weight, even though they are still displayed in bunches), until they got mad. I don't get this. What is the value for me of buying a bunch of celery if I only need 2-3 stalks to make a sauce or mirpoix, while the rest spoils before I ever eat it? Pisses me off.

I had developed that purchasing habit when in Italy, where everything is sold by weight, and people traditionally do their shopping nearly every day because they always cook fresh, unlike us savages in America.

 

[zinfamous]

Can you buy only 1 or 2 bottles of a six pack?

Some places will let you do that. Effing annoying. You are checking out, then realize you only have 5 bottles in your 6 pack. Of course, this usually happens because of theft, but some shops do price their 6 packs by the bottle.

 

[Ns1]

Are you stupid OP, is that your problem?

The annoying thing, though, is that they won't sell celery like that. Have to buy the whole bunch, which is ridiculous. For a while, some Harris Teeters would let me grab a few stalks and purchase them by weight (sometimes the bunches are sold by weight, even though they are still displayed in bunches), until they got mad. I don't get this. What is the value for me of buying a bunch of celery if I only need 2-3 stalks to make a sauce or mirpoix, while the rest spoils before I ever eat it? Pisses me off.

I had developed that purchasing habit when in Italy, where everything is sold by weight, and people traditionally do their shopping nearly every day because they always cook fresh, unlike us savages in America.

Why would they want to sell you a stalk when they can force you to buy the whole thing. Better yet, plz buy the prepackaged mirpoix using not-as-fresh ingredients for a mere $3.99.

 

[BoomerD]

Hell, when I'm buying gorilla cookies, I grab a couple from a ripe bunch for."immediate" eating, a couple from a less ripe bunch for a couple of days later, and often, a couple from a nearly green bunch for later in the week.

 

[blackangst1]

lol

 

[IronWing]

Wait until the OP learns about ginger root.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Some places will let you do that. Effing annoying. You are checking out, then realize you only have 5 bottles in your 6 pack. Of course, this usually happens because of theft, but some shops do price their 6 packs by the bottle.

Trader Joes lets you create your own six pack.

 

[Brainonska511]

Surely you can't be serious?

Yes, and don't call him Shirley.

 

[dank69]

Are you stupid OP, is that your problem?

The annoying thing, though, is that they won't sell celery like that. Have to buy the whole bunch, which is ridiculous. For a while, some Harris Teeters would let me grab a few stalks and purchase them by weight (sometimes the bunches are sold by weight, even though they are still displayed in bunches), until they got mad. I don't get this. What is the value for me of buying a bunch of celery if I only need 2-3 stalks to make a sauce or mirpoix, while the rest spoils before I ever eat it? Pisses me off.

I had developed that purchasing habit when in Italy, where everything is sold by weight, and people traditionally do their shopping nearly every day because they always cook fresh, unlike us savages in America.

What is celery these days? Like 13c per pound?

Fuckin' zeze though, just goes to show you that just because someone is successful doesn't necessarily mean they are smart.

 

[Zorba]

You can do the same with grapes, fyi.

 

[Jeeebus]

This is common knowledge. I do the same with ribeye steaks. You just walk into the grocery store with a large blade and start furiously cutting the meat. They're totally cool with it.

 

[Newbian]

This is common knowledge. I do the same with ribeye steaks. You just walk into the grocery store with a large blade and start furiously cutting the meat. They're totally cool with it.

Make sure you wear some kind of mask while doing this.

 

[Crono]

They are sold by weight and easily divisible, so they don't care.

 

[zinfamous]

Why would they want to sell you a stalk when they can force you to buy the whole thing. Better yet, plz buy the prepackaged mirpoix using not-as-fresh ingredients for a mere $3.99.

lol, yeah. those are so ridiculous. I did discover recently that the only Safeway that I know around me actually has a separate bin of individual celery stalks that you can purchase by weight. It is awesome. Too bad it isn't terribly convenient to me><

 

[zinfamous]

Hell, when I'm buying gorilla cookies, I grab a couple from a ripe bunch for."immediate" eating, a couple from a less ripe bunch for a couple of days later, and often, a couple from a nearly green bunch for later in the week.

damn, I never thought of that. I just buy the greenest ones I can find, lol. I actually like green bananas. A bit bitter, and they are actually healthier because they haven't yet processed their "good" starches into more sugar, like with the riper ones

https://www.organicfacts.net/green-bananas.html

 

[Ns1]

lol, yeah. those are so ridiculous. I did discover recently that the only Safeway that I know around me actually has a separate bin of individual celery stalks that you can purchase by weight. It is awesome. Too bad it isn't terribly convenient to me><

I recently learned there are entire consulting companies devoted to helping supermarkets turn veggies that are about to expire into ready-to-eat foods. While it makes sense from a waste perspective, I was still intrigued when I heard this.

 

[snoopy7548]

damn, I never thought of that. I just buy the greenest ones I can find, lol. I actually like green bananas. A bit bitter, and they are actually healthier because they haven't yet processed their "good" starches into more sugar, like with the riper ones

https://www.organicfacts.net/green-bananas.html

I never knew that! I usually buy ones that have a little green so they last the week, but I'm gonna start getting the greener ones now.

 

[Zeze]

Wait until the OP learns about ginger root.

Holy hell bahhahahaha

 

[RLGL]

Zeze, are you sure you are not Mayne re-incarnated?

 

[VirtualLarry]

but some shops do price their 6 packs by the bottle.

I'm pretty sure Ocean State Job Lot works that way.