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The Hottest Social Scene in Town Isn’t the Singles’ Bar. It’s the Supermarket
Wall Street Journal ^ | 3/10/18 | Anne Marie Chaker

Posted on 03/10/2018 6:06:36 AM PST by Rebelbase

When Bob Schneider goes out on a Friday night, he no longer heads to the local singles bar. Instead, he goes to the grocery store.

“I once dated a woman from the potato section at Mariano’s,” says Mr. Schneider, a 67-year-old semiretired, twice-divorced lobbyist in Oak Brook, Ill. “The next thing you know we’re at the wine bar and then we’re dating.”

Supermarkets—those havens of the not-so-scintillating chore of scouring numbered aisles, pushing carts and perusing produce—are finding a new identity as a social hub in communities. Parents now bring their children here to play, retirees gather for Bingo, and singles find romance.

Grocery stores are fulfilling the new role as traditional gathering spots, from shopping malls to social clubs like Lions Clubs and Rotary International, continue to shrink from decades-earlier peaks. Malls, in particular, are in danger of extinction. Credit Suisse has projected that up to 25% of malls will close over the next five years, as the internet continues to reshape the way Americans shop.

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Never had any luck in the produce section. I once asked a beautiful woman if she knew how to prepare squash and she told me to stuff it.
1 posted on 03/10/2018 6:06:36 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase

I recall Dean Wormer’s wife liked the produce aisle....


2 posted on 03/10/2018 6:08:16 AM PST by GotMojo
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Great. Just when I got used to dealing with alcoholics I have to re-tool for eating disorders?!


3 posted on 03/10/2018 6:14:17 AM PST by blackdog
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To: blackdog

I like the melons.


4 posted on 03/10/2018 6:16:52 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Rebelbase

I am waiting for a woman to ask me if that’s a banana in my cart or am I just happy to see her!


5 posted on 03/10/2018 6:20:30 AM PST by jdsteel (Americans are Dreamers too!!!)
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There's a Wegman’s Supermarket scheduled to open near me in a month or so.I've read that Wegman’s is so fantastic that they even have fan clubs in areas where they're located.I just hope that I don't weigh 400 pounds a year from now.
6 posted on 03/10/2018 6:21:40 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Obama & Hillary: The Two Most Corrupt Politicians of My Lifetime.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET
Ok. So as a middle ground I can hang out in the beer section to find my alcoholic dates and spot those eating disorders based on what is in their carts!

The bulemics have ice cream and potato chips and the anorexics load up on lemons and laxatives.

7 posted on 03/10/2018 6:26:16 AM PST by blackdog
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To: Rebelbase

Truth, last time I went to the grocery store (a couple weeks ago), I was appalled at how nasty, scruffy and ugly everyone was. Nixed most of the list to get out of there asap.


8 posted on 03/10/2018 6:29:16 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Gay State Conservative

Gelson’s (a high end market here in LA) just recently put in a Tapas Bar with wine and IPAs ... right next to their Wolfgang Puck wood burning pizza ovens. A very convivial drinking stop that draws many male customers.

Since I gave up my TV, it’s where I go ti watch the Dodger’s World Series and the Lakers in the Play Offs.


9 posted on 03/10/2018 6:31:12 AM PST by BunnySlippers (I love Bull Markets!)
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To: bgill

Next time try a grocer that has a velvet rope line to get in.


10 posted on 03/10/2018 6:35:09 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Wear an orange pin to mourn the victims of the Tide Pods Challenge.)
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To: blackdog

Vegans won't be shopping at the new 99 Ranch Market that is opening today in Austin.

11 posted on 03/10/2018 6:35:33 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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Choosing a grocery is now like choosing a bar. You do not just stumble in to any store lest you have to endure the wrong kind of people. And, you have to pay attention to when you go. Tuesday at 10AM is a great time to buy baby food. Meeting women? Not so much.


12 posted on 03/10/2018 6:35:39 AM PST by anton
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To: Rebelbase

Does this mean People of Wal-Mart are going to be breeding with one another?


13 posted on 03/10/2018 6:36:05 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Wear an orange pin to mourn the victims of the Tide Pods Challenge.)
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To: Rebelbase
"Mine's bigger."


14 posted on 03/10/2018 6:36:41 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Rebelbase

My supermarkets are full of the walking dead, mutants and Mexicans.


15 posted on 03/10/2018 6:37:20 AM PST by jetson
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Not sure what that yellow thing is but it reminds me of a toilet plunger.


16 posted on 03/10/2018 6:38:01 AM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: anton

Saturday and Sunday afternoons tend to be families out shopping. Evening rush hour is easy to spot singles just off work grabbing something to eat for the night.

Sunday night and other 8pm+ times seem to be more singles stocking up. Unless it is an emergency provision, most families are at home by then.


17 posted on 03/10/2018 6:38:38 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Wear an orange pin to mourn the victims of the Tide Pods Challenge.)
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To: bgill

Yeah, we’ve got some People of Wal-Mart grade shoppers here at the Safeway at the junction of Hwy 41 and Hwy 2. North Idaho.


18 posted on 03/10/2018 6:39:13 AM PST by Noumenon (It isn't racist if it's true, is it?)
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To: jetson

Oh, Safeway.


19 posted on 03/10/2018 6:39:15 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Wear an orange pin to mourn the victims of the Tide Pods Challenge.)
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To: Noumenon

BINGO!


20 posted on 03/10/2018 6:39:37 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Wear an orange pin to mourn the victims of the Tide Pods Challenge.)
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