tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post289723760410124867..comments2024-02-23T04:39:49.329-05:00Comments on Conversations in Klal: A Day OffProfKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954446826821665314noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-30127509252745446172009-12-25T13:02:14.525-05:002009-12-25T13:02:14.525-05:00Decided to take a coffee break and see what was do...Decided to take a coffee break and see what was doing on the blog. Funny how we went from being happy not to have to be in a store today to a discussion of kosher stores versus supermarket chain stores.I will not normally go near a grocery store of any kind on a Friday. The day is too short and I've got too much to do to schedule shopping also.<br /><br />Re the kosher vs. supermarket comments, I also do very little shopping in the kosher stores. The only items I buy in the kosher stores are those not available anywhere else. Our local supermarkets don't sell the neronim candles for bentching lecht but our kosher grocery does. Only one of the supermarkets sells the HaOlam reduced fat cheeses and they are always out so I buy that at the bakery, which always has it.<br /><br />One person was trying to tell me that the kosher stores carry more varieties than the supermarkets do. But of what? It is mind boggling to me the number of different types of nosh there is available with a hechsher. And kosher groceries are filled with that nosh. The supermarkets carry a far more limited selection of kosher nosh items. I don't buy much nosh to begin with, so I'm missing nothing if I can't get Bamba at King Kullen.<br /><br />Ruth, re those women who don't work but are out on a Friday afternoon shopping, I'll agree with Anonymous that they are probably time challenged in all areas. Wouldn't surprise me at all if those were the same women whose kids always miss the school bus or who arrive at 1:00 when they are invited for lunch at 12:00.<br /><br />Sima is right about the prices as well. The kosher groceries do not come anywhere near the low cost that is possible in a supermarket chain store. And I've never heard of a kosher store taking coupons for national brand products. <br /><br />Tesyaa, I've seen those people buying staples at the kosher groceries also and I just can't understand why, never mind the "convenience." Look at the money instead. With coupons two weeks ago I got a national brand OU spaghetti at about 32 cents per box. The coffee brand I like is $8.29 in our kosher grocery. On sale and with a coupon that doubled I paid $4.99 at Shoprite.<br /><br />You might enjoy this comment that my friend made that is not posted on the original. She was boasting that her kosher stores deliver, something the supermarkets don't do. She can call in an order and never have to go out and shop. Anyone want to bet on just how much it costs to shop this way? No price comparison, no checking the size of packages, no seeing the quality of the food. But it's convenient, that I'll grant you.ProfKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954446826821665314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-68535378602555177762009-12-25T12:35:54.128-05:002009-12-25T12:35:54.128-05:00Interesting. I usually go to the kosher store onc...Interesting. I usually go to the kosher store once a week to fill in either the items I can't get at the supermarket and Costco, or the items that are actually cheaper in the kosher store; there are a few. When I was there last night I noticed several shoppers with overflowing carts, filled with supermarket staples like pasta. I know for a fact that the kosher store prices are much higher on those staples. I guess it's a matter of convenience and liking one-stop shopping, but it's incredibly expensive to buy staples in the kosher stores.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-9761182429890937782009-12-25T11:49:44.938-05:002009-12-25T11:49:44.938-05:00When we first moved out of Brooklyn to an area tha...When we first moved out of Brooklyn to an area that didn't have more then a butcher and a bakery/small grocery for kosher stores I first discovered just how much more I was paying for food in shopping at all those big kosher markets in Bklyn. Frugalwife is right that we have absolutely everything you could need or want available in the big regular supermarkets. The prices are good, the sales are even better and being able to use manufacturers coupons and store coupons has cut our bills way down.Even the prices at the butcher and bakery are more reasonable because these stores know we have other alternatives. Our butcher keeps a watch on what Empire is selling for in the markets and he b'davka prices his chicken 10 cents a pound less so he can compete and bring in the customers.Simanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-17293853513031764392009-12-25T11:17:48.306-05:002009-12-25T11:17:48.306-05:00I am actually a little bothered by the fact that y...I am actually a little bothered by the fact that your friend thinks "kosher" supermarkets are a must. Where I live, there are 3 kosher supermarkets, and I go out of my way NOT to shop at any of them. I find them to be a rip-off of the highest order. There are maybe 4 items in the world that I can't find kosher in a regular supermarket chain. Milk, eggs, butter, flour, sugar, cereals, cheese, pasta and rice- the kosher brands of all of the above can be found in the regular stores. In fact, they even carry cholov yisrael brands of dairy and empire brand poultry! And it's all for significantly less than at the kosher place. Produce can be bought for good prices at the local farmers' market. The only things I buy at the kosher market are meats and certain vinegars that are hard to find kosher.frugal wifenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-86844013036048597622009-12-25T11:12:51.256-05:002009-12-25T11:12:51.256-05:00I guess it's what you are used to. I loved bei...I guess it's what you are used to. I loved being able to shop today during daylight hours. Usually have to shop after work at night. Without all those kosher stores I'd have had a crazy schedule this week with the shopping. You may be happy you don't have to shop today and don't have stores open. But those kosher stores are a blessing before Pesach and other holidays because they are open til one in the morning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-79384877181637110932009-12-25T11:11:36.226-05:002009-12-25T11:11:36.226-05:00Ruth: Take a deep breath. It's just human na...Ruth: Take a deep breath. It's just human nature. Some of us are just procrastinators by nature -- we need the adreneline rush of a deadline. Also, there is the phenomenon of a task taking as much time as is available. I see this at work too. Some of my colleagues with children are much more efficient since they know they have to get home for when the kids get home or childcare closes, while others of us dawdle and fuss over a project or report into the evening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-82540203984558612882009-12-25T10:32:12.404-05:002009-12-25T10:32:12.404-05:00Can I vent a little about my pet peeve regarding S...Can I vent a little about my pet peeve regarding Shabbos shopping? I also work full time yet somehow manage to get my shopping done by Thursday. The only exception is occasionally items that are only carried by the frum stores that I can't get to except for Friday. So there I am on my way home from work in one of these stores 2-1/2 hours before Shabbos and the place is packed. Is it all working women who have no choice who are there? No! Please, someone explain to me why a woman who does not work outside her home is in a store shopping late on a Friday afternoon?! Those moms with little kids make it sheer hell for those of us who need to get in and get out and get home. An emergency trip is one thing but I don't see anything of an emergency in those carts stacked mile high with nosh in some cases.Ruthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-66628083474820230542009-12-25T09:23:41.210-05:002009-12-25T09:23:41.210-05:00I have a M-F full time job outside my home. Shabbo...I have a M-F full time job outside my home. Shabbos shopping starts on a Tuesday night and goes through Thursday night if needed but usually done by Wed. so I can cook Thurs. night. We had a half day yesterday and no work today and I too am loving it. No way is anyone getting me out of the house to shop for anything anywhere today. That shopping for the house is my second job and I'm off from it too today.Avivanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-45629899696789824582009-12-25T08:43:25.741-05:002009-12-25T08:43:25.741-05:00My area has both plenty of kosher shopping and ple...My area has both plenty of kosher shopping and plenty of supermarkets. But I don't leave any shopping to do on Friday anyway whether it's a holiday or not. Friday is only a 1/2 day of school for my kids and I don't want to have to rush to do the shopping and get home in time for the buses and then first have to start cooking.<br /><br />Sometimes I do find I have to run out and shop with the kids on a Friday because they don't really get home early enough during the week to do this. And haircuts are usually on a Friday for that reason. But I know what you mean about not being able to go anywhere today.Leahlenoreply@blogger.com