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Genre: Howto & Style
Date of upload: Jul 24, 2023 ^^
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I had never fully realised how odd this might seem to an American audience. I live in the core of a European city. All my favourite food shops are comfortably within walking distance. I do my grocery shopping daily, occasionally even twice a day. I only buy what I plan to eat within the next 24 to 48 hours. It's typical for many people to only pick up a few select items and, rather than worrying about shopping bags, just pop them into their backpack.
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The clientele has obviously drifted more consumer over the years, but for anyone who's not aware, stores like Costco, Sam's Club, BJ's Wholesale, etc. originally sprung up as a way for businesses to access wholesalers in a way that wasn't browsing a catalog or checking boxes on a pick sheet. Instead of ordering a dozen heads of lettuce from Sysco and hoping they don't come in rotten, you can walk through the fresh departments, browse the wares firsthand, and come away with a food service-sized product of which you were able to verify the quality before purchasing.
Once the stores already existed, regular consumers wanted to see what the hype was about, and many decided they were going to benefit from economy of scale, not because they actually intended to use the products in a timely fashion, but because they were willing to stockpile if doing so represented long-term savings.
Being the son of the manager of a large chapter of a veterans club, I was in a position to watch this shift in clientele in real-time. In the earliest days of Sam's Club, it really was mostly small-to-midsize business owners doing stockups for their business, in my memory. I don't begrudge the shift but the "box of excess" characterization seems more of a product of inventive use of the offerings than intended lifestyle proposition.
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I love your couple episodes. Such a genuine example of what a really good relationship is like! Not sickly sweet, and not arguing. Two well rounded adults who both have their own views but are more than happy to entertain other viewpoints.
No co-dependence, just to independent people forming am inter-dependant relationship!
Hashtag Couple Goals!
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My wife and I watched this together and found a lot of similarities. I (male) like to stop in front of many products and imagine what can be done with them, and have little use for recipes (generally) because I have been cooking for 55 years. However, if I am cooking from a recipe for the first time (e.g., from Chef John or Helen Rennie), I am totally TEAM LAUREN. Do it by the recipe exactly before you modify (this is like the science precept of modifying only one variable at a time, and in this instance the variable is the person executing the recipe!) This is one of the most enjoyable of your podcast episodes. From Btown!
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I gotta say, I really like the format of some of those new videos for the more replaced vibe, but I'm cool with whatever content stresses you out the least. I'm a line cook who watched your content years before I started doing this professionally, and I'm still coming back years later for your down to earth nature. Do whatever makes you happy man, I'm going to keep watching. It's good stuff
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I wholeheartedly agree with Lauren's "must take all the groceries inside in one go" sentiment. It just feels satisfying to be efficient in that way. Also, what Adam said about tightening up our comments on the internet is exactly what I've been striving for, which is why I rarely ever leave comments. (The fact that I deleted and rewrote this comment, like, ten times before I actually posted it is another side effect of that.)
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@verify5610
9 months ago
Very clever of Adam to have a couple's therapy session disguised as a podcast episode. Bravo!
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