[Save-On-Foods - Prince George, BC]

while laundry is my least favourite chore, grocery shopping is probably at the top of my MOST favourite list. i always set aside lots of time because i like go slow and not forget anything. i love pushing the cart through the big wide aisles and reading packages to decide between dozens of brands and flavours. i love the smell of the bakery section and wide variety at the deli. i love the fact that the produce section often takes up almost half the store and is filled with bright greens and reds and yellows and purples and oranges. i love the efficient and fast barcode-scanning checkout with the cheery staff efficiently scanning and bagging and swiping your debit card all at the same time.

it’s a wonderful way to spend a weekday morning (because why go on the weekend when everyone else does?) and something i haven’t done in almost 10 months…

grocery stores here are so much different. my favourite store on Nevis is the Best Buy in Gingerland. it is usually very dim, with aisles almost big enough for two people to pass (but not if you have a basket on your arm). it has a HUGE cereal selection disproportionate to the size of the rest of the store and recently added a fresh slice deli. the selection is pretty good, meaning that you can probably find the particular food you’re looking for, but definitely won’t have much selection between brands or flavours. the staff are generally friendly, but seem to sincerely believe that since they aren’t going anywhere in a hurry, why should you?

all of that aside, the biggest thing i hate about grocery shopping on Nevis is the fact that i leave the store with way too many boxes and cans and jars and bottles and frozen stuffs. and i miss organics.

of local interest, the Nevis Supply recently announced that they are going to stop importing dog food. this has obviously caused a huge uproar with dog owners and i’m still scratching my head and wondering what the logic of their reasoning could possibly be.

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