There are several reasons why I shop at my local Associated Grocer store. I will now list a few.
1. I was standing in line waiting to pay for my groceries when a man in his late fifties in a big, puffy coat and a stocking cap sort of hobbled quickly out the door. Another customer rushed up to the register and said "Hey, that guy just went out with a bunch of meat under his coat!" The bagger, who is an older, nervous but nice man, who doesn't speak a lot of English. He jetted out the door to follow the man as the cashier called for the manager.
Sadly, I did not see the confrontation. The manager came back in a minute later carrying five BIG packages of meat. I'm not talking fatty ground beef, these were big, nice cuts of meat. We're talking probably, like, $100 plus. Yeah, that isn't super impressive...but it was the most exciting thing to happen at the grocery store in a long time.
2. Another time I was waiting to pay (yes, the lines are long and the checkers few) when I saw a little girl chewing on a sucker. She was maybe like 3 or 4. Anyways, she had this wrapped sucker she was chewing on as she went down the isle touching things. Then, she pulled the slimy sucker out of the mouth and put it on the shelf. Yeah, gross. She then put her all licked up fingers on a bunch of other candy as she toddled along. I wanted to tell her dad to control her, but then I just decided to never buy candy, or anything on the bottom shelf, there again.
3. It is cheaper than Safeway or QFC.
