On 1/31/2016 10:15 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 1/31/2016 10:03 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 1/28/2016 3:30 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> So... Every grocery store has a snack bar and serves cups of hot
>>> chili? I don't think so.
>>
>> I must be in the minority. I don't go looking for snack bars when I'm
>> shopping, be it at a grocery store or Costco (if there was one around).
>> My rule of thumb: eat something before you go shopping.
>
> Ditto. However, I do know that my local supermarket, which pales
> in comparison to the likes of Publix, has a salad bar and a couple
> of 'soup of the day' offerings. I imagine that, at least during the
> winter, you can find chili there. That kind of thing is the norm
> where I live.
>
I'm pretty sure there's a salad bar at Publix. Likely they have soup,
too. I've never actually looked for it. I do know I've never seen any
sort of seating area. That's what I think of when I think of a "snack
bar". Gotta have at least a couple of tables & a couple of chairs, right?

Maybe it's just me but I've never seen people walking around in a store
eating food from a snack bar. (Keep in mind there is no Costco nearby
and the Demo Dollies at Publix or Food Lion are never offering more than
a bite.)

> I did once buy a container of chili at Whole Foods, you could
> serve yourself a couple of different sizes, I think. Just wanted
> to try it and I was hungry. It wasn't bad, but I make better and
> it's really an expensive way to eat.
>
> nancy
>
$4 for a cup of chili is pretty darned expensive. Likely it came out of
a can. If she can make better chili at home sans pinto beans that's
what she should do. It's her choice.

Me, I try not to go shopping when I'm hungry. It doesn't always work
out that way but I don't go looking for a snack bar. I just finish my
shopping and go home and have a bite to eat. YMMV

Jill