On Sunday, January 31, 2016 at 9:35:29 AM UTC-6, graham wrote:
> On 31/01/2016 8:03 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.
> >
> > Jill
> I agree! I visited Costco before xmas and the noise, bustle and crowds
> around the exit, where the snack bar is, were hardly conducive to
> enjoying anything. The exit at Home Depot has a snack bar as well.
> Furthermore, whatever the time I go to a shopping mall, the food courts
> are always busy. Makes one wonder if anyone cooks at home these days.
> Graham

The snack bar at Costco, is located so that when people are finished checking out, they can stop and get a snack. Most everyone sitting there has a cart Our Home Depot does not have a snack bar but I would guess it is similar.