What common grocery items do you never Buy?

[Chicken Drummer]

I would say
Alcohol
Salads.

[Tuor]

I buy what is required, some days i go for food, some other days i need cleaning products and so on. There are no impossibles with me .

[Strawberry]

Avocado.
Bread.

[Boricha]

Cooking oils, bread, alcohol. I'm sure much more.

[Queen of Hamsters]

Alcohol.

I don't partake, both parents are sober alcoholics and I just never got the appeal of feeling that you're not in full control.

[Santti]

You really like to ask random personal questions, don't you? It's just super weird at this point.

[unfilteredJW]

I have a mental block on qtips.

I'm not sure what it is. I know I need them. Yet I can go to the store a dozen times and never get them.

[Splenda]

Hmm... nothing comes to mind. I switch it up a lot.

[PACOX]

Paper towels. I think they’re so wasteful.

They might be wasteful money wise but resources wise they are an efficient use of cut down trees and are biodegradable.

Were probably more energy efficient than wash clothes before HE washers became common

[Adam Jensen]

Hot sauce.

I never use hot sauce.

[Gestopft]

Maybe canned fruits/veggies? Those were pretty common in my family growing up. Most of the canned stuff I get is either a tomato product or some sort of bean. Also coffee. I don't drink it.

Salads.

Man, I depend on grocery store salads for a few meals a week. Lots of varieties, varying ingredients, right size for the family dinner, lets me focus more on the other parts of a meal. It's great.

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Cooking oils

HOW?! I have like seven different oils in my cabinet. Or more, including various infused olive oils.

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Paper towels.

I have soooo many questions...

[Amsden]

Booze since I don't drink anymore.
Bread and milk since they always go bad before I'm even close to finishing them.
Pre packaged deli meat since it's gross and i rarely buy bread anyway.
Soda since I'm an adult.

It would be easier to say what I do buy. Coffee, eggs, Sparkling water, Tortillas, Salsa (or stuff to make salsa if i'm not feeling lazy), cleaning supplies, and hygiene supplies. I don't really cook and get all my meals delivered or buy something at work, except breakfast.

[Kotuthan]

Pasta and Noodles
I started making my own. Exception being more complex things such as Ramen noodles.

[PACOX]

Booze since I don't drink anymore.
Bread and milk since they always go bad before I'm even close to finishing them.
Pre packaged deli meat since it's gross and i rarely buy bread anyway.
Soda since I'm an adult.

It would be easier to say what I do buy. Coffee, eggs, Sparkling water, Tortillas, Salsa (or stuff to make salsa if i'm not feeling lazy), cleaning supplies, and hygiene supplies. I don't really cook and get all my meals delivered or buy something at work, except breakfast.

Adults don't buy soda? Sparkling water is just soda without sugar, or sometimes just a sugar substitute, You know what, soda is just sparkling water with HFCS or cane sugar.

[jamescl]

Beer, it made me fat a little, I gave up on it completely and now I'm slim again .

[Phuongvi]

margarine
soup
yogurt
sliced meat

[Gestopft]

Like what I use instead?

To dry my hands I use a cotton hand towel. To wipe up spills I use a damp cotton cloth.

I don't usually dry my hands with a paper towel; I have dedicated hand towels (and dish towels). I'm just thinking of all the other things I use paper towels for, like draining cooked foods or rinsed herbs, patting meats dry, etc. When I was in restaurants towels were used for everything- it's just that there was a TON of laundry, so other than patting meats dry, I could see how you do without. The really baffling one to me was the cooking oils.

[Dilbon]

Potatoes. I don't cook.

[kail]

The only canned product I buy is soups, haven't bought canned fruits, veggies, meats, etc since I have a decent fridge. It does put me at risk with power outages but I'll cross that bridge when it appears.

Potatoes. I'm fine with fries and hash but I'm not a fan of the potatoes in general.

[Gestopft]

Alcohol is a common grocery item?

Why wouldn't it be? Lots of people drink it, at least occasionally. Or did you mean that because it's not a food item?