On Sep 11, 11:59?am, Julia Altshuler > wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
> > What non-food items would someone buy in a grocery store? I can't think of
> > anything. May I ask what your observations have been?
>
> The non-food items that I regularly buy at the supermarket/grocery store
> include:
>
> aluminum foil
> dish soap
> dishwasher detergent
> dog biscuits
> dog food- dry kibble
> kleenex
> laundry detergent
> newspaper
> paper towels
> plastic garbage bags
> plastic wrap
> sanitary supplies
> shampoo
> soap
> sponges
> toilet paper.
>
> I suppose, if you want to get technical, the dog food is still a food
> product. There are probably a dozen more, but those came to mind.
>
> --Lia

I wouldn't even entertain such an ignoranus request as a list of non
food items sold at and folks regularly purchase from stupidmarkets.
Most full carts of what appears to be a weekly shopping that I peer
into contains a far greater dollar amount in non foods than foods.
The average stupidmarket has two full aisles just for things sold at
the drugstore, from asperin, to hair dye, to nail enamel, to shoe
inserts, to panty hose, to shaving stuff, and a ton of vitamin and
herbal snake oils, you name it... things just for teeth is an amazing
array My stupidmarket has both sides of a full aisle just for
greeting cards, another aisle for car products, another for housewares
of every sort from stirring spoons to full sets of pots and
dinnerware, another just for disposable paper and plastic products,
another for laundry products, another for hardware, and another huge
aisleful of just room deodorisers of every imaginable configuration
and scent, from delicately scented candles, to lovely light sented
undies drawer pomanders, to industrial aroma killer dago terlit
spritzers. Folks buy all the seasonals too, from plants, seeds, to
decorations for every holiday.... they sell x-mas trees, real and
fake... all summer they sell patio/lawn funiture, hammocks, wind
chimes, bird houses, even grills (with briquettes, lump, and propane
refills)... and an entire aisle just for small electrical appliances,
from toasters to mixers, to TVs. I've seen folks drop over $100 at
the checkout just in scratch n' sniffle lottery thingies... and in NY
they don't (just beer) but in many states stupidmarkets sell wine and
hard licker... is $50/liter scotch considered food... I think in TN
they call it the moonshine aisle.

Actually there's relatively very little food sold at stupidmarkets...
most profits by far come from non food items.

Sheldon