Oh no, there are only three rebrandings of the same hot dogs from the same hot dog manufacturing plant instead of five 🪦
Many stores are pushing their own brand of stuff. For example, you’ll see a lot more “Great Value” at Walmart.
As for variety, there’s the same mix of random stuff, new flavors brands are trying, and your favorite is always the first to get discontinued.
Some even have multiple private label brands. To go along with your example, Walmart launched bettergoods last year. Which is meant to be a more “premium” product range.
You can tell cause it’s right there in the name! It’s better AND it’s good! Walmart wouldn’t lie…
I miss it so much :(
pringles aren’t the same
almost all corporate grocery stores in the United States are pretty fucking terrible in the selections that they offer
if you’re lucky enough to be around a community owned or co-op oriented story you’re much better off but even those seem like they’re pretty limited sometimes
I’ve not measured it in any objective way, but here I got access to the same brands as before.
Premium stuff gets less shelf space in favor of cheap in economically trying times but I still find it.
I still see the same brands, but among those brands there are fewer options.
No
Yeah I’m confused. After traveling abroad I’ve found the US has tons of variety in stores.
This was what I was thinking and feeling. Other grocery stores in other countries did not feel like they had as much variety
My limited experience in my little pocket of the US is that the produce sections have gotten much shittier. There was a great produce store near me that was in business since the '60s, but they closed last year. Maybe that’s what I’m noticing, but all the grocery stores in the area have a pretty shit selection of fresh produce.
Where? In my country there isn’t less variety, no
Produce? You mean the apples, bananas and cabbage section? Basically all the exotic foods are gone or significantly reduced and staple foods are taking up more room on displays. Most processed foods seem about the same but more expensive
Compared to how long ago? I haven’t noticed any changes.
Depends on the store. Lidl has a brand of peanut butter while AH and Jumbo has 4 brands
I think a lot of grocery stores fill their shelves with store brand stuff now. The profit margins are probably higher. This results in less shelf space for other items.
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changes in variety of stuff I can afford? absolutely, otherwise not much
I moved to a shitty small city a few years ago. My most diverse grocery store is a fucking Food Lion.
I feel like the answer to this question will depend on your location and what you’re used to seeing. I personally grew up in the Chicago suburbs and then moved to Chicago and the difference in choices at the grocery store is night and day. Not only are there far more niche items, but there are also more stores to select from. So if one store doesn’t have something, I simply go to another. But I also have noticed that if I’m out in the rural areas, it’s pretty strictly the basics. There’s also a big difference between regions. I have more variety in Chicago than in Phoenix and there’s certainly more variety in New York than Chicago. I haven’t noticed a drop off at my usual grocery stores, however…
I have noticed a large drop in variety specifically at box clothing outlets. There is less variety and less stocked sizes readily available. I think this is likely because of the proliferation of online shopping and corporations seeing this as an opportunity to save money by simply shipping less popular items to stores when people can order them online instead.
That’s just been my personal experience having traveled around a bit 🤷
Not really. But my sibling works at a grocery and sees all the deals so brings home random free stuff sometimes we get to try! Some is good. Some bad.
