Grocery Shopping for One: The Single Serving Generation
47762
Reference & Education > Legal > Immigration
Oct 11, 2007
janey
Grocery Shopping for One: The Single Serving Generation
We live in a culture where it's OK to be single. The pace at which the wheels of the commercialized world is moving requires employees to develop a work ethic that goes against family commitments, and for the single person, it even drastically reduces the possibility of finding a suitable partner with which to make a family unit! This, however, goes against the trend that seems to focus grocery sales on families and so creates an additional problem for the single person. Go into any grocery store and you'll find bargains. There's special offers on this item, 2-1 offers on that, multi-sized savings, and so on around the store. These are not savings for the single person however. They are savings for those who have families to feed. Coupons that are supplied in local newspapers and advertising leaflets will also give greater savings to those who are able to purchase greater quantities for greater savings. However, getting 2 packages of toilet tissue for the price of one may make a mother of 3 jump for joy, but a single person would have benefited more from one package being reduced to half price because their consumption rate is much slower. A single person is not likely to be interested in twin-packs of butter and washing detergent, but they would be interested in healthy meals that they don't have to cook. In this regard TV, or microwave, meals are finally catching on. Alongside the usual array of mashed potato and burgers, there's now an increasing choice of healthy balanced meals that cater for different dietary requirements. Rather than standard meal choices, there's a blend of traditional pot roasts side-by-side with international dishes with a Chinese or Italian flavor. In a world where being single later in life isn't so much from lack of choice, but from lack of opportunity due to career choices, the stores need to start to pay more attention to the single person. At one time it was the mom and 2 kids that needed attention, and slowly it came in the shape of multi-child shopping carts, and special family parking areas. These features are still needed, but the grocery store needs to consider the single-serving generation too, and to create features that will encourage single shoppers into their stores. These could include things such as express lanes that are strictly restricted to 6 items or less, some form of bonus scheme that will allow certain food groups to be combined in order to make savings, and even an increased online shopping service so that busy singles can place their shopping orders over the Internet and collect them from a distribution point in the store on their way home from work. There's quite a bit of attention given to the romance opportunities for single people in the grocery store, but for the most part, the single serving generation is missing out because of the amount of hours they need to work, and the fact that most grocery stores are pandering to moms and families while ignoring the increasing number of single people who shop with them.
Jane Saeman runs a site called along with info on dating and relationship on her blog at at http://www.Hot-Firefighters.com/blog2
send email to janey
Write a Review
Add to My Favorite
Refer it to Friend
Report Article
Other links owned by this user
As a single person you need to have a ready supply of opening lines to break the ice with someone who's caught your eye.
Category:
If you homeschool, you need to read this to know how you can access help on the internet.
Category:
Can you start homeschooling at any point in your child's education?
Category:
The first thing you want to consider when thinking about how to handle rejection when you're dating someone, is whether or not you really do want to handle it at all.
Category:
What to do if you are raising a child and puppy at the same time.
Category:
Many new Lab owners are not familiar with the fact that these puppies have a natural tendency to nip and bite at human hands and arms.
Category:
If there's one day of the year when even those who aren't interested in being in a relationship feel forgotten by the rest of the world, it's Valentine's Day.
Category:
Theoretically, yes if the law in your part of the world allows it, you can home school your child.
Category:
So many leashes, so many decisions....how to sort it out.
Category:
If you are codependent, you owe it to yourself and the ones you live with to seek help.
Category:
Getting dumped is one of the worst emotional experiences you can go through. How do you cope?
Category:
Other links at Reference & Education > Legal > Immigration
One of the biggest concerns shoppers have this season is availability of one of the hot units of the year. This hot new gaming system has really taken the country by storm, and many parents are flocking to the stores to purchase their kids this gaming sys
Category:
Lazurite is known by several different names in the gem world and is widely known as lapis lazuli or lapis or, in ancient times, blue rock. This stone should never be confused with lazulite.
Category:
When parents try to figure out which guitar would be best for their child to use in the school band, the first thing they want to know is what are the types of guitars that their child will have to play throughout the year.
Category:
When people choose to use the internet retailers to shop, they might not be looking for any particular item but they will be concerned about how they will make their payments for the items that they do buy.
Category:
Collecting antiques can be good value for money
Category:
Site Sponsor
Directory Statistics
Articles: 68285
Categories: 501
Yahoo Entertainment
