Do you go food shopping as a family?

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Have realised that we never do. Either I go with Dd, 6 or Dh will nip to the shops for the odd bits needed or I will do the big shop on some Saturdays whilst Dd stays with Dh.
Is that weird, seems a bit sad

I can’t imagine anything worse than trying to control my kids in the middle of Tesco 😂

Shop somewhere that doesn’t offer them or do it online.
I shouldn’t have to do my shopping surrounded by miserable arseholes but they’re still allowed into the shop so I suck it up.

I don’t usually shop online as I struggle to spend the minimum spend to get delivery. As life alone.

Have done when I had surgery which prevented me from driving. Just topped up to the minimum spend with store cupboard stuff and toiletries

Cheers I'll bear that in mind.
Supermarkets are not playgrounds.there are Hazard's that need to be taken into consideration.

yes and no. Husband usually shops because he drives. Sometimes I would go, sometimes the kids will go with him, I do the extras shopping like cosmetics, painkillers, clothes or things I like seeing in the house decor. I hate food shops because the fridges make them very cold.

No way, I enjoy my supermarket trip by myself, particularly M&S. I often see arguments between couples and do not understand why both need to go.

Surely supermarket shopping is a chore - best done as simply and speedily as possible - not a family event?
I have told my husband to shoot me if I ever suggest that we do a supermarket shop together - it will be one of the first signs that I'm "losing it"!

I take hubbie with me.to aldi but it costs more! Need his help.to beat the checkout!
Used to do online which always seemed to be my job, but shifted to aldi to save money

Goodness why in the world would you? It's not exactly a fun day out! I'm always amazed when I see whole families out at the supermarket, blocking the aisles, kids bored. Just do it online or one adult!

No, because to me it is a huge chore. I'll get out of doing it if I can. I certainly don't want to slow the process down by taking someone along who might make different decisions and want a discussion.

But I some people do actively enjoy choosing their food. When my BIL (who doesn't drive) comes to stay, he wants to go to the supermarket every single day. My sis thinks it could be related to him having grown up poor and rarely getting to have what he wanted. Now he can afford whatever he wants from the shop, and buying it feels like a treat.

I got bored of trailling round after BIL - he takes ages inspecting everything - so nowadays I usually wait in the car! I can imagine that if two people like my BIL were in the same family, they might love bumbling around together.

This is literally my idea of hell.

I don't even go, I get a weekly shop delivered.

I would actively avoid this at all costs

No. Just don’t.

Why drag the whole family ground a supermarket. If the other partner can watch the kids then do that. They all get in the way

Are you deliberately misinterpreting most of the posts?

Did you know that you don't have to pick an argument with every person on a thread that you disagree with?

I haven’t even been to sleep yet (pain) so I'm not doing this with you.

I always brought my children shopping, its a great way to learn about life and learn life skills. My children learned very early on to look at use by dates, get the freshest produce, identify items that are better value, etc. They look at quantity and prices and compare for best value. They used maths skills from a young age in the shop and learned how to budget.
If I hadnt brought them they would have missed out on those skills.
I could easily let any of my teenagers do the weekly shop and be confident they would do as good a job at it as I would.

Taking a child/children shopping and interacting with them isn't the same as having a family of five ambling along blocking aisles and/or feral kids running about.
I taught DS how to shop too.

In fairness I always brought them first thing in the morning when shops were quiet, we would be first in the door. If they ran around they got told off, if they bumped into someone they would apologise.
Actually I just remembered DS used to "face off" the products for the staff ie turn the labels outwards. Sometimes the staff would give him a box of products to stack on the shelves!

I suggest you read your reply to me and then apply it to yourself where appropriate, afterall I didn't ask you to 'do this with me'. You chose to reply.
Sorry about the pain though, hope it eases somewhat and you get some rest. 💐

That sounds absolutely fine. 👍

We do as we normally do it in the weekend after the kids finished their sports/clubs and the shops are on the way home. We do top up shop during the week if need be - that one we do alone.

Yes there is a difference between kids running about like supermarkets are playground and kids helping.

See both examples at my work. Mum asks for the ‘green’ milk. 5 year old picks up 2 pints. “No we have double that” and kid picks up another 2 pints. “No we get the 4 pints” “why?” Asks the kid. “As two bottles of 2 pints costs about under £1 more than one bottle (which is true £2.40 v £1.45).

I remember helping my DM shopping on school holidays. This helped a great deal when I was 14. DM had surgery so unable to drive. DF was stuck in Germany due to thick snow and strong winds for 3 days- so I had to do the shopping.