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
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
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.
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.
Sometimes it seems that way when a favorite brand disappears.
For example Tropicana Juice has mostly disappeared: only oj left and it’s smaller and higher priced. I used to occasionally buy their other juices because at least it’s sweetened by fruit juice. Without it, I guess there’s the same variety but missing the middle choice. You need to choose either the corn syrup from the bottom shelf or the expensive stuff from the top shelf
Did you change the time you goto the store? I’m off my routine so the last several times I went to the store everything was out of stock
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
Where? In my country there isn’t less variety, no
Depends on the store. Lidl has a brand of peanut butter while AH and Jumbo has 4 brands
Compared to how long ago? I haven’t noticed any changes.
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.
They all want that Kirkland money
There are more varieties of Mountain Dew than ever.
So many of them are so gross. Every time I see a new flavor I have to try it
So far, it doesn’t seem like it. Eggs are expensive, but that means there’s more on the shelves. The only things I’ve seen disappear is non-black varieties of cold brew and beer grain is gone at every brewing store I’ve been to. These are probably incredibly specific to me lol
changes in variety of stuff I can afford? absolutely, otherwise not much
