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Since my Vietnamese sister-in-law introduced me to Asian farmer's markets, I tend to only shop at them for anything fresh. Their produce selection is just so mu
by learc83 7y ago
Since my Vietnamese sister-in-law introduced me to Asian farmer's markets, I tend to only shop at them for anything fresh. Their produce selection is just so much better than traditional American super markets, they actually have a real butcher, and their seafood selection is much larger.
Their produce selection tends to be a lot cheaper than standard grocery stores too because they have separate supply chains and direct relationships with Asian owned farms.
Several local Asian chains have been moving into abandoned super market buildings in my area over the last 5 or 10 years, and I'm starting to see more and more non-Asian and non-Hispanic people shopping at them lately.
- opportune 7y agoYeah, I get all my seafood (except wild pacific salmon, for some reason Trader Joe's has by far the best) from Korean/Thai grocery stores. Great selection on fresh/frozen shellfish and fish. I think most traditional major supermarket chains have a higher markup on the "fresh things" like produce/meat/seafood but low prices on processed things + eggs + milk. Meanwhile the Asian groceries tend to have a low markup on produce/seafood but high markup on the processed things. I just need to find a place to get meat and nice-ish cheese (currently stock up on store-brand cheese every two weeks at Trader Joes) for cheap. I don't miss small grocery stores at all, usually they were too expensive with poor quality produce/meat and very poor seafood selection in my experience.
- JohnFen 7y agoYes, on the whole, Asian markets have it going on!