Shopping and walking?

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Magnus_40@reddit

Usually once a week for tins, packets and frozen stuff but I have a large supermarket under a mile away and a smaller supermarket about a mile away so it is easy to wander in and have a browse whenever I like, usually fresh fruit and veg or perishables.

My watch tells me that I do 15000 to 20000 steps daily.

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BG3restart@reddit

I'm retired and shop almost every day because I just buy what I fancy. I do have tins of stuff in the house, but mostly eat salad and poached salmon from M&S and yoghurt and berries at this time of year. I'm within walking distance of M&S Foodhall, Tesco, Aldi, Lidl and B&M, they're all less than a mile away. I live on the edge of a small town, 1.5 miles from the town centre. Twice a year I drive to Costco in the city for staples like toilet roll, kitchen roll, foil, parchment, washing pods, Vanish, bleach ... so when I walk to the shops, I don't buy anything bulky or heavy. The biggest thing I carry is a box of bran flakes and the heaviest is a bottle of wine.

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BroadCat-9799@reddit

I like keeping active as much as possible so I'll walk to and from the local shops every day, taking at least 30 mins. Sometimes I take the bus to town (not really suitable to walk from home by foot) then walk to the bigger stores.

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Live_Bag_7596@reddit

When I use to walk I had to shop twice a week about a 25min walk. Now I have a bike and can do a week's shop and get there in half the time

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solarflares4deadgods@reddit

Full weeks shop for two people every Friday with top ups for milk and bread during the week as and when needed.

Usually take the bus on big shop days cuz I’m not spending an hour walking to the supermarket and an hour back.

Walk on average 5 miles a day most days, according to my Fitbit (mostly school run twice a day weekdays, plus whatever I’m doing on weekends)

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Mental_Body_5496@reddit

Walk there taxi back much cheaper than running a car !

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Badknees24@reddit

One main shop for all the staple cupboard stuff, loo rolls, dog food etc etc. Intermittent fresh shops for fruit/salad in the week.

Walking, yes as much as possible. Daily outsider for sanity, have a walking pad for shitty weather and to use my actual legs otherwise I'll go mad (WFH job, no commute so virtual commute on the pad lol). Dog walking. Any walking.

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Electronic_Cream_780@reddit

one main, one or two to get the stuff that I forgot when I was doing my main! No car, etrike and trailer. I have three dogs, so two walks a day, every day

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beatnikstrictr@reddit

I just go to Aldi most days after dropping the kids at school. A quiet Aldi is a wonderful thing. I have epilepsy so I can't drive and quite happily walk to places.

If I have free time, I will buy some beers and walk 4 miles to one of my mate's gaffs, then walk back home. I love walking with a beer.

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Cokezerowh0re@reddit

40 minute walk to the shop, another 40 back

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ThaiFoodThaiFood@reddit

I don't really shop for meals, I shop for ingredients.

I have two fridges and a chest freezer. I tend to do one big "long life" shop every 2-4 weeks then pick up fresh things like meat as and when I feel like it. That way on any given day I can basically make whatever I fancy. I only cook one meal a day.

Doing it this way minimises/eliminates the amount of things I have to throw away.

I live in a rural area so "not having a car" isn't an option.

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AnneKnightley@reddit

The whole week if using my car, if not then half the week per shop. It’s about 10-15 minutes walk each way. Don’t walk as much as I should.

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ceciem2100@reddit

I shop almost daily, sometimes just for a couple of things like chicken and milk at Lidl 5min walk. once or twice a week I go about a 25min walk to Sainsbury.

I also walk my dog often and also walk solo to get everywhere. I do also walk for 'leisure' it helps me clear my head. I'd say I walk 5-15+km a day.

I can't drive for medical reasons, so I'm just used to driving.

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VardaElentari86@reddit

About a 10/15min walk from Tesco, so usually shop there - co op close by if i just need milk or something.

Every few months I do an online delivery for big/heavy things and stock up a bit - loo roll, tins etc

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P44@reddit

I usually shop on my way home from an appointment. That way, I get to different supermarkets, as my appointments are not all in the same place. It can be very far (45-50 km), for instance if I have an appoinment in Wuppertal (I live in Düsseldorf).

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Nearby_Photograph_30@reddit

Sainsbo’s delivery once a week. Tend to get stuff for 5 teas (dinner) as sometimes you can use leftover stuff to make a picky tea or something else. Usually one night a week we might get take away / go to parents for food or something.

We live a 5 minute walk away from Asda & trialled shopping in store but we ended up spending more bc we weren’t planning meals and buying more snacks 😂

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eh123456789qr@reddit

I shop for a whole week of meals at once, but sometimes pop in to pick up things we forgot, or salad for example so it’s fresher for a specific meal. Walking wise I work from home but normally walk at least 30 mins a day for leisure, over the weekend probably spend a few hours walking at least.

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CrazyPlatypusLady@reddit

I've walked 16 miles in the last 7 days. I live so close to my town centre that it takes longer to walk down the hill to the bus stop and get the bus than it does to walk up the hill to town.

4 person household. I do the main shop with a car, but I can't drive. So I have to work it around when the husband is available. But top-ups and incidental stuff is on foot, or by bus or train where appropriate.

Some weeks I can't physically walk, so I take advantage when I can.

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weedywet@reddit

I look at what’s good.

So I usually end up with about 2 days worth. Maybe 3 at most.

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Sad_Cardiologist5388@reddit

I see craploads of people getting taxis to cart it all home

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AtebYngNghymraeg@reddit

Twice a week. Every Tuesday and Friday I plan what I'm cooking for the next three or four days and do a fairly large shop.

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nasted@reddit

We have a local Co-op that we visit almost daily. Either walk or drive and it’s about 1 km there and back.

But we do an online shop once a week where we’re more likely to buy household stuff like soap and kitchen roll, cat food, frozen stuff and tins of food for the cupboard.

Local shops is more fresh foods and that thing we forgot for the dinner we’re in the middle of cooking.

We don’t walk that much but my husband is better than me at choosing to walk.

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TwistMeTwice@reddit

If I go to all the shops in town, it's roughly 4k of walking, there and home again. I usually go daily, if only to get a walk. No need for a car. Staple goods like milk, eggs and bread once a week, the rest of the time it just depends on what I feel like cooking on the day. Today I went in to get sour cream and unsalted butter because my mum suddenly fancied a cheesecake. (It was market day in town, and she'd picked up a bunch of raspberries.)

I do a rare online shop when I'm out of the heavy things. Mostly tins of tomatoes. Those I get in bulk.

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EconomicsPotential84@reddit

I'm a big walker, I used to take a camping backpack and walk 1.5 miles each way, a weeks shopping in the backpack and bag in each hand on the way back. Now not so much.... but still walk sometimes, maybe a full bag for life kind if size about a mile and a bit.

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Fearless-Dust-2073@reddit

Usually I get 4-5 days worth of meals because it's nice to be able to do something unplanned from time to time.

I have a seated job so I don't do tonnes of walking, but I get a decent 3-6km run a few times per week to try and keep my weight under control.

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Tired3520@reddit

I do meal planning and shop once a week. Occasionally, I nip out for extra milk if we’ve run out unexpectedly. I cook all meals, make packed lunches for kids/husband.

I drive closeby for shops.

I do quite a bit of walking as we have dogs. Weekends are bigger walks. But tend to walk them for 20 mins in the morning, and up to an hour after lunch during the week. Longer walks - 10k walks at the weekend when I have more time.

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PM-me-your-cuppa-tea@reddit

I get an instant delivery style shop once or twice a week and then maybe stop in at coop etc once or twice a week. But I cook for one so don't get through fresh food quick enough otherwise so I much prefer a little and often approach

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PipBin@reddit

Ocado delivery once a week. I plan so the stuff likely to go off gets used first, but most stuff lasts longer than a week.

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Princes_Slayer@reddit

I do a main non-perishable shop weekly, and then buy fresh stuff a few times a week as I decide on meals. I don’t like the rigidity of planning meals for the whole week as it will go to waste when I invariably change my mind. Supermarket is at the bottom of my road, 2 minute walk