How can I make grocery shopping less tedious?

Belindita: How can I make grocery shopping less tedious?
I hate going to the grocers. It takes me about 1.5 hours to do the shopping. If they didn’t have this loud music at the stores, I would take my MP3 player. Any ideas or tips?

Answers and Views:

Answer by Yard Man
Go right when the store opens. Take the MP3, drink 2 triple tall lattes just before starting, have a list prepared already and leave any kids at home. You will fly thru the aisles !!

Answer by igi
stop eating

Answer by calyx156
I actually really LOVE to go grocery shopping, but maybe that’s because I am trained as a chef. Having come thru some really difficult times in my life, I feel incredibly greatful to have enough money to buy healthy foods that are good for me and my family. I also appreciate air conditioning when it’s 80F or higher outside and so muggy that I feel I’m swimming in my clothing. For me, produce is incredibly beautiful to look at and to touch. I find it completely inspiring to imagine what meals I’ll make with it for the ones I love when I get home. I find that if I can focus on beauty, gratitude, inspiration, art and wonderful food, that these things make all the difference in my world. If I could just find some inspiration in the huge pile of dishes in my kitchen, the beds that need to be made every single day of my life, the bathroom that keeps needing to be cleaned or the piles and piles of laundry my kids seem to keep making, I would be in a much better head space…Yeah, having to do the same things over and over again can be an extreme pain, but there can be joy in it, too.

Answer by lily
give mate/parent a shopping list with the money then wait till they get back!

Answer by sue dean
go on a slow day, early is best, get to know the people that work there, i bet you’ll find somebody that you will look forward to talking to when you go. i work in a supermarket and a lot of people come to the supermarket just to socialize{older ones usually}