| Hello and welcome back to my slow English [Music] |
| podcast. Today I want to talk about grocery stores and supermarkets. How to use |
| essential words when going to the grocery store. Some essential phrases, |
| questions, and vocabulary, all in a slow, comprehensible way. I |
| love grocery stores. I love grocery stores. like Walmart, Costco, Sam's, and Target. |
| Those are my favorite stores to get groceries at. I like those stores the |
| most because I love trying samples of different food in the store. |
| And in those grocery stores, they always have free samples with no |
| cost. Free. I also love these stores because the aisles are so wide. Not |
| narrow, but the aisles are wide. At some stores like Bodega, Sorana, the aisles are too |
| narrow. That's why I prefer places like Walmart with wide aisles. My favorite |
| aisle is the detergent aisle. It smells so good. It smells |
| so fresh and clean. As a customer at |
| Walmart, I always feel comfortable. The temperature is usually very cool and the shopping |
| carts stroll really smooth down the aisles. I like to |
| stroll around on them sometimes. Sometimes I like to skate on them |
| or lean on them. What's your favorite grocery store to visit and why? What makes a grocery |
| store feel comfy for you? The smells, the shopping carts, the people. When I'm |
| ready to check out all of my groceries, I normally try to go to selfch checkout. The |
| lines the queue is usually shorter than regular checkout. |
| So selfch checkout is a lot faster and I always prefer to get my fresh |
| produce like vegetables and fruits at the local market. I prefer going to the local |
| market for food that's fresh. Fresh produce. I usually need a |
| whole bunch of bananas. I eat one banana every day. So, I need at |
| least five bananas for my week. 1 kilo of bananas is usually enough for me. It's |
| usually a whole bunch of bananas. How many kilos of bananas do you normally |
| buy per week from Sunday to Saturday? How many do you buy? I don't |
| like going to big chain supermarkets to buy fresh produce. However, when it comes to meat like |
| beef, chicken, pork, or fish, I prefer to go to a big |
| chain supermarket. I get nervous buying at outdoor markets. The meat sometimes sits |
| in the sun all day. The same with dairy products. I prefer to go to a big chain |
| supermarket for my dairy products. And I really like walking down the aisle at places like Walmart or |
| Sorana to buy my dairy products. I just love dairy products. Cottage cheese, Greek yogurt, ice cream. I love |
| it all. But I am lactose intolerant. So dairy |
| products make me feel very sick. But I don't care. I get |
| sick and I don't care. I love dairy products. Now, when it comes to dairy products like |
| eggs, I don't really like eggs. I can never buy a dozen eggs. A dozen is 12 eggs. |
| It's too much for me. If I'm with my family though, we will get a dozen eggs. |
| Can you finish a dozen eggs all by yourself? Now, when it comes to buying pastries or |
| bread, I always go to the local bakery. Bakeries, in my |
| opinion, are the only way to buy bread. Bread has to be made with |
| love. My friend once told me that bread doesn't go to your stomach. Bread goes |
| to your heart. And you can taste the love put into bread, I think. And the |
| freshly homemade flavor is incomparable. What do you think? What's your favorite food aisle? The dairy |
| aisle, drinks, snacks, canned goods, condiments like ketchup, mayo, mustard. |
| The prices at each grocery store make a big difference when you're buying in |
| bulk. Lots of people prefer to buy things that will last a long time. And places like |
| Walmart or Costco are usually more expensive than places like |
| Aurora or Sorana. Less international big chain stores. They usually have more |
| sales and discounts. I like buying expensive things for cheap prices. When I go to |
| the checkout to pay for my groceries, I normally use my credit card because I |
| never have coins or change or even bills with me. |
| So, in conclusion, even though the big chain supermarkets are more convenient because |
| of the shopping carts, the credit card payments, and the big aisles, I still always |
| prefer going to local supermarkets to support the community. What do you prefer? Big chain grocery |
| stores or local supermarkets? Now for a little challenge question. Tell me what is the |
| difference between a bag, a box, a can, a |
| jar, a bottle, a carton, and a package. Tell me one thing you can find in each |
| packaging. For example, I can find milk or juice in a carton. I can find |
| jelly or olives in a jar. Also remember to use some useful phrases at the |
| supermarket or grocery store. If you're looking for something and you can't find it, you could say, "Where can I find the |
| milk?" I'm looking for the milk. Do you have any milk? Or to ask the price of |
| something, you can say, "How much does this cost?" "How much does this cost?" And when making a card payment, you can |
| ask, "Can I pay by card or can I pay with cash?" It depends if you're using |
| cash or card. They might ask you paper or plastic or would you like a |
| receipt? I hope these phrases helped you. And I hope you remember some of these in the future when you go grocery |
| shopping. If you like this video, leave a like and comment all your answers down below. And you will probably like these |
| videos as well. Comment something that you would like me to talk about in my next Slow English podcast. Thank you. Bye. |
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