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I didn't even need to bring front panniers, or a rear basket in place of my trunk bag ๐Ÿคญ

The trailer is a Wike City Cargo.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Please be respectful, he's from the United States. That's his daily groceries.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't insult me. I'm from Canada ๐Ÿ˜†

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why are you using pounds then?!?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Just how I grew up. I'll use grams and pounds for 99% of things, and rarely see KG being used for weighing people or animals around here.

Many store items are also mixed units... potatoes are in lbs, frozen vegetables in KG, cereal is in grams while hardwood pellets are in lbs. One will use oz while the other will use ml.

I don't care, as long as I understand what the hell I'm getting. ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It really seems somewhat strange from over the pond, these american grocery shopping photos, everybody seems absolutely loaded with stuff.

I will be home again by the weekend and then i'm gonna post a photo of my shopping trip. How exciting, haha.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Speaking only for myself, a large haul like this happens maybe once a month. I usually buy for more than the week (or the next one), so a large bag of rice, for example, will last quite a while but will take up room/weight for that grocery run.

For grocery runs in-between the large hauls, which are mostly perishable goods, I can often get by with just a single pannier, or maybe two if I'm getting something that takes up more volume.

The less often I'm in a store, the less I tend to spend throughout the month, so it's a strategy I use to keep my grocery budget in check.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm guessing we just don't go shopping as frequently. We usually go to the store every other week or so, so we buy 1-2 weeks worth of groceries at a time. To get bulk discounts, we tend to buy something large each trip (25lb bag of flour or rice, 20+ rolls of toilet paper, etc).

That said, I've never had a problem doing a trip on my bike that can only support 100lbs (kid trailer), and I find myself going more frequently with my bike because getting to the store is more enjoyable.