When it comes to grocery shopping, even the most spontaneous Idahoans tend to be creatures of habit. You have a favorite grocery store and you feel extremely out of sorts when you shop somewhere else.
Living in Southeast Boise, we’ve shopped at the Parkcenter Albertsons for well over a decade. Sure, there are probably more affordable options out there, but this store is on our way home. We know the layout like the back of our hand. The staff is basically our extended family at this point. It just feels like home, even though fancy Albertsons on Broadway could also be on the way home if we took Broadway instead of Parkcenter.
That’s what makes a recent list from LoveFood so interesting. They took on the daunting task of naming the best grocery store in every state, knowing full well that food shopping is personal and tied to routine. What’s interesting about the choice for Idaho is that the popular food blog chose a single store, not the full chain like they did for other states.
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For example, in Arkansas they chose “Edwards Food Giant, Various Locations.” In Massachusetts they chose “Market Basket, Various Locations.” And in New York? “Wegmans, various locations.”…