Comments on: Grocery Shopping at the Train Station http://thebillfold.com/2012/05/grocery-shopping-at-the-train-station/ Everything About Money You Were Too Polite To Ask Thu, 23 May 2013 03:37:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: pearl http://thebillfold.com/2012/05/grocery-shopping-at-the-train-station/#comment-2753 pearl Fri, 11 May 2012 20:22:09 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=3884#comment-2753 @jfruh I think it depends on the state, but I do remember doing a lot of my shopping at Berlin's Friedrichstraße's Edeka, because they were always open (or on Sundays at least). @jfruh I think it depends on the state, but I do remember doing a lot of my shopping at Berlin’s Friedrichstraße’s Edeka, because they were always open (or on Sundays at least).

]]> By: forget it i quit http://thebillfold.com/2012/05/grocery-shopping-at-the-train-station/#comment-2712 forget it i quit Fri, 11 May 2012 18:01:02 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=3884#comment-2712 Why bother doing it at the train station where you're more likely to be harried for time when you can do it sitting on the train via FreshDirect? Or, why bother locking in a physical location for a virtual store? Why bother doing it at the train station where you’re more likely to be harried for time when you can do it sitting on the train via FreshDirect?

Or, why bother locking in a physical location for a virtual store?

]]> By: Megano! http://thebillfold.com/2012/05/grocery-shopping-at-the-train-station/#comment-2672 Megano! Fri, 11 May 2012 15:34:33 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=3884#comment-2672 I can't even go to the gorcery store on week nights, so this sort of thing might actually be ideal, as I could just get a few things in the train station on the way home w/o having to make a massive detour. I can’t even go to the gorcery store on week nights, so this sort of thing might actually be ideal, as I could just get a few things in the train station on the way home w/o having to make a massive detour.

]]> By: jfruh http://thebillfold.com/2012/05/grocery-shopping-at-the-train-station/#comment-2664 jfruh Fri, 11 May 2012 15:09:29 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=3884#comment-2664 FUN FACT: In Germany, the strict laws that prevent supermarkets from being open for extended hours on weekends (because of socialism) don't apply to train stations, on the logic that if you're taking a train late at night you want to be able to get a bite to eat, right? The upshot is that big train stations in big cities essentially have full-sized grocery stores in them, where locals do their shopping. FUN FACT: In Germany, the strict laws that prevent supermarkets from being open for extended hours on weekends (because of socialism) don’t apply to train stations, on the logic that if you’re taking a train late at night you want to be able to get a bite to eat, right? The upshot is that big train stations in big cities essentially have full-sized grocery stores in them, where locals do their shopping.

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