groceries made easy

before any snowstorm, there always seems to be a last minute public rush to the grocery store. as if we'll be snowed in for weeks, folks grab all the necessities: bread, milk, eggs, water, toilet paper, etc. as a friend recently asked, "are people rushing home to make french toast or what?"

last week, we were right there in the middle of the throng at our local stop & shop. but just as we were about hold our breath and dive into the crowd, we spotted this on our right.

behold, the future!




yeah, that's right - hand scanners at the grocery store! no more long lines. no need for self-checkout. it was speedy and so much more fun.

pretend you're playing big buck hunter as you stroll down the cereal aisle.


scan that oatmeal. scan that soup. the hardest part is finding the bar code.

how do you scan a banana, you ask? the produce department had its own scale that weighed and printed out the appropriate sticker. scan it and you've bought that banana.

once you're done, join any line, scan one more bar code, pay, bag and go. we realized it would be even faster if we bagged as we shopped using our own re-usable bags.