Why I Like Warehouse Shopping Again

While rushing through my shopping, I noticed something odd at Sam's Club: I don't hate it any more. (See my post "Why I Dislike Warehouse Shopping" for reference)

I've noticed a DEFINITE improvement over the old days--carts are no longer filled to overflowing with village-sized portions of junk foods, and flatbeds loaded with cases of crap that would choke a dentist upon sight of it. Today, I saw around me carts that were only half-full or less (unusual being that everyone who gets paid on the 1st got paid yesterday), and these carts had mostly packaged salad greens and fresh produce. Here and there were cartons of eggs, packages of meat, gallons of milk, bags of nuts and dried fruit, and loaves of bread, but gone are the cases of candy, boxes of lunchbox-sized chips and cookies, cases of snack bars, and most heartening of all, not nearly as much bottled water adorned the cart bottom racks.

The only flatbeds I could see were loaded with electronics and stuff that otherwise wouldn't fit into a cart (cases of TP, packages of paper towels, etc.).

I don't know if this is because people are getting the "you are what you eat" message, or if this is due to the recession. I don't really care--just as long as they keep it up!