Shopping Carts

This is not the most exciting blog, but I am afraid things have been a bit slow in the Meijer department. So, I thought I would just share another thing about Meijer that keeps me coming back.
Now, before I get too far, I have to admit that I don't shop at too many other super centers, so I don't know how special the carts are Meijer are, but they certainly beat the local grocery store. For starters, Meijer has two different sized carts. There is your typical grocery store cart with the flip down thing for the kids to sit on and the space below to put bags of dog food and 24 packs of pop. There is also a smaller sized cart. It is a few inches narrower and about half as long. You can usually find these moving around the store with a 20-40 year old man behind trying to fit in as much stuff as he can without having to resort to getting the big cart and looking like Mr. Mom.
On top of these choices, those shoppers with kids can choose from the extended addition cart with a bench for two kids to sit in, or better yet, for a buck you can get a hybrid cart that is half mobile entertainment center and half shopping cart. There is a little T.V. screen inside that plays episodes of Sponge Bob. You don't have as much room for groceries, but the lack of screaming kids allows you to be brave enough to shop more than once a month. My friend Jaret calls this the best dollar he has ever spent. He can often be found walking the aisle of Meijer with his two older kids completely enthralled with the 8 inch T.V. screen and totally unaware of the fact they just walked by all the sugar cereal.

Next Best Thing

I am hoping that everyone has had a chance to use the Meal Box thing. Julie and I have been printing coupons from it, though we haven't really used it to make our grocery list or plan meals at this point.
In response to Caitlin's complaint that she still has to cook the food, I think she has been watching too many episodes of Star Trek. However, I am not completely without some help.
There was another comment on the last post with a link to the Meijer Team YouTube channel. While they will not come out to your house to cook your food, there are many videos that show how to cook the food. In case you haven't checked it out yet, go here.
I only see 9 videos on this site. Hopefully more will follow.