# I had to change my way of food shopping because of the new small bags **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 24, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-change-my-way-of-food-shopping-because-of-the-new-small-bags/766756 "2016-09-24T19:51:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-change-my-way-of-food-shopping-because-of-the-new-small-bags/766756/101 "2016-10-03T12:50:24Z")
There is only one answer… Amazon Pantry. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-change-my-way-of-food-shopping-because-of-the-new-small-bags/766756/102 "2016-10-03T13:34:13Z")
Actually, there are many answers. Many supermarket chains have home delivery, although there may be a small fee (five bucks or so). Perhaps the OP could order the bulky stuff like the bottled water and juice once a month and otherwise walk to the market for the rest of his needs. Or he can take a taxicab/Uber to the market. I see plenty of people doing that. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-change-my-way-of-food-shopping-because-of-the-new-small-bags/766756/103 "2016-10-03T14:02:37Z")
Maybe the OP is more familiar with a backpack? ---
**Author:** ![cg16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@cg16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cg16)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-change-my-way-of-food-shopping-because-of-the-new-small-bags/766756/104 "2016-10-03T14:56:16Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Actually, there are many answers. Many supermarket chains have home delivery, although there may be a small fee (five bucks or so). Perhaps the OP could order the bulky stuff like the bottled water and juice once a month and otherwise walk to the market for the rest of his needs. > > Or he can take a taxicab/Uber to the market. I see plenty of people doing that. Uber became illegal in philly on saturday ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-change-my-way-of-food-shopping-because-of-the-new-small-bags/766756/105 "2016-10-03T15:11:15Z")
Surely there are still taxicabs in Philadelphia? ---
**Author:** ![Ennui](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ennui/32/3396_2.png) [@Ennui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ennui)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-change-my-way-of-food-shopping-because-of-the-new-small-bags/766756/106 "2016-10-03T15:51:44Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Surely there are still taxicabs in Philadelphia? Yea, but they’re too small so you have to take a lot of them. ---
**Author:** ![cg16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@cg16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cg16)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-change-my-way-of-food-shopping-because-of-the-new-small-bags/766756/107 "2016-10-03T16:03:19Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Surely there are still taxicabs in Philadelphia? No one here wants to get in a taxi because Uber was so much cheaper ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-change-my-way-of-food-shopping-because-of-the-new-small-bags/766756/108 "2016-10-03T16:14:26Z")
Can you take a horse and buggy? ---
**Author:** ![cg16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@cg16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cg16)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-change-my-way-of-food-shopping-because-of-the-new-small-bags/766756/109 "2016-10-03T16:36:00Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Can you take a horse and buggy? Not the main source of transportation in Philly since the 1800’s ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-change-my-way-of-food-shopping-because-of-the-new-small-bags/766756/110 "2016-10-03T18:07:31Z")
Yeah Drunky, get with the times man! ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-change-my-way-of-food-shopping-because-of-the-new-small-bags/766756/111 "2016-10-03T20:03:52Z")
> [@cg16](#): > > Nope Found the OP’s problem. He’s reading the Dope in Braille. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-change-my-way-of-food-shopping-because-of-the-new-small-bags/766756/112 "2016-10-03T21:12:30Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Yeah Drunky, get with the times man! I used to be with the times. But the times have changed man. Women working outside the home and having opinions. Non-whites demanding to not be slaves. The Kardashians. What happened man? What happened? ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-change-my-way-of-food-shopping-because-of-the-new-small-bags/766756/113 "2016-10-03T21:21:02Z")
> [@cg16](#): > > Not the main source of transportation in Philly since the 1800’s and what year are you stuck in? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-change-my-way-of-food-shopping-because-of-the-new-small-bags/766756/114 "2016-10-04T00:36:00Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > What happened man? What happened? It all started when they went from burlap bags to paper. America stalled because they couldn’t carry as much fertilizer back to the farm, thus the Great Depression. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-change-my-way-of-food-shopping-because-of-the-new-small-bags/766756/115 "2016-10-04T01:00:33Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Can you take a horse and buggy? I know I would never do that until they have a stable release. It just sounds too buggy. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-change-my-way-of-food-shopping-because-of-the-new-small-bags/766756/116 "2016-10-04T03:28:45Z")
> [@Ennui](#): > > Yea, but the [taxis are] too small so you have to take a lot of them. I think there are some Escalade taxis in Philly/Camden area that can take care of that. Also, to contribute to the following solution: > [@RobDog](#): > > Switch to a diet of lighter food such as marshmallows and popcorn. …as well as those big plastic bags stuffed full of generic (I think) wheat puffs(?) (unfortunately - there’s a problem with them being way too big for those darned small bags again…Well, as long as your new reusable bag will be large enough to contain said cocoa fruity puffs so that you so don’t have to bother with the pain of having to get _multiple_ reusable bags if _they_ end up being too small, especially if you get 35-pound x-mas turkeys…er wait…too heavy - scrap that) anyway, other light items - bulk saffron, alfalfa sprouts, maybe there’s a cotton candy vendor posted at one of the aisle ends. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-change-my-way-of-food-shopping-because-of-the-new-small-bags/766756/117 "2016-10-04T04:16:55Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > … bulk saffron … Threads, of course, the powder would be way too dense. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-change-my-way-of-food-shopping-because-of-the-new-small-bags/766756/118 "2016-10-06T23:56:41Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > Can’t wait to see what crisis you derp your way through next. 😃 I just peed a little. **gigi** , who took her cart blocks to the bus, carried it on the bus for miles, shopped, and rode the bus back with the full cart and walked it home. Clearly a nutball. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-change-my-way-of-food-shopping-because-of-the-new-small-bags/766756/119 "2016-10-06T23:59:19Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > Can’t wait to see what crisis you derp your way through next. He’ll demand the pizza be cut into four pieces because he can’t eat eight. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-change-my-way-of-food-shopping-because-of-the-new-small-bags/766756/120 "2016-10-07T00:48:23Z")
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