I’m just wondering what the title asks: do you organize your groceries in the order you will check them out, if doing self-checkout, or arrange them on the belt/counter in a standard checkout line, in the hope that they’ll be bagged in a specific way?

I didn’t know there was any other way people do it, but just learned some people prefer to checkout/bag without pre-arranging things. I’m kind of curious to see what’s more common, or if there’s some other options I haven’t considered?

  • Zarlin
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    58 months ago

    Heavy stuff first, cold things together, fragile stuff last.

      • @[email protected]
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        18 months ago

        Last? I want those first, they are usually in very sturdy containers so putting some stuff on top is fine. They are also usually heavy and heavy stuff goes first. Also if they leak, I want them to leak out of the bottom of the bag and not over all the groceries and then out of the bottom of the bag

        • @[email protected]
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          18 months ago

          I see. I always put them on a separate bag so they’re always dead last. If they’re on the same bag, then it makes sense to be at the bottom.

          • @[email protected]
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            08 months ago

            Seperate bag seems smart. I usually don’t have a whole lot of groceries and a big grocery bag, so if I can I try to get it all in one bag.

      • livus
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        08 months ago

        And for me, it’s the snack I just bought to eat now that’s last.

    • @[email protected]
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      08 months ago

      Yeah I’m trying to remember how we used to do it (the last time I went through a normal checkout with a full shop was probably 10 years ago) and this seems right.

      Gotta have the heavy stuff handy so you can put it straight into the bottom of the bags. Anything else is wasting time!