Basically you want what came before supermarkets
Regular markets
I miss those, when I was small we had a local store that did that for all meat products. You just said X amount of bacon. Instead of buying a million separately packaged packs that barely last 1 family breakfast. Or well, going out of my way to hit up lidl, because they’re like the only ones selling bigger packs.
Now don’t get me wrong, butcher counters still exist, but they’re rare and many are expensive hipster shit.
Regular markets
You could really order just like 3 stalks of celery? They didn’t force you to buy the whole bunch?
Many markets used a barter system, some even used Silent bartering so it was pretty easy to purchase only what you wanted
I’m not single, and I’ve never in my life finished an entire pack of grocery store grapes. And they are NOT fucking cheap. I haven’t bought them in fuckin’ years…
Edit: Oh… Wow. I now remember watching a weird movie about Jack the Ripper and thinking “how is he luring these girls with grapes?!” I guess we’re back to the 1800’s now…
I’ve got two kids, the grapes dissappear within the week.
Because they are basically candy. The sugar content of grapes is similar to candy.
