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Store Launches 'Man Aisle' for Shopping-Challenged Dudes: Good Idea?

Chris D 2012/07/26 19:00:00
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Finally, at long last, a supermarket that can cater to the condiment-loving, beer-swilling, BBQ-potato-chip-eating tendencies of men. I'm sure there won't be any broccoli quiche or fresh fruit in this "man aisle." Is it a good idea to have a "man aisle" at the grocery store for shopping-challenged dudes? Or is it just perpetuating the nutritionally challenged, neanderthal-male stereotype?

FOXNEWS.COM reports:
From condoms to steak sauce, New York City dudes can shop for everything they need at the city's first “man aisle” — a portion of an Upper West Side grocery store dedicated just to them.
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  • Rock 2012/07/26 19:49:49
    No
    Rock
    +22
    This is just like giving every kid a trophy, it takes away the incentive to make one's self better. We're guys, not idiots, we know where to find the beer, chips, and M&Ms.; Hell, we could probably even find powdered sugar, flour, and vanilla if you asked us nice enough.
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  • Briggsy Ace 2012/12/23 06:14:57
    Briggsy
    Evolution (v):

    |: to [: to (:

    SH Apology:
    Sorry for the E Word.
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  • S* Briggsy 2012/08/12 06:09:43
    S*
    +2
    On a related note, when I was in New York last year, I refused to order wine with my dinner, it was so incredibly expensive, I could buy very good bottles at home for the same price, it would have ruined the meal if I paid those prices. The tap water was very good, I was very impressed.
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  • Briggsy S* 2012/08/12 14:43:19 (edited)
    Briggsy
    +1
    They charge you for the water? Nothing's free in NYC.

    Edit:
    You didn't really ask for 'tap' did you; there's an up-charge for that sort. And, for the love of god, don't ask for an ice cube!
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  • Ace S* 2012/08/10 09:34:34 (edited)
    Ace
    +2
    Good point. I consider the grocery store 'buying' as well. I go there to buy things I need. But now the mall, that is definitely shopping for me even if I know what I am there to look for to buy, lol. If it's a particular kind of shoe... I will 'shop' in different stores looking for the exact one I want :) My thought is not to be "outta there" unless I am time limited. Then, I will be focused; in buying mode. Otherwise, I will be distracted into stopping and looking at purses as I pass and buying and enjoying a blueberry peanut butter fruit smoothie, or a few pieces of Sees Candies (apple pie or pineapple truffles), or a bottle of scented lotion. I do not very often go to the mall, so I look at it like a treat full of little perks that I really do like to enjoy, lol.

    I do not know much about wines except for some of the basics of cooking with them. But, I do enjoy a small amount of some more than others every once in a blue moon.

    AHa.. people do want to eat what they want to eat. Well, I have discarded almost all of the foods I grew up eating that my mother cooked. But, it has been the result of a long and gradual process of just always trying to change and improve my food habits to better ones. Except, I DO still love a good ol' peanut butter and jelly sandwich or a bowl of o...

    Good point. I consider the grocery store 'buying' as well. I go there to buy things I need. But now the mall, that is definitely shopping for me even if I know what I am there to look for to buy, lol. If it's a particular kind of shoe... I will 'shop' in different stores looking for the exact one I want :) My thought is not to be "outta there" unless I am time limited. Then, I will be focused; in buying mode. Otherwise, I will be distracted into stopping and looking at purses as I pass and buying and enjoying a blueberry peanut butter fruit smoothie, or a few pieces of Sees Candies (apple pie or pineapple truffles), or a bottle of scented lotion. I do not very often go to the mall, so I look at it like a treat full of little perks that I really do like to enjoy, lol.

    I do not know much about wines except for some of the basics of cooking with them. But, I do enjoy a small amount of some more than others every once in a blue moon.

    AHa.. people do want to eat what they want to eat. Well, I have discarded almost all of the foods I grew up eating that my mother cooked. But, it has been the result of a long and gradual process of just always trying to change and improve my food habits to better ones. Except, I DO still love a good ol' peanut butter and jelly sandwich or a bowl of oatmeal. Both very satisfying indeed :) But now, the bread is not white, I like preserves, and I throw fruit and brown sugar on top of the oatmeal not butter. Yes, I know...brown sugar is still sugar, but I like it =)

    I admit it: I like tofu. And, I've been using soy milk for years now, before it was ever popular and could be found in the dairy case next to the milk :) I use to have to hunt it down in certain stores in the dusty back aisle section reserved for 'organics' and other health-nut tasteless out-of-date items, lol.
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  • Briggsy Ace 2012/08/31 04:49:18
    Briggsy
    +1
    I saw a poll asking if shopping is good therapy. I can say this about that, if you are shopping for therapy, you need a good therapist.
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  • Ace Briggsy 2012/12/22 11:26:18 (edited)
    Ace
    +1
    It depends on what you're shopping for. Me, I've removed myself from the 'market', and I don't shop. Although, I do pass through and can't help but window shop from time to time. But, (sigh) buyer beware.

    Edit:
    Lemons. Untrustable ones at that.
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  • Briggsy Ace 2012/12/23 06:18:33
    Briggsy
    Lemons, Schlemons

    Some shoppers will keep window-shopping. You never know what might happen in a free-market society …it’s got a mind of its own, innit?
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  • Briggsy Ace 2012/08/09 11:58:16
    Briggsy
    +2
    When I said tofu, I meant ‘big slab of recently dead animal flesh uncooked and with the fur still on’. Still …where’s the Stella?
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  • Ace Briggsy 2012/08/10 10:10:38 (edited)
    Ace
    +2
    How about some nice Muscle Milk instead? Have you read the ingredients on that? Oh gawd, I just read the ingredients online. Don't look. Thank Gawd, I've never tried it! Okay, "bovine colostrum extract". It's a compound produced by female mammals during the first one to two days after giving birth. It also has "acesulfame potassium and sucralose"! Those poisonous artificial sweeteners. And, to think I didn't try it when it came out because I picked up a bottle and saw that it had added oils, which I didn't want to be drinking added oils, and put it back down.

    Now, I will be checking the label again fully for SURE the next time I see one in the convenience store ...just like having to morbidly look at the train wreck you were talking about on the other thread.

    Yes, pass me a Stella please.
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  • Briggsy Ace 2012/08/12 14:55:17 (edited)
    Briggsy
    +1
    Muscle milk? …never heard that term in my life! But now I’ve got a hankering for a bowl of bovine colostrum extract with acesulfame potassium and sucralose.

    Edit:
    Who doesn’t?
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  • Ace Briggsy 2012/08/17 08:48:53 (edited)
    Ace
    +1
    Ahaha... It's a brand name for a type of milk *drink* that is suppose to support the building of muscle tissue and help increase muscle mass for people interested in that sort of thing; those working out. I'm pretty sure it's a fairly new product. Here's a picture. It's a lovely labeled bottle with wonderful natural and artificial flavors like banana creme! Who wouldn't love a banana creme drink that also helps restore your muscles after a work out and increases mass?
    muscle milk banana creme
    Look at the protein in that (^)! Wow, a whopping 32 grams! I'm now noticing it says "contains no milk". Hm.
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  • Briggsy Ace 2012/08/19 23:16:52
    Briggsy
    +1
    Yummy. I've got a good mind to bathe in that. 'Course, I'll shower afterwards.
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  • Ace Briggsy 2012/08/22 09:06:41 (edited)
    Ace
    +1
    Why, yes! It would leave the skin pleasantly scented like banana creme, lol... and afterwards, one could have a yummy REAL banana sandwich like that one (v) :) But now.. the artificial sweeteners. Hm. It might be toxic to apply it to the skin. Better not, now that I think of it.

    Better would be to use Bath and Body Works Banana Smoothie 3 in 1 shower gel, bubble bath, and shampoo :)
    yummy real banana sandwich artificial sweeteners hm toxic apply skin
    Great. Now I really WOULD like a bottle of that (^). But, I found out that it is NOT available for sale any longer. And, I love lotions. So, I found this one on Amazon.com (V). But it is 10 ounces for $40. That is ridiculous. I'll find another banana lotion somewhere else.
    love lotions amazon 10 ounces 40 ridiculous ill banana lotion
    Yes, I'll definitely look for a heavenly banana body wash and body creme :)

    Now this is just weird:
    http://www.etsy.com/listing/6...
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  • Ace Briggsy 2012/08/17 09:16:08 (edited)
    Ace
    +1
    Add some Cheerios into that and you've got a power meal! =]

    peanut butter and honey sandwich with bananas

    Ohmygawd look what I found, Briggsy (^) > Peanut butter, raw honey, and banana samich! (^.^)... on grainy wheat bread, .........

    Oh so lovely. Now THAT makes me hungry! lol...

    OH! Aha..

    Edit: I will divulge the alcohol content inside my fridge and cupboard when I have more time to come back and finish responding here. I am certain that I will be having one of those samiches before the sun comes up =)
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  • Briggsy Ace 2012/08/19 23:14:37
    Briggsy
    +1
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  • Ace Briggsy 2012/08/27 10:25:32 (edited)
    Ace
    +1
    This explains the wine in a box nicely...

    "Here's the bladder"...lol....

    Fry and Laurie must have been taste testing your "It’s been in there for years...blueberry and cranberry from Oregon" and my old opened "Pahrump Valley Winery, Symphony 2011 California"!, lolol....

    Eric from 'Bottles' in the above video says that wine is really only good for the day that you open it, and after that it's pretty much done 'flavor wise'. Does that sound about right?
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  • Briggsy Ace 2012/08/31 04:46:26 (edited)
    Briggsy
    +1
    !) You do know nasty tree huggers aren't terribly keen on the idea of plastics.

    !!) I do think the Blueberry Cranberry Oregon wine was the one Hugh Laurie spit out. You could just see that on his face.

    !!!) I've got no idea if they go bad after a day. I've never given one a full 24-hour opportunity.

    & (fooled you) Bung that Pahrump (haha) Valley wine in a toxic waste dump. Make sure you find a federal Superfund site. You do have a bio-hazard suit ...right?

    Edit:
    &
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  • Ace Briggsy 2012/12/22 12:04:14 (edited)
    Ace
    +1
    Don't nasty tree huggers know that plastic has recycle bins? How can they oppose recycling like that? How on earth can anyone recycle the plastic if they don't HAVE Any? Those tree huggers sure are confused.

    What?! Don't they wear sunglasses? They put them right up against their face. And how about toothbrushes? Right in the mouth. Razors, all up and down the body. Oh, I think they know.

    Eh em... not to mention ...some..'other' areas of the body? that are most likely involved with some form of plastic... Hmmmm???...

    Oh, I forgot how much I like that song. It's so great to sing!! =)

    I think that guy on the guitar was using a plastic pic. Shoot, I just realized that I'll be putting a plastic clip in my hair tomorrow, and I can't live without plastic! It's worse than sugar!!!!!!!

    Edit:
    He who controls plastic, rules the world.

    !!) Oregon Bluecranberry wine, a gold medal winner :) It captured ALL of it's points, not to notice or anything. Just saying :}
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  • Briggsy Ace 2012/12/23 06:26:43
    Briggsy
    Don't give me that liberal hypocrisy response: we tree huggers clean our teeth and shave with tree bark. We also eat it for brekkers. Though, the shaving is really just above the neck. Now that I think of it, so is the teeth cleaning and eating.

    Can you repeat all of that slowly? I'm drifting in and out. I think I'll need another shot at this one.
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  • Ace Briggsy 2012/12/22 12:34:33
    Ace
    +1
    Edit:
    Hello, & :]

    ...Marxist! :}
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  • Briggsy Ace 2012/12/23 06:19:23 (edited)
    Briggsy
    Nazi!

    Edit:
    Sorry ...Nurse Nazi!
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  • claire spencer 2012/08/03 00:27:43
    No
    claire spencer
    Do we want to encourage more unhealthyness in America? Plus, women eat some of these things as well... Besi
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  • cnsharp 2012/08/02 15:34:41
    Yes
    cnsharp
    I think its a good idea and if you find it offensive just call it the party aisle or Friday night aisle. It can be really covenant when your planning on having some friends over to just hangout and watch tv.
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  • Jalysa Ellis 2012/08/01 00:32:51
    Huh?
    Jalysa Ellis
    Oh god. What if they made a woman aisle? All you see is tampons, sanitary napkins, diet pills, huge tubs of ice cream, tissues, never ending copies of The Notebook, endless gossip and boyfriend tip magazines, and chocolate. Lots, and lots of chocolate.
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  • Scott C 2012/07/31 01:25:13
    Yes
    Scott C
    But if you really want men shoppers get rid of the check-out line - we hate waiting in line.
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  • KaelynnRose 2012/07/30 22:08:17
    Yes
    KaelynnRose
    Yes it is a great ideal. The men I have known are just about useless at this type of thing.
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  • Nilam 2012/07/30 21:36:13
    Yes
    Nilam
    heck yeh, most men wanna go in, get what they came for, and leave, this just makes it sooo much easier!
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  • LibertyCaroline 2012/07/30 21:27:24
    Yes
    LibertyCaroline
    Haha, my boys would gravitate right to it.
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  • IAmMoreAwesomeThanU 2012/07/30 18:28:23
    Yes
    IAmMoreAwesomeThanU
    +1
    Although I can see why some people think that this idea is for "stupid" men, I have to respectfully disagree. After all, what's more stupid? Wasting time searching for what you need or walking into an aisle and finding everything you need? And with less time wasted, you have time for more important things.
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  • shywink 2012/07/29 17:01:42 (edited)
    No
    shywink
    +1
    This just caters to utter stupidity and laziness. Men can learn to find the stuff they need just like us women do. If a man (or anyone, for that matter) can't learn how to do some simple shopping, he is not "challenged", he is stupid. Plus, this actually helps to "dumb them down" more because it prevents them from actually trying to figure out the correct way to shop. Like the women's separate parking crap, this doesn't do anyone any good.
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  • Playerazzi 2012/07/29 08:35:19
    No
    Playerazzi
    Ridiculous.

    It would drive me crazy, if I'm looking for ketchup and finding it in the same place as beer (huh?!) or potato chips.
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  • marty 2012/07/29 07:40:15
    No
    marty
    +1
    It seems that if a guy is that store-challenged that wifey or a bro could call up the supermarket, have the stuff ready, and when bozo goes picks up the stuff, he pays slightly higher for a packing fee.
    It's true that a good many of us guys like to get in and out ASAP, but we're not blind to brands or pricing. We may HAVE to have a certain brand or are content with the store brand. Frankly, it's calling us stupid.
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  • brittany 2012/07/28 18:01:52
    Yes
    brittany
    +2
    hey im a woman, i would to eat some of that man food too. lol
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  • scarfy 2012/07/28 18:01:49
    Huh?
    scarfy
    As a woman, I'd like MY shopping trip to be fast and easy too. Just deal guys. However if the supermarket thinks it will improve sales and gets the stinky people out of the store sooner, I have no objection!
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  • DavidK 2012/07/28 16:57:32
    Yes
    DavidK
    +1
    Great idea!
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  • Michaelene 2012/07/28 15:50:46
    Yes
    Michaelene
    +1
    Yeah, why not? My hubby would love it :)
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  • Dave 007 2012/07/28 12:07:24
    Yes
    Dave 007
    Excellent!!!
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  • kraftymomma1979 2012/07/28 11:29:00
    Yes
    kraftymomma1979
    +1
    I think it's a brilliant idea; however, I would add two things on the endcap: tampons and maxipads for when they are sent out on an emergency run. No man wants to search all over "that" section.
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  • mewycg 2012/07/28 11:02:38
    Yes
    mewycg
    I think it's a good fit. Guys seem to be 'get in-grab it-& get out' type of shoppers. They just dance their way through it.

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  • Sasssy 2012/07/28 10:08:52
    Yes
    Sasssy
    +2
    They need all the help they can get....
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