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

by Chris D Posted 2012/07/26 19:00:00

Related Topics: Food, Grocery Store, Man Aisle, New York, Shopping, New York City, Beer, Bbq

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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.

dudes shop citys aisle portion upper west grocery store dedicated

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Rock 2012/07/26 19:49:49

No

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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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Monkey D. Luffy 2012/07/27 19:48:22

Huh?

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If it helps anybody, good for them..

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Elaine Magliacane 2012/07/27 19:43:38

Yes

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If the store wants to sell stuff to men... make it easy for them... if it works they'll keep doing it, if not they won't.... it is called a FREE MARKET!! learn about it.

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Fran 2012/07/27 19:31:47

Yes

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Yes, it makes it easier to find one when you need one.

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pops 2012/07/27 19:14:43

Yes

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Get in get out.

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☆FritzW☆ 2012/07/27 19:09:44

Yes

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Hell yeah.. I can't stand shopping for much of anything. Make an aisle of stuff that I'm looking for get's me out of there even faster and that makes me happier; especially during football season! Go Giants! :)

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Robert Strobel 2012/07/27 18:54:01

Yes

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Why not women have most of the store anyway.

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Fashionable60s 2012/07/27 18:51:03

Yes

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Whatever rocks their boat. I know this supermarket. It is very crowded and it would make it easier for single men who are shopping challenged. Anything to up the bottom line of this family-owned supermarket chain, it is OK by me.

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Boo 2012/07/27 18:42:29 (edited)

Huh?

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From a marketing stand point, it seems to be a bad idea. One of the reason stores are usually arranged the way they are is to keep you in the store longer, in hopes you will see more items you didn't intend to buy, but will.

If men are really that shopping-challenged, they should just give a woman the money and let her do the shopping! We are bargain hunters, and actually enjoy shopping.

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Riku Xa... to Boo 2012/07/27 20:05:58

That's rather sexist. I know many men who are "bargain hunters, and actually enjoy shopping." On the flip side, I also know many women who are not bargain hunters and do not enjoy (or even hate) shopping.

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Boo to Riku Xa... 2012/07/27 20:49:34

Just speaking from my personal experience. It was not intended to be sexist, but isn't a "man isle" sexist?!

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Kevin1111 to Riku Xa... 2012/07/28 14:46:31

Sexist means that something believes or implies that one gender is better than the other. Pointing out differences between genders or acting upon these is not sexism. Different is not better or worse, just different.

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IAmMore... to Riku Xa... 2012/07/30 18:44:45

I'd be a "bargain hunter" too, if women kept sucking my wallet dry!!!

Women that hate being women? You mean lesbians?

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Pookie 2012/07/27 18:41:48

Yes

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Why does it only have to be a man isle? I like that stuff too... mmm..
Get. in. my. belly!

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charles nelson 2012/07/27 18:40:15

Yes

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We napkins to.

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merslix. 2012/07/27 18:38:54

Yes

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As long as they make a women aisle.

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Rich Matarese 2012/07/27 18:29:54

Yes

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Sure.

"Whatever the traffic will bear."

So when are the magazine racks at the checkout counters going to offer periodicals like *Popular Mechanics* and *Scientific American* and *Field and Stream* in addition to the estrogen-poisoned crap appealing to the yoni-toters?

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ed 2012/07/27 18:22:20

Huh?

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And then we can have a ladies isle, a kids isle, and maybe even a cat& dog aisle

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Sydney.nightshade 2012/07/27 18:04:16

No

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What is the point of this? To further make a man feel bad if he chooses to not buy products meant for "real men"? To make women feel bad if the choose to buy products made for "real men"? To further elaborate the sexist crap that goes on? To elaborate that the only genders possible are male and female? Good thing I won't be shopping at this sexist store, I might get boo'd out of the "man aisle" because I buy mens deodorant and mens razors as well as a few other "manly" things. This is just as bad as going to a tool store and finding tools that are pink with a label that says "tools for women", as if no man in this world would ever like the color pink and that pink was ONLY meant for women.

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Kozmo 2012/07/27 17:56:03

Huh?

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Perhaps for those geographically challenged (unable to read a map?).
I can navigate a large store quickly and,
other than the beer, find my wants & don't buy the other stuff too often.

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EricVanSingleton 2012/07/27 17:48:37

No

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The store is probably run by a woman associated with a man-child.The rest of us men have mastered the art of reading the aisle markers our asking an attractive clerk or fellow shopper for help.

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IAmMore... to EricVan... 2012/07/30 18:46:34

Attractive clerks? Where do YOU shop at, Sir?

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EricVan... to IAmMore... 2012/07/30 19:14:03 (edited)

Walmart on Montana in El Paso, Texas.

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MissClarity 2012/07/27 17:41:40

Yes

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Men are so dumbed down, so an aisle dedicated to all the empty calorie food consumption is a good idea for the men. But, and I say but, if these dumbed down men had to roam the aisles to find the junk food, just maybe they would purchase more dumbed down foods. Good for the store, bad for the dumbed down men. But hey, the dumbed down men don't care anyway. You can tell who they are. The dumbed down men are the ones that should be wearing girdles if they had any pride. But they don't.

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IAmMore... to MissCla... 2012/07/30 18:55:37 (edited)

You know why we eat those empty calories? Because 100 calorie snacks doesn't cut it. And who are YOU to say what men should and shouldn't do? If I get fat, it's my own fault!!! I think it's about time that you went to the bread aisle 'cause you need bread for the sandwiches you're going to make!!!

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John T. 2012/07/27 17:22:35

Yes

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If it workes, Go for it.

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Josh Robinson 2012/07/27 17:14:04

No

The mandatory outrage will make anyone wish they never did this. America has soooo much sand in its crotch right now anything like this is going to be pounced upon by Lawyers puppeteering a rights group for money.

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Guru_T_Firefly 2012/07/27 17:10:05

Yes

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mikeyavelli 2012/07/27 17:07:50

No

women do all the buying anyway. it's just a fad that takes up floor space.

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Barbi Rose 2012/07/27 17:00:52

Yes

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Men notoriously hate to shop so having all their stuff in one place makes their live easier

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Riku Xa... to Barbi Rose 2012/07/27 20:10:41

Sexism... See http://www.sodahead.com/livin...

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Barbi Rose to Riku Xa... 2012/09/01 01:08:28

Not sexism at all it's a fact with many guys. They hate to shop! For clothes, for food, they need a think they go in and get it that is it, so catering to the things they buy the most why not? Yeah find guys that love to go shoe shopping with a woman and you'll have women wanting to date them!!!

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IAmMore... to Barbi Rose 2012/07/30 18:57:44 (edited)

Actually... We hate wasting time at the store (i.e. clothes shopping, shoe shopping). If you want to test that, tell your husband that you want him to go to the hardware store and time him to see how long it take for him to get back.

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Barbi Rose to IAmMore... 2012/09/01 01:10:29

Um just to remind you of the topic of this question is food store? I never said anything about video games, or hardware or hooters..where guys can get lost for hours..but those stores cater to a certain thing and guys usually go shopping for a thing or a few quick things and are gone.

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Pat 2012/07/27 17:00:35

Yes

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I am a man. I can find everything in a grocery store without any problems. But it would still be pretty damn convenient to have it all in one aisle!

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Jim A 2012/07/27 16:53:53
Kevin1111 to Jim A 2012/07/28 14:48:51

Thanks Jim!

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Bunny 2012/07/27 16:52:57

No

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It's just another way of dumbing down America. If you're a real man, you eat all the stuff that can kill you-then they don't have to pay you SS. , plus you can spend years supporting the phama companies. Real simple when and if you think about it.

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waterlady 2012/07/27 16:49:30

Yes

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Fluoride lowers IQs and we drink it every day. Men probably do need a man aisle. Harvard just releast a study on fluoride lowering IQs. The public needs to get wise and stop this public poisoning so we don't loose brain cells. Stop Fluoridation.

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andrew.pullman1 2012/07/27 16:30:13

Yes

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Awesome!!!!!!

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Sperry23 2012/07/27 16:26:51

Huh?

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Hmm. Pandering to the "men are stupid about nutrition and shopping" stereotype. Or maybe it's just New York men.

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