[s-lambert]

When a supermarket is only a 10 minute walk away (20 minutes round trip), you just go more often and carry smaller amounts. Even if you suddenly needed 30 bottles of seltzer in the same day, you can just walk there and back twice.

[ars]

If the supermarket is only 0.5 miles away, it's going to be quite small.

Normal sized supermarkets are in the range of 5 or so miles apart.

I am not interested in living in a place where tiny stores are my only option.

Also, why would I want to waste my time walking 20 minutes multiple times a week, plus time in the store? That sounds dreadful, why would you want that?

[Robotbeat]

Also, there’s more distribution costs and more distribution driving for numerous small stores Vs big stores.