[deprecative]

We say shopping at Whole Foods, Walmart, and Kroger.

[tomtheelder]

Local grocery stores have basically been extinct for decades- and realistically that isn't that surprising given they mostly sell commodity products. We don't need to let restaurants suffer the same fate.

[kelnos]

Agreed. I'm super lucky in that we have a local independent grocery in our neighborhood. Prices are definitely a little higher than the big grocery chains, but the convenience of walking 2.5 blocks is hard to beat when I need something immediately (which turns out is fairly often).

[deprecative]

Restaurants are by definition food commodification.

[pkilgore]

What point are you trying to make? Seems like a failure of government to enforce monopolization laws than individual consumers.

[deprecative]

Consumers are voters.

[pie420]

no, we don't. if we're not mindless little drones we stopped shopping there a long time ago, don't lump us in with yourself

[deprecative]

Someone's defensive about a statement of the American populace.