Grocery Shopping

For years I've been saying that we should NOT pave over all of our land just for cars... why not put parking under the store!!  Well, they've done it here in Oranmore where I do a majority of my grocery shopping.  I love it!! It is very clean, bright, safe, easy to get to and quick.  You just pull down into the parking garage, park your car and ride the "travelator" up to the store.  So easy, no different than a parking lot.  You get your "trolly" at the top of the escalator and enter the store.  One thing that is different here is that you always pay to use a trolly...stick in a euro, release the little chain and go shopping.  When you finish, take the trolly to the stand, push it in, push in the little chain thing and your euro pops out.  So basically, you don't pay anything, but are rewarded for returning your trolly to the proper spot.  Works well.   So, after getting my groceries, putting them into my own re-usable bag.....EVERYONE brings their bags... I take the trolly out of the store, go to the travelator and push the trollyl on... I have no idea what is on the wheels, whether it's magnatized or just sticks, but it doesn't go whoosing down the ramp,...just stays with you.  When you get to the bottom, just shove it off, unload at your car, return to the stand and get your euro back.  Soooo easy....love it.  Ireland is way ahead of the US in environmental issues.  Wind, solar, no plastic bags, outlawed smoking in pubs long before many places... pretty progressive in a lot of things... 

So....here is my store:  Tesco