Your local grocery store likely has one such thing, and it could make your life much easier.

I’ll tell you why you should give it a try if you haven’t.

Even if you get comfortable with your store’s layout, it can be reorganized on a whim.

Four hard drivers sticking out of a rack-mount server that’s being used as a NAS.

Personally, I never bothered with that, which often made the total at checkout an unwelcome surprise.

Some grocery stores have started to offer a hybrid between online and physical shopping.

I wasn’t here for Doritos and peanut butter ice cream, but dang, they look good.

Walmart pickup sign.

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I have found it’s much easier to avoid those impulses with the more intentional approach of online shopping.

If I need tortilla chips, I can search for “tortilla chips” and seeonlytortilla chips.

Stores are literally designed to make you walk past things in hopes that you’ll buy more stuff.

Kroger Strawberry Jam

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Shopping from a website or app avoids the walk-by-and-grab effect.

When virtually shopping, however, it’s just a single click or two to remove unwanted items.

Curbside grocery pick-up is so, so much faster than walking through a store.

Running total of bill on Kroger.com.

The beauty of online shopping is you don’t have to build your whole order in one sitting.

Oreos.

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Walmart pick up lanes.

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