I went to a Kroger market, and the time I brought the bike in the store it was later in the day, and there were few shoppers.
Today I went with my son. We locked the bikes outside to safety pillars before going in the store. We filled three side baskets and one rack-top basket. Our purchases:
- 2 loaves of bread
- bananas
- cilantro
- broccoli crowns
- 5 pounds of chicken
- breakfast sausage
- 18 eggs
- 2 pounds of lunch meat
- 1 melon
- 1 pound grated cheese
- 1 gallon milk
As you see, we are "edges of the grocery store" shoppers. Don't buy much from the middle aisles. These will groceries will make broccoli beef (with the ground beef, broccoli, cilantro), shoyu chicken (with the chicken. Already have veggies for an accompanying salad at home), sandwiches, breakfasts, quesadillas (got the tortillas already at home).
We LOVE our ebikes! I don't think I'll grocery shop on the bike much when it gets cold and the days get super short, but who knows! I'm going to try to adjust to the cooler weather and the rain and keep cycling for exercise, even if I don't commute in the dark.
As for buying more than you need: Maybe you can take a weekly cycling outing to the thrift store and get rid of some things you don't use and impress your son!