I am a patron for many years now. I live out of my car with my dog and have certain needs that this store is compatible with. The biggest one is ice. They sell 20 lbs. for $2, half the cost of any other store. Plus, ice is food. You can pay for it with food stamps. This is higher quality ice than the Ice House America automated vending machines, also a good deal but you have to pay cash for those, and I don't know where one is right in Asheville anyways. Whereas GO is on 2 sides of town, there's one on Tunnel Rd. as well.
I am a fan of the $1 pint ice creams that often show up, as I don't have a freezer. Lately I've been getting Haagen-Daaz. It's not always that caliber but it happens often enough to check. You will often have to eat an odd flavor, like Pina Colada, but I think that's fun.
I've gotten decent brands of yogurt for $0.25/lb. in large quantities. You can't buy the milk that's in 'em for that. People are fools, they don't realize yogurt is a preservation method and the expiration date is totally irrelevant. I've left yogurt inside my cooler, without ice, in the summer, for 5 days and it was fine. It will become more tart under those conditions but it's fine to eat. In cooler conditions the flavor won't change.
I've gotten higher end canned chili, like Hormel Cookout, for $1.20 a can. I do a reasonable amount of that. I don't bother with the low end stuff anymore. They've got all kinds of canned stuff I don't like. I'm not giving it the 5 stars for that, it's for the other things I've mentioned.
Sometimes they have deli roast beef pretty reasonably for what it is, like $3..$4 / lb. Not always. They are awash in infinite amounts of chicken, turkey, and ham. I'm not so partial to those, as I cook a lot of my own chicken, and ham is too salty to do all the time.
They've had giant bags of ok cheese on sale for ~$2/lb. but I've graduated from that. Although, I did pick up a load of Laughing Cow spicy pepper jack for $0.25 / 6 oz. wheel. I can see why someone was having trouble selling it. I find 2 wedges at a time to be fine though, then I've had enough. The dog won't eat it anymore LOL.
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