JOHN KAROLEFSKI is a veteran journalist who has written about supermarket shenanigans for over 25 years. He has delighted audiences at business conferences, on the radio (ABC, CBS, BBC) and on television (CNN), and tramps through supermarkets around the world in search of Zen. Karolefski blogs at www.GroceryStories.com and tweets at @JohnKarolefski.
Zen and the Art of Grocery Shopping
by John Karolefski
Zen and the Art of Grocery Shopping
by John Karolefski
Published Nov 09, 2019
175 Pages
Genre: HUMOR / Form / Essays
Book Details
“An irreverent and provocative look at contemporary grocery shopping.” —Kirkus Reviews
Grocery shopping is an existential threat to our sanity. On Sampling Day, we have to park the car in the next zip code. We can’t find a shopping cart without a sticky handlebar. Checkout lines are too long, but we can’t buy wine or beer at the self-checkout without intervention.
If you’re flummoxed, read this collection of grocery stories to find tranquility—and a zany perspective. Zen and the Art of Grocery Shopping takes you on a rollicking ride through today’s supermarket. Learn about:
• Where to shop in your pajamas
• How to buy groceries in five minutes
• Why self-checkout terminals hate you
What’s Zen got to do with it? Plenty. Zen is feeling peaceful and relaxed as you seek answers to the questions that keep us up at night: How should you celebrate National Canned Food Month? Why are some eggs brown? Is non-meat meat more nutritious than meat meat? To become enlightened today, accept that the best is all around you and sometimes on sale. Stress the lack of stress. Embrace a shopping cart with squeaky wheels. And if your favorite brand of frozen string beans is out of stock, give peas a chance.