I found out the best time to shop for food is at 3pm to 4pm, with the slowest time being right in the middle around 3:30pm.
A lot of the older folks in neighborhood like to shop first thing in the morning, so going shopping then is a madhouse.
And if I go shopping too late, like around 6pm or so, the store is crowded again with all of the people who work during the morningtime. Today I will load up on kefir, fruits and veggies, and a whole bunch of cans of tuna fish. The local supplier has great prices, a really nicely refrigerated area for the veggies, and I can basically eat each month for about $300. My heating rep told me, while we were doing a commercial Heating, Ventilation, and A/C system install, that he only spends about $200 a month on food, however I like to eat lots of fish and fish is not so cheap, and my part of the rent where I live is $760 for everything, so that means I can live for about $1000 a month here in this neighborhood on the Spanish coast. This local company I know lives in a neighborhood not too far from here and he has his own locale for $500 a month, which includes central heating and a/c and all of the other bills each month. I think the neighborhood he lives in is quite boring though, and I would rather spend my money a bit more and live in a fun neighborhood like this one. Okay, time to scrub my boiler filter.