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 town 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 daytime. Today I will load up on kefir, fruits and veggies, and a whole bunch of cans of tuna fish. The local business has good prices, a really nicely refrigerated section for the veggies, and I can basically eat each month for about $300. My heating rep told me, while we were doing a commercial HVAC system install, that he only spends about $200 a month on food, but I like to eat lots of fish and fish is not so cheap. My part of the rent where I live is $700 for everything, so that means I can live for about $1000 a month here in this town on the Spanish coast. This local contractor I know lives in a town not too far from here and he has his own place for $500 a month, which includes central heating and a/c and all of the other bills each month. I think the town he lives in is quite boring though, and I would rather pay a bit more and live in a fun town like this one. Okay, time to clean my furnace filter.