“I usually choose a store where I'm doing all my grocery shopping that's close to me. Sometimes it's Whole Foods. Sometimes it's another grocery store that's nearby. Today, I'm probably going to Stop and Shop. They have a good variety of protein bars at that store.”

“So, yes, I'm currently in a store. I am currently in Super Walmart. This is where I generally come to purchase all of my protein bars. Super Walmart's a mass merchandiser. They sell everything here, but they have a grocery section. And I usually come in the grocery section on the snack aisle, and this is where I normally get my protein bars from.”

“I shop for groceries weekly, and I typically visit based on proximity. I do a lot of grocery ordering online, and so I tend to order the same protein bars from, Walmart or Sam's, and I have usually have those delivered to my house. However, we go weekly to Harter House to get meat and deli items, and I will pick up protein bars or various things from time to time. And I stick with the same brand based on familiarity.”

“I am actually at Walmart right now. I have taken some pictures and video of the shelf. I came here because I had to get some other items, so I chose to come here over Harter House.”

“I'm almost never shopping the store just for protein bars. I'm coming here to do a full week's worth of grocery shopping. So I'm usually starting at the center of the store, snaking through most of the aisles where I would pick up bread and cereal and canned goods and other things like that, before I start working the outer store so that I'm picking up my produce and meat or any sort of, like, refrigerated frozen sections and visiting those last and closest to checkout time. So I think I'm just kind of hitting the protein bars in the middle of my shopping routine.”

“I love Kroger because they've got a great selection, good prices, really good, rewards program. In addition to protein bars, I can get anything that I want here. Today, I also need some Gatorade, so I'm gonna get that while I'm here too. It's nice that I can do all my stopping all my shopping and won't stop.”

“I am here to pick up the protein bars, but I also had to pick up some of my household products that I needed from my house as well. So I'm here for that. Like I'm like I said, I'm here for the protein bars, but I'm also here to pick up some household products.”

“I buy them every couple of weeks because I usually buy a bunch of them at a time so that I don't have to buy them every week. And what pick what prompts me to pick them up is when I know I'm getting low at home and they're on my shopping list.”

“We basically just always wanna have some on hand. I use them for a lunch meal replacement sometimes or just a hearty snack. So probably every couple of weeks, we'll buy one or two boxes of four.”

“I have other items in my shopping list as well. Protein bars are a part of it as well.”

“I'm here to buy milk, pick up a prescription, and get protein bars.”

“I would say I buy a box of protein bars, at least once a week while in my grocery shopping of the week. What usually prompts me to pick them up is I like to have them on hand at home. My grandkids like the GoMacro bars. Again, when I when I'm picking bars, I wanna make sure that they are ones that my grandkids will enjoy as well. So I may pick up a box for them, a box for me. What usually prompts me to pick them up is do I have any at home? Do I need to replenish? Because I do like them either as a snack or a meal replacement or a snack on the go or an afternoon pick me up. So that's what usually prompts me to pick them up is just I always like to have them on hand at home.”

“So this is the grocery store. This Kroger location is where I do all of my weekly grocery shopping, typically on the weekends, usually on a Saturday or Sunday. Sunday is usually more often. I think I'm here on Saturday just because of this survey and wanting to to make sure I can participate, and so wanting to to do it a little earlier on a Saturday. But I just have more time to do it on a weekend since it's not during the middle of the work week. And this location is close to home. It's the what I feel is the best selection grocery store in the area. There's also a Walmart and an Aldi nearby, but I don't typically shop those two locations as much. I prefer this Kroger location, not specifically around protein bars, but just because I do all of my grocery shopping here, including grocery or including protein bars.”