Why Your Best Intentions Get Lost in the Grocery Store

Bakery smells, aisle-end offers and health-halo labels can nudge even sensible shoppers off course. Here’s how to come home with food that supports the week you meant to have.

I’ll be honest: there are times I enjoy a good browse around the grocery store, looking for something new to try, and briefly imagining the exciting meals I might prepare if I bought the jar of fermented chilli paste.

But most weeks, I just want to get in and out before I accidentally buy three different kinds of crackers and artisanal cheese from caves …