Generally, with help. Some people, like my ex, could see plenty despite being blind, so they can just walk up and look much closer than a sighted person would, and get the job done.

Most stores have people that will help a blind customer shop and just pick stuff up, but I've been burnt once or twice on that with people offloading shitty produce to me, so I usually bring a friend or my boyfriend to help. I make the lists of what we need, we look at the circular together to see what to swap around for sale items, then we go aisle by aisle and we get what we need.

Another option, the one I use most, is delivery services like Peapod or Instacart. I can spend a couple days checking sales, building a good cart, adding and removing impulse buys, adding what I forgot, etc, then get it delivered, see what's out of stock before I even get it, and with Peapod I can also use coupons just fine, which is awesome.

Just want to say +1 to delivery services, especially things like Instacart where you can chat with the shopper and kindly ask them to make sure you have fresh produce. Before we had good delivery services in my city, I used to just take a bus to the local store, get a customer service person and do my shopping: But I am a very indecisive person when I can't directly look at sales, and I don't wanna put anyone else through that. If I know roughly what I want, Instacart is just so damn efficient and it's a mainstream service rather than an accommodation.

Legally blind, so I have some vision; just popped in to chime in on the delivery service love!

Not having a license limits your options substantially and now that more and more stores and restaurants are offering delivery options, I feel like I have the world at my fingertips!

My boyfriend usually shops his grocery through an app so if he needs to go to the grocery store, he usually would know what to get. He pays attention to packaging and if he needs assistance, he’ll just ask from the staff but most of the time, he’s alone.

If I am in a familiar store I am mostly able to get by independently, it is quite slow as I have to get close up to see items, prices etc but for regular items that I buy time and time again I roughly know where to find them. However, if I need something specific (like an ingredient I don't usually use for example) or am in a new store I will get help.

There are two ways I can do this using the staff in the store. Either by having somebody take me directly to the items I need and have them help me pick them out or (generally if the store is busy and I only need a couple items) I will wait at the customer service desk and somebody will go and get the items for me.

Other times I will have a friend come with me or use online grocery shopping. I live in the UK and all the major supermarkets deliver and most will assist with putting the shopping away in the cupboards / wherever you want the items to be left.

I am just legally blind. I rely on my phone a lot. I will use the camera as a magnifying glass or I will take a picture of something and zoom in on the picture to see the item.

I'll tell you, Walmart grocery pickup is a game changer. Shop online and get someone to bring you to Walmart and they bring your groceries out to your car.

Totally blind guy here. Personally, when I go to a store, I ask for help from the staff there and they are usually very nice.

I use assisted shopping. Most stores have it. It's a great service.

Haven’t read all the other comments, but my answer is “with great difficulty.”

I have three kids still at home and a husband, so I have to cook for quite a few people. Our use a meal planning app that exports my grocery list into an online shopping app so that my husband can just go pick up the groceries. He’s quite awesome. ! I despise going to the grocery store, or honestly, any other store in less it’s a gun or knife store, because I still like knives even though I’m legally blind. LOL I never did like shopping, so this is an a huge push, but shopping is a fairly useless endeavor for me. Sometimes I go just to get out of the house, but it’s not enjoyable.

If I have to go by myself and cannot find what I’m looking for, which is the normal thing, I am somewhat cited fact can’t tell the difference tween caffeine free Mountain Dew and regular Mountain Dew, so it’s a tragedy LOL If I have to do that I tried to go on a time when there’s very few other shoppers, and will ask at the front desk if they can have someone come with me. They’re always awesome. If I have to go to time when it’s busy, I try not to go, but if I have to I will use be my eyes if I have to have something specific.

Did I mention I hate shopping?

I taught my guide dog where the majority of the items I buy are located (either because I already knew or with help).

I have some useable vision, but have gone home with what I thought was product A but turned out to be product B. That usually only happens if manufacturers change product colours or if the store moves things.

many blind people have some functional vision. I'm one of 'em; can still see and get around the grocery store relatively well (except when crashing into other people's carts) but it takes me longer.

when I lose my central vision, I will most likely switch to shopping online.

I have very little experience shopping at grocery stores, a lot of the time since I still live at my mom's home she takes care of it. However I so far have two methods.

1. Call ahead and see if a merchandiser is available, for however much time I think the shopping will take.

2. Go online and shop and pick up my items.

almost all grocery stores in the UK deliver to the home. Some show you cooking instrucctions, product expiry dates and ingredients in the app also, and you can usually choose a 1 or 2 hour delivery window, being able to adjust the order upto midnight or thereabouts the night before the delivery.

Having no sight I do physically shop sometimes and, in an unfamiliar store that means asking for help. But like in almost every other aspect of life with VI, technology has come through in this circumstancemaking this the exception rather than my norm.