Your City’s Personality Is a Lie. The Truth Is in the Shopping Cart.
We love to stereotype cities by their food, but Sam’s Club’s 35-city shopping data shatters these myths. From the Northeast’s obsession with clean eating to Sichuan’s love for raw shrimp, the data reveals a deeper truth: we aren’t defined by regional culture anymore. We are defined by a standardized middle-class supply chain and our shared, desperate need for health, order, and emotional escape.