Dating in a Grocery Store

If you're single and are grocery shopping, there are several advantages to look around, and I don't mean looking around at the food.

Surroundings
You're in a quiet environment, and feel no pressure to be someone other than yourself. You cross a lot of different people of all ages, all of them with their own story. Depending on what aisle you're in, the smell can relax or excite your brain. Personally, I love vegetables and fruits, and being surrounded by that fresh scent is totally soothing. I'm rarely in a foul mood when I shop for groceries, and I guess that's very positive, since body language is a very important (and overlooked) point concerning first impressions.

You're flooded with light, which keeps you wide awake, and you're not under any influence (at least, you shouldn't be).

You're just yourself.

Habits
The items in your cart is usually a good indication of how well you eat (that can be an additional incentive to eat better). I'll be (knowingly or subconsciously) more interested in a woman whose cart looks like mine, than to someone who's buying several packs of frozen meals. After all, you are what you eat.

So, Why Here?
I don't know. It feels more natural than trying to find a girlfriend in a bar. Though it never worked for me, I like that thought. You meet people, and buying food for subsistence is a very basic, common, and natural thing to do.

I always look at the people I pass in the eye. That look is almost never shared, and when there is an eye contact, I feel no emotion from the other person. But I continue on my way, and remind myself that it takes only one eye contact to the right person, at the right time, and the right moment... Sometimes, I happen to follow someone from aisle to aisle, but in reverse. That basically gives me more chance to be noticed.

Paying
You take your items to the cashier, and say hi. If the person at the cash is smiling / seems to be in a good mood, I can strike a small conversation, otherwise I just keep smiling to myself, and thank her when I leave. Thing is, the people hired to take your money are the same people week after week. I find it easier to speak to someone if you've said hi several times in the past, and the small conversation can grow longer and longer (until the point when you have to leave because of the angry shoppers waiting for their turn).