Did you also cry a little when you saw how small one serving of pasta actually is? Because same. I thought I was a "light eater" but turns out I was just measuring with my heart (and a very generous hand). My measuring cups have been lying to me for years.

That line about missing the one stop convenience is the part people always get hung up on, and I get it, but you're looking at it wrong. You said yourself you're hitting two stores now, but what you didn't say is how much time you're actually losing. Rosa probably already showed you which market days have the best markdowns, so you can knock out the produce and meat run in one trip and still hit Kroger for the boxed stuff you can't get elsewhere. Throw in a chest freezer if you don't have one and you can buy chicken thighs in bulk when they're $1.29, which kills the second trip most weeks. The savings you're seeing now is just the start once you stop treating both stores as equal stops and make one the main run and the other the quick fill in.