Grocery

Grocery is a rabbit hole in The Sims 3 where Sims can visit to go shopping for ingredients. The grocery offers a selection of items for cooking ingredients, fish, edible produce, herbs, and kelp. Additionally, Sims can also buy items like birthday cake, wedding cake, firework bundles, and lotto tickets from the grocery.

Sims can get a part-time job in the grocery as a Grocery Store Clerk. Sims can also attend Fishing class for §400, and sell fish or fruits and vegetables in the inventory to the grocery. Sims who have enough money can invest their money to become a partner or buy out the property to earn more money. The cost of partnership is §7,000, while the cost of ownership is §20,000. Sims can collect money from the grocery for §1,000 (partnered) or §2,000 (owner) every week.

Additionally, Sims who are at the top of the Professional Sports career can do advertising deals at the grocery, which will reward them with money. Sims can also hold autograph sessions at the grocery. Vampires can raid the grocery for vampire fruits.

Groceries generate the following red map tag in-game:

Grocery items

All harvestable produce bought from the grocery has a nice quality, while fish has normal quality. Sims can buy individual items or ingredients by recipe. Sims can also save the shopping list for later use, but only one shopping list can be saved. Saving another shopping list will override the previous list.

Produce

Image Item Price (§) EP Lettuce 5 &BG Tomato 5 &BG Apple 6 &BG Grapes 6 &BG Lemon 6 &Store Purple Eggplant 6 &Store Orange 6 &Store Blackberry 6 &Store Blueberry 6 &Store Cocoa 6 &Store Peach 6 &Store Pear 6 &Store Pecan 6 &Store Raspberry 6 &Store Strawberry 6 &Store Corn 6 &Store Cucumber 6 &Store White Caps 8 &EP07 Kelp 10 &EP10 Onion 11 &BG Potato 11 &BG Carrot 11 &EP05 Lime 14 &BG Watermelon 14 &BG

Image Item Price (§) EP Honey 14 &EP07 Pumpkin 14 &EP08 Sweet Grass 14 &EP09 Kona Bean 14 &EP09 Porcinis 15 &EP07 Maui Bean 17 &EP09 Bell Pepper 18 &BG Midnight Bean 18 &EP09 Wonderpetal 18 &EP09 Licorice 20 &EP09 Ginseng 20 &EP09 Garlic 23 &BG Basil 23 &EP09 Cinnamon 24 &EP09 Lavender 26 &EP09 Buzzberry 27 &EP09 Greenleaf 29 &EP09 Plasma Fruit 30 &EP03 Ghost Chili 33 &EP07 Cortado Bean 33 &EP09 Bumbleleaf 39 &EP09 Chamomile 44 &EP09 Truffles 63 &EP07 Red Berry Bean 75 &EP09

Fish

Image Item Price (§) EP Anchovy 5 &BG Alley Catfish 6 &BG Goldfish 6 &BG Kissing Gourami 8 &EP03 Sea Bat Starfish 8 &EP06

Image Item Price (§) EP Rainbow Trout 9 &BG Tuna 11 &BG Salmon 14 &BG Swordfish 17 &BG Lobster 25 &BG

Meat and Cheese

Image Item Price (§) EP Tofu 7 &EP06 Cheese 8 &BG Links 8 &BG Egg 11 &BG

Image Item Price (§) EP Patty 24 &BG Steak 30 &BG Roast 30 &BG

Home

Image Item Price (§) EP Mosquito Repellent 15 &EP10 Birthday Inferno Birthday Cake 30 &BG Forever Wedding Cake 30 &EP04 White Flowers 30 &EP04 Yellow Flowers 30 &EP04 Purple Flowers 30 &EP04 Pink Flowers 30 &EP04 Red Flowers 30 &EP04 Ducksworth of Bathington 40 &BG Mood-Lite Candle 65 &BG White Sparklers 75 &EP08 Rainbow Sparklers 75 &EP08 Red Glare 75 &EP08

Image Item Price (§) EP Holiday Cannon 75 &EP08 Ninja's Choice Smoke Bomb 75 &EP08 Parent-Approved Snakes 75 &EP08 The Little Maniac 75 &EP08 Golden Dragon Fireworks 75 &EP01 Facemelter Fireworks 75 &EP08 Sugar Explosion 100 &SP06 World's Brew Bubble Bath 100 &BG Firecracker Value Bundle 100 &EP08 Firecracker Everlast Bundle 120 &EP08 Firecracker Explosion Bundle 120 &EP08 Firecracker International Bundle 120 &EP08 Firecracker Variety Bundle 150 &EP08

Price and sale

The price of harvested produce from the grocery is 150% higher than their base values. Selling fish and harvested produce to the grocery has 10% higher value than selling them directly in the inventory. Selling them to the consignment store is more beneficial, however.

Every day, there's 5% chance the grocery will have a sale, ranging from 35% to 50% discount. The sale could last for 1 or 2 days. Additionally, Sims who work as Grocery Store Clerk will have a 10% discount if they work at the grocery.

With The Sims 3: Seasons, on every summer if season is enabled, the player will be reminded by a notification to purchase firework bundles as part of summer activities. The notification mentions that the firework bundles are on sale, but in fact, they're not.^{[confirmation needed]}

Varieties

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  EverFresh Delights Supermarket in Sunset Valley, Riverview, Barnacle Bay, and Hidden Springs

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  Grocery Grab Supermarket in Twinbrook

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  Mike's Cornerstore in Bridgeport

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  Fresh and Frozen Express Grocer from Town Life Stuff

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  Darris Teeter Grocery & The Koffi Cafe in Appaloosa Plains

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  The Market Basket in Starlight Shores

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  Goody's Groceries in Lucky Palms

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  Grotto Groceries in Sunlit Tides

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  Sam's Market Diner in Moonlight Falls

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  Graciella's Groceries and Delfina's Diner in Monte Vista

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  Füd Feud in Aurora Skies

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  Night Owl Foods in Sims University

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  The Local Grocer in Dragon Valley

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  Cruzita's Groceries and Diner in Isla Paradiso

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  Fast or Fresh in Midnight Hollow

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  Deco Groceries in Roaring Heights

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Trivia

• One of the benefit of buying ingredients from grocery is that the ingredients from the grocery are of nice quality, while they're only of normal quality if bought directly from the fridge.
• The music that plays inside the grocery store is the hotel theme from MySims.
• The Market Basket in Starlight Shores shares the same name as a chain of grocery stores in the New England area of the United States.