Behind the Story: Why a Grocery Store?

What's romantic about a grocery store?
Well, right now, there's a whole aisle in my grocery store filled with chocolate. Soon, it will have flowers and balloons too. That's romantic, right?
No?
Okay, you're right. A grocery store isn't the most romantic place on earth. In fact, it may be one of the least romantic places. Let's face it. Most of us don't want to go to the grocery store most of the time. Though every now and then, I love getting away and just wandering aisles for a while. And I do adore getting a good bargain.
But that's beside the point. We're talking about the grocery store in my book. Why did I set my story there?

I love the idea of finding romance in the every day. And what's more "every day" or normal than a grocery store? Everyone has to eat. Everyone has to buy groceries.
So, I started playing with ideas. What if someone always went to the same register and had the same cashier? (I tend to do this when I can because it gives me a relationship and I make friends. I'm weird aka an extrovert.) But I needed something to keep them from a relationship too quickly. What could keep them apart?
The app. She shops for the Grocerease app and he doesn't like it. Because he's the manager. 
And the story grew from there.
Do you form relationships with people you see on repeat? Do you tend to use the same cashier each time you grocery shop? Do you know anyone who met at a grocery store?

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​Romance at Register Five (Amy R Anguish)--Mack McDonald isn’t happy about the Grocerease app coming to his grocery store. But he’s committed to the sixty-day trial period, and braces himself to lose money. Kaitlyn Daniels loves how the Grocerease app helps her make ends meet so she can assist her mom, the reason she moved to small Sassafras, AR. Mack and Kaitlyn struggle to overcome differing opinions on the perks of the app. But if they don’t, it could keep them from something even better.

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