1. No dairy, meat or cheese products. We have had nothing but bad, expired, curdled luck with these items. Oh and any vegetable other then onions or potatoes. They just look sketchy.

2. ALWAYS check the expiry date. There were five packages of hamburger buns today ranging in dates from Nov 2nd - Nov 9th. I poked each and every package after noticing this and while none of them appeared to be molding yet, I really could feel the difference in freshness. 

3. If you don't think they don't have it, keep looking! Sometimes this will take you close to 20 minutes and you will think you have checked every aisle a dozen time but you will eventually find what you need. It's just like an Easter egg hunt.

4. If you've really, really looked and still can't find what you need, ask. One of the employees will come over, reach above their head, rummage around in the crap on top of the shelves and magically pull down your item. This is exactly what happened when we asked for a hacksaw, although we paid $5.99 for it and then found the exact same one at a dollar store three months later.

5. Completely forget about where things would logically be. Olives are next to the cake mix, chilli sauce is between the mayo and popcorn is by the cat food.

6. Always stop by the spice display. They will always have a new one you do not currently have or even know that you needed. It's the epicurean equivilent to collectors cards. 

That's it. Those are the rules. But the best part about The Bee is that they have a poster in their window of various meat items, with a crinkle just so, that it makes one of the meat items look exactly like Jessica's Halloween costume. People pose for pictures with it all the time.