Ehhhh, depends. For the basics, not far, maybe ten minutes.

But if we want something less universal, about half an hour, depending on traffic.

We have a local grocer, been family owned for something like eighty years or so. But their building is the same building too, so they have to pick what they stock carefully. Like, saffron as an example. It's expensive, and not in high demand, so they never keep it in. They'll order some, if you ask and have a decent track record of not engaging in fuckery, but it's going to be a few days before it gets there.

But, canned goods, dried staples, frozen veggies, basic meats, that kind of thing, they have. Selection isn't huge, but you can get by without failing to have all the nutrients you need.

If you want more than the same dozen or so produce options though, you gotta go the chain grocery on the other side of town. Well, there is another chain store too, but they essentially have the same stuff as the local one does, with maybe a better freezer section. So if you're going that far, you might as well drive a little more and have a better selection of everything.

It's actually a really nice situation. We can get local grown produce almost the whole year from the grocer, or the farmer's market (which is still about a fifteen minute drive), and only need to cross town when I'm cooking fancy.

However , you gotta take into account that speed limits through parts of town are 25 mph, so it takes longer than it might in other places.