Originally Posted by
Explore
We don't eat out at chain restaurants and don't shop at Lowe's.
If you eat out at non-chain restaurants, get gift cards/gift certificates at them. I don't eat at chain restaurants, either, but was surprised once I started asking around how many local places have them. (Specific to OP and other Bay Area folks: if you go to The Counter or Pizza My Heart, by any chance, they do. I know the first is a chain and a second a chainlet, but plenty of single-outlet places do, too.)