If there are any small grocery stores in your neighbourhood, consider supporting them instead of large chains. Not only can the food be a lot better, but they'll listen to their loyal customers. Keep reminding them that you're willing and able to pay in bitcoin, and let them know they don't have to assume any risk by using a service like BitPay.

I know it's not the same as getting a supermarket to make the switch, but those things are massive and getting something like that past their management/financial teams will be almost impossible without sufficient market research that suggests they'll be left behind if they don't do it.

Not until LN is available and widely adopted. Just imagine spending BTC for daily purchases today - a few dollars of fee if you want your tx confirmed in next block most of the time, ~10 minute wait till your transaction confirms - how that would even work, do people have to stay in the shop until their transaction gets confirmed?

For now, if you don't want Visa and your bank knowing what kind of butter are you buying, you should stick to cash. It's better to convert your BTC to cash once a month and spend it, inflation doesn't matter on such a small scale.

That would be awesome indeed! In the Philippines, there are already a handful of stores that accept bitcoin payment. But I doubt full adoption is going to happen in our generation. Merchants and their staff have to fully understand how bitcoin transactions work and the proper technology to support it must be accessible first, and that takes a long time. We have a long way to go but we are always optimistic.    

That would be a nice thing to happen. But I bet not everybody is waiting for that same thing you are waiting.

We are all aware of the huge shift of Bitcoin's treatment from an electronic cash to a speculative asset, from an alternative medium of exchange to an investment, so I guess the majority is waiting for that new ATH more than their favorite supermarket's green light for Bitcoin payment.

Well, as for me, I would gladly welcome either of the two that happens first.

While some already allow prepaid bitcoin debit cards to be used, I can’t also wait for the time when I can literally just scan a bitcoin addy QR code and pay with actual bitcoins. Though currently that isn’t economical given the tx fees and confirmation times, but it is still a possibility that is just looming around the corner until someone actually comes through with it, especially on the merchant’s side.

You can also ask for your employers to give you bitcoins instead, although they may not be open with it but it’s worth it to ask.

I think to pay a small amount I think it will cost you a lot, if you shop in large quantities it looks interesting and worth using bitcoin payments, but unfortunately the problem of transaction confirmation is also a problem here, you need a wallet that can really be used together so that not waiting to confirm the transaction, if I were you I would keep bitcoins in my wallet and not to be spent

Hold your horses there mate. It is still a long way to go.

You should not consider fiat to be shit, just because you don't like it. The importance of bitcoin is there because of the disadvantages of fiat. Think about it, if fiat didn't exist then bitcoin would not be talked about. There is a importance of everything in life. But we fail to comprehend it because we see only one side of the picture.

We all want bitcoin to be accepted by big merchants. But that is a long way, we can only hope for the best and see how the progress is with more people using it and thus raising the demand.

Be patient because we are still waiting for that. You don't have to use credit cards, but you can use dollars/fiat money. But I prefer to still use dollars/fiat money for now than to use bitcoin because making a transaction is too high, and sometimes we need to wait for some time before it's completed. Besides that, I can save my bitcoin and sell it once the price touches the highest price by using fiat money. Bitcoin is an investment for me, but it is also a way to make fiat money, so I think we need to give more time for bitcoin before it can accept in all countries, and bitcoin can be used to make a transaction.

Finally someone who gets it! Bitcoin without a dollar middleman. Honestly I typed this up just to share the way I'm feeling a little bit. I know these options will multiply with time and LN development and adoption.

I live in the United States, in florida... I don't want to get very specific but I have one of the metro areas near me.
The closest big city to me rhymes with oompa loompa.

Our patience should be high enough because for sure it will take a lot of time. Don't expect that it will happen in months because it is impossible because there should be enough time for the people to adjust and get used not only in bitcoin but in the whole cryptocurrency market. Today a lot of people in different economies are demanding to have better payment system, a system where we do not need to fall in line if we are going to buy in groceries, a system that will give us confidence and comfortable.

I'm sure that many people will switch and prefer the usage of bitcoin than credit card or cash if they become aware it. The problem today is there are only few people who are financially literate and most of the people are still not aware to bitcoin and it uses. Adoption will happen if people will become financially literate where many merchants and business will start to patronize cryptocurrencies.