I have done shop hops in the past and the ones I did stop at did not have food besides one place. Another place did have some chocolates in a bowl. One year I stopped at only one local shop and I won their basket. I do feel I need some spending money and a friend in order to go and enjoy it. We pack lunches. For a long time now none of my friends and I have had much money for more quilting supplies or extra gas so we no longer do the hops but do go to shows once a year or so. Shows are nice in that there are many shops represented plus it is great to see the quilts.