tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510990080161685261.post4633036698564848307..comments2023-06-09T01:25:58.286-07:00Comments on 28 Rants Later: Rant No. 4: The Supermarket.HutchieBerlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921684415881812179noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510990080161685261.post-50401193403512124422014-04-20T06:34:54.075-07:002014-04-20T06:34:54.075-07:00Another interesting and observant post.
These supe...Another interesting and observant post.<br />These super-stores don't seem to be profitable here in Germany, or we would have them.<br />Wal-Mart tried to contest in the German market and they didn't have a single profitable year, so they gave up and sold all their markets to Real.<br /><br />The German food market is especially hard and margins are very low.<br />I am always surprised how expensive food is in some European countries, compared to the average income (Portugal or Greece come to mind, Spain as well). And I don't mean fancy things like beef that was actually raised on a meadow instead of a narrow stall, but things like eggs, apples, milk, butter, soft drinks and so on.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07659351346941697215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510990080161685261.post-46887779429804269552014-02-21T04:07:03.213-08:002014-02-21T04:07:03.213-08:00err, maybe there are no one-stop shops so that our...err, maybe there are no one-stop shops so that our communities don't turn into ghost towns and we dont all end up buying the same made in china crap and so that small businesses can actually survive and so that people can actually go shopping without driving 30 miles in an SUV. Hate to say it but, yknow you could always move to fucking Texas...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510990080161685261.post-86538790068283845512014-02-07T06:23:06.204-08:002014-02-07T06:23:06.204-08:00In order to get all produce at one place you need ...In order to get all produce at one place you need to go to a good bigger supermarket - not one of the cheap discounters. Try Rewe or Kaisers.<br /><br />I miss Target too - having lived in the US for 7 years that is really one of the things I miss most. BUT try Galeria Kaufhof or Karstadt - you should find everything you need in there!<br /><br />Best ImkeLaux Interiorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034827953192096092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510990080161685261.post-8304902635293619552014-02-05T00:25:12.643-08:002014-02-05T00:25:12.643-08:00Not just supermarkets! I wrote this on the FB grou...Not just supermarkets! I wrote this on the FB group but thought I'd post it here:<br /><br />Why is there no easily accessible one-stop shop for everyday items, like Target in the U.S., or in the case of most of Europe, hypermarkets one can even find downtown. France and Spain have them all over the place - Auchan, Monoprix, Eroski, etc... These are places that, unlike Kaufland and Real, have everything one could need for the household, including electronics and food items, furniture, and what not, and decent textiles.<br /><br />Case in point: the other day I wanted to buy a small, basic, metal desk lamp. I couldn't think of anywhere nearby to get one - maybe Woolworth's? Nope. DM or Rossmann? No wait, they aren't like drugstores in the U.S. But they have bulbs! Saturn? Think again. Do I really have to go all the freakin' way to Ikea to get a basic lamp?! Screw it, decided to buy it on Amazon and have it shipped, although I still had to go to dm to buy the bulb because they were 12 euros EACH with shipping on Amazon.noncoupablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09651265003820316818noreply@blogger.com