How to look hypermarkets in America? What products out there than eating three hundred million people? To do this, go on a tour to the most popular store of America — Wal-Mart.
1 When I wrote about my grocery cart that I buy in the States for a week, many Russian immigrants who settled in the country, tried to shame me: What are you, like, in Walmart go? This is the shop for the homeless! Here I would go to Whole foods!. It was funny to read those comments. Some stereotypes about Wal-Mart here there are, as we have about Ashan, but all Americans do it. To buy once a week — conveniently, the products are generally the same everywhere, and cheaper in hypermarkets. From the point of view of the experiment, the network could not be better: in Moscow in the Alphabet of Taste to go, but it will not be a typical Russian supermarket. So, on and repelled the Wal — Mart in America is how Auchan (or OK) in Russia.
2 Immediately starts from the entrance of the fruit and vegetable section. I like that the products are sometimes trying nicely put. Where it is possible. An important difference from our stores: fruits there is no need to weigh, the cashier will do it on their own.
3 Prices today, paint will not, do the math, if you want. The fruit look beautiful, but not because it is unnatural, but simply them for you neatly, and removed outright moldy stuff that nobody will take it, and it spoils. Watermelons in America all year round, with its own: there’s southern States, where they can be grown all year round.
4 the same with other fruits, vegetables and berries. Cherries and raspberries in December in the climate of the middle lane is a dream! You can always buy a kit where everything is already cleaned, cut: know only squirt in my mouth! Why not? The person who first thought to remove skin from the orange, cut the watermelon and sell ready probably already a multi-billionaire.
5 garlic a dozen different species. The usual, Packed, marinated, chopped into small pieces…
6 Greens and salads of all kinds.
7 Gourmet shop. They sell the Parmesan and ham, but there was such a place that can’t be touched. Christmas is coming, people bought for the holiday table!
8 But the four different showcases with meat products. A huge stand with bacon, some with ham for Breakfast, sausages and all sorts of semi-finished meat like cevapcici, hamburger and so on…
9 Evil tongues say that walmart is a store that the food is not spetsializiruetsya. Well, here is one of such refrigerators ten rows. And sold in each one. The choice hrimne. All these racks, about twenty offices is ice cream. Yes there are hundreds of types, honestly!
10 Followed by the same long and a fridge full of frozen pizzas of all kinds.
11 on the pizza And the range ends. Chicken wings, ready meals, all sorts of pies. Demand creates supply, and competition creates more choices of products. Not particularly a fan of such food: it is delicious, but probably harmful. Myself only buy pizza and sometimes nuggets.
12 If we talk about the sauces, they are also a million options. I love Americans and all sorts of pickles, and even made a popular snack of pickles in the sauce. But squeezing yourself pickles on a piece of meat.
13 Meat. Pork chops, ribeye steaks and ground beef. From the unusual, here it is sold, including in the form of sausage.
14 Well, pork, hams and other delicacies. Somewhere in a queue for bulk and packaged you can take right away. Popular and whole hams, just in time for the holiday table and buy. On thanksgiving, the Turkey, the Christmas pig.
15 a wide variety of spices. This is somewhere around one tenth, only two small shelves were. Condiments are divided into two categories: for Amateurs in the kitchen for it. In the first case, the writing on the package, for which a specific meals is a bag.
16 Meat and canned vegetables. Separately with the Spam, in whose honour me once video was filmed somewhere in the abandoned town of Montana.
17 a very long shelf Breakfast cereal, flakes, puffs and the like. From this fans Americans of all ages.
18 Chips. I stopped them a long time ago, but the packaging is tempting, of course. The chips are never eat muffins, definitely with some sauce (dip), which is also great variety.
19 Now, this I can not refuse in any way….beef jerky. All men of America love to eat these dried pieces of beef. But expensive…ten bucks for a big pack, which still flies in the stomach 🙂
20 Cheese counters. Cheese dozen different types definitely Packed. To the wrappers, as you have already realized that Americans are squeamish. The manufacturer should be visually recognizable and visible from afar. Well, the four main types of cheese: plain, cut in pieces (and cheese bars), grated, cheese sticks, fresh Mexican cheese, similar to our Adyghe…
21 Yogurt. Almost all say that they are low in fat.
22 Philadelphia Cheese. Next put the bagels so round bun with a hole in the middle, but not bagels. And these bagels with soft cheese — that’s the real Breakfast pleasure, I tell you!
23 of Bread too whole huge shelf, but as for me, it varied. In fact, here is just loaves of different manufacturers: here he is mostly all white. There is rye, but to the Russian black or Borodino does not hold. And Mexican tortillas are also popular.
24 Milk is sold in large bottles. Because a different system of measures: not liters, and gallons. Thanks to falling oil prices in the United States now gasoline is cheaper than milk.
25 Eggs. Here nothing to add.
26 All kinds of soda and other harmful drinks. Upstairs — portable refrigerators. In heat is very important.
27 Beer shelves. Beer is the only alcohol that you can buy in Walmart or any other store, except special alcoholic. For all States not say, but in Virginia that way. Plenty of beer. Americans second beer nation, which I respect. Including because they took the best at the main brewers of the planet of the Belgians. Probably, anywhere else than these countries, you will find such a variety of types of beer. And again, like Czech Pilsner? Here you Czech. Like English Ales? On health, drink! For special perverts and “Baltic” in Russian stores sell.
28 Along the food stalls you can walk forever, but I will stop there, otherwise this post will drag on forever. In Walmart they sell a lot of everything. Clothes, for example. Not very fashionable, but very practical and cheap. Pants socks there and just buy it, and for three years, and in large quantities. Well shirts and they have fun. This year’s fashion collection, presented t-shirts with stoned lions. One even tried, but somehow never bought…
29 Before the winter holidays many people come to walmart for gift cards. The fact that in Russia for some reason never caught on in the States was the main gift for friends but not very close. Each network of restaurants and shops has its own card. Know your buddy loves to go to steak houses Outback? Give him a card for $ 25. It’s enough that he took his wife out to dinner, just this amount generally is a dinner for two. There is a prepaid Bank card. Don’t know what to give, and cash in an envelope indecent? Give Visa or MasterCard, the man himself will decide what to buy.
30 At the Wal-Mart close. Normal store, isn’t it? Lord snobs, calm down and go once, there not so scary 🙂
31 For comparison, will show another large supermarket. He is also quite “popular”, and called Costco. This is similar to our Metro Cash&Carry, wholesale. Here, too, the system of access by cards, but to obtain such by anyone, just need to pay a $ 55 membership fee per year. Or just pay off the card of American Express, they have a joint contract.
32 Oh, I forgot to tell while still in the Wal-Mart that here at the entrance to each store has a number of trucks that can take any man. They are intended for the elderly and disabled, but I can take any. Help you do not require.
33 At costco also sell everything from food to clothing. With clothing there is a trick: unlike Walmart, here you can find branded items at very competitive prices. Clothes sell the piece.
34 But you’re going to want to COP a few pieces. Or just a big special packaging. Such banks of Philadelphia or ketchup for a year!
35 Gift card here too profitable: for example, four 25 is not 100, and 80. And the cakes here are delicious! Give the Council a good gift American: can give him on any occasion such fashionable shower heads. Most likely, it will be standard. And here do not understand normal souls: the lake is not even removed, and screwed to the wall! But it’s a different story, maybe I’ll write a post about a typical American housing.
36 And appliances to buy here can be cheaper than any other places. Just at Costco some secret agreements with suppliers, they even make a special version. Although Amazon is still cheaper. In principle, almost all of today buying vehicles online.
37 a Large pack of chocolates and cookies.
38 Area hungry ulcer. Just like in Auchan, but here this fast food is at least tasty. And here’s another little detail about Costco: there are no plastic bags. Bring or take such boxes for free. There is nothing in nature to spoil. I remember once in the Russian hypermarket yelled at me when I wanted to take an empty abandoned box to put there products.
39 In America, a lot of different stores, in addition to hypermarkets. They are all a handful, as a rule, in such “Plaza”, a small one-story shopping centers with large Parking and separate entrances. But about them, perhaps next time. If you want to.
