How many grocery stores do you have in your city or town? If it's a bigger city, the answer may be "who knows?", but in a small town, it's probably only one. In Germany, the answer its "one on approximately every second street corner." It sounds like an exaggeration, but for an American who travels through Germany for any amount of time, whether they visit the downtown areas or go through the residential parts of a given city, the number of grocery stores is likely to be surprisingly high.
Read More"Wait! I saw the flag on some cookies at the grocery store the other day! ...And on some peanut butter. ...And baked beans? Cake pops? What?" For anyone who's been in pretty much any German grocery store, you've probably seen products that had some stylized stars and stripes on them, and have been a bit confused. They won't say "American" on them (unless they're the type of dry chocolate chip cookies you might be used to buying a large package of back home), and won't be from a brand you recognize, but are instead by some company with a vaguely American sounding name. What's up?
Read MoreHow often have you been at the grocery store, and you just want to take a cart to go on and do your shopping, only for the cart to be locked up? If you're perhaps in the U.S. and are thinking of the wheel locks that many stores use to prevent their carts being taken off the premises, you might be in for a surprise in Germany!
Read MoreOne of the first major differences you might notice when you first go grocery shopping in Germany are the pallets and shelves of egg cartons, unrefrigerated and often just left wherever the shop has space...
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