[mlrtime]

>Here in Germany the situation is different to the US though, we often don't just go to one shop

What would give you the indication that the situation is different in the US? In any given week I shop at Aldi (Favorite), Trader Joes, HEB, Whole Foods, Costco and Wal-Mart.

I'm consistently shocked by which stores have the best prices AND best quality produce.

[bowsamic]

Apologies, I had assumed from my visits to the US that it was like the UK and France where it's common to only go to one single shop. When I lived in the UK most people I know bought literally everything from one giant supermarket and never felt the need to go anywhere else. For example, every Sunday we would do one giant shop at Sainsbury's and that was our week's shopping done. Can't really do that in Germany because all of the shops are shut on Sunday, so you have to shop on Saturday, but more likely here you are just doing multiple little shops throughout the week

[jrmg]

The USA is a _big_ country. You’ll find both these style of shopping, each more common in some areas than others.

[bowsamic]

Of course but there are still general trends, such as the one I stated about the UK and France. For example, in London and Paris people probably don't shop like I said, but generally they do. I expected Americans, being primarily car oriented and shops being spread far apart, would stick to giant hypermarkets. That said, I have learnt that making any kind of generalisation about America is sure to bring a response that America is actually infinitely varied, so I completely retract any comment I ever made about the US