amazing news, thank you! I’ll checkout Germany and plan a driving route to Netherlands or something. doesn’t seem that far of a drive tbh. (I drove 7 hours 1 way just for an Xmas party a few weekends ago. lol… 14 in total for a 5 hour party). I know, absurd for Europeans to think about :P
Comment on Countries/Cities without Walmart's/Giant super centers
starlinguk@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Germany. Even the “big” supermarkets are tiny and they’re all German owned.
Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
starlinguk@lemmy.world 1 day ago
European motorways are a nightmare. It might not look that far on the map, but I’d rather drive from Boston to Brooklin ME on the i95 than from Karlsruhe to Freiburg on the A5.
Tuuktuuk@piefed.ee 1 day ago
Germany does have hypermarkets and those might be what the OP means.
starlinguk@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Not in Baden-Württemberg. You’d have to go to France.
Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
yeah just giant slabs of concrete with a huge building filled with stuffs… same thing really.
maybe I just don’t like this modern world lol
Tuuktuuk@piefed.ee 1 day ago
But they are much less prominent in Germany than in USA!
And typically Mediterranean people prefer buying their groceries in small corner shops that usually have some vegetables on shelves on the street in front of the shop.
ImageBluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
yeees, I want to buy from someone, not something. It drives community which feels nonexistent
ramble81@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I remember Walmart tried to go into Germany and failed because they didnt understand the culture there. Greeters turned most people off for example.
mech@feddit.org 23 hours ago
Actually, Walmart’s “corporate culture” violated German labor laws. And they couldn’t compete with the German chains who were already established either.