Grocery shopping in Germany is almost exactly like grocery shopping in the United States except for a few things. Here’s a list of what they are:
1. They have this system where you put a certain coin into a slot on the shopping cart and push it in to unlock it from the line of carts. Then when you’re done with the cart you put it back in the line and your coin pops back out.
2. They have tanks like you would see with lobsters in the US but here they have fish in them.
3. They have 7 different kinds of ketchup. Here are a few: regular ketchup, ketchup with onion, Heinz kids’ ketchup, McDonald’s ketchup, curry ketchup, and spicy ketchup.
4. They have purple beans that look like green beans but they’re purple.
5. The plastic bags cost 50 euro cents, so you have to bring a backpack or your own bags.
6. Frosted Flakes are called Frosties in Europe. I also saw Special K and Shredded Wheat.
7. Ice Cream comes in a rectangular plastic container.
8. They have a gigantic frozen pizza section. They have pizza with tuna and onions, with salmon, with artichokes…practically anything you could imagine.
9. They have this one kind of drink called Spezi that is Coca Cola with orange juice. It sounds very bad but it is very good.
10. They have very many different kinds of cheese. The first one we opened was very stinky.
These are some interesting facts that I found out about Grocery Shopping in Berlin.
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How fun to learn about grocery shopping in Germany! Just so you know, we're in New Jersey right now, "Down the Shore," and they have the same system with the shopping carts. I find it quite a bother.
Anyway, we miss you and wish you well at the market and everywhere else.
Abedershetyn,
Anna (and Elon and Emily and Zach)
Dear Seanna,
My favorite thing to do (ONE of my favorites) is to go into grocery stores in different countries. It is always a surprise to see the similarities and differences! You should also check out the stationery store...if you find a "tante emma laden" you won't be able to touch the papers and books (that's a little store where someone sits behind the counter and you give them your list to fill out) but at the department stores, like Kaufhof, or Hertie, you can see SO many kinds of school books. Rose used to have to get 7 kinds of notebooks for seven subjects, and that was just in first grade! Eeek!
Next time at the grocery store look for a KinderUberauschung...they are always a treat! Mary
Fun...and don't forget that it's bag your own groceries. At Aldi it is even a kind of national sport in which customer races cashier so that groceries do not fall off the tiny counter space and onto the floor. :)
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