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So that's why Walmart has a total revenue larger than the GDP of many countries, because there are so many poor people in the US. Besides California, I'd assume they have a strong presence in Detroit as well.
I always agree with half of what you say then require treatment when I read the other half.
Require treatment?? Wow, I think that's a new one for me... I mean I know I can be a polarizing blowhard but yikes. Do tell!
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Anyway, I-5 does have choices along it's route. There are Safeway's and Albertson's which now owns Safeway. There are farmers markets and produce stands too.
Didn't know that Albertson's now owns Safeway; doesn't surprise me much tbh. It's the whole "over a lifetime, everyone's life expectancy drops to zero" syndrome, where even "friendly" chains are multibillion dollar conglomorates vying for one anothers' stake in the pie.
DAMN YOU, KROGER!!!
Anyways, yeah, I always made sure to buy produce from the various stands that belonged to farms along the I-5 when I drove between LA and SF, which was usually once if not twice a month. Good stuff. In LA, there were multiple farmers' markets to choose from, plus dozens of permanent places that stocked goods from local or nearby farms. I was never hurting for fresh produce.
Require treatment?? Wow, I think that's a new one for me... I mean I know I can be a polarizing blowhard but yikes. Do tell!
Didn't know that Albertson's now owns Safeway; doesn't surprise me much tbh. It's the whole "over a lifetime, everyone's life expectancy drops to zero" syndrome, where even "friendly" chains are multibillion dollar conglomorates vying for one anothers' stake in the pie.
DAMN YOU, KROGER!!!
Anyways, yeah, I always made sure to buy produce from the various stands that belonged to farms along the I-5 when I drove between LA and SF, which was usually once if not twice a month. Good stuff. In LA, there were multiple farmers' markets to choose from, plus dozens of permanent places that stocked goods from local or nearby farms. I was never hurting for fresh produce.
Because I can be very polarizing too. When too people like that disagree, it can cause mental problems
Yeah, Kroger owns just about everything now. They purchased the Safeway company which as you know includes Vons. While they own Ralphs, Albertson's, Food 4 Less, FoodsCo and QFC, Safeway stores, at least in CA will become Albertson's.
Anyway, yeah there are plenty of produce stands and farmers markets up and down the west coast. There are also meat stores where you can get fresh cuts and even make large meat orders. There are also bakeries around for the freshest breads which includes the non mass produced stuff containing high fructose corn syrup.
Maybe in some parts of the USA, good quality foods are hard to find but not on the west coast. Just another example of how varied the USA really is.
They tried in Germany for a while but they failed and withdrew from the German market. Apparently unlike the US there are not enough poor people in Germany.
American goes to country x; in the us i was always able to find..... they do. I hear it all the time.
why isn't______ like i can find in the us? there is usually a simple answer. It's not an offensive question.
in the us_________ simple taste better imo than in does in country x again i don't find that offensive.
i found my choices in country x more limited than in the us all choices are limited in every country. What we are discussing in this thread is specifically what foreigners, like myself, think of the us in terms of what choices we have compared to finding the same in the us. It's not like i go around ranting to people in the us when i travel about what i can and can not get.
when americans do this on these forums, the criticism goes on for pages and pages and rightly so. Now some of you are doing the exact same thing in this thread. Why is it ok?
So that's why Walmart has a total revenue larger than the GDP of many countries, because there are so many poor people in the US. Besides California, I'd assume they have a strong presence in Detroit as well.
I'm not sure what you're getting at but one reason Wal-Mart does so well is because they do strategically place their stores in areas where certain demographics predominate. OR they put them in areas where the local stores are present and cannot compete with this giant. It ends up in many cases where Wal-Mart becomes the only choice in a given area and since many poorer people don't have the means to travel longer distances to shop, they go to Wal-Mart, both for the prices and convenience as competition is eliminated. There are a great many communities across America that are steadfast against Wal-Mart opening stores. Whether you like Wal-Mart or not, it has earned itself a bad reputation.
But all she did was point out that she avoids certain types of food items with additives that are not regulated in the USA for health reasons. I knew about the milk, but actually not the bread. Interesting.
But to be fair, Canada's cheese selection in general also sucks compared to Europe. I haven't even been to France, which is known for cheese, but Spain, Germany, and I think the Netherlands had fantastic choices and quality. Here cheese is not fake or anything usually, but it is very boring and mass produced cheddars and mozarellas in bizarrely elongated rectangular packages. If you want anything more than that it quickly becomes really unaffordable to buy it regularly.
I agree, compared to Europe. The difference between Canada and the US in regards to cheese is how much more processed cheese there seems to be in US stores. There is crap in Canada too, but in your average store in Canada I find more choice.
Again THIS IS NOT SAYING you can't find stores in the US that have a fantastic selection.
As for costs, in an earlier post, I mentioned that for imported good quality cheese the price in Vancouver seems to be much the same as we found in Oregon and SoCal.
I always agree with half of what you say then require treatment when I read the other half.
Anyway, I-5 does have choices along it's route. There are Safeway's and Albertson's which now owns Safeway. There are farmers markets and produce stands too.
We actually did stop at grocery stores and bought sandwiches for lunch. Some better than others.
As for Farmers Markets, most don't serve lunch, plus you have to be there on the day they are open and when you are on the road, you don't have too much of choice of where you are when it's time to eat.
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Wow, I think that's a new one for me... I mean I know I can be a polarizing blowhard but yikes. Do tell!
