Comment on Countries/Cities without Walmart's/Giant super centers
LeapSecond@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Apparently Walmart has a location list here corporate.walmart.com/about/location-facts. It says it operates in 19 countries so there are many places that do not have Walmarts. Many of them probably don’t have other big stores either.
Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
lol, wasn’t Walmart specifically but I do appreciate it. just corporate giant slabs of concrete in a jungle/nature setting. always meh and makes me just wanna no go there.
azimir@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
Oh! You mean being somewhere tih neighborhood scale markets, not just “fuck WalMart”. (Which deserves it).
Yeah, Europe is mostly still rolling relatively small grocery stores of various makes and models. Go to a major Germany city on a mapping app and search for lebensmittel (groceries). You’ll get them everywhere.
I just got back from walking the 80 yards to our local grocery store for a few things to cover tomorrow while I work from home. Total time 20 minutes for shopping because I wandered a bit. It’s wonderfully easy and relaxing compared to when I would do a multi hour Costco->WinCo weekly trip in the US that included dealing with all the driving and stress of huge stores.
I miss Costco’s polish dogs, but that’s about it. The move to Europe was well worth it.