Supermarkets around the world have their own characteristics, customs, and quirks. While American supermarkets are known for being huge and having amazing variety and Asian supermarkets are known for being a delight for the senses, European supermarkets have their own quirks which can be surprising for visitors. Check out these surprising quirks which you’ll be amazed by!
Bag Your Own Groceries
While you might be used to having an attendant bag your groceries for you at the store, this isn’t the typical method of bagging in Europe. You will instead have to bag your own groceries and be careful to not smash or break anything. Good luck!
Weigh and Label Your Produce
Instead of the cashier weighing and labeling your produce, in Europe, the produce section generally has a scale and a label printer which puts this task on you! Don’t go to check out without weighing and tagging your produce first, or else you might be forced to go back and do it.
So Compact!
Europe, in general, is known for packing a lot of things into small spaces. That also applies to their grocery stores, where you’ll generally find a big number and a wide variety of products jammed into a store that is much smaller than the average one in many parts of the world.
