British Man Compares the Grocery Stores in the United States to Those He Grew Up With in England

Supermarkets are necessary stores in every country that, beyond their fundamental mission of being centers in which to find food or other necessities, end up becoming tourist attractions for many. Surely more than one and two has entered an establishment during a trip and, with the excuse of buying a soda, has hallucinated with local food for sale. Thus, it is common for supermarkets to be a source of cultural shocks. Now, an Argentine 'tiktoker…

British Man Compares the Grocery Stores in the United States to Those He Grew Up With in England

Laurence Brown of Lost in the Pond amusingly compared supermarkets in the United States with the grocery stores he grew up with in England. While in the Jewel-Osco store in Chicago, Brown spoke about the differences in language (cart vs. trolley), shelf heights, the sizes of milk containers, how eggs are treated, and standing versus sitting at the cash register (till). This week, I took a visit to Chicago’s Jewell-Osco grocery store to uncover …