10 Reasons RUSSIAN Supermarkets are Different

[@Katya_Lastochka]

My favorite thing about Russian stores is that the cashiers get to sit in chairs. Its absolute torture in the US to have to stand for 8 hrs, and be forced to greet and chitchat strangers while multitasking. This is more dignified for everyone involved.

[@splifstar85]

Also the cashiers don’t chit chat in Russia, neither do the customers.. nobody does really 🤷‍♂️😅

[@alfos863]

@@splifstar85 Sometimes you do have small talk, but only when its mutual😅 nobody is forcing cashiers to chitchat, just have to be polite

[@gilman2056]

Мне как россиянину интересно узнавать о таких различиях, в России все кассиры имеют сидящие места.

[@alexgatti75]

not jus in russia but in all of Europe i think

[@HouseOfHam]

The dumb reasoning according to US companies is that it's not polite for the cashiers to sit while the customer stands.

[@minesstein6741]

Посмотрел на дату и обалдел, учитывая события в мире. Надеюсь, вам у нас понравилось, и никаких сложностей с приездом и уездом не было. Желаю еще раз вам вернуться в нашу страну и посетить больше интересных мест и приятно провести время!

[@Никита-й7р6п]

На канале первый видос годовалой давности из Москвы и, вообще, все видосы тоже из России. Может и не уезжал никуда.

[@alexk9319]

Он с женой живёт в Подмосковье.

[@minesstein6741]

@@alexk9319 тогда понятно

[@ИгорьСмолин-ъ8ю]

Товарищ путает Москву и Россию. Москва это уже другое государство)

[@Evgeny-Kuryanovich]

@@ИгорьСмолин-ъ8ю Ну что вы право. Я живу в Томске и к примеру на расстоянии одного квартала от работы у меня 2 огромных супермаркета (Лента и другого бренда). В поселке на 400 домов 10 км от города тоже супермаркет, но не большой, но набор продуктов стандартный, то есть абсолютно тот же что и в огромной Ленте. Томск как вы понимаете, это не Москва, но Россия. А вы какую еще Россию имели в виду?))))

[@jamesrimes2870]

I lived in Moscow and in Shanghai, and I'd say that supermarkets are pretty much the same, I'm was quite surprised that they r different in the west. Thanks for showing Russia from a positive side. Cheers, mate

[@franciscomanuelteruelgutie6790]

I'm Spanish and I regularly travel to Italy, and I tell you there is nothing special in the supermarket shown by Russell. It's just a regular hypermarket.

[@jeanneromaine3146]

That's a huge supermarket. I love how every store in Russia is very clean. On Long Island here our big crop is potatoes and they are sold covered with dried mud lol. I have a special brush to scrub them. Candy here sold by the pound bugs me because here it's all one price per pound no matter what candy it is. So we pay more for cheaper candy. The same price for gummy bears as for chocolate so that's silly. Yeah I liked having my coffee beans ground at the register; 47 years ago lol. Sorry I'm going to blab lol. Wow that's a lot of bread! I don't know how people stay thin there. Fresh bakery bread 🍞 is so delicious! And the cakes 🎂 ok I gained 5 lbs watching this video lol. It was fun to watch. Thanks so much Russell. 🙂 Have a great evening

[@TravellingwithRussell]

Thanks for the comments and feed back. Love reading the comments on this video to see the differences from place to place. Your cady by the pound thing does seem strange where you have the same price for better or worse types. The stores are kept impeccable here. So many staff on hand cleaning and restocking the store. The bread section in this store is amazing. I also have a smaller local bread guy i go to where i live for hot fresh bread as well. Russell.

[@tukituki7680]

😸🍰

[@IrkinsEselsior]

Any farmer will say that it is best to store potatoes unwashed. Washed potatoes quickly lose moisture and become soft and tasteless. Young potatoes of the first harvest in a thin skin deteriorates all the more quickly if they are sold washed. I like to peel small new potatoes with a metal brush and bake them in the oven with pieces of fatty pork. I know it's terribly harmful... But all the pleasant and delicious things in our life are harmful))

[@АндрэаТиамо]

🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏🥰

[@ЮлияКотова-е6з]

🤣🤣🤣👍💗🇷🇺

[@te1ephraq]

Russel, you missed the most important thing - salted herring! Here in California salted herring is available only in Russian food markets. Last time I came back to Russia I ate only herring with rye bread straight for a week. Also, chicken in Russia tastes differently because fed with wheat not corn.

[@ellidano]

В России Кур кормят разнообразной едой. Это Пшеница, Кукуруза, и Комбикорм с витаминами. Кукуруза составляет не более 30%. Кстати Если вы курам положите горох, она его проигнорирует и не станет есть. Я не знаю почему, но куры его не едят.

[@denrus4282]

@@ellidano они от гороха быстро летать начинают и бьются о стенки курятника

[@Marusia-b1j]

@@denrus4282 🤣🤣🤣

[@live00001]

Bro, try it with boiled potato, butter and fresh onion. Its Devine. Also to boost it I use black paper and hot souse. But potato and batter essential

[@Коджагёль]

Кукурузой кормят несушек, но в смеси с подсолнечной семечкой и рыбной мукой.

[@jenn9579]

In most countries, potatoes are sprayed with isopropyl N-(3-chlorophenyl) carbamate (CIPC also referred as chlorpropham) which is the most commonly used sprout suppressant on potatoes. I love the fact that the potatoes there are straight from the field and nothing is put on them.

[@AWtify]

That is why the Russians hate washed potatoes.

[@garorobe]

@@AWtify Not really. Washed potatoes just doesn't usually make sense. If you're going to boil or roast it, you'll wash it anyway and price is, like, twice as much. Only baby potatoes are somewhat worth to be bought washed.

[@maxacoustic]

Unfortunately unwashed veggies seems like a same in Russia, because it didn't expires for weeks or even months. In other hand, in Turkey where I'm living at the moment, , unwashed veggies expires in days. But honestly, I'm not sure I'm right.

[@olegs1651]

@@maxacoustic You're right. Unwashed veggies stored longer.

[@Werfg89]

@@maxacoustic Я вам открою по секрету, у нас половина страны выращивает картофель, помидоры, огурцы, капусту, морковь и свёклу и т. д на дачах, или личных подсобных хозяйствах. По-этому овощи дешёвые, и немытые корневые овощи лучше всего храняться. Я знаю о чем говорю, сама выращиваю их.

[@dvana]

The variety/choice is just amazing, yes I love the differences, I am Australian, I have lived in Europe and the states and since returning to Australia the amount of choices available seemed to have have really reduced. No food court at Myer or David Jones, no high end department stores like George’s, David Jones is as good as it gets. And the prices are just crazy. I don’t know what has happened to this country, it has really gone downhill. Maybe the small population and the great distance from anywhere just makes products far too expensive to import and profits are low. Even with sanctions Russia seems to have so much more on offer, hopefully soon things will improve for the Russian people. I would love to visit and yes, I would love shopping there.

[@RusSoldierZ]

В России активно растет рынок. Если вы наладите здесь свое производство, то очень скоро станете миллионером. Дешевые ресурсы дадут вам рост в несколько десятков процентов в месяц

[@f800gt76]

first sanctions were applied in 2014 and russian cont-sanctions was to ban EU and US food. Yes, now it's very hard to buy original french cheese or original spanish jamon but it's a market. Just substitute a free niche with your own. Back in 2021 there was lots to eat

[@RusSoldierZ]

@@f800gt76 согласен, тем более при очень широкой номенклатуры продуктов в магазинах, необходимости в этих эксклюзивных французских и испанских сырах отпала.

[@kooaeisurname8332]

The fun thing is that after the sanctions we're implemented, the variety has actually increased cause local production rushed to fill the niche. It provided the much needed opportunity for lots of new productions and brands. You know, it's actually quite profitable to make stuff here. So, the market does it's thing, I guess.

[@Time_Developer]

@@f800gt76 *, вы ошибаетесь, западные санкции были ещё со времён Ивана Грозного.* _Это то время, когда запад активно начал сталкиваться с Россией._

[@GiovaSal]

I really enjoy these short videos about life in Russia! Thank you, Russel!

[@TravellingwithRussell]

Glad you like them! I am trying to make shorter videos. Russell.

[@bitmasala]

What a great video. This seems like it’s in a mall,it’s so big and beautiful not to mention spotless. My dream is going to Russia one day. Good night

[@TravellingwithRussell]

It is in a mall. The shop is called Globus, its a German run supermarket chain. The mall is called Salaris, its my closest mall to where i live also. Russell.

[@ЮлияКотова-е6з]

@@TravellingwithRussell О! красная ветка М😉 Юго- Запад

[@ИннаСергеевна-б2у]

Приезжайте, мы всегда рады гостям!

[@irenepauls1194]

Doesn't look like Russia is under sanctions.....

[@MKS5]

welcome anytime!

[@VioletSilence]

Of course I've seen these things in local supermarkets cause I'm Russian myself XD But I've always thought this is the way supermarkets are all over the globe, so learning that there's something unique about our supermarkets was quite interesting. Also, what I love most about those differences are on-site bakeries. Always warm, soft and fragrant bread and cakes, it's just so much better than any bread in grocery stores, shipped from the factory. I mean, it's still good and all, but not as nearly good as what's baked on-site right before your eyes.

[@iraidushka]

У вас замечательный английский. Much respect ✊

[@VioletSilence]

@@iraidushka Спасибо ^__^

[@VioletSilence]

@@mahann.s Wait, are you actually saying you can get me a job out of nowhere? O__o (because I kinda started looking for one just yesterday) Sign me up, I'm into that sort of crap wholeheartedly!

[@VioletSilence]

@@mahann.s Every bit helps in today's Russia, you know. I would like to apply 🤔 In terms of communication, I have e-mail, Telegram and Discord, what fits best? I'll post it in next reply

[@VioletSilence]

@@mahann.s Same, I can't post contact info here x___x Must be KZbin, not Russell

[@ellengran6814]

Not only is the Church decentralized in Russia (ulike the Roman Pope), but also everything else seems to be decentralized : YOU choose to wash your potatoes or not. YOU choose the number of frozen fish in a bag. In the West everything is getting more and more centralized : Most food and goods are provided by only a few companies = THEY choose our options.

[@TravellingwithRussell]

Well said. the same goes for the supermarkets in Australia, we only have 2 major brands to shop in, and 3 lesser brands, and that's it. Those big 5 cover 85% of peoples shopping. Here you have so many choices of places to shop, so many different foods to choose from, so many options it seems endless to a point. I completely understand your point from your comment. Thanks. Russell.

[@bmwman1981]

The only problem is that Russians have a kleptocratic dictatorship that only shows news that favors Putin and they don’t have free speech and cannot criticize the president or any of the government as they will get put in prison for not towing the party line

[@ellengran6814]

@@bmwman1981 Hmm. From what I hear, it seems like you are talking about US.

[@bmwman1981]

@@ellengran6814 i live in the uk and can criticize anyone and I have a free vote like the rest of the free world with a democratically elected government unlike Russia North Korea etc

[@ellengran6814]

@@bmwman1981 Yes, you can critizise as much as you want, and nobody listen og care. In China, when they write an email to local authority and complain, the issue is normally taken care of within a few days. Thats why chineese people believe they have the most democratic system in the world.

[@goldcoasttime]

we have more shortages in Australia than Russia has under the toughest sanctions

[@TravellingwithRussell]

Back home though its got a lot to do with covid and people hoarding toilet rolls. :) I was working at Coles before coming over to most last year. Russell.

[@goldcoasttime]

@@TravellingwithRussell where's home you look familiar Russell, would love to visit Russia its been a dream of mine is it hard to get in and out of there now, can we transfer cash still, as I use a wheelchair has the accessibility improved

[@TravellingwithRussell]

@@goldcoasttime I am from PErth, Australia. We were living in Rockingham when I was back home last year. I was even working at Coles in Cannington to be specific for a short while. I went to John Curtin Collage of the Arts in Fremantle. A long time ago though. Russell. Where are you from ?

[@goldcoasttime]

@@TravellingwithRussell originally Sydney and now I live on the Gold Coast, how do you make a living in Moscow

[@МарьяМоревна-л3м]

@@goldcoasttime i live in a small city near Moscow, our environment is not the best for wheelchairs. Sadly. Most public transport is not for wheelchairs. Sometimes even sideways is hard to climb on. BUT there is always people who will help, if you ask. If you go to door, people will automatically hold it for you. May even ask if you beed help. In the shop people as well can help to get something from high shelves. Language barrier can be a problem, but the fun part: people who still don’t know language *will* try to understand and help. You can basically use hands to express yourself and we will try to understand 😂

[@elenataylor4611]

I love the taste and appetising smell of russian fruit and vegetables. Breads and cakes are out of this world delicious.When I go to Russia and eat baked goods everyday, I still loose weight, but gain it right back in US.

[@IrkinsEselsior]

Globus is a German chain of grocery hypermarkets, whose stores are represented in Germany (47 stores), the Czech Republic (15) and Russia (19). One of the few German companies that rationally treat business in Russia.

[@TravellingwithRussell]

I love tis place. I am lucky to have one close to my house. Stop in almost every time I get off the metro on my way home. More of a reason we only use the small hand carts. Russell.

[@ЮлияКотова-е6з]

🤝💗🇷🇺

[@люблюРоссию-я5г]

В этих магазинах Российские продукты, всё изготавливается в России, завозного очень мало и стоит оно дорого (кофе например)

[@Morskoy_Velican]

Now it became clear why there is beer in barrels.

[@TheIlJeep]

@@люблюРоссию-я5г кофе тоже в России жарят очень много и очень хорошо :) Когда люди-Х писали, что без лавацы мы тут обезкофемся - ну честно смешно было, эти помои только в самых заштатных фастуфудах варят в роботах :)

[@asspect83]

Во многих городах Сибири, даже в небольших (Я из Хакасии), есть подобные супермаркеты. Они конечно меньше и выбор продуктов чуть-чуть меньше, но очень много где пекут хлеб и делают свои торты. Мы в России очень привыкли к тому что у нас свежее мясо с местных производств, хлеб и молоко. Кто бы что не говорил, но мы в России привыкли к хорошему отношению, чистоте и свежим продуктам локального производства.

[@CRATOS-mf6te]

У меня нет(

[@Lovecbabochek]

@@CRATOS-mf6te это где вы находитесь? родители живут в селе 70км до ближайшего города. даже у них есть магниты и пятерочки.

[@Иван-з1в2э]

@@Lovecbabochek в столице самого большого региона в России (и самого крупного административно-территориальной единицы В МИРЕ), а также крупнейшего сырьевого региона и региона по добыче драгоценных ископаемых в России, а также второе место по добыче алмазов В МИРЕ, нет ни Дикси, ни Пятерочки, ни Магнита, ни Макдональдса. Пару месяцев назад только Фикс Прайс единственный открыли и весь народ туда побежал.. До сих пор полки сметают, почти ничего нет в наличии...

[@abunazirjan2263]

@@Иван-з1в2э подумайте о проблемах с логистикой. Размеры и природные богатства Якутии никак не влияют на рентабельность бизнеса, а вот отдаленность, суровые природные условия, рынок труда (уверен зарплаты у вас там точно больше чем в большинстве регионов России, а значит и продавцом за 30К никто работать не будет) определяют инвестиционную привлекательность, и это и есть та причина почему у там нет Пятерочек и Магнитов. Да и если честно это не лучшие сети супермаркетов, мне например по сердцу Ярче! там действительно хорошие цены и выбор продуктов уникален.

[@Иван-з1в2э]

@@abunazirjan2263 про зарплаты бред. Якутия один из самых бедных регион в плане самих людей. Россия только и умеет, что высасывать все эти ресурсы, алмазы, нефть, а взамен лишь "защита" от нападения других стран за этими самыми ресурсами. Так бы были отдельной страной.

[@blatendcrude7570]

I'm glad they are doing well, I remember the 80's where they had to stand in line for hours and hours to get something, if it didnt run out. Tough hardworking people.

[@TravellingwithRussell]

Nothing like that here now. small shops and supermarkets everywhere. polar opposites from back in the 80s or even 90s. Russell.

[@Katya_Lastochka]

That was because no one bothered with the distribution of supplies. There were plenty of products but they were all in the central cities. So dumb.

[@АннаЛебедева-щ7п]

@@Katya_Lastochka неправильно. Я жила и тогда и сейчас в Санкт-Петербурге. Второй по величине город в стране. Тогда он назывался Ленинград. В Ленинграде тоже был дефицит и пустые полки. Мы с мамой много часов стояли в одной очереди чтобы получить, например, пару кусков мыла. Давали строго один кусок мыла одному покупателю. Поэтому приходили покупать всей семьей, чтобы купить больше. И каждый день стояли то в одной очереди, то в другой. То за хлебом, то за молоком, то за промышленными товарами, то за телевизором, то за мебелью

[@akt3292]

@@АннаЛебедева-щ7п самое интересное, что склады были полные, но товары не поступали в магазины. Это была диверсия против страны.

[@cristitanase6130]

That's Marxism Ideology in practice... This is Capitalism.

[@jorgruthschilling]

BTW, Globus is a German super market chain. But I haven't seen frozen food sold by weight. Fresh bakery and butcher products is very common in Germany and the Netherlands. Unwashed potatoes and carrots will stay much longer fresh. In my childhood in Germany potatoes were sold also unwashed. Thank you for sharing your Russian insights.

[@Sergej199]

In general, as a resident of Russia, I can say that what is shown in the video for the most part can be scaled to all hypermarket chains. Auchan, Metro, (not Russian), Lenta, Alpi (local), small supermarkets near the house: Magnit, Pyaterochka. And also a lot of non-chain supermarkets. Initially, the rules and the level of service were set precisely by foreign chain stores, but competition made it necessary to raise the level of service everywhere! It's funny, but even private entrepreneurs began to switch to a similar trading format, in small areas of 40m ^ 2 and less

[@igorzaycew2137]

I buy from St. Petersburg in a store or on my plot outside the city, And I can chop or grate the washed carrots and freeze them in the refrigerator that's the joke

[@Victorya-si7fx]

Так картофель продаётся в любом магазине России в различных вариантах : мытый, не мытый, расфасованный, на развес. У вас всегда есть выбор, то же самое и с морковью.

[@ПОЧИНЮКУКУХУ]

Everyone adapts their business to local habits. All European food chains deal veggies and berries by weight.

[@ПОЧИНЮКУКУХУ]

@@Sergej199 The best food market I saw in Russia by far is "Dobryanka", Novosibirsk. They even have freshly made cheeses.

[@linda9918]

I kind of like that weigh everything yourself concept. I don’t need 5 lbs of potatoes or washed wouldn’t matter I’m peeling it anyway and washing it! My mother never refrigerated eggs and we had chickens. Great video enjoyed this store. I’ve seen other grocery stores there but first one like this!

[@TravellingwithRussell]

It really is an amazing supermarket. I am lucky to have it so close to my house. Russell.

[@zenoslayer9618]

American retailers walmart Kroger etc. Need to come to this store and get ideas for their stores

[@TravellingwithRussell]

For sure. Russell.

[@RealMoscowProject]

Nice interesting video. Interesting to see how very common for me and other Russians things could be surprising for foreigners.

[@TravellingwithRussell]

Exactly. Things we have in so many stores here, and outside of Russia there not usual. Russell.

[@AlbionTVLondon]

I live in London and I can tell you we don't have anything like this here. Even most expensive and very large supermarkets have fairly limited selections of pre-fabricated breads and other foods all manufactured off site. Yet, we do have small scale bakeries in supermarkets, but these are limited to defrosting pre-fab pastry and finishing off ready-made blobs of buns etc. I've just been to Harrods yesterday where everything costs like gold, but even there everything is brought in and sold at huge mark-up. No fresh bakery. No fresh produce. Strawberries brought from Holland. A small bottle of juice made on site cost me £6.50. I don't know how much this will be in RUB, but I guess you could get entire shelf of juices for this much in Russia.

[@AmunRaggy]

In Russia, for this price, you can buy about three 200 milliliter bottles of freshly squeezed juice

[@veon_veon]

in Russia for £6.50 you can buy about 6-7 liters of packaged juice or 1 liter of freshly squeezed juice. By the way, in this store you can squeeze the juice yourself.

[@AlbionTVLondon]

@@veon_veon Sounds really good. My bottle for £6.50 was very small 150ml. There are cafes in London where they sell fresh juice. They are also very expensive. Same price as I paid in this shop.

[@veon_veon]

@@AlbionTVLondon It's sad. I'm not even talking about the fact that theoretically juice can be obtained for free. My relatives, for example, having their own orchard, can distribute several hundred kg of apples per season. But almost everyone who has a private house has apples, so they take them mainly for animal feed.

[@TheIlJeep]

98% of markets in Russia are baking pre-fabricated breads it's true. We almost loose wells bread industry because bread is gov-regular production. Every market in Russia should sell gov bread from gov fabrics (it's always fresh it's true) for gov prices (about $0,8/p) that's why so hard to make and to sell good bread

[@YasuhiroNakasone-k6t]

Увидел белорусские креветки. Успокоился. Батька не даст с голоду умереть.😂😂😂

[@YasuhiroNakasone-k6t]

@@anthonykleon1279 Как нет? Получается, Псаки соврала?😂

[@НищаяБлоха]

@@anthonykleon1279 Их в искусственных фермах выращивают

[@Kusochekzolota]

@@anthonykleon1279 Впрочем, мы можем это исправить...

[@nihilex5838]

@@Kusochekzolota передадите Калининградскую облать Беларуси? Россия - щедрая душа. :)

[@Kusochekzolota]

@@nihilex5838 не, Калининград останется нашим

[@sammimm6678]

I would love to wander that tea & coffee aisle, I know I would want to try one of everything, like a little kid in the candy aisle. Thanks for another interesting video!

[@TravellingwithRussell]

My wife has a whole cupboard of them here, the seas a very reasonably priced, so buying a new one each visit is normal for her. Definitely a good selection though between the teras and coffees. Russell.

[@AWtify]

I recommend that you try Russian Ivan tea. Without any additives. Properly brew tea and drink hot. You can add sugar.

[@sammimm6678]

@@AWtify thank you for the suggestion, I definitely will try at first opportunity 😃

[@sammimm6678]

@@AWtify it took a bit but I actually managed to track down some Russian Ivan tea (product of Russia, not an imitation) and I am enjoying a cup right now. Thank you for the suggestion, it is a lovely tasting tea and I am thoroughly enjoying it.

[@ВалентинаДронова-л8ш]

Скоро Новый год и Рождество, скоро конфеты будут во всех домах в огромном количестве, прошлый раз нам подарили очень много конфет, так что мы их кушали до мая))) прибавка в весе была огромная

[@loumcast]

Extremely interesting, big variety of foods and consumer goods.

[@TravellingwithRussell]

This store is amazing, so many choices of food. For sure you wont want to go in there hungry. I did a longer tour of this place a few months ago if you want to check it out. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqemipmBqJmhhLs Perhaps you saw it already. Russell.

[@RealMoscowProject]

@@TravellingwithRussell never go to supermarket when you’re hungry! 😅

[@MyLifePixeled]

Coffee by weight is something that has disappeared in America. I remember growing up (and later working as a grocer) the wonderful smells of fresh coffee beans. You could grind the beans also or just bag them whole. There's a few supermarkets based on location that I will come across with the section still.

[@MyLifePixeled]

We have 6 count eggs, etc. We don't stock much of each due to the refrigeration though

[@TravellingwithRussell]

@Tim G Thanks for pointing out some of the differences of where you live. I find it fascinating how the stores here focus a lot on bulk food, and have staff in the different departments packaging and reselling it. Like the deli meats and cheeses, together with the big instore bakery. Russell.

[@MyLifePixeled]

@@TravellingwithRussell I drive my fiance nuts because I prefer to shop more frequently for fresher food. She wants to shop less with more shelf stable foods.

[@Tugela60]

Shop around more them. Buy by weight for things like coffee, grains, candy and those sorts of bulk consumables are common in most supermarkets here in Vancouver.

[@vovasRomas]

It's available at Whole Foods. Used to be in Giant too, but I stopped shopping there a long time ago

[@Xottapchenko]

To be fair, Globus is not an ordinary supermarket. Such big stores like Globus or Auchan are often called “hyper markets”, cause the supermarkets can be smaller and differ in products (no tap beer/no cafe) although bakeries are common in supermarkets.

[@Brainw0sher]

I hope nobody is going to travel to Russia for weighted coffee or beer tap, because I live here all my life and I sure as hell never seen one in any of the supermarkets I visited

[@blank_line]

To be fair, you can still get groceries by weight and freshly backed bread and cakes in any market, like in Пятёрочка. The one near my house even makes salads right in front of you It all depends on where you live (no, I am not from Moscow)

[@dasharemenyak]

@@Brainw0sher In fairness, it is worth noting that beer by weight is sold in smaller stores, one might even say local ones. in my memory, I met beer by weight in only one supermarket and more often in some local shops that do not even have names, like pyaterochka, spar, auchan, and so on. I have just such a place near the subway. there is fresh meat, vegetables, fruits, other products and barrels of beer, kvass, mead, etc.

[@Brainw0sher]

@@dasharemenyak true, I actually have one of these in my house %)

[@ariz0na332]

@@Brainw0sher где ты живёшь, и что ты не видел? Пиво разливное, которое разливают при тебе? Или выпечку свою? Я вот не спорю, что не везде прям есть, но это реально не редкость. У меня в небольшом городе в радиусе 1,5-2 км таких гипермаркета 2. 10-12 минут проехаться на тот конец города, ещё 2-3.

[@travkin8842]

проклятые санкции.в тяжёлые времена,когда не было хлеба,масло в России приходилось мазать прямо на колбасу😭

[@TravellingwithRussell]

Я думаю, тогда вы бы назвали это хот-догом, крутые времена, и я набираю вес все то время, что я был в России. Рассел.

[@meduza6281]

@@TravellingwithRussell 😂😂😂

[@ВероникаПанчешенко-ъ9ы]

Да прям беда была икру вместо хлеба на авокадо мазали с тех пор не ем хлеб отвыкла наверное🤣

[@Zamirzanas]

@@TravellingwithRussell 😄😄😄

[@Zamirzanas]

@@ВероникаПанчешенко-ъ9ы да ладно не сознавайся , приходилось красную икру чёрной закусывать 😂

[@thymiepedregosa2541]

Its very unique from the supermarket in Florida because they have a bakery inside a supermarket and a restaurant

[@TravellingwithRussell]

The café is actually very nice, more like home cooked food. Russell.

[@lisab2303]

Great video Russell! Here in the U.S. I buy cartons of 6 eggs all the time. It is normal. Years ago growing up as a child we also could buy different kinds of candy by weight in the grocery store. I miss that. Thanks for sharing! I love seeing the differences in other countries.

[@TravellingwithRussell]

Thanks for pointing out some of the differences. I guess with the eggs here its the package size. typically 10 or 30. The 6 pack isn't really all the common, but i wanted to show it, as i saw another youtuber made a deal about it. Glad you enjoyed the video. Russell.

[@lwilton]

@@TravellingwithRussell In the US we generally do eggs by dozens. So you can buy trays of 6 (a relatively new thing), 12 (what most people buy), 18 (also fairly new), 24, and 48. In some supermarkets you can buy cartons of some number of 24 or 48 tray eggs. I'm not sure how many trays are in a carton, since I've never personally been interested in that many at once. When I say "relatively new thing", it has been at least 10 years, and probably 20.

[@YannR34]

What is unusual in USA is that your eggs are bleached and it's hard to find some normal and worse they are more expensive. When I first saw that, I first thought that you had different species of chicken. And you don't have UHT milk when we have mostly that and it's more practical, it conserves months without need of refrigerator when not open and have the same taste.

[@lwilton]

@@YannR34 I raised chickens when I was a kid. I can assure you that some varieties of chickens make nice perfectly white eggs like you buy in the store, no bleaching required.

[@YannR34]

@@lwilton Ok I learnt something new today, thanks. We do no use those chicken here, we only have, not white, eggs. It was something a woman told me when I asked if it was a special different kind of bird. And she never buy white ones because of that. She should have known that since she was American. I guess it's not something new.

[@ВячеславПрохоров-л1ы]

Это наш Глобус, в котором я часто отовариваюсь. Очень хороший магазин со своим колбасным цехом и выпечкой. И ещё в нем пенсионерам ежедневная скидка, кроме выходных. Есть свой ресторан где можно очень не дорого пообедать.

[@jrgentobies2510]

I am al surprised. I have never known anything like it. Consumerisme have arived in the former ussr- big time. Not bad.

[@intreal]

@@jrgentobies2510 And now it's departing.

[@АндрейДёмин-ш2р]

Это, вроде, Глобус в Саларисе?

[@serge2603]

@@jrgentobies2510 Consumerism has been in Russia for more than 20 years. Wake up) "Poor and embittered" Russia is shown only on Western TV. This does not exist in reality.

[@denistverdokhlebov3059]

Russell, you're a great man! Thank you for your reviews and for sharing information with representatives of other countries. I sincerely believe that if people learn more about each other, they will feel more interest in the life of other countries. This is the way to friendship. Good luck to you! Sincerely from Russia.

[@alexsyritsyn6307]

Russell, good morning (if in our Vladivostok) or good night (if in Moscow - the difference in standard time is 7 hours.) I never tire of admiring your grandiose advertising and educational activities! At the level of a good constant thematic television program, only you have more releases! 😀 It’s a little strange, of course, to see surprise at the things that I considered ordinary and self-evident for supermarkets (no difference between Moscow and Vladivostok, although we are separated by more than 7000 km) . But you can see. A couple of points - with such large distances to keep some products fresh that are not produced in your region - just freeze them. And I am very glad that there are medium-sized baskets on wheels. Previously, there were either classic world-class carts or small baskets with handles. And I noticed that when my wife and I go to the supermarket, and I take this medium basket, we buy what we need, but we spend about 1000 rubles less than with a large cart! A large cart creates a desire to buy more, and you pick up all sorts of nonsense, which, in principle, you can do without. (I hope the merchandisers in the supermarkets don't read this!🤫)

[@TravellingwithRussell]

It's so true about the size of the basket you use when you go shopping, if you take the larger one for sure your going to buy more. When we go to Auchan it seems to work out that way all the time. This Globus is in Salaris Shopping mall which is right nest to a metro station and local regional bus station. So a lot of shopping in their go to and from work stopping off to shop here. Thus so many have the smaller baskets. Morning time here 12.54am as i am typing this. We had a very warm day here today, so i am still trying to recover from the warm day, i went into Moscow for a walk with friends. Being from Australia, i am used to hot weather, but i think the longer i stay here the more seasonal i become, and the summer weather like today 32c really hits me more than a 32c day back home. Russell.

[@austenhead5303]

I love the loose frozen veggies and frozen fish and seafood. You can actually get the amounts you need. Every time I make my favourite fish soup (the recipe calls for four or five different kinds of fish and seafood) I have to fill up my freezer with everything that's left over from every bag. And it seems Russians would rather store their potatoes, carrots (and eggs) properly, than wash and treat them so they look plastic and perfect at the store and then go bad faster. Love that function over aesthetics thinking. And the bakery! It looks like a REAL bakery, where bread is actually made from scratch, with live yeast and kneading and proofing and everything. We have in-store "bakeries" here, but they're basically just doing "cake mix" type powders and baking them, and the quality and nutritional content is not great.

[@YuriScheremet]

@Austenhead , you are right, at 2:39 on the right is a live yeast tank with a white bucket underneath.

[@OOO-jt8ug]

Yeah we usually wash vegetables at the same time with cooking. So if you need only 2 potatoes for your soup, you take 2 of them from your fridge (even if you have more potatoes), wash it and put it in the soup. Unwashed veggies usually live longer so it allows you to save your money

[@steirqwe7956]

You can also shake off some ice before puting it in the bag saving some money. With shrimps its huge, like 30% save.

[@povarful]

Fresh is fresh.

[@IrkinsEselsior]

The largest eggs according to the Russian system of categories belong to the category "SV" - these eggs have the largest yolk. The category of eggs starts with "C1", "C2" and the improved category is "C0". "SV" is the highest category. In addition to the volume of the yolk, the weight of the egg is taken into account. The cost of 20 pieces of eggs of the "SV" category is 200-220 rubles / 4.15 US dollars.

[@TravellingwithRussell]

Hug Thanks for the extended explanation about the egg categories. I really didn't know this fully before reading your comment. It makes sense to me much better ow when i am buying them my self. I had noticed the C and C2 on the boxes and figured it was a sizing thing. I will have to look out for SV though. Thanks again. Russell.

[@gebbygr7932]

Покупаю 20 яиц за 135 рублей 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@outerspaceoutlander]

@@TravellingwithRussell СВ (столовые высшей категории) весьма редки, всё-таки не так много яиц весом 75+ граммов, а СО, С1 и С2 (отборные, первой и второй категории, соответственно) есть практически везде.

[@vknmail]

​@@TravellingwithRussellThere is one more category - Д, mean dietary, this eggs must be sold within 7 days from it's production, but really i've never seen this category in real life :)

[@SomewhereInRussia]

@@vknmail Any fresh eggs within 1 week are dietary. :-)

[@MedvedYolo]

Очень интересно было послушать иностранца про наши магазины ! Классное видео ,спасибо !

[@TravellingwithRussell]

Добро пожаловать, рад, что вы находите их интересными. Рассел.

[@margarettaylor601]

Hi Russell, in the UK there a less dedicated bakeries than of old but some do have those bread cutting machines. Its good to be able to buy ' artisan ' bread & decide on thick or thin cut. I could always tell when my mother was on a diet as she would have the bread cut so thin it would only have one side ' like you could see through it. When I asked why she said it was so she couldnt butter it. 😂 M

[@ВалентинаДронова-л8ш]

Я люблю сама нарезать хлеб

[@АнастасияНиколаева-я5к]

🤣это хороший план для диеты)))) прекрасная женщина ваша мама☺️👍

[@aiartrelaxation]

I really love the frozen pay by weight frozen food super freezer...That's genius

[@TravellingwithRussell]

It good if you only want small amount of certain items. Russell.

[@Juliya22T]

@@TravellingwithRussell не только. Овощи на развес дешевле, чем упакованные. Так что так в любом случае ты получаешь выгоду

[@МихаилСказкин-к5б]

I would also talk about the fact that Russia began to produce much more food after the Western sanctions of 2014. After them, it became clear that the country should be 100% self-sufficient in food. Now Russia is not only self-sufficient in the majority of food, but has become one of the largest suppliers of food in the world. At the same time, in the Soviet Union and in Russia in the 90s, everything was bad in the matter of food. So thank you sanctions! The more they are introduced, the more independent Russia becomes.

[@jotunblod]

Well said. The sanctions backfired spectacularly. But I will remain thoroughly disgusted at the recklessness of US govt in destroying foreign relations on a whim.

[@IgorOleksenko]

The slight difference is that it was not sanctioned by the West. It was self-sanction, and now you can't buy good cheese.

[@andru196]

каждые 10 лет Советский Союз был разным, так что вы, как минимум, лукавите

[@jaker3151]

Whether you believe sanctions are working or not they are the result of Russia illegally annexing and invading a sovereign country. Resulting in the deaths and displacement of millions of people from both sides. That's hardly something to be proud of is it?

[@IgorOleksenko]

@@jaker3151 Do you know when the first sanctions against Russia were imposed?

[@Ryansmith-zl5nn]

Great video!!! There’s a lot of things that are cool about the stores there I especially love the beer on tap.

[@TravellingwithRussell]

Beer on tap is very neat, we actually have a lot of these beer on tap places, but there usually in the suburbs in apartment buildings as small stand alone stores. A much beer way to get fresh beer for sure. Russell.

[@annamukhina7986]

That was actually really funny to watch this video being Russian, thank you very much! I should notice that frozen food like pizza and burgers isn't that popular in Russia: obviously, lots of people here eat fastfood, but for this purpose they usually go to foodcourts instead of keeping it at home. We actually keep a lot of frozen products in our refrigerators, but it's mostly different kinds of vegetables, berries, meat, dough and also special Russian dish - pelmeni (they are really similar to dupmlings). Pelmeni can be boiled or fried as a quick snack or used as a component of a more complicated soup, they are quite cheap and have a great variety of different fillings (it's mostly meat, but sometimes you can also find pelmeni filled with berries, potatoes, cottage cheese or mushrooms), so they are more familiar for us than western frozen food. P.S. I hope you enjoyed staying in Russia:)

[@erinmette307]

I'm from the USA and so far watching videos I would like to live there

[@TravellingwithRussell]

There are so many different food choices in the stores, no chance of going hungry.

[@WychardNL]

I am amazed about the great width of the aisles... in the Netherlands the width is exactly 2 carts...😣

[@TravellingwithRussell]

Right, Also in Australia there shrinking as well. I was doing tore refits before i left Australia, and they were decreasing each aisle slowly across an entire supermarket brand. Russell.

[@СинийИней-н9ч]

У вас вся жизнь шириной в 2 тележки! Капитализму!👍😂

[@ИгорьБорисов-ю7н]

There are regulations in Russia for the minimum width of these passages. The larger store area is, the wider passages should be. It made, among others, to avoid crowding during evacuation in case of fire.

[@marinak1033]

У нас страна большая и всё большое😂😂

[@Zamirzanas]

@@marinak1033 с языка сняли

[@allanritz5323]

The beer counter is something I have never seen before. Huge place with lots of selection. One thing I noticed was the lack of hand baskets if you are only getting a few things. Certainly a big change from when I was first in Russia during the Soviet days. Then it was all long line ups with empty shelves.

[@veon_veon]

There are small baskets, but they are on wheels and with a long handle.

[@Alekcvp]

@@veon_veon Terribly inconvenient thing in my opinion.

[@Oleg-nr2vs]

u dont go to Globus for hand busket amount of goods. There are paterochka, magnit, dixy etc all over the place if u need to get only a few things

[@veon_veon]

@@Oleg-nr2vs о наш в коментах) Я думаю иностранцам трудно будет пояснить ха пятёрочку и остальное , по-моему у них нет небольших супермаркетов прям напротив дома

[@Oleg-nr2vs]

@@veon_veon в штатах и канаде есть seven eleven, которые по размерам больше походят на очень маленькие Магниты и Дикси, но работают круглосуточно. Правда, они не в такой доступности. В школьные годы был и в штатах, и в канаде, жил в местных семьях и учился в местных колледжах. В обоих городах (ебеня Ванкувера и пригород ЛА) рядом с домом были seven eleven, но до них нужно было пройтись минут по 15

[@TheAdvoCam]

Рассел, спасибо за твои репортажи! Они всегда положительные и честные!

[@TravellingwithRussell]

Спасибо. Я рад, что вам нравится тип видео, которое я делаю. Рассел.

[@Vednier]

One thing should be noted immediately - Globus chain is considered one of "higher" tier supermarket. Its expensive in general and most people dont shop here since you can find pretty much same stuff like 1.5-2 times cheaper elsewhere, in less fancy stores.

[@lea1974ok]

В России яйцо не кладут в холодильник по простой причине - рядом с городами всегда есть птицефермы откуда поступает яйцо. И срок доставки от курицы до магазина не превышает 2 дней. А срок хранения яйца без холодильника - месяц. Не в жаре, естественно. Это яйцо не мытое! Мытое яйцо хранить только в холодильнике и не более нескольких дней ( не помню точные сроки)

[@desercion-ke3477]

хранят) отсек есть и удобно.

[@novaya_epoha]

@@desercion-ke3477 имеется ввиду хранение на полке в магазине :)

[@desercion-ke3477]

@@novaya_epoha oke =))

[@YaShoom]

А почему он чистые, если не мытые?

[@gurw3466]

если яйцо с птицефабрики то его желательно вымыть с мылом

[@ricequin]

Some of this is familiar to me in the U.K. Most larger supermarkets have an in-store bakery like that but you generally have to ask a baker to slice your loaf instead of using the machine yourself. Eggs here aren’t refrigerated and 6 is a very common pack size. The roller baskets are very common in the low-cost German supermarkets like Aldi and Lidl. A lot of our larger supermarkets still have cafes.

[@ОльгаОрлова-ы6д]

Мне кажется - 6 яиц это так мало....Они же тратятся постоянно. Я беру упаковку из 30 яиц, семья из двух человек.

[@RimiOls]

У нас в стране посчитали безполезной нарезку для хлеба и еë убрали

[@chrishewitt1165]

With frozen seafood and vegetables by weight that would reduce the requirement for frozen packaged food. Seems a good idea. Unwashed spuds have been in Australia for ever. I found washed ones relatively new

[@TravellingwithRussell]

Exactly less packaging. Russell.

[@ShiSha-h4y]

In recent years self-checkouts became spread in Russia. Just one employee looking on a few checkouts - you can make purchases yourself (any weighted fruits, meat etc), pay by card and get cash receipt. I've seen a dozen self-checkouts alongside in supermarkets Lenta, Perekrestok. And usually there are gossip magazines in Russia while you just found one exemplary store😁

[@TravellingwithRussell]

In Australia self-checkouts are becoming more and more popular for the supermarkets to install them. Their convenient for someone with maybe 3 or 4 items, but then you will get someone come through with an entire basket, slowing everything down more. Russell.

[@80Lent]

Hello Russell. I'm watching your second video (the first was on Pyaterochka). You are very positive about everything, it's nice to watch. Judging by the situation, you were not in a supermarket, but in a hypermarket (in Russia this is determined by the area of the store, I don’t remember the exact numbers, but just by square meters. It is possible that different networks have a different number of square meters, but the essence is the same). I myself worked for many years in the Auchan network and these electronic scales appeared about 3-5 years ago. Cooking is usually in hypermarkets, but they are not in super or minimarkets.

[@ДенисС-п6щ]

Гипер - свыше 3000 кв. м, по нормативам. Все что меньше - супермаркет.

[@filmconcertvideo]

5:24 on the right in refrigerators, this is live fermentation beer with a shelf life of several days or months. It is brought in by private breweries every day or once a week.

[@HereicomeOz]

I’ve seen bread slicers in Lidl in the UK but that’s about it. Wouldn’t mind a go at the beer on tap though.

[@TravellingwithRussell]

The beer on tap is very cool. We have a smaller beer shops here as well, where you go in for beer in plastic bottles like this. Russell.

[@ВалентинаДронова-л8ш]

​@@TravellingwithRussell как по мне их слишком много стало, на каждом углу у нас пивные магазины

[@Fourcornerhighway]

You know, I watch a lot of different countries videos and one thing I have noticed is majority the way the isles and how things are lined. Very much the same everywhere. I really y think there is one table that decides how the worlds groceries will be situated. Mined you there are a few differences but not to much. I miss family owned stores. There was so many differences and styles. Now I can go anywheres and I pretty much can find my way. Differences in Canada, we don’t weigh and price for ourselves and we can’t slice our own bread. And in western Canada we don’t have booze in our stores . Cigarettes also cannot be bought in stores that have drugstores in them. Nice thank you

[@stallist9365]

You are right, there are rules for arranging racks and products on the shelves, what and where should be and stand

[@DimkaTsv]

Russia have a lot of local small stores. They are bit more expensive, but if owner have good grip, some stuff that you can buy in these stores is even better than one you can find in supermarkets. And for shelves and racks... Marketing rules how it is all should be placed so customer had higher chance to buy more than he intended to buy

[@RonSommar]

The supermarket is part of the German Globus chain - many of the features shown are also common in the German stores 🙃 But we lack that amount of candy ☹️

[@TravellingwithRussell]

Wy too many choices when i go in there. Aisles and aisles of candy, snacks biscuits and cakes. Russell.

[@YannR34]

If it's soviet period candies, I'm not sure you miss something 😄 with all the Candy brands we have I'm pretty sure you have enough

[@akt3292]

@@YannR34 это ты просто не понимаешь.

[@МартаБромис]

@@YannR34 Sweets made according to the recipe of the Soviet period are much tastier than modern ones. In addition, harmful or synthetic ingredients are not allowed in them

[@vladm5920]

@@МартаБромис Exactly, the chocolate back then was the tastiest. Now it’s worse but still Russian chocolate tastes better than in most other countries

[@aaaa-pe1zi]

There's a very big selection of lots of different foods a lot more than we have in the UK supermarket's, The supermarket's in Russia are a lot bigger than we have here. Good video thanks for sharing.

[@АллаФлорова]

It's the farst time i' ve got the video basically Thanks Russell it was curiosly & divertising

[@justojosegodiafuster7466]

Amazing video Russell good job greetings from Spain 🤗🤗

[@TravellingwithRussell]

Glad you enjoyed it. Hola!!! Russell.

[@INSIDERUSSIA]

Hi Russell! Great video!

[@TravellingwithRussell]

Thanks. That means a lot coming from you. Russell :)

[@connectwithyourdeck]

The automated checkouts are honour system in Aus too but not if you go through a manned checkout

[@TravellingwithRussell]

They have the self check out here, but a lot of staff watching over you as you scan your own items. Russell.

[@capitainebonhomme1609]

Thank you, Russell, for showing us this supermarket. Love your running commentary throughout the video !

[@carlapraught4922]

we have bread slicers in the bakery area of our grocery stores here in Nova Scotia Canada.

[@TravellingwithRussell]

Wow, Ok. I always wonder if other countries had them or not. And right out in the open for anyone one to use as well. Russell.

[@Сергей-о1г8ж]

😅🤣

[@phil5460]

This is very similar to an indoor market we have in the UK. Only this one is huge, don't think we have anything like this at all in size, or even half the shops that are shown. Thanks for showing it.

[@splifstar85]

You should see rRussian indoor markets - they are even bigger than these stores.. often even multi stories He should do a video on few of them

[@mediup2472]

Being russian myself, from this video I learned that other countries have zero scales It was very cool to get a foreigner's perspective on something so normal and everyday in my life, thank you. I hope your stay in Russia is/was nice and without any troubles Edit: scales, not weights

[@ЛюКХ]

Zero weights??? Какой еще нулевой вес в других странах? Вы о чем? Что это значит?

[@mediup2472]

@@ЛюКХ Ну весы же, ну понятно же. Ну и что, что для весов используется другое слово 🗿🗿🗿

[@f800gt76]

Now I'm living in Germany and there is no such a big supermarket in my area. Just small Rewe, Aldi, Lidl etc... But Globus is a German retailer so it's quite interesting to find one here and compare. It's also very interesting, that Globus buy all that food mostly from local manufacturers and has it's own bakery and meat product. Also I haven't seen in Germany such a variety of ready salads. But salads are very common also in other russian supermarkets. What about buy by weight - it's very convinient way, since I'm living alone, sometimes it's hard to buy a pack of something and manage to eat it and not to waste. Don't know what is the situation in Russia right now, because I haven't been there for almost a year, but I believe that there always will be something to eat.

[@AndreyShadrln]

Особенно ничего не изменилось. С рынка ушёл Макдональдс, но это не критично. В супермаркетах всё по прежнему.

[@f800gt76]

@@AndreyShadrln Да уход макдональдса вообще некритичен оказался, у них локализация практически полная - большинство его подрядчиков итак местные были, а технология всем давно известна, так что просто вывеску сменили и те же бургеры клепают под другим названием.

[@СергейКарпенко-п1в]

да всё так же как и было). Есть что поесть)

[@СергейКарпенко-п1в]

@@f800gt76 , а картошка фри сейчас даже лучше стала чем была в Маке...

[@f800gt76]

@@СергейКарпенко-п1в мне всегда больше Картошка по-деревенски нравилась. В Германии пару раз в маке был и не видел такой. Только обычная фри соломкой - Pommes frites, на французский манер.

[@eddieduarte8144]

Thanks again for a great video Russell.

[@TravellingwithRussell]

Glad you enjoyed it. Your welcome. Russell.

[@OlgaSteam]

This video actually inspired me to take a walk to a local supermarket😅😅😅

[@adrianhdragon718]

Interesting. First time viewer. Gonna give this a like.

[@TravellingwithRussell]

Awesome, thank you! I hope you enjoy future videos. Russell.

[@adrianhdragon718]

@@TravellingwithRussell Cool.Ever tried Kvas ? It is a traditional Russian drink. Maybe u can show in ur nezt vids.

[@goodleo2010]

Nice to see you in good spirits Russell. Have been to Moscow more than a few times but haven't been to Globus. It was a good reminder. 👍

[@TravellingwithRussell]

Thanks. I am always happy to be here. My wife thinks I am too happy at times by such simple things as a shop like this. Russell.

[@goodleo2010]

@@TravellingwithRussell these places truly have a vibe of their own. I have always been at peace around vdnkh and i don't know why 🙂

[@connectwithyourdeck]

We do have bakeries in supermarkets in Aus but I think it’s all re prepared and they just put it in the oven ! So sort of the same not quite

[@TravellingwithRussell]

Right, it's funnily enough called Euro Bake. Where they take it out of froze cold storage and put it in speed ovens before displaying it for sale. Russell. I was working in one of the stores with this process. I always smiled at the girl working in there, she was even dressed like a baker.

[@edwardlees4585]

That was an interesting insight, thanks Russell. Was it in your Auchan store? We have a small one here in Angers, France and some of the things you showed are very similar but there are differences. The frozen fish and veg by weight is an interesting concept which I've not seen here but might exist in their larger stores. Just as an aside, the name Auchan is pronounced very similarly to the English word 'Ocean' but with an 'on' final syllable rather than 'an'. Their click and collect service, like most French supermarkets is referred to as a 'drive' thereby making it sound like 'Ocean-Drive'. I've no idea if it was intentional or accidental.

[@TravellingwithRussell]

Thanks for pointing out some of the differences. This was Globus, which is a German Hypermarket chain. I have been to Auchan before. I dont have one close by so i dont go as often as i would like. I didn't know that about the Auchan name, how it was pronounced or the reference to Ocean drive. :) Thanks. Russell.

[@ВалентинаДронова-л8ш]

Ашан я не люблю, скучно там

[@gilman2056]

Удивительно. Что рыба на развес обратило ваше внимание

[@TanyTop]

This is not Auchan, but we are very glad that your Auchan network supports us in this difficult period with its excellent work and excellent products)

[@-_-7582]

@@ВалентинаДронова-л8ш а я люблю Ашан, но закуплюсь в Ленте, потому что она рядом и круглосуточная)

[@PaulSchutze34Rus]

13:19 ohh she is smiling how cute

[@missmerrily4830]

Typically, in-store bakeries are being phased out in UK. Similarly we will probably never again see such huge hypermarkets in operation as seem to be still popular in Russia. They became unpopular as online shopping with delivery stepped in, and most Brits now prefer much smaller stores and shop online or little and often in a convenience to mid sized supermarket. I think the self-tapped beer is a horrible gimmick to be honest, but I do approve those long counters of top quality patisserie, deli etc. The dirtiest potatoes sold here are hands down the spring time Jersey Royals, from that island. But the flavour! Well worth fiddling with a scrubbing brush. Of course we can still weigh our own veg. and those you picture are so typical of something you'd find in the same supermarket chain in Germany. Eggs only need refrigerating if they have been washed and ours in UK are not refrigerated either. Ditto quite normal to buy 6 eggs. And our larger packs are generally sold in dozens. It's traditional!

[@TravellingwithRussell]

@Miss Merrily Wow, Huge thanks for pointing out a lot of the differences with UK stores. I appreciate that. This store i filmed this in is actually German, thus some of their ways of doing business might seem familiar. Russell.

[@КатяКатерина-м2ш]

Russian housewives do not really like to shop online. Housewives for their family like to choose their own products, and not take something that a stranger brought

[@Victorya-si7fx]

Доставка товаров любых продуктов в России существует уже давно! ;) Но вот на количество таких супермаркетов это не повлияло никак! ;) )))) Такие гипермаркеты обычно в торговых центрах. В них большой выбор продукции, есть места для развлечения и там постоянно есть покупатели. Кафе, ресторанные дворики также присутствуют неподалёку. В вашей стране, вероятно сложно содержать такие большие площади, это дорого из-за дорогой энергии. Поэтому и пекарни и сами супермаркеты закрываются. Очень печально. А мне нравится приходить и самой выбирать товары! :)

[@МартаБромис]

In Russia, the delivery of both food and non-food products is very well developed, as a rule it is free. And we also have a lot of shops "within walking distance". There are seven of them near my house. But supermarkets are also very popular with us. They are located in the city itself, they are easily accessible by public transport. In addition, we do not have a tradition of buying products for a month or a week in advance. We go to the store every day, buy a little so that the products are fresh. (By the way, it is precisely because of this that products with a long shelf life are not popular with us. If, for example, milk is stored for more than 3-4 days, then it will not be bought). As for draft beer, it is fresh beer, it is without preservatives. Its implementation period is only 12 hours. It tastes better than bottled or canned. And, by the way, we also have a tradition of selling 10 eggs, everything else is marketing tricks

[@ВалентинаДронова-л8ш]

Я покупаю сразу 30 - 40 яиц. Мы очень любим на завтрак жареные яйца, кашу я не люблю. Для меня чашка чая и два жареных яйца - отличное начало дня

[@andreytop1gg]

I live in Russia, and now thinking about other countries like that, its amazing how we can get any item by weight

[@ArmorKingEmir]

damn those sanctions hit the Russians so hard

[@ДобрыйКарачун]

Рассел ! Ты красавчик ! Спасибо за объективную подачу информации !!

[@evaselnekovicova3036]

Na Slovensku máme tiež takéto krájače chleba, aj si takto vážime ovocie a zeleninu. Vajíčka tiež máme po 6, 10, 30...No ostatné veci by si mali naši obchodníci odkukať, v dobrom im závidím. В Словакии у нас тоже есть такие хлеборезки, и так мы ценим фрукты и овощи. У нас есть и 6, и 10, и 30 яиц... А остальное должны проверять наши торговцы, я им завидую. In Slovakia, we also have such bread slicers, and this is also how we value fruits and vegetables. We also have 6, 10, 30 eggs...But the rest of the things should be checked out by our traders, I envy them.

[@дмитрийс-щ5и]

то есть вам ни чего не понравилось?

[@Nui_Nu]

@@дмитрийс-щ5и по моему она написала,что есть схожесть с их магазинами

[@shepotb8378]

@@дмитрийс-щ5и она нашла сходство и указала, что их ритейлерам есть чему поучиться. и с большим уважением ко всем читателям написала свой камент на 3 языках.

[@easymotorider]

I like your English. It is easy to understand it for me.

[@TravellingwithRussell]

Thank you, thats so nice to hear. Russell.

[@hazelhatswell4268]

Hey Russell! You’d feel quite at home in a French supermarket hardly any differences 👍.

[@TravellingwithRussell]

Really, I was there a couple of years ago on a cruise ship, but didn't get a chance to check any out. I know in Italy though the bigger supermarkets were amazing also. I can only imagine in France though the selection of breads and cheeses. Along with wine. Russell.

[@hazelhatswell4268]

@@TravellingwithRussell. We don’t have the beer on tap though!!

[@TravellingwithRussell]

@Hazel Hatswell The tap beer is very interesting to see in action. In a lot of apartment blocks we have small beer shops with beer on tap like this also. Russell.

[@hazelhatswell4268]

@@TravellingwithRussell. I remember your visit to the beer shop under your apartment building ….. it’s so interesting to see how things are different yet so many things are similar. You make me feel like I’m right there …. thank you 🙏

[@ВалентинаДронова-л8ш]

Ашан?

[@mo.BDV-49]

very enlightening we could learn from this

[@TravellingwithRussell]

Thanks for watching. I think one of the takeaways from these supermarkets in Russia is the amount of instore production they do. Which compared to back in Australia is slowly disappearing, and pre packaged items are taking over. Russell.

[@realamerica89049]

we have stores like that in the USA exception is we cant buy beer on tap in the grocery store, but we do have all the bulk bins (that's what we call the bins where you bag your own candy grain beans nuts and coffee or really anything) most grocery stores have a soup or salad buffet and a deli to get other food items in a food court

[@buritoburitos]

Так а что тогда все ноют ?

[@ДенисС-п6щ]

Naturally, the USA is the birthplace of hypermarkets. I watched an interesting video that hypermarkets appeared thanks to the car boom. This was almost 100 years ago.

[@realamerica89049]

@@buritoburitos perhaps this guys never been to a harmons in the USA, but I don’t think anyone is winning, I like yo see what other countries have and how they do things, wether it’s like the USA or completely different

[@xana7196]

One of the reasons we have such a lot of frozen fish here? It's easy to sale fresh sea fish in the UK or Portugal or Spain or so. But Russia is huge, some regions are thousands miles away from the sea or the ocean. So the only option to sale not cooked sea products is frozen ones.

[@evpalfy5554]

I love your voice it is so uplifting and friendly

[@TravellingwithRussell]

Oh thank you! That's so nice of you. Russell.

[@вячеславВагин-к4т]

я живу в сибири и такое кофе на развес у нас не видел , или не замечал. В таких дозаторах у нас продаются разные орехи , сухофрукты , конфеты-драже , а вот кофейных зерен я не замечал. Хотя лично считаю такой способ хранения кофе не лучшей идеей , так запах выветриваться должен больше чем в вакуумной фасованной упаковке

[@TravellingwithRussell]

В Австралии точно его нет. Слишком много правил обращения с пищевыми продуктами. Я предполагаю, что это позволяет вам получить небольшое количество кофе определенного вкуса по сравнению с обычным кофе на полке. Кстати, у меня много сербских друзей с круизных лайнеров. Я хочу прийти в гости и съесть гамбургер. (Плешкавицкая) Рассел.

[@archiloveru590]

Russel, Siberia, not Serbia😁

[@вячеславВагин-к4т]

@@TravellingwithRussell Сибирь расположена немного севернее относительно Сербии 😁😉

[@TheIlJeep]

@@TravellingwithRussell You just don't know how many thousands old rules of food we got from USSR and government every year promise to cut most of them. Really it's almost impossible to follow all of them and stay in merket. If I want just make eggs for my guests in my cafe I should have 3 different special production rooms JUST FOR EGGS. And thousands like this. Just control inspectors are closing eyes for most stupid rules. And whole country (beside medicine banks and police) is living between stupid rules and common sense of local govs :)

[@АнастасияНиколаева-я5к]

У вас нет окей, лента, ашан?👀во всех Этих сетях есть на развес кофе и чай.

[@michal621]

Немытая картошка и морковка хранятся дольше

[@connectwithyourdeck]

Yes no cafes - just IKEA cafe - Bunnings are trying to have cafes in some stores but they aren’t really working - I think people prefer sausage sizzle

[@TravellingwithRussell]

Right, the sausage sizzle wins out vs. going in the store and sitting down for sure. IKEA Cafes i know well, sad to see them go here in Russia. Hopefully the new owners will keep them going once a take over takes place. Russell.

[@cindyleiss9805]

Like how you can buy only what you need. Being on my own the packages of food are usually to much for one.

[@iraidushka]

It is very much like Central Market here in Texas. The exception is we don’t have tap beer. That would be very neat to have :)

[@ОльгаОрлова-ы6д]

У нас много небольших магазинов разливного пива с разными местными марками. Там же продаются аксессуары для пива и много разных вкусных закусок. Пиво очень вкусное, также там можно купить русские слабоалкогольные напитки - медовуху, сбитень, хмельной мед и так далее.

[@iraidushka]

@@ОльгаОрлова-ы6д Это просто рай. И квас! Настоящий русский квас, разливной, тоже наверное есть? Как мы пили в детстве, за 3 копейки. Последний раз вкуснейший квас пила, когда навещала вторую родину Литву, курортный город Ниду, в 2010 году.

[@ОльгаОрлова-ы6д]

@@iraidushka увы - кваса я там не видела) Он весь в бутылках продается. Но хороший, разные интересные рецепты. И с медом, и с хреном, и на бруснике, на любой вкус. Последний, который мне понравился - это квас "смородина с мятой". Очень вкусный. А у вас в русских магазинах квас не продается?

[@iraidushka]

@@ОльгаОрлова-ы6д Продаётся, но он ужасно невкусный 🤢 Вы дали мне идею. Попробую сделать сама. А смородина с мятой звучит вкусно 😋 А ещё с хреном. Обожаю хрен!

[@iraidushka]

@@ОльгаОрлова-ы6д Спасибо 🙏

[@number1-k6c]

11:29 I am Russian and have also never seen packages of eggs for 6 pcs😀 p.s. but I do not live in such a big city

[@jdbfortney]

All I can say is wow! ❤❤❤

[@suzichesney7818]

In the major supermarket I worked in 🇬🇧 the bread slicer got removed because of health and safety

[@TravellingwithRussell]

A few close calls i think? Not sure if they even have a h&s officer in these stores. Russell.

[@Anna-divitiae_2.10]

@@TravellingwithRussell Everything is there. Just because it "wasn't shown to you" doesn't mean it's not there🙃 In fact, I'm surprised that you were allowed to openly film the store and the people in it. In Europe, you would not only be banned from filming, but you would also be fined. Russia seems to be a tolerant country😉

[@outerspaceoutlander]

@@Anna-divitiae_2.10 you may film anywhere if it's a public place. Shops, supermarkets, hypermarkets, malls - all those are public places. That's by the law in Russia. Some stores' staff will try to restrict filming which is against the law but they might try to anyway. So it can be complicated sometimes.

[@ann7753]

@@Anna-divitiae_2.10 about filming. One supermarket chain (Dixi) also has that function in their phone app that allows us to take photos of badly preserved food or dirt in a store so that they can fix it. Don’t know if it actually helps, but I hope so))

[@ツェリョガ]

Посмотрел 2 видео Рассела. Полез в комментарии узнать как там в мире и понял две вещи: 1. Оказывается то к чему мы привыкли, не везде в мире так же. А я думал маркеты приблизительно одинаковы по всему миру. 2. Когда узнал,что американские продукты в России стоят в 2-3 раза дешевле чем в США, понял: Байден - агент Кремля!

[@connectwithyourdeck]

We have 6 eggs in Aus and they do have half loaves of bred too that get bought really fast!!

[@TravellingwithRussell]

Right plenty of 6 egg boxes back home. I worked in Coles and woolies and never noticed the half loafs. There was no instore bakery in both of them, so all of the bread was brought in premade and packaged. Russell.

[@drgarymair1107]

Interesting differences I see shopping take care of you and Jen

[@TravellingwithRussell]

A lot of differences compared to Australian stores for sure. Russell.

[@psn9086]

13:12 - These are more like crepes rather than pancakes (a pancake is outght to be much thiker, if I'm not mistaken).

[@kurokitsune5743]

But it's not a supermarket, it's hypermarket! Usual supermarkets are much (3 to 5 times) smaller and haven't as much choice (and selling-by-weight items), as hyper-. Also hypermarkets are mostly for the big weekend shopping cause it's terribly time-consuming. You may get tired only cause of walking through it.

[@ДенисС-п6щ]

You're right. When hypermarkets first appeared, we often bought products in them. And now once or twice a month, not more often. It takes a lot of time. And money )))) In general, products in hypermarkets are slightly cheaper than in convenience stores, and there are also promotions, but in the end you load a full cart ))

[@prohabetamu]

Much better than most American dirty malls

[@AlbionTVLondon]

Oh, and I will add that these features such as "coffee by weight" and other grains by weight are only available in extremely expensive exclusive shops like "Planet Organic" where your typical bill will be multiplied by a factor of 10. A few times where I shopped at Planet Organic I was genuinely shocked to see the total at check-out. This was so spectacular that the check-out person even went to double-check the price of mushrooms. So 5 mins later after waiting she simply re-confirmed that the astronomical bill was not a mistake. A rip-off business as usual in London. LOL

[@veon_veon]

And in Russia it is usually cheaper by weight :) Because you don't pay for colorful packaging. Depends, of course, on the product, but not much

[@AlbionTVLondon]

@@veon_veon It is very friendly for our environment. Less packaging means less pollution. :-) And less work and less rubbish at home.

[@veon_veon]

​@@AlbionTVLondon on the one hand, yes, but on the other, to produce paper, you need to cut down a tree. Their number in the world is also decreasing, although they are planted, they grow slowly. Not to mention the harm caused to nature by the production process, it is quite chemical. Therefore, we need to pay great attention to reusable packaging. But there is really a lot of garbage. For example, where I live, 3 cars go to a couple of apartment buildings every day to take out garbage, well, different garbage and different cars, but with a total weight, I think 500-700 kg is taken out.

[@AlbionTVLondon]

@@veon_veon yes, it is scary. Supermarkets produce so much packaging and so much waste. It is unreal. And they also throw away a lot of good food which reached expiry date. In USA 40% of good food is thrown away daily.

[@veon_veon]

@@AlbionTVLondon It would be better if the poor and homeless were given free of charge a few days before the expiration date. Or to animal shelters, if it's meat and cereals of all kinds

[@degabreta]

Frozen seafood sold by the kilo is a wonderful idea. Fresh pastries, great supermarket.

[@TravellingwithRussell]

As my local supermarket, i am always amazed walking in here. I know it's just a supermarket to most people. But this is my life, working in retail in some form since i was 14. The pay by weight thing is such a nice idea, then you only buy what you need vs. buy some much larger amount you might not use. Russell.

[@КсенияМаксимова-я7з]

It's so interesting to read about what other people think about Russians. We look at ourselves from the outside. You did a great job showing these videos. I think you should show the bad too. Food by weight is really not a very hygienic idea. But it's cheap for the seller and for the buyer (especially for students and pensioners). When a person cannot afford to buy 1 kg in polyethylene, he buys 100 gr. by weight. There is a lot of food in stores like Auchan. The bread is then processed into crackers. And in the cafe they cook from products that lose their freshness on the shelves. The food in these cafes is mainly for the staff who work there or nearby

[@AK-lo3tk]

Hello From Russia, my friend! It was pretty interesting to hear an opinion from foreigner. Well I'm glad you liked that=)