GROCERY STORES in Germany!!! 6 Things to Know Before You Go Shopping

The eggs are kept WHERE?! Here are 6 things to know before going grocery shopping in Germany!
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[@WantedAdventure]

Good morning!! 🌟😊 What grocery store differences have you noticed in Germany or around the world? 🛍🛒🌎

[@katrisspriordeen1735]

Wanted Adventure In England the grocery stores are not open as long on Sundays, generally 10-4 whereas on the rest of the week it's normally 7- 9 ish:-) awesome video!!

[@petitecontrebassiste]

I think they're even stricter in Austria. the biggest grocery stores are open until 7.30pm during the week, but smaller ones close at 6. on saturdays, I think all of them have to close by 4-5pm. I like that you have to put coins into carts because in the US, people just leave carts EVERYWHERE (and isn't that dangerous for cars?). but some stores don't take 2€ coins, so if you don't have a 1€ or 50c coin, you're stuck.

[@katrisspriordeen1735]

petitecontrebassiste ohhh, that's interesting!!

[@jur4x]

Under the Sunday Trading Act 1994 the limits on shop opening hours are: Small shops (under 280 sq m/3,000 sq ft) - no restrictions on opening. Large shops (over 280 sq m/3,000 sq ft) - Monday to Saturday - no restrictions; Sunday - Opening for 6 continual hours only, between 10am and 6pm; Easter Sunday - closed. As the result, shops displaying "open 24h" signs are only open 24 hours on working days. They close round 22:00 on Saturday, and are only open 10-16 on Sunday. Some shops do allow browsing for half an hour before that time. But their check-outs are off during that "browsing time"

[@schurki3942]

Nerver saw hanging this huge ham pieces in a grocery store here that I noticed in spain everywhere. farm1.staticflickr.com/40/103173662_b0289ae1c1.jpg Looks like Spanish like their ham.

[@schurki3942]

Strawberries in march taste like water berries.

[@ThomasKnip]

Strawberries in March taste like nothing at all!

[@strawberryjam3670]

Rob Ford except it's jam

[@schurki3942]

Expensive water imported from Egypt or Marocco.

[@Frenziefrenz]

Or Spain!

[@Kairichan123]

Sometimes you can get lucky, but usually you don't XD The strawberries I bought last week also tasted like water... I guess we have to wait until they're in season :-(

[@lilcutie31296]

I work at a grocery store in the us. I wish that we had the cart system people would stop leaving them in random places .

[@tinoj9661]

Mary Boltwood, thats the basic thinking. also our Pfand system works along the same lines. you pay 25 cents for that bottle, you think twice before discarding it somewhere it doesn't belong.

[@ThomasKnip]

Oh the other hand this means less jobs for students e.g. It's a way to "educate" customers, at the same time to cut costs.

[@TarikDaniel]

Sounds logically to me, but actually I've never seen any students gathering carts toghether before they introduced the cart system.

[@tomhumble4175]

Well you can put a piece of plastic into the cart and then steal the cart. Sadly many people steal these carts, which cost the store about ~100 Euros / 109 $ Since 2 years, germany has very much security problems, a lot of people steal stuff and on...

[@schurki3942]

Unfotunatily our one way Pfand system doesnt't work. More waste than before. Well-intentioned but bad results.

[@imrehundertwasser7094]

Pfand is not a fee. It's a deposit and you get it back when you return the bottle. If it were a fee, you wouldn't get it back.

[@Tsyroc]

This was a common sort of thing for glass bottled items when I was a kid in the US. Now, many states have deposits on bottles and cans of 5 or 10 cents. It's not so much that they get reused but recycled instead of thrown away.

[@iFParasit]

tbh most plastic bottles still get shipped and dumped into 3rd world countries

[@timomueller3021]

Imre Hundertwasser Because of mixing up the meaning of fee and deposit, my english test got crappy.

[@beartrams.4825]

and on top of it the Pfand type bottle is being deep cleaned and refilled aka re-used by the company that filled it, not re-cycled.....

[@Osmone_Everony]

Beartram S. Not necessarily. Aldi has also Pfand on certain plastic bottles but they get flattened into a sack (for material recycling) once the customer puts them into the machine.

[@Jammet]

Eggs are anti septic by nature, so you only have to cool them if you put them in the refrigerator once. If you START cooling them you can't STOP cooling them.

[@janh.]

Jammet Leopard They are also washed and cleaned in the US which damages the outer protective layer of the egg and created the necessity to cool the eggs.

[@k50atze]

+Jammet Leopard Why?

[@Jammet]

The cell membrane in the yoke will fall apart when cooled, and will quicker spoil when not cooled anymore. Uncooled the egg is still a "living organism", cooled it isn't.

[@k50atze]

Thank you for the explanation. I did not knew this before.

[@numbers9to0]

Interesting. Exactly what I wanted to know after watching the clip. Thanks.

[@Gerbert66]

un the US eggs are washed at the farms. In Germany eggs are like they come out of the cicken. So they are fresh, a egg who is washed yu have to use verry quick. Dont wash eggs and you not must cool them

[@TheTinkili]

Yes, you shouldn't wash eggs. It destroys the natural antibacterial barrier and salmonella, for example, are able to get into the egg itself. Fairly dangerous!

[@FraniiKULTA]

Gerbert66 why do people wash eggs? Never heard of that 🙈😅

[@euchale]

In the US people are apparently so afraid of autism that they don´t even vaccinate their chickens. Thus the bird poop is infectious with diseases that can attack humans, while in Europe all chickens are vaccinated by law. This means in the US you need to wash the eggs and remove the protective layer. This means that you need to make sure to keep the eggs cold to slow down bacteria growth.

[@williamlucas4656]

Florian Euchale Blum if you want to sell eggs in the US : www.merckvetmanual.com/poultry/nutrition-and-management-poultry/vaccination-programs-in-poultry

[@euchale]

Thank you very much! I did not know that there is still a lot of vaccination going on. Do you happen to know why chickens are not vaccinated against S. Enteritidis and S. Typhimurium? This is the most common "salmonella" vaccination in Europe. I can see from the chart that you provided that ducks are vaccinated against Enteritidis, so it looks like vaccinations against those are being used and tested.

[@Baccatube79]

The deposit for bottles is 0.08 € for bottles, 0.15 € for reusable glass and PET bottles, and 0.25 € for reclyclable plastic bottles.

[@XYpsilonLP]

yes, there are in general two kinds of deposit. The 0,25€ deposit is the youngest one and a mandatory one which is inforced by law. It was meant to make canned drinks and drinks in not reusable plastic bottles less attractive (they where deposit free before). This did not work out though... The 0,08€ deposit is not regulated by law (in oposite to the 0,25 mandatory deposit) - it is completely self regulating as the beverage producers WANT to get the glas bottles back to clean and refill them... 0,08 € is just common.

[@martinprohn2433]

@XYpsilonLP: It's not true, that it didn't worked out. Cans, that have gotten the same deposit, are nearly vanished. PET bottles are still bought though, but are much better recycled nowadays, you don't see them lying around in parks anymore. So in both cases the deposit had a positive effect.

[@XYpsilonLP]

Okay, the recycling has improved, that is correct. But single use plastic bottles sales raises from year to year. And in my view cans are still there - for example, the top energy drink brands are sold in cans only.

[@thorz7304]

And if you buy yogurt in glass containers there is a deposit too. (Just because i did not know and thrown them away for years.) And beer in a swing-top bottle has a different deposit from the standard bottles.

[@SamWinchester000]

Actually, the recyclable is also PET. ;)

I am still confused by the people who pack my stuff into bags in the US. I was so confused and I didn't know what to say or do - "oh... äh, ja... YES... thank you! But you don't have to... äh, okay"-stuttering was going on. 8) I was wondering whether they expected a tip or not.

[@mattm.2591]

I think that whenever I visit Germany (I do want to visit one day), the packing experience may be the one thing that I will have to adjust to the most. (Well, other than everybody speaking German, of course.) Dana kind of made me nervous when she spoke in one of her other videos of how she has to rapid-fire pack her groceries or feel the wrath of the other shoppers waiting for you to finish. Here in the U.S., even in the self-checkouts, I don't really feel too pressured. Yeah, the tipping culture may be a bit much here in the U.S., but no, that is one area where Americans don't expect them.

[@Frenziefrenz]

The first time I went to a US grocery store it was all packed up at lightning speed in half a dozen double-bagged plastic bags before I even realized what was happening. (Rather unlike what Dana was saying about things being slow and whatnot in the US, ftr. Maybe it's different in Chicagoland.) I was also worried whether they expected a tip.

[@livininabubble]

At least if you go to shops like Aldi, you should be prepared to pack quickly. But there are also technical reasons for that...there's just not much space for your groceries to sit on, on the other side of the cashier, so if you don't pack it it'll just fall to the ground 😅

[@mattm.2591]

If an employee is packing your groceries, then it is going to be fast. Well, if the same person is scanning your items and then packing them, the whole experience won't be fast, but the packing portion usually is at least reasonably fast. It's just that if the customer is packing, it sounds like he or she will need to do so pretty quickly in Germany, while there is less pressure on a customer using one of the self-checkout lanes to be a fast packer in the U.S.

[@fedupnow61859]

When I lived in the US. Publix supermarket in Florida had baggers. No tip is required. It is a service and they bring it to your car. Walmart for example the clerk will bag it but I don't like the way they do so I usually pack it myself. It varies with each store but I don't think a tip is expected.

[@ThomasKnip]

Eggs are usually stored in the shelves all over the EU, not only in Germany. It's not allowed in any EU country to treat eggs the US way. Also, most shops now have their scales built in the cash, but, yeah, you still might come across stores where you have to weigh yourself. ;) Most Turkish stores here in Berlin on the other hand don't even allow that. There a nice fellow will weigh the stuff for you. Don't ever try to do that for yourself! :)

[@saskiat.3526]

In Austria they're mostly refrigereted :)

[@danielsado7268]

It depends on the store I would say since for example Spar keeps the eggs cooled but Hofer/Aldi doesn't

[@katrisspriordeen1735]

Yes, in Britain it's illegal to cool eggs i believe :-)

[@CologneCarter]

@TheTuxator There are two major differences. The EU farmers vaccinate against salmonella, The US farmers don't or rather not too many do yet, but things are changing. The EU eggs are sold without washing, the US eggs are required to be washed prior to selling. The reason behind the washing/not washing is this: The eggs have a natural protection against any pathogens penetrating the shell, therefore eggs aren't washed in the EU and there is not reason to refrigerate. In the US the eggs are washed in order to remove potential poop, dirt any bacteria. But since that also removes the protective layer, eggs need to be refrigerated.

[@SamWinchester000]

Doesn't your refrigerator have an extra place, designed only for eggs?

[@TheGamingLp100]

The US is to strict with their alcohol anyways...i mean, you can defend your country with 18 but not drink a beer...

[@kyle7412]

TheGamingLp100 now in california you can't even buy tobacco at 18 😳

[@renatoherren4217]

kyle7412 I'm 43 and i still don't use tobacco in any way. The best way to get rid of an addiction is not starting it in the first place. 😉😉😉😉

[@franzii9]

NGC6144 lol, thanks for generalising all of us. you'd be surprised how many older adults I've met that acted very immature (used to work in a bar) and how many young adults completely have their act together.

[@JuliaP777]

Many Americans agree with you. It's ridiculous! If your able to fight and die for your country I agree you should be able to have a drink.

[@victoriabrown2855]

TheGamingLp100 the drinking age in Louisiana is 18

[@bennosimpson]

I was shocked about a weapon department in a mart in Ohio once. You will NEVER ever find something like that in Germany.

[@SvenAlbertPedersen]

The self-weighing is (as far as I see it) discontinued by most supermarkets in Germany. People were simply cheating too much, doing it themselves (weigh three apples, put another one in the bag afterwards). Today all the stores in the area I live in weigh at check-out.

[@FranklyFranca08]

Sven Albert-Pedersen in Switzerland you still wheigh your stuff yourself:) I've always wondered if there were many people cheating the stores..

[@TarikDaniel]

Aaaaah, I've never thought about that! Now it's too late :P

[@holzvvrm7718]

Last year I was studying in Saarland and there was this one "Real" store that required me to weigh the produce and every time I went there I forgot and had to do it at the cashiers.

[@weeardguy]

It's still very common in the Netherlands as well. BUT, at the checkout, there is another scale which the cashier uses to check if the weight on the sticker corresponds to what's really in the bag ;)

[@michnetkratzt9190]

@weeardguy: what are they going to do when the weight is not the same? simply charge the real weight, or add an extra fee, or even accuse the customer of a crime and make a big noisy scene?

[@sandgroper1970]

Also in Australia eggs are kept on the shelf, not in the fridge. My biggest thing I noticed between Germany and Australia, was bread, I was basically used to a couple of varieties, went to the store in Germany for some Bread, it was a shock to the system, the variety etc of breads.

[@shutterkokett]

Andrew Sturman Nobody loves bread more than Germans ^^ It's also great to complain about the bread everywhere else ;)

[@Lina12896]

Yeah we are quite knowen for our variety of breads.^-^ Hope you enjoyed them^^

[@schurki3942]

But meanwhile capitalism is destroying the baker craft here too. More and more bakeries were closed and the rest uses ready bake mix and the number of varieties decrease.

[@theINsaintOFme]

Speaking of bread... When I visited The Netherlands there was NO crusty bread! Only this soft sandwich type, varieties over varieties. I had to travel to the next bigger city for some good old "Hausbrot"...

[@jgr_lilli_]

theINsaintOFme Yes, when we spent our holiday in the Netherlands we had the same problem. Only sweet rolls and white bread, no crusty bread or Schwarzbrot. We were desperate for some bread. 😂

[@Biboline1]

Das hat schon seine Gründe mit dem saisonalen Obst und Gemüse. Umwelt?

[@ChyvDso]

richtig ^^

[@karinbirkenbihl2053]

Siskin. die USA sind halt so groß, dass fast alles irgendwo reif ist, so dass man immer einheimische Ware hat. Aber ich finde die Vorfreude auf gewisse Früchte erhöht ihren Reiz.

[@03raq]

and workers exploitation especially in Spain and Italy.

[@lukasbuttner3531]

Karin Birkenbihl Und ich meine… Man hat ja trotzdem lange Transportwege, wenn etwas gerade am anderen Ende des Landes wächst

[@xxPOISONEDcupcakeXX]

Your grocery videos and a trip with my boyfriend prepared me for my first solo trip to a German grocery store hahaha, I was able to masterfully pack my things and go! Thank you! :D

Eggs and salmonella: I just read up on that (again, there are things I tend to come back to every once in a blue moon) and read "somewhere" (wikipedia?) that salmonella cases doubled in the US in the last 25 years whereas in Germany (hmm, you seem to like "whereas"? ;-)) they declined from 50-60 thousand cases a year 15 years ago to about 15 thousand a year now. How come? Well, in Europe, chicken are vaccinated against salmonella. Which means here, you *can* get salmonella into the egg from outside (when cracking open the egg, for example), while in the US, you get the salmonella delivered *in the egg* through the infected hen. I know which system I prefer. :D

[@BryanCarthell]

Jürgen Erhard wait a minute! Chickens can be vaccinated against salmonella??? Why isn't this a thing in the US?

[@realulli]

To my knowledge, "Pfand" is best translated as "deposit". About the bottles - yes, you get back the deposit, but a lot of people don't bother when they're out and about. In larger cities, there are "bottle collectors" - people who pick up the discarded bottles and return them for the deposit. (I heard someone say that in Berlin, there are areas where you can't drop a bottle - actually, you can, but it won't reach the floor because there will be a collector there to catch it... ;-)) I've even seen pictures of trash cans with signs saying, if the bottle has a deposit, please just put it on top.

[@emmynoether9540]

realulli Actually, it is common coutusy to put glasbottles NEXT TO the bin, so that neither the bottle collector nor the trash collector gets hurt by glass pieces and so that it can be collected easier by the bottle collectors. Spread the word. :)

[@LordDavid04]

Yep, Berlin. Most people collecting as it were in Seinfeld "The Bottle Deposit", are either the homeless or elderly who have nothing else to do.

[@blivogh]

Passt nicht wirklich zum Grocery Store, aber als ich gemütlich das erste Mal durch einen Walmart geschlendert bin: Süßigkeiten, Süßigkeiten, Süßigkeiten, Sturmgewehre... Was zum..

[@Blast-Forward]

Und wie läuft das dann mit dem background check? o_O

[@Sternblume2]

Last week I went to the US for the first time. And it was really confusing for me that there was no tax included in the price that was shown. I was always wondering why I had to pay more. And it really annoyed me. Also the receipt didn't say what the tax rate was so it just seamed like a random number.

[@fedupnow61859]

Stern Blume because each state and or city has different taxes. I would say 6 -7% is Average . here in Germany it is 19% . I think they do this because it is over all of Germany the same and it would be quite a shock to have to add almost 20% to an item. we do not have vat tax in america at least not yet

[@luisa9999]

Yeah, but every shop could still write the actual prices on the tags, right? How do you know what you actually have to pay, if you always have to add taxes? Do you have to calculate for every product? Seems pretty complicated to me...

[@fedupnow61859]

Yes in your head you would do it and people still do. I agree it should be on the label for people that are not aware of what the tax is. I wish Germany put it on the label also or any country in Europe.

[@luisa9999]

Mary Sterck Sometimes there is a small note of how much of the products price is tax. Not everywhere thought. But on your receipt you can see how much taxes you paid with your shopping alltogether. And most foods are only taxed with 7%, not 19 but for drinks you have to pay 19% tax. And even more for gas and tobacco. It's a bit complicated, but as long as I can see directly if I'm able to afford something or not, I'm good. I don't really need to know how much of the price are taxes. I have to pay them anyway.

[@fedupnow61859]

Yes, I agree with what you say. I have lived here in Germany for 14 years so I realize about the receipt. But I remember when I first got here and looked at the price of tv's and was figuring in my head about the 19% to add and was surprised to know that it was included. I like the way we do it here just hypothesizing why they would do and and all I can see is that psychologically it is better not to see it separate since the tax is high. Yes, I forgot about food at the store.

[@CarinaCoffee]

+Wanted Adventure Actually, that's wrong what you said about the Pfand. The bottle/can deposit has to be on the label, it's usually in a smaller print. Same goes for kilogramme prices, all labels must depict how much the item costs per kilogramme (sometimes I do see price per 100 grams or e.g individual packages (have seen that for hygiene pads)). The reason for that is that customers should be able to easily compare prices which can be tricky if the package size differs.

[@sholck74]

Here in denmark we have a minimum age on alcohol, the wine is in the store, the bose and tobacco is with the cashier. I really want to be checked for age, but that train has gone. :)

[@dykrock]

You are so positive and friendly. I like your videos so much! 😊

[@Learnamericanenglishonline]

Here's another thing you have to do: When bagging your own groceries, do it really fast because the cashiers aren't going to wait for you to get everything into the bag before sending the next customer's stuff down the chute. I thought I was fast, and I always use my own bags in the U.S., but compared to German shoppers, I'm a total slug when it comes to bagging.

[@Dr.Leymen]

or just throw everything into your shoppin cart, head out of the market and bag your stuff there

[@pamelamcfadden337]

I love how everything is closed on Sunday and The church bells. The Eggs are Fresh and AWESOME

[@lafarfalla979]

would have been nice, if you had shown pictures of american stores as well.

[@fedupnow61859]

look up Publix Markets, Whole foods, Piggly Wiggly, Stop and Shop, You can see what they are like inside.

[@JuliaP777]

Just don't look up Wal-mart, lol! We the majority are NOT like that.

[@johnlilienthal8474]

@@JuliaP777 In this case i wonder why every Walmart I have been to when in the US was always crowded 😅

[@AkitoMilena]

am from germany and the opening times are not from 7 to 11pm 🤔🤔 they are mostly from 8am to 8pm/9pm

[@Scamander]

That highly depends on where exactly you live. In many cities Rewe and E-Canter stores are open from 7 to 12am.

[@cold.raviolis]

I think it's quite sad that people get angry at you for the smallest things. I'm guilty of it myself when having a bad day but honestly where is the problem with waiting a little longer?! It would mean so much less distress if I didn't have to be scared of making even the smallest mistake in my every day life.

[@bhoehsl]

Regarding shoping carts: Some of those carts have automated brakes when you try to leave the store/parking area, they keep braking till unlocked by the store.

[@Stintfang]

I love your channel, Dana. Because of the differences you notice which I was never aware of. But it is only logical that things are different between US and Germany. Regarding the fruit and vegetables: People here like fresh food more than the little pre-packed plastic cups. Very often these fruits begin deteriorate as soon they are placed in the store. "Pfand" is a working system to get people to return their bottles and packages for recycling purposes. Imagine how many trash you have to get rid of if you would just put it in your trashbin. The shopping cart fee is a way to educate customers. Just look at a parking lot where people don't return the carts into the port. incoming or outgoing cars are hindered to enter or leave the lot and some parking bays are blocked where people left empty carts. With the fee most of the customers return their cart and get their Euro coin back. some people say that Germany is such a clean country. This is a result of working Pfand-system and recycling means like "Der gelbe Sack", Bottle return containers and paper containers.

[@shahlabadel8628]

Robert Madsen what is ,the gelbe sack, please??

[@nob5773]

shahla badel a yellow bag which is supposed to be for plastic and packaging stuff in the german recycling system.

[@shahlabadel8628]

Nxdlo2 thanks.

[@nob5773]

no problem

[@JaapioNL]

You call those things plastic things that hold multiple bottles cartons? I would have expected them to be called crates :-)

[@MrFifi1995]

also german karton isnt carton but cardboard

[@thorz7304]

The german word is "Kiste" so it would be crate or box.... ;)

[@JaapioNL]

Same like here in The netherlands :-)

[@williamlucas4656]

JaapioNL in the US they may be called cartons if they contain milk but crate can stand for the same as well. Crate often has connotations of a wooden box.

[@mikeoyler2983]

JaapioNL It's definately crate and not carton.

[@TJUE93]

In Hannover we have a supermarket at Central Station that is open 24/7. All other stores are not allowed to open on sundays by law.

[@sebastianm8465]

so if you put an american egg outside without refrigeration does it get roten ? cause i have never seen a roten egg or at least not one that has not been crack

[@Elentarien]

As a note, in Canada, the carts at grocery stores are *USUALLY* locked and unlocked via the coins (or tokens, you can get too, if you don't want to always search for coins) as well. In fact, I can't really think of many that *aren't* locked nowdays. (Except maybe Walmart, but I think I've seen them starting to swap out for locked carts too. Not that I blame them since so many are stolen.) I've heard about the differences with the eggs also happens in the UK. Something about the eggs being washed here. . .and it strips the protective layer off them. . .and they need to be kept cold to keep from spoiling. In other places. . .I guess. . .they don't wash them?

[@luisa9999]

Yes, it's not allowed to sell washed eggs in the whole EU

[@WantedAdventure]

+Elentarien Really interesting to hear about the carts usually being locked in Canada! Good to know, thanks 😊

[@alsaba12]

Hmmmm where I live in Canada, only one store (our local freshco) has the carts locked.

[@candicetysick5029]

I've only ever seen locked carts at the discount type grocery stores where I've lived in Canada (Ontario & Newfoundland). I found it really odd when Dana said you couldn't buy alcohol during certain times in the US. The concept of being closed on Sundays doesn't surprise me much in places where church and state aren't seperate or the majority of people are one religion but with church and state being separate in the US I was surprised by that

[@Elentarien]

Might be dependent on area, then. I mean, we are a BIG country. lol I live just outside a major city and shop both in the city itself and in a large town and carts are mostly locked. I suppose smaller towns may not have switched over. Or areas that have not had trouble with their carts going missing? Just a thought. :D But yeah, it's NOT uncommon. :D

[@nerdbot4446]

It's pretty rare that you have to weigh your veggies yourself. Because a customer can easily cheat by lifting the bag a bit and the supermarket has to maintain another computer and a printer with stickers. Additionally, as you experienced, many customers just forget it and ruin the cashier's world record attempts.

[@sthenzel]

Most cashiers have a scale build into the scanning area, so I think sporadically they check the customer-weighed bags. If there´s a sufficient difference between label and actual weight, it probably gets a little unpleasant for the cheating customer. At least I wont risk that!

[@bew7192]

I remember it slowly disappearing in my childhood and I thought this wouldn't be a thing anymore. Then I moved to a small town in North Rhine-Westphalia and there you still have to weigh your fruit and vegetables. I was very happy to find out that not everything has to change. Time stopped here anyway. ;)

[@MeitanteiNoMusume]

Kaufland and Real still do that. I haven't seen ANY other shop do that though.

[@otakuofmine]

But it was a must back ten (?) years or so in germany. Only changed as they got the weight included in the cashier I suppose.

[@HanSophey]

It's not rare! Every supermarket in my city has this system

[@emergcon]

wasnt it a thing in bavaria that ure not allowed to buy alcohol at the tankstelle (gas station) if youre NOT driving a car?

[@lovethatdragon2984]

The grocery store I shop at in Texas used to do the weigh/sticker thing in the produce department. They stopped it years ago because the machines kept breaking down. We can buy beer and wine Monday-Saturday, but not on Sundays until after noon. Even the restaurants and bars won't sell alcohol until noon.

[@BroBastii]

I've never been to the USA but the biggest difference I have noticed so far was in London/England. There are little Computers for the checkout. So there is no cashier (self-service). That was really confusing for the first time...

[@soraya-3530]

BroBastii - LetsPlays der kleinen Sorte haben wir auch in deutschland! in so ziemlich jedem großen supermarkt. aber ich weiß ja nicht in welchem kaf du wohnst.

[@BroBastii]

Echt? Wusste ich nicht... Bei mir gibts das nicht :/ Und Kaff würde ich meine Wohnort nicht nennen

[@soraya-3530]

hmmm. dann weiß ich auch nicht.. aber die gibts schon länger würde ich sagen.. ich weiß noch als ich 11 war fande ich die mega cool.😂

[@BroBastii]

haha na dann. Danke für die Info, muss ich mich mal auf die Suche begeben (auch wenn ich die ein bisschen gruselig fand)

[@uhohhotdog]

They're in the US too. I prefer them because the cashiers bag terribly. But you can only use them if you have less than 20 items. Although if my items are small I've gone over the limit a few times.

[@frankb.79]

In Baden-Württemberg you can't buy alcohol after 10 pm

[@r4bbit63]

Fränk the Tänk Is it just in Ba-Wü? I thought it's a state law?

[@emmynoether9540]

Fränk the Tänk In Berlin-Brandenburg you can buy alcohol in a Späti at any time it is open.

[@SabrinaAMeyn]

Fränk the Tänk here in Ireland it's the same. Not that it helps. XD

[@WantedAdventure]

+Fränk the Tänk Oh wow!! Thanks for the info, didn't know about that.

[@webcrawler9782]

haha losers

[@AhmetMurati]

In Hamburg, at the shop Penny the pfand was included in price tag so you did not had to think about the pfand but you got the receipt from the recycling machine and then using that amount printed in the reciept you could pay goods that you wanted to buy.

[@KelsaRavenlock]

ive never seen a supermarket in any state in the US that doesn't have a liquor aisle is no booze in the market a Utah thing?

[@junenam145]

In Korean grocery stores, they often use an unnecessary amount of plastic to package their 'premium' produce. I was so appalled to see say, two zucchinis or even just one pear placed on a thin plastic sheet which is in a styrofoam tray and then wrapped in layers and layers of plastic wrap. wtf! I saw this first in Korea when I was visiting a few years ago, but I see them sometimes in Korean markets here in Los Angeles too. All I can think of is the trash that must produce, all to give an illusion of 'exclusivity'.

[@Krisko1974]

"Best" thing I've seen at a store in Hong Kong: A can of Coca Cola, placed into a plastic tray and wrapped in plastic wrap...wtf....

[@romanii2112]

Can you make a Video about alcohol and its comsumption in The US vs Germany?

[@Tsyroc]

That could be interesting. She's from Florida and the last time I lived in Florida there were still a few dry counties. Meaning that it wasn't legal to sell alcohol in those counties. I'm not sure if the law extended to consuming alcohol in that county or not.

[@williamlucas4656]

Cory Tollman Fun fact Jack Daniels whiskey distillery is in a dry county in Tennessee.

[@nox5555]

german rules are pretty easy, fermented stuff is age 16 and distilled stuff is 18+, there are just very local limitations on selling alcohol, some smaller shops in areas with problems like hotspots for homeless people arent allowed to sell alcohol some hours of the week.

[@TheGeoJG]

In '77, I was an exchange student in Winterberg. I remember going with the family to shop & there wasn't a supermarket but the bakery, the butcher shop & the 'green grocer' for produce.

[@nicotinfrei]

during what times is the alcohol covered? a specific time of the day or year?

[@justusjonas-diedrei7496]

you look like anne hathaway in this video:o :D

[@rainyday4970]

She does remind me some of her; a little.

[@MrTuxracer]

Bottle fee - isn't it called deposit?

[@dawnschaffner8895]

In the US there are places, "dry" counties in some states where you cannot buy alcohol at all.

[@1990RoseRed]

In New Zealand we also keep our eggs on the shelve in grocery stores. yet we did put it in the fridge when we got home.

[@erictaylor5462]

3:30 Yea, the reason eggs need to be kept cold in America is kind of gross. Frankly, I think the Europeans have the better method. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpPUp2SJqrZ9ZtU

[@Kessina1989]

Für die Einkaufswagen gibt es die Chips!

[@otakuofmine]

Ja, aber die meisten Leuten haben einfach keine, vergessen die oder man verliert sie. Da ist es mit Kleingeld einfacher, dass man in der Regel immer mit hat.

[@Stein0001]

wir haben einen tagesausflug nach tschechien gemacht und dort hing am regal mit dem alkohol "kein verkauf vor 11 uhr am morgen"schild, da war ich schon verwundert, das kannte ich garnicht. gibt es eigentlich in florida so etwas wie wochenmärkte, auf denen man direkt vom bauern kaufen kann?

[@GE2708]

Last weekend, i was in Sauerland and there was a Rewe shop, which has open from 7 to 22 o'clock. And in Germany there are also some shops, which are open 24h.

[@mattm.2591]

Wait, most grocery stores in Germany are closed on Sundays? That's crazy. I can't think of a single grocery store anywhere in the United States that closes on Sundays (and I have lived all over the country, in seven states in four different time zones). I love berry season too.

[@Ultravore]

Matt M. yeah, all grocery stores actually. well now some stores in the big cities are open but usualy sundays you can't buy anything. you can always go to gas stations ofc. the big ones have a lot of stuff and are even open 24/7 so you don't have to starve if you forgot to go shopping on saturday ;D

[@mattm.2591]

Ultravore Thanks for the additional information. That is truly bizarre from an American's perspective, although I'm sure if I were to spend a considerable amount of time in Germany, I would quickly become accustomed to it, and, as you said, if I were to ever forget and need something, there's always gas stations.

[@ulrichlehnhardt4293]

+Matt M. why is it crazy that shops are closed on sundays? 80 million people in Germany live with it perfectly and do not starve at all on sundays. With a little bit of organization you can close grocery shops on sundays, which is - by the way - the day of the Lord, where families should be together (without Mummy missing because she has to work at the check-out)

[@Belgarion2601]

Historically it's a church thing... You were supposed to go to church on sundays and not go to work. Nowadays not having to work on sundays is still protected by law. (There are exceptions ofc)

[@vera3387]

Matt M. As far as I know it's even forbidden in Germany that stores are open on Sundays. But I think gas stations and bakerys are exeptions.

[@lisaklahm5246]

I don't get it... We am I so interested in your videos? I'm German! I know what you are talking about! :D Still interesting to me! :D

[@vivipir9979]

From some Grocery Stores you even get a plastic coin to re-use everytime you want a shopping cart :) But people still don't put them back sometimes..

[@josephmendoza5660]

That put a price sticker on your fruits and vegetable thing it starting to gather here. I actually really like it

[@alaggs7279]

what???? they were angry with you because you didnt print the sticker? they have a scale build in the check out. its a matter of seconds for her to check the price

[@librasgirl08]

Alaggs no, the stores where there is self weighting don't have that. But normally there's a scale close by for the customer, who forgot it.

[@alaggs7279]

Nymaas really? because here in stuttgart i havnt seen a single one without. the scales are always build in the scanner

[@Albireo20]

not all supermarkets have a scale build in at the check out, it becomes more common now but there are still supermarkets that rely on you getting the sticker, if you don't you need to go back or an employee has to do it which causes a hold up, so it's normal they get a bit angry.

[@lmn6023]

Alaggs Haha funny. I worked at Edeka and everytime a customer forgot to weight their stuff or did it wrong I had to run to the vegetable section and do it myself, which for some reason made the other costumers angry with me!

[@wisemantellsyousomething1134]

+Alaggs In former times it was everywhere like this. You have to consider, that Dana lives here for quite a while now. Maybe it was one of her first visits of a German supermarket, years ago!

[@nataliea5650]

In New Zealand, we also keep the eggs on the shelf and not refrigerated. And with alcohol we can get beer and wine in the supermarket, but any other alcohol has to be brought at a liquor store.

[@rubenwartena2458]

In the Netherlands we have self scanning. You scan your items and put them in the cart. At the end you only have to pay and don't get it out of the card to put it back in later. And you don't have to wait at the end. (sorry for my English xD)

[@mischellyann]

There are parts of the US that have bottle deposits. It was more common when I was younger, but it was usually part of the price from what I remember. You then brought the bottles back to the store and got the money.

[@EmmaElizabethPrice]

in the UK eggs are kept on the shelves and not in refrigerators but when we buy the eggs and take them home we put them in the fridge.

[@caciliawhy5195]

I do that here with weighing the produce at the self-pay lines. The scale is right at the Kasse and you pick a picture of what you bought and they charge you for it.

[@AmbossTV]

Just came back from my LIDL at the Nuremberg main train station which is open on Sundays. Always crowded but boy am I thankful for at least some few markets which seem to have a special license here in Bavaria. I miss the store opening times from e.g. Berlin or the UK.

[@picobello99]

In the Netherlands the recycling fee for bottles is included in the price and you get a discount on your groceries when you return them. Also, eggs are never refrigerated over here and they're usually brown (not white as in the US).

[@brunobrauer6301]

For shopping carts, you'll get a token that works as well in all the information stands in the shops, alternatively for merely cents you can buy a dozen distance discs (for screws) of the same size which work as well.

[@rebeccaquartieri5509]

We have a five cent deposit on soda, beer, water containers here in New York State, USA which we usually get back whenever we return said containers.

[@eilafmarvino]

here where I live every grocery store opens at 8 and closes at 8.. only big cities open up to 10pm ..

[@romainsavioz5466]

In Switzerland generaly the shops are closed from Monday to thursday at 6:30 pm on friday at 20-21 pm and saturday at 17pm

[@Glimmlampe1982]

i remember that in canada you also hat to use a coin to unlock the cart. and i remember that there were a lot poor guys waiting on the parking lot to move your cart back to get the coin.

[@Gaehhn]

Weighing your vegetables and fruits often depends on what it is. Bigger things like melons are usually sold by piece smaller ones, like tomatoes, either in bundles or by weight. It usually says if the price is per kg or per piece/bundle on the price tag.

[@tobikomitzuki1]

a good trick to know if you have to weigth grocerys or not is to look if the price is per kilogramm or per piece or package.

[@hippyyy5457]

In Baden-Würtemmberg (South germany) you are not allowed to buy alcohol in any store after 10pm, but it's not hidden.

[@JimmyJamTVpg1]

Here in Freiburg, and probably other cities as well, you are also not allowed to buy alcohol after 22:00 - although some gas stations still sell it sometimes

[@sugarpacketchad]

I noticed that the shopping carts in Belgium had wheels that turned in the back, and here in the US, ours turn in the front.

[@moragmacgregor6792]

One of the _best_ things about moving to the country has been having chickens and fresh eggs. They hide their nests sometimes and you don’t find the eggs for who knows how long? But they’re still perfectly fresh. I know how you felt; it took me aback to find that out.

[@lindsaynic]

There's a grocery store in Western NY called Wegman's; they allow you to weigh and print your own labels for produce. You're not *required* to, though--the cashiers still know the codes and stuff.

[@Mrmr-ly3kz]

I think it makes sense to not include the Pfand/deposit. Because it's quite common to take the empty bottles with you and return them when you you buy new bottles. So the deposit i get and the deposit i have to pay cancel out. As a result i only pay the deposit on the very first purchase.

[@t3mptr3s]

At Wegmans in the US, they have the same type of produce section where you print your own sticker/label. I raise my own chickens. My eggs sit on the counter until I use them. Most countries keep them out of the refrigerated section. I live in Oregon, our deposit per bottle just went up to 10 cents. We get that back when we take them to be recycled in the machines near the grocery store.

[@wilmae9054]

When it come to alcohol in Sweden you can't buy it in the supermarket you have to go to the "Systembolaget", this place is not open at sundays, on saturdays and fridays it closes around 3 pm and you have to be at least 20 to buy alcohol at Systembolaget.

[@Jambu96]

so what do they do in the United States of A. with their eggs? wash them before putting them on sale?

[@schmirlimm]

Why can you not alcohol at some times? What are these times? Can someone explain?

[@vaidehinaidu3776]

Love your videos so much ! They're very helpful as I plan to move to german next year Good insights Thanks a lot !! Keep up the good work ❤😊

[@knfrrhetoric]

I can confirm that the Aldi stores here in the US do the same thing with the carts as they do in Germany. I have one that's just a couple blocks down from where I live.

[@TheMathcrack]

Next time when you buy bottles with Pfand look closely at the price tag. Sometimes you can find a second price in a smaller font, where the Pfand is included or at least a hint that you have to add the Pfand.

[@CeeRad83]

I grew up in southern California where, as far as I know, you can buy alcohol at any grocery store at any time. It came as a huge surprise to me when, after moving to Illinois, I was going to a party in Lake Bluff and upon trying to buy some beer at a grocery store found all of the refrigerators in that section were locked shut. I asked an employee why they were locked and he told me that in certain parts of Illinois you can't but alcohol after a certain time. There is even a town called Zion (about an hour and half north of Chicago) where you cannot buy any alcohol at all!

[@maxmoonpie]

The American grocery store chain Wegman's has little computers for you to weigh your produce and print the labels, but it's totally optional

[@mikeoyler2983]

I remember first coming to Germany in 2010 and many grocery stores still closed at 6 pm. And FYI glass is .08 cents and plastic bottles are .25 cents.

[@joethielen9603]

In California the store has alcohol in main store. In Minnesota it’s separate but now you can 2017-2018 buy it on a Sunday 10pm-6pm very new too us

[@Jackert86]

i noticed, as a German visiting Norway one time, that they have separate stores for alcohol selling too. plus after a certain time or even or certain days you're not allowed to buy any alcoholic beverages no matter how much alcohol they contain.

[@jur4x]

I don't remember precisely, but I think you can only buy beer with less then 3% in ordinary stores. Everything else - only in monopolies and their opening times are Monday to Friday 9-17. Though, I might be confusing countries - Norway, Sweden, Finland have very similar alcohol laws, but there are slight variations.

[@sarina_friendlie]

Wow you already filmed this at the beginning of March? 2 months ago? How long before do you plan and film your videos?

[@Jana-ko2cq]

I was on a exchange in France two months ago and we were in the car with my exchange student's mom. We had to buy some groceries so we went to a huge store and of course I thought we would get them there but she bought just 2 things and then we left again. Then we went to a huge building and she parked there. There was a machine and she put a little card in there and after a few minutes an employee came with the groceries and packed everything in the car. I don't know if she already bought them online or how that works but I think it was pretty cool.

[@Seegalgalguntijak]

What are those times that you can't buy alcohol in stores in the US? And what is the reason for that?

[@mudokin]

I love these vids, because they remind me of my vacations in the US. So many differences but also similarities.

[@CroxlD]

And what coin do you use a quarter?

[@IlkaWaffy]

There is a certain type of alcohol that cannot be sold in german stored if there isnt an employee with what i think is a pharmacy license working that day. i have no idea why exactly but that is just how it goes, its called Franzbranntwein

[@BrianKanner]

Thanks for sharing this! - I actually went so far as to purchase the prepackaged BIO veggies to avoid making the mistake (again) of forgetting to weigh something before arriving at the register. (But, that was before I learned the language)

[@jimjungle1397]

Off season fruits and vegetables are often kept in cold storage which also has a low oxygen environment . That makes them a bit more expensive than during their regular seasons.

[@cadavereye]

Wegmans stores in the NE US also have weighing stations in the produce section, as well as in the bulk foods, and bulk candy sections. I always think it's fun to get to weigh the things for yourself, and it makes checking out so much easier!

[@Roflnoptiker]

here in hamburg most of the stores close at 22:00 or even 24:00 (10pm and 12pm)

[@biblegirl]

in California we have an extra fee for recycling bottles and cans called CRV. we to can get it back at recycling.