Why Grocery Shopping is Better in Amsterdam - American Reaction!

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[@meticulousgeek]

Shoplifting is a symptom of a struggling society. Of course there's shoplifting over here too but because there's a pretty decent social security, people don't have to resort to shoplifting to survive.

[@rwiersema]

And there's also the random checks. I get checked maybe once every 2 weeks

[@hagelslag9312]

Also the risk is so low here, it's more beneficial financially to have these checkouts and less cashiers. The loss doesn't outweigh the speed (because the waiting lines are almost down to zero now), so they can serve more people in a shorter time period.

[@thelonercoder5816]

false. shoplifting is the results of minimum consequences for being caught shoplifting. People know that if they get caught here in america, they'd get a slap on the wrist.

[@bhw6231]

@@thelonercoder5816 you, false.

[@888records]

@@thelonercoder5816Shoplifting here is not that crazy big if punishment here either… Stealing is big in the US because there are a lot of rich and poor people while the Netherlands has a lot of middle class people

[@freudsigmund72]

With the scanners, at random Some customers will get checked on whether they have scanned everything. But the calculation by the stores is that this system saves them checkout personnel which outweighs a little extra theft.

[@sevendam9070]

One time when they checked me they found out something was wrong and i even got a bit nervous because i was absolutely not stealing anything. Then they found out that i checked one item double so they removed it from the system. So they actually saved me a few euros.

[@nntflow7058]

Having sensors like they do in Clothing store would be an easy solution since the items that got stolen wouldn't be scanned and it would set off the alarm.

[@doraspoljar697]

@@nntflow7058 the sensors themselves are more expensive than the item or the amount people steal.

[@verloser]

whitch is not true it comes down to the totaql price ive confirmed it 5x times. after a certain amount you always get checked

[@johanwittens7712]

5:45 "My grocery store is only 2 miles away". To me 2 miles would be too far from a grocery store to even consider living there. 2 miles, is 3.2 km, that would take me to the other side of the city. And I would pass 4 to 5 grocery stores on my trip. Grocery stores really are everywhere in european cities... 0:45 And no they're not just local small businesses, often the big chains will have smaller local branch stores to cater to local neighbourhoods, especially in cities. The light blue one shown in this shot called "Albert Hein", is one of the biggest supermarket chains in the Netherlands and Belgium. Yet in this case it is just a smaller, local city supermarket branch. If most of your customers come to shop by bike or on foot, you don't need a massive box store with a massive parking lot...

[@tahirrizwan6759]

“What if you want a quick snack?” They have stores called snackbars where you can buy all kinds of stuff from burgers to fries to cheese hot pockets and shwarma wraps :D They’re all over the place. When I used to live in Holland, I lived next to one. The nearest supermarket was a 2 min walk. It’s all about walkability there.

[@PerfectAlibi1]

North or south Holland? Or another province in the Netherlands? 😉

[@jsb7975]

@@PerfectAlibi1 Holland is exactly the same as The Netherlands. NORTH- and SOUTH Holland are two provinces. Most Dutchies and everywhere in the world people say "Holland" (or "The Netherlands" which is the same) Sorry

[@PerfectAlibi1]

@@jsb7975 It's NOT the same!

[@Xeyal1001]

@@jsb7975 Holland is not the same. It is just specifically Noord en Zuid-holland.

[@jsb7975]

@@Xeyal1001 so when you say : 'I live in Holland' People presume you live EITHER in north-holland OR in south-holland ? Sorry again "HOLLAND" is the country as a whole. And all the world uses Holland as well. Jammer voor je

[@FredrikHaugen]

The scanners is a trust system, you have your store card which allows you a scanner. When you get to check-out they do random checks that's determined by the computer. Usually they take a couple of random things and see that you scanned them. Very seldom they go through everything. We have had it since 1999 in Sweden. Having a scanner system is so helpful. You instantly knows how much you pay, you don't need to repack. Its quicker to pay than the manual check-out. But in the end its a trust system between the buyer and the store.

[@truedarklander]

Self-checkout out here also is a trust system of a different type

[@ErraticRock]

Just a point of information - the soud on the video you watched was only just loud enough.

[@Pyltje03]

Drive to the store Thats two Miles away 😂 Here we van Walk or bike. Watch more of not just bike channel....its fun to learn

[@Pyltje03]

Usa is build round cars. Europe build round people.

[@guidoferri8683]

Wrong. Usa was rebuilt around cars

[@charlesrodriguez7984]

@@guidoferri8683but this statement the op made above doesn’t apply to ALL of Europe. It’s a big place. It varies based on country. Same for USA.

[@bertkassing8541]

Every day I do my shopping that I need on the bike. Lovely to be outside for a while, although it is only a short drive :-) But you meet someone again and have a chat. Just fun! And cycling is a lot healthier than having to do everything by car. Anyway, our cycling infrastructure is very good and safe. Btw I live in the Amsterdam Area (The Netherlands).

[@Colin-mc4ml]

I use hand scanners in uk supermarkets or since the global thing I've downloaded the stores scanning app on my smartphone. The big advantage of using the app on your phone is it ties in with your loyalty card and you get offers unique to products you buy regularly, also you can create a shopping list on the app. I regularly shop at Sainsbury's and the self scanning checkout randomly selects every so often for your shopping to be checked. The supervisor will select 5 items to check that you've scanned them. Also with the amount of CCTV cameras in the stores you would be picked up for shoplifting.

[@Wrecker3D]

I know that at the AH scanner needs to be activated by scanning your loyalty card, so it knows who you are what your personal discount offerings are, and a digital receipt is linked to your account (since a year -or two) , you can still get a physical one but in the end it's meant to save trees oh and it's also available on their app

[@videopipeline6419]

The small grocery stores shown at @ 0:45 are definitely much smaller than the supermarket shown at @ 1:24 Some "quaint" small towns in the USA (e.g.: in Colorado, Vermont, etc.) have small grocery stores like those, but they usually aren't competitive (price or selection) with chain supermarkets that have far better economy of scale.

[@guidodenbroeder935]

Big cities like Chicago have small grocery stores as well.

[@arthurhagen3826]

When you are craving a snack you can always get in your car and buy something at a gas station, even in The Netherlands :)

[@PerfectAlibi1]

Hop on your bike and visit your local "snackbar"...

[@truedarklander]

@@PerfectAlibi1 or walk to the grocery store or whatever

[@ObjectiveObserver]

No no, we don't mean "2 miles close" when we say that grocery stores are very close in the Netherlands. In my case, I have literally three grocery stores within a one mile radius, the closest being only 400 yards away from me. Additionally, there are two shopping centers really close by (less than a mile from my house). We like to have zones with both residential and commercial use, so residents can enjoy the convenience of quickly buying whatever you need, without having to drive for miles (or even at all).

[@catherinewilkins2760]

We have the scanners and self service tills, in the UK. They go well with the CCTV, so shop lifters beware. I use the ordinary tills, keeps someone in a job.

[@ronaldderooij1774]

Problem in the Netherlands is, there are not enough young people anymore to do those jobs. And the young people we have, are needed for more important work (like taking care of elderly people).

[@user-kp1js6cb2s]

@@ronaldderooij1774 that's basically a problem in any developed country 'cause growth of population stops after society reaches some point of development and people prefer to have fewer children.

[@allinadadsday]

mostly we as a dutch family to grocery once a week. but for small things or a change in plans we by it on the day itself. so we have a weeks worth of food( mostly fresh) and tp the up with other things. also the the scanner thing is indeed with checks. when you are checking out and before you pay the screen will say that someone will come and check your bag/purchase. not always but randomly. but when taking alcohol then count on it. therefor most shops have a small section dedicaded to alhohol and tabaco so they dont have to check everyone. by the way the shops without parking are mostly found in bigger cities. and even then more in the centre. other cities will have shops with parking or the shops will have mutliple shops in the same city. Amsterdam for eample has 109 shops from the same retailer. some ar big others are very small say at a trainstation for small purchases. and that is just one retailer. in our village of 3500 persons we have 1 shop but the netherlands is small so the next city is just 10 minutes away and there are more. but we mostly stick to our own.

[@sevendam9070]

Where i live, in a smaller town i have a supermarket 15 minutes away if i go walking. It would be 5 or less by bike. 3 other supermarkets further away are like 10 minutes by bike. I only need a car if buying beer crates are on my list. Or to bring them back, because we also have this system where you can return bottles and beer crates. A receipt will come out of the return machine with a certain amount of money on it. If you show that receipt to your scanner, let's say it's 10 euro's it will reduce the total price of your products with those 10 euro's.

[@stg-tf4ns]

in the place I used to live we often have grocery stores and supermarkets right around the corner within 5 minute or even less walking range, it's really simple to just pop down and grab a few stuff if I need to

[@tuppie65]

I'm living in the Netherlands in the city Nijmegen. This city is 2000 years old. So, yes what you are seeing is authentic. With kind regard Gerald.

[@Pyltje03]

Tip The sound of the video you react to is verry hard to hear.

[@topcat5233]

4:06 you will have random barcode checks on random items in your bag every once in a while, so its a hit and miss when shoplifting, you cant predict it, although i have come across numerous people who have tried it and ended up with one of those random confirmation tests on if youve scanned everythingXD which is always a treat to behold. besides that, there are plenty of store workers keeping an eye on what you do, since they also have to confirm the purchase of alcohol whenever such a beverage is scanned.. so theyre there regardless

[@guidodenbroeder935]

At some point the .99 thing stopped working and shops tried .98, .97, .95, .89 instead. Nowadays you can find all variations as well as round prices.

[@lmao4982]

They do randomly inspect if you've actually scanned everything in your bag, though it's very rare there is always that chance ehich discourages shoplifting

[@crazymonkeyVII]

What supermarkets do here is check randomly every 10 customers for shoplifting. An employee of the store will come up to you with a hand scanner and quickly checks all or 3 random items. It's not biased by skin color either, the system just counts the customers and sends the employee the machine that has locked and told the customer that someone is on their way to check. Machine blocks also for alcohol but the employee can choose to override it remotely if they think you're over 25 or come over to check

[@MichaelJohnson-vi6eh]

I love not just bikes. I do grocery shop a few times a week I am lucky to be a 5 minute drive from an ALDI, a german grocery store. Believe it or not my urban neighborhood would be just perfect for a european style high street but there are not places to just hang out outside and have a cup of coffee - there has been a pharmacy coming for like 3 years that just refuses to open. Everyplace is meant for car people to park, walk in, walk out get in the car and leave.

[@Hoen100]

By using amounts like 4.99, cashiers have to operate their cash register. The thought is that this makes stealing more difficult.

[@hjvdd]

ehm for a note, its a € euro, and not a dollar $

[@user-cq7yb1gs5q]

Randoms checks, few items gets scanned by employee with another handscanner and u on your way.

[@autohmae]

1:48 it's common in the Netherlands too, I'm surprised to even see this. 8:02 nobody said you have nothing at home for snacks

[@biancawichard4057]

its only 5 euro cause its on sale 2 for 5 euro mostly its 4.99 or 3.69 or something. it looks authentic cause it is. there is a lot of shoplifting here too. they have randome checks of the clients and you need a receite to leave the store. it has a barcode or qr code that opens a gate to let you out. if you want snack you just pop out to run to the store and get it

[@LeroyTDF]

Nice

[@EstherWijsbeek]

Checkout Groningen, a city in the north...💓

[@truedarklander]

I mean as far as the "quick snack" thing, you'd just walk to the grocery store and get it

[@idirayouni5061]

not that much shoplifting here, its a sign that the country isnt doing that good hahaha, but yeah if you want a quick snack you can order your groceries on apps or just order meals. believe me that its better than in the usa

[@Lucas-ff6og]

Veenendaal!!!

[@in551125do]

Your zoning laws wouldn't permit you to just set up shop in any North American residential area...(at least not what I've learned through NJB....)

[@Moon-Raven]

"what a beautiful town" that's a city. Like, the biggest one in the Netherlands.

[@littlemissmello]

I think it was Haarlem actually. Not all those video's were Amsterdam

[@davidmalarkey1302]

Ryan it's the Euro not the dollar. Amsterdam is a city not a town .

[@flo8517]

Europe is in so many ways better than the US. Thank god my parents came back from that place

[@gazinessex2]

For fuck's sake. 5 dollars and zero cents. REALLY?

[@hyenalaughingmatter8103]

its mostly 4,99 3,99 but you will never see something like 5,19 in Europe

[@vodkaforlife1]

@@hyenalaughingmatter8103 lmao in the netherlands we do have that. It's just cause its a deal for 2 for 5 euros

[@hyenalaughingmatter8103]

@@vodkaforlife1 NL has something like 5,19 5,21 prices?

[@vodkaforlife1]

@@hyenalaughingmatter8103 yeah, but if its like 1,11 (cash u pay 1,10 and card 1,11)

[@hyenalaughingmatter8103]

@@vodkaforlife1 damn brother don't get too americanized.. you speak already english too good.

[@kingofshit303]

this video is not loud enough

[@mgnrlty]

"drove 2 miles" you said that like its some sort of achievment, driving is what kills every good environment, you americans are just way too close minded to see this

[@pvds2009]

look up new york and the netherlands. before you react to stuf like this, first learn where the trade and tolerence came from in the US. this is why britisch people think americans are stupid. your more dutch, belgian, german, france etc. than you think. look it up how the US is created. your babies, because america is only 300 years old, where europe is 2500 years old, maybe older.

[@Alhamdullillah]

Shoplifting doesn't really exist here.

[@DinoCon]

The reason why Americans have to worry about bike stealing and shoplifting is because 13% of America's population is you-know-whats, which are almost non-existent in the Netherlands, hence why the Dutch can have nice things and have their tax-money go towards nice things.

[@guidodenbroeder935]

Zombies? Ninja turtles?