Originally Posted by
Herb687
Doesn't Delhaize own some decidedly low-end supermarket brands on the US East Coast? It's not like Belgian ownership means you are getting a luxurious European shopping experience at a store owned by Delhaize.
They own Hannaford here in Maine. There are two grocery chains here, Hannaford and Shaw’s (owned by Albertsons I think). Hannaford is nicer, or maybe it’s just that I shop at the Hannaford in Falmouth...
Originally Posted by
emma69
The best thing about hyper markets is going French and saying 'eyper marshay' instead
The last Carrefour I went to was in Dubai and it was massive although still not as big as the eyper marshays in France. It also wasn't as nice, was full of the riff raff (and sold some really low end stuff, giant suitcases and those plastic coated nylon holdalls everywhere!) I preferred the Waitrose there!
It is fun going to a French eyper marshay.
The last Carrefour I went to was in Dubai too! Maybe we went to the same one. The guy didn’t know I was looking for hummus until my friend I was visiting came up behind me and said “hooomooos” with a guttural h.