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!

So my question for you is: What grocery store differences have you noticed around the world?

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[WantedAdventure]

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

[schurki]

Strawberries in march taste like water berries.

[lilcutie]

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 .

[imrehundertwasser]

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.

[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.

[Gerbert]

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

[Baccatube]

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

[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! :)

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.

[TheGamingLp]

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

[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.

[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

[bennosimpson]

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

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

[dykrock]

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

[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.

[sandgroper]

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.

[Biboline]

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

[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.

[pamelamcfadden]

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