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[hckošice 14,829]

4 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Ah, so a combination what Americans would call grocery store and warehouse store. I was so confused as to why y’all were using that word over and over 

 

because Lidl is Lidl you have supermarkets and you have Lidl, no one will tell you, I'm going to the supermarket if he wants to go to the lidl, he will say, I'm going to the lidl.

 

yes, I know crazy europeans

[Monzanator 4,502]

9 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Ah, so a combination what Americans would call grocery store and warehouse store. I was so confused as to why y’all were using that word over and over 

 

USA has Dollar General & 7-Eleven. Europe has Kaufland, Aldi & Lidl (among others)

[Federer91 2,796]

There are few world renowed brands that Lidl offers here. It's either their brands or variety of products from bulgarian vendors, which is quite good actually.

 

Also, Lidl is 95% a grocery store, not much warehouse products. Kaufland has more of that stuff, but generally we have a whole different chains for warehouse stuff. 

[heywoodu 15,141]

24 minutes ago, hckosice said:

 

because Lidl is Lidl you have supermarkets and you have Lidl, no one will tell you, I'm going to the supermarket if he wants to go to the lidl, he will say, I'm going to the lidl.

 

yes, I know crazy europeans

 

I never say "I'm going to the supermarket", I say "I'm going to the Lidl" or "I'm going to Albert Heijn" or "I'm going to the Aldi" or "I'm going to the Plus" but never "I'm going to the supermarket"  

[heywoodu 15,141]

I think Lidl has some bigger brands here, but I'm not sure because I basically only go there for two or three specific things I always get there  

 

They do sometimes have some random stuff on offer, like this set that I'm sure @hckosice would like and which provided for some rather intense battles in the garden  

 

[hckošice 14,829]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

 

I never say "I'm going to the supermarket", I say "I'm going to the Lidl" or "I'm going to Albert Heijn" or "I'm going to the Aldi" or "I'm going to the Plus" but never "I'm going to the supermarket"  

 

that´s what I meant. crazy european

[heywoodu 15,141]

4 minutes ago, hckosice said:

 

that´s what I meant. crazy european

 

That's what happens when different supermarkets have different stuff  If I'm going to Lidl, maybe someone wants me to bring something from there for example  

[Olympian1010 7,976]

@hckosice One the students in my debate class has a Slovakian grandfather. It’s the first time I’ve ever heard of someone in California having Slovakian decent 

[hckošice 14,829]

Just now, Olympian1010 said:

@hckosice One the students in my debate class has a Slovakian grandfather. It’s the first time I’ve ever heard of someone in California having Slovakian decent 

 

Nice

[Olympian1010 7,976]

27 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

USA has Dollar General & 7-Eleven. Europe has Kaufland, Aldi & Lidl (among others)

I’ve literally never been inside of either. 7-Eleven are just glorified gas stations, and Dollar General is for the poor white people in the South. Our big supermarkets are Albertsons, Vons, SaveMarket, Trader Joe’s (a Californian favorite, it’s the hipster grocery store), Whooe Foods, Stater Bro’s, and Smart and Final. Our big warehouse chains are Sam’s Club, Costco, Walmart, and Target. We have niche stores like CVS Pharmacy, Micheals, etc.

 

If you can think of a need, there’s a national chain store for it. We even a warehouse chain dedicated to alcohol called BevMo