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I really love and prefer the way grocery shopping is done in Europe, but it's fairly contingent on the ubiquity of those small grocers. In the US, a much large

I really love and prefer the way grocery shopping is done in Europe, but it's fairly contingent on the ubiquity of those small grocers. In the US, a much larger / lower population density country, physically getting to a grocery on a daily basis isn't practical. I don't see this as being about "healthier alternatives" or "saving a few bucks." I can't do European-style grocery shopping in the US /despite/ my preference for it.

oh_sigh 9y ago
You can do it, you just need to live in a city. If you need to drive 15 minutes each way to get to the grocery store, then doing that every day is a huge waste of time.
jypepin 9y ago
True. I wanted to say that it's bc europe is more populated in cities vs us, but didn't have anything back it up and wasn't sure it was true - but yeah, it's mostly because of city living, smaller grocers and smaller places with smaller room to store stuff :)