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Hypermarkets in France are typically half to one fifth the size of Walmart Supercenters, not exactly the same. A typical Albertsons, Safeway, or Ralph’s is mor
by cromwellian 8y ago
Hypermarkets in France are typically half to one fifth the size of Walmart Supercenters, not exactly the same.
A typical Albertsons, Safeway, or Ralph’s is more the size of France’s big box stores, and those do have fresh produce.
- athenot 8y agoNot sure. The hypermarket I grew up going to had 80 (eighty) checkout lanes and sold everything you'd find at a Walmart Supercenter, but with way more selection. As for the food sections in a typical grocery store in the US (Kroger, Publix, Albertsons, Safeway), it is laughably tiny and the quality is depressing.
- cromwellian 8y agoI looked up the average square meters and Walmart’s supercenters tend to be 1.6x to 2x. For example, Carrefour vs Walmart
- baud147258 8y agoCarrefour has got a lot of different sized shops, with the smallest in city center with size of less than 50 sq meters. Of course if you've taken the average size of only the big ones, then the difference is quite big.