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Mid-sized Edeka (mid-range grocery store) that serves a near-in suburban Nuremberg neighborhood, Saturday (shops are usually closed Sundays in Germany): Water
by MandieD 7y ago
Mid-sized Edeka (mid-range grocery store) that serves a near-in suburban Nuremberg neighborhood, Saturday (shops are usually closed Sundays in Germany):
Water supply: did not note that or beer/other shelf-stable non-alcoholic bottle drinks, as it’s in a different part of the store, and we had enough already and are confident in our ability to purify tap on the off-chance that becomes necessary. Wine/booze stocks in the main part of the store looked plentiful :)
Food supply: the cheaper varieties of rice, pasta, flour, tomato products (canned and paste) and cooking oil were cleared out, but the pricier stuff was still at normal Saturday stock levels. Normal levels of fresh produce, with somewhat fewer potatoes, bananas and apples. Cheaper dairy was ransacked, but like dry goods, premium options remained.
Sanitary supply: all the cheap toilet paper and paper towels were gone, but more expensive varieties were generally available.
Note: this was the day after the first public reports of COVID-19 cases in Nuremberg and Erlangen. I’m delighted to have been doing my bulk shopping in smaller amounts throughout the past two weeks, aside from a final top-up on Friday, when my rather full shopping cart at the Rewe (other mid-sized, mid-market grocery store) got some stares.
What a difference a day makes!