Of course Walmart doesn't have the best bread in the world. It's also incredibly cheap. There are numerous fresh local bakeries that ship food daily to grocery

Of course Walmart doesn't have the best bread in the world. It's also incredibly cheap. There are numerous fresh local bakeries that ship food daily to grocery stores as well as serving customers directly that you can buy from if you want to spend a little more to get higher quality bread. I am literally able to buy cheese directly from a local dairy at a farmers market that is guaranteed to have zero additives. This is in a horrible car oriented neighborhood with a Costco and where most people go shopping once a week. Europeans also eat a ton of processed food, barely any less than Americans. In 2019, Western Europeans ate 113 kg of ultra processed foods per capita, and Americans/Australians ate 134 kg - not a huge difference [1]. My local grocery store has hundreds of small local brands that are absolutely not a front for some conglomerate. There isn't some secret that only European bakers and cheesemakers know; American bakers can and do bake the same breads and American cheesemakers make the same cheeses, etc. [1] https://sci-hub.do/10.1111/obr.13126 https://sci-hub.do/10.1111/obr.13126 Figure 1.