Supermarket Surprise
Supermarkets can really tell a story about their country. What they eat, average cost of living, is the economy doing well with fully stocked shelves? Do they showcase locally produced or imported foods?
It’s a great habit to have
Whenever I travel I always head to a supermarket to see what’s in store – literally. In France there are rows and rows of diary products, cheeses yogurts etc. In Italy – as you can imagine – rows and rows of pasta. China had the biggest bags of rice I have ever seen – some larger than horse feed sacks. So I was curious to see what secrets a Croatian supermarket would divulge.
I headed off to a large supermarket in Split, the port town where my cruise started from, and had a good look around. This supermarket was at the base of a ‘Westfield’ style shopping centre and it was the largest supermarket I saw in my month of travel.
Couldn’t believe what I saw
What I saw in the Deli section was surprising to say the least! Everything was pre-processed, wrapped in various plastic covers and only sliced as and when they customer requested it. Not a single area was put aside for fresh meat, sliced ham off the bone or anything like that. Literally everything, including the large varieties of cheese, was processed and wrapped, ready to slice on demand. The French would definitely tout a ‘ohh la la’ at this.
I literally stood there with my mouth open as I walked down the entire glass wall of available treats in this deli, and could not believe what I saw.
So I thought I would show you and see if your reaction is the same as mine. I had to stiffle a giggle at one stage as some of the salami’s and pressed meat wrapping looked more like dog food on first glance, luckily for me it wasn’t.
Travel is the (startling) best.
