Supermarket

Supermarkets are different...

1. Most supermarkets are small (except for the beer selection) and Germans only buy a few things - not much room in their tiny refrigerators.

 2. The lettuce has just come from the farm - the whole lettuce plant is for sale with all of the farm dirt included.

3. The price already includes the tax. When I paid €1.35 for the Colgate toothpaste, that was all I had to pay for it, VAT (value-added tax) included.

4. You are charged for some glass and plastic containers (PFAND) that you can then return to the store to get your money back (check out the receipt below). On our brewery tour last week, we learned that on average, beer bottles can be reused 40 - 50 times before they become too fragile. In between their beers, Germans find the sobriety to be conscientious of the environment! Go Germans!

5. Check out this AMAZING beer selection... It's great because you can buy just one bottle if you want.

This one I tried last night and it was very tasty!

Now, I'm off to the grocery store to recycle my bottle (and maybe to try another one)!