That’s how it is in the Netherlands. I’m not gonna lie sometimes I do miss the vast choice you find in french hypermarkets but mostly because it’s also accompanied by very qualitative and just downright tasty stuff, but for daily life the small, nearby shops like in NL are definitely best.
US driving-based infrastructure is fucked. Stores should be small and 15 minute walk away and sell bread and sometimes feel oddly sapphic in a way.
That’s how it is in the Netherlands. I’m not gonna lie sometimes I do miss the vast choice you find in french hypermarkets but mostly because it’s also accompanied by very qualitative and just downright tasty stuff, but for daily life the small, nearby shops like in NL are definitely best.