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Grocery Shopping in Italy

I love to go grocery shopping. I also like to look at other people’s shopping carts to see what they are buying. Call it a strange personality disorder if you want. Nevertheless, I know some of you aren’t well-travelled and might be curious about the way Italians live their regular lives (when they’re not dealing with tourists). So here are a few pictures (taken discreetly) at a local Supermercato:

In these pictures you’re going to see a lot of things that look familiar. The Italian stores have the same basic set up as those in the US.

One surprise is that Italian grocery stores don’t offer fresh fish on Mondays. If you were looking for a fish fillet or clams today……….

Americans love yogurt, but Italians REALLY love yogurt. This whole section is a shrine to every kind of yogurt imaginable.

SCONTO is sale in Italian. By the way, my cousin cooked up these chickens and they were absolutely wonderful.

Oh, Italians hate standing in line, just like us.

But the clerks are very nice. Probably because they get to sit down on thejob.