First Grocery Shopping Trip

No more matter where you are, you need to eat.  And, for us right now that means we go to the Carrefour, which is super close to our apartment.  For the most part, it is very much like an American supermarket.  They have a few extra cheese aisles and an entire aisle devoted to little cookies.  Plus, there are about a hundred yogurt choices.  There is even a little foreign food section, with Asian and American foods.

Our first day here, still a little jetlagged, but needing some nourishment, we picked out a few items and went to check out.  All was going very smoothly until the cashier asked us something about our celery.  We didn’t really understand, but thought that maybe it was related to the fact that we had not put it in a bag. But, then she had a problem with the carrots and cucumbers too. Then, seeing that we didn’t understand, she went and showed us  what needed to be done, which is to weigh the produce and get a sticker for the bag before you go checkout.  The cashier was super helpful and patient and it ended up being a successful shopping trip, plus we learned what to do for next time.

We’ve also noticed scanners at the Géant (the really big grocery store), but haven’t figured out what those are for yet.  Maybe we’ll meet some more helpful cashiers on our next grocery shopping trip.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *