Albert Heinous

For those of you in the unfortunate position of residing in the Netherlands Albert Hein needs no introduction.
For those of you who don't let me fill you in.
It's supposed to be this countries' premiere supermarket.
It isn't.
It's a scuzz hole - think Moscow circa 1975 - they never have what you want , they never have enough staff - unless there is only two customers in the store then there's about 50 shelf stackers getting in your way ( I think they all hide in the back when it gets busy ) , most of the stuff on the shelves is past sell by , when you can finally locate an employee they are oh so helpful like only the dutch can be, they completely over package everything- eg meat vacuum packed then put in a polystyrene tray then sealed in a plastic bag and get this my North American friends - they don't take credit cards !

Now I know what you are thinking tax dodgers ! Why doesn''t he go somewhere else then ? Well I do, but that involves going by bike and there's only so much shopping you can ferry on a bike. So I struggle on with it daydreaming of Fred Meyer or all those lovely UK supermarkets.