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Re:Paris Mayor: It's Time for a '15-Minute City' by rsynnott on Saturday February 22, 2020 @11:36AM (#22391851)
I think CVS-style shops are a uniquely American thing, no? I was pretty confused by them on first visiting San Francisco (why is this a combination of products that makes sense? Is the candy aisle right beside where you buy statins some sort of elaborate joke?)
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Re:Paris Mayor: It's Time for a '15-Minute City' by thaumasiotes on Saturday February 22, 2020 @12:56PM (#22392287)
I assume they sell candy for the same reason art supply stores sell candy -- it's easy to sell, because people like it.

The combination of products is basically "everything you might find at a 'supermarket' in another country, except for the food", and I assume it's that way because grocery stores are primarily dedicated to food. If you took the food out of a Carrefour, what would it be selling?

(We also have stores on the "full supermarket" model, Walmart and Target.)

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