When Every Ketchup but One Went Extinct

Re:When Every Ketchup but One Went Extinct by Ringz on Thursday February 15, 2024 @05:42PM (#39390262)

I'd like to clarify that I never "accused" American supermarkets of having less variety. In fact, my comment was aimed at expressing surprise at hearing such an accusation for the first time. Furthermore, I honestly don't necessarily find the 2-4 times brand diversity in American supermarkets to be particularly diverse, especially when comparing it to, for example, German supermarkets. Additionally, the size of a market does not imply "more brands" but usually means more space for the same brands, which doesn't necessarily equate to a greater variety.

But I honestly think U.S.S.upermarkets are great!

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Re:When Every Ketchup but One Went Extinct by deaddodo on Thursday February 15, 2024 @05:52PM (#39390389)

> Additionally, the size of a market does not imply "more brands" but usually means more space for the same brands, which doesn't necessarily equate to a greater variety.

Well, just being someone who grew up in US and living in the EU now. As well as traveling quite prolificly throughout, I can attest (anecdotally, at least), that it does correlate to a larger brand diversity.

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Re:When Every Ketchup but One Went Extinct by Ringz on Friday February 16, 2024 @05:00AM (#39395120)

Yeah, but it does not imply it.

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Re:When Every Ketchup but One Went Extinct by deaddodo on Friday February 16, 2024 @07:16AM (#39395919)

The point is that for all the stereotypes that American grocers/supermarkets are inundated with, lack of brand diversity/options is not usually one of them.

Implications, inferences, and outright suppositions aside.

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