What should I say instead? I meant it in the sense that for French people it's a normal or typical grocery store: a national chain that has most of what you need for weekly shopping, found in a lot of places, not upscale like Monoprix or discount like Leader Price or Aldi...
Like I said, I completely understand...I am just bemoaning the state of American grocery stores! Your photo alone shows the difference!!! Greetings from the Midwest.
I completely understand what you were trying to say, but the Carrefour is not anything like a Safeway, at least not any I know! ;-)
What should I say instead? I meant it in the sense that for French people it's a normal or typical grocery store: a national chain that has most of what you need for weekly shopping, found in a lot of places, not upscale like Monoprix or discount like Leader Price or Aldi...
Like I said, I completely understand...I am just bemoaning the state of American grocery stores! Your photo alone shows the difference!!! Greetings from the Midwest.