Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Delhaize and Confused



Delhaize is the Food Lion of Leuven. I am not speaking figuratively: Delhaize was founded in Belgium and owns Food Lion in the US, and uses the same logo.

It is also the highest quality supermarket in Leuven. This is not relative; it is actually a high quality store here.

Sorry, North Carolina: that store at which you would never deign to shop is actually the offspring of a fancy European market.

Chew on that.
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3 comments:

  1. Neil DaveJanuary 22, 2010 at 7:44 PM

    wow, some European elitism much?

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  2. NicoJanuary 23, 2010 at 11:41 AM

    Imagine my surprise when I walked into a Food Lion after just having moved to North Carolina about 7 years ago... sheer horror my friend!

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  3. Sofie & BartFebruary 8, 2010 at 1:09 PM

    And the other way around. Trader Joe's in the US is owned by Aldi, which is the cheapest super market in Belgium with the worst reputation. While in SF, Trader Joe's was hip and cool. And they sell the same stuff. Ha!

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