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deelix
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PostPosted: Fri, 29th Mar 2013 19:50    Post subject: Supermarkets in your country
Opening and closing hours seem to differ a lot from country to country.
Here it generally is 8-22 (18-20 saturdays) and closed on sundays.

Iv taken for granted that its pretty much the same everywhere else in europe, but after i saw supermarkets in Denmark that closed 19-20 on a daily basis I started to wonder. And being closed on Sunday might be a scandinavian thing, but I only assume...

How is it in your country?
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PostPosted: Fri, 29th Mar 2013 20:07    Post subject:
Pretty good here (so long as you aren't the one working in a supermarket). Most Tesco's are open 24 hours apart from weekends, where they close about 10 or 11pm on Saturday and then early on Sunday.. I think. I think there are some supermarkets that close fairly early on some weekdays, maybe 8pm ish.

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PostPosted: Fri, 29th Mar 2013 20:15    Post subject:
Here in Ontario we got a bunch of supermarkets that are open 24hrs a day.
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PostPosted: Fri, 29th Mar 2013 20:28    Post subject:
nemtep wrote:
Here in Ontario we got a bunch of supermarkets that are open 24hrs a day.


DAT METRO!!! SOBEYS!!! Open 24/7
super market across from m' house closes at 830pm Surprised
But up the street there's a 24/7 hour one.

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nemtep




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PostPosted: Fri, 29th Mar 2013 20:39    Post subject:
Yeah i got those 2 in my city. Gotta love shopping at 3am when theres no one there
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PostPosted: Fri, 29th Mar 2013 20:40    Post subject:
Most are open 8-22 everyday here in Brazil, including sundays. A few are 24/7 (a couple in my town)...
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Sin317
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PostPosted: Fri, 29th Mar 2013 20:56    Post subject:
8-19 weekdays, 8-18 saturday, sunday closed, except at train stations and airports.
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PostPosted: Fri, 29th Mar 2013 21:02    Post subject:
Denmark here, loads of stores open to 22 and 24 here. In copenhagen shitloads of 7/11's around. I live in a tiny town and we have a store open 8-22 all days of the year..a Netto Wink and another similar chain thats open to 7-20 i think
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Newty182




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PostPosted: Fri, 29th Mar 2013 21:12    Post subject:
I can remember many years ago when there weren't many places open on a Sunday, and then after a lot of the big stores said they would start opening on Sundays there was a lot of people protesting against the idea. I remember reading in a paper that a man was going to steal a pack of biscuits every Sunday because he thought shops being open was wrong Laughing Now shops open on xmas day.

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PostPosted: Fri, 29th Mar 2013 21:20    Post subject:
Hmm funny question, just went to the supermarket and it was fucking closed already. Fucking Christian celebration days! Anyway, small town here in the Netherlands, my local supermarket: Mon-Sat 08.00-21.00, Sun closed.
There are 2 supermarkets in this town that are open on Sunday (12.00-18.00) but not near me.
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PostPosted: Fri, 29th Mar 2013 21:28    Post subject:
Sin317 wrote:
8-19 weekdays, 8-18 saturday, sunday closed, except at train stations and airports.
This is exactly how Norway was 20 years ago Wink
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ixigia
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PostPosted: Fri, 29th Mar 2013 22:17    Post subject:
My local supermarket (which is basically the only one here) follows the usual 8:30 - 13:30 -> 15:30 - 20:00..so as you can imagine I'm very often late and that's the main reason why the poor fridge constantly cries. Razz Laughing
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PostPosted: Fri, 29th Mar 2013 22:48    Post subject:
shoprite around NYC and NJ 24/7! woo, and 3.5% sales tax in NJ!

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PostPosted: Fri, 29th Mar 2013 23:04    Post subject:
It depends on the shop, for instance Tesco is opened 24/7. Smile All shopping centres are opened on Sunday though, it's insane that they are closed in some countries, I can't even imagine. Very Happy

Train stations, airports, some pharmacies and certain gas stations are opened 24/7 too.
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PostPosted: Fri, 29th Mar 2013 23:41    Post subject:
One of the things I love in Sweden being able to shop from 8 to 22, being able to shop on a sunday...

Belgium most stores close at 18.00 with the exceptions of the Hypermarkets. those are 19/20.00. And sure you can shop on a sunday but it's more exceptions than anything else. Aka everything is a bit more of a pain.
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PostPosted: Sat, 30th Mar 2013 01:43    Post subject:
since the supermarket i buy at, is a couple villages away (not so far, 10 minutes with the bus, takes around 40 minutes round trip with shopping), i usually buy in bulk anyway, for a couple days at a time. So the opening hours aren't a big issue Smile Plus i usually go in the morning. I hate doing things in the afternoon (except being home on my pc lol).
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PostPosted: Sat, 30th Mar 2013 07:59    Post subject:
ixigia wrote:
My local supermarket (which is basically the only one here) follows the usual 8:30 - 13:30 -> 15:30 - 20:00..so as you can imagine I'm very often late and that's the main reason why the poor fridge constantly cries. Razz Laughing
I had a feeling Italy was pretty much the same as Malta. When I was there my friend was like... nope, we can't go get food now. WHAT? its siesta time... lol. Thought it only was a spanish thing xD


Still wonder about Germany, Austria and NL tho Smile
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PostPosted: Sat, 30th Mar 2013 09:39    Post subject:
Most of our supermarkets are open 8/9 - 22/23. Holidays are the only differences.

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PostPosted: Sat, 30th Mar 2013 09:43    Post subject:
The only days that the supermarkets must close by law in the UK is Christmas Day and Easter Sunday. There's a 24/7 Tesco not too far away and a bunch of other supermarkets that are open anywhere up until 20,21 and 22:00. Supermarkets can only trade 10:00-16:00 on a Sunday due to some outdated, draconian laws that are no longer relevant to modern society, especially with the advent of secularisation.
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Kristian




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PostPosted: Sat, 30th Mar 2013 10:22    Post subject:
I know life is easier in poland.
There they're open like 6-22 all 7 days of the week.
Not like retarded norway where it's illegal to keep open on sundays.
If the shop is tiny, and registered as a kiosk, it can keep open on sundays (pretty much 7/11 and gas stations).

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PostPosted: Sat, 30th Mar 2013 15:45    Post subject:
8-20 everyday except 8-21 on friday. Closed on sunday.

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PostPosted: Sat, 30th Mar 2013 15:50    Post subject:
difm and HubU: where do you guys live?
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PostPosted: Sat, 30th Mar 2013 15:55    Post subject:
I live in Estonia. The greatest wannabe Scandinavian country Sad

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PostPosted: Sat, 30th Mar 2013 20:09    Post subject:
deelix wrote:
ixigia wrote:
My local supermarket (which is basically the only one here) follows the usual 8:30 - 13:30 -> 15:30 - 20:00..so as you can imagine I'm very often late and that's the main reason why the poor fridge constantly cries. Razz Laughing
I had a feeling Italy was pretty much the same as Malta. When I was there my friend was like... nope, we can't go get food now. WHAT? its siesta time... lol. Thought it only was a spanish thing xD

Haha no we have the usual (standard) lunch break and that's it. We're not "hard workers" though so we can say that it's basically always siesta time Laughing
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deelix
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PostPosted: Sat, 30th Mar 2013 20:39    Post subject:
No wonder why there is a huge economical crisis in southern Europe Pffchh
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PostPosted: Sat, 30th Mar 2013 21:57    Post subject:
Luckily Norway is rich because they are all super hard workers there and not because of the oil.
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PostPosted: Sat, 30th Mar 2013 22:26    Post subject:
ixigia wrote:
deelix wrote:
ixigia wrote:
My local supermarket (which is basically the only one here) follows the usual 8:30 - 13:30 -> 15:30 - 20:00..so as you can imagine I'm very often late and that's the main reason why the poor fridge constantly cries. Razz Laughing
I had a feeling Italy was pretty much the same as Malta. When I was there my friend was like... nope, we can't go get food now. WHAT? its siesta time... lol. Thought it only was a spanish thing xD

Haha no we have the usual (standard) lunch break and that's it. We're not "hard workers" though so we can say that it's basically always siesta time Laughing


standard?? In rome everything was always open but i was on holiday in northern italy once and pretty much everything died for 3 hours in the midday every day. It was crazy hot tho
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PostPosted: Sat, 30th Mar 2013 22:36    Post subject:
zipfero wrote:
ixigia wrote:
deelix wrote:
I had a feeling Italy was pretty much the same as Malta. When I was there my friend was like... nope, we can't go get food now. WHAT? its siesta time... lol. Thought it only was a spanish thing xD

Haha no we have the usual (standard) lunch break and that's it. We're not "hard workers" though so we can say that it's basically always siesta time Laughing


standard?? In rome everything was always open but i was on holiday in northern italy once and pretty much everything died for 3 hours in the midday every day. It was crazy hot tho

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PostPosted: Sat, 30th Mar 2013 23:44    Post subject:
deelix wrote:

Still wonder about Germany

7:30/20:00 mostly,closed on sundays.Netto keeps open until 22:00 if the town is big enough
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PostPosted: Sun, 31st Mar 2013 00:12    Post subject:
Every day 8-22:00, Sundays 8-18:00 you lazy bums Very Happy
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