I'm not in Germany, but the same pattern repeats across Europe. I wouldn't choose the budget stores, except there's one on the ground floor of my building. I still don't like it -- it's obviously extremely convenient for me, but the goods are arranged badly, and the whole shop stinks of stale beer from the bottle return.
If I want food to do proper cooking, I walk two-three minutes to a nicer supermarket :-)
> It is like you are subject to some German Blitzkrieg or something
Given it's in Germany, a British firebombing would have been the more-likely cause...
> the whole shop stinks of stale beer from the bottle return
Which is probably why Lidl moved the bottle return to a separate entry which is not connected to the aisles. Yes, it stinks of stale beer in there sometimes, but you only have to be in there for a few seconds to return your bottles.
If I want food to do proper cooking, I walk two-three minutes to a nicer supermarket :-)
> It is like you are subject to some German Blitzkrieg or something
Given it's in Germany, a British firebombing would have been the more-likely cause...