Supermarket
There are a lot of different supermarket companies in the Netherlands, for example Albert Heijn, C1000, Aldi and Jumbo. They sell many different kinds of food, magazines, toiletries and some household goods (usually no clothing). You can find at least one supermarket in every district.
Bags
In supermarkets you can get good plastic bags to carry your groceries, but usually you will have to pay for them. So it will save you money if you take a bag with you when you go to the supermarket.
Eating habits in the Netherlands
The general meals of the Dutch:
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Breakfast : sandwiches or cereals like cornflakes or Weetabix.
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Lunch : again sandwiches. Unlike other countries, it is rare to have a hot meal for lunch.
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Diner : potatoes, vegetables and some meat and for dessert (fruit-) yoghurt or (home-made) porridge. Typically Dutch is to put the potatoes and the vegetables together and make a ‘hotchpotch’ of it.
But, as you will see when you come into a supermarket or a restaurant, you can get a lot more than the Dutch diner described above. Holland is multicultural country and there are many multicultural food-products for sale. If you don’t like potatoes, don’t worry, you will still have a lot to choose, like pasta, pizza, rice, taco, bami, noodles, tortilla and so on.
