The Amazingly Odd Things Americans Do

Really, Really Big Grocery Stores

The U.S. was famous for decades with its grocery stores, symbols of American consumerism. Then we invented big box stores. Now we have big boxes for food, for hardware, for clothing, furniture and even stores for just jackets and coats. The idea is so catching, big box stores have been showing up in Europe as well as China. No surprise, now we have super-store complexes that are even bigger.