And in France. Stores like HEMA and Kruidvat have stores in France as well. I even saw a HEMA opened in Mexico or something along that line a while ago, dont know how that expansion is going.
@@TheSuperappelflap they are now focusing on the netherlands, belgium and France. They quit all other countries like the UK and Spain. They have a few store in Germany and Austria as well
The needing your receipt to exit thing is only applicable to the self checkout queue. No need for that when going through the normal checkout line. Just one of the multiple precautions (next to random checks if you scanned everything) to prevent theft.
There are so many things sold in Dutch supermarkets that you cant find anywhere else. The hundreds of types of cheese, the frikandelbroodjes, hagelslag, drop, I could go on for a long time.
@@dutchgamer842 I was on holliday in Germany and I went looking for hagelslag because my bf likes it, couldnt find it anywhere. We might have been in the wrong store, we went to a globus, it really seemed like they had everything (well everything except hagelslag)
@@dutchgamer842 I think thats mostley near the border, because we like to do our grocceries cheap and go across the border for that and cheaper gass (though even germany is catching up in the prices of some stuff)
11:20 The reason they do this is because Belgium is both Dutch and French speaking. This makes it so that the product can be sold in The Netherlands, Belgium and France, without any need for different prints on the packaging.
15:00 Pindakaas means Peanut Cheese yes. This is because the word butter is a 'protected word' and is only allowed to be named if it contains at least 80% butter. Peanut butter has about 85% peanut so it's nit allowed to be called butter. It's crazy, I know😂
Spar is not german its founded in zegwaarth and now headquartered in amsterdam. It stands for "Door Eendrachtig Samenwerken Profiteren Allen Regelmatig" in english "Through united co-operation everyone profits equally"
And like so it was called "De Spar". (The Spar). I think in the video she showed a small Spar shop, because normally it are normal supermarkets, with a lot of choices. Coop (formerly Coöp) is almost gone and taken over by Plus, but also some stores are now Jumbo. The vegatables of Lidl are very good in The Netherlands (so my wife tells me, and she knows), Aldi (we never go there) is some lesser. She said that the short for Albert Heijn is 'á' but the short AH is spoken as 'ahà' Marqt: heard of it, never been there. EkoPLaza: sells all kind of alternatives, biological vegatables, all kinds of biological produced groceries. Mostly expensive... Dirk: yeah, well, we avoid the stortes.... they have good groceries, claim to be cheap, but mostly just not what we are looking for. Example: we looked for our brand of jam, they had 2 kinds, other supermarkets moslty 10... The 2 they had, weren't the ones we needed. And she forgot Hoogvliet, a big one in the west of the Netherlands. Look a bit like Dirk, but having more choices.
Dirk has been voted best value supermarket for a while now.. Last time i went to lidl i was in shocked to see the prices… they make their supermarket look cheap.. maar stiekum 👀.
13:40 you only require the receipt for the self-checkout stations, if u dont end up buying anything u can just leave through the normal checkout or ask an employee to open the gate at the self-checkouts
I'm a Lidl fan. Good quality for little money. But I also buy at Albert Heijn, Jumbo and sometimes Dirk. And by the way, for spices, dried beans and things like rice, I visit a toko. That's cheaper than buying at the supermarket.
I go to ekoplaza sometimes for specific things like organic lemons and oranges, when I want to make cocktails or cook something that you need lemon/orange zest for. If you buy non-organic citrus fruits, they are all treated with pesticides and you shouldnt eat the peels of those. But it is very expensive to shop there, a small net of organic oranges costs like 4 euro
8:40: Vomar, Deen and Dekamarkt are all founded as family-businesses in Noord-Holland. Deen doesn't exist anymore. This typical familyconcern couldn't no longer conquer with the big, concerns with supermarkets all over the country. The supermarkets are sold to Albert Heijn (Appie), Vomar and Dekamarkt. How funny, that the photo's of Deen and Dekamarkt in this video are of the supermarkt where we do our shopping: in the little village Blokker. At first this was a Deen. But now after the takeover it is a Dekamarkt. The balloons on the photo are for celebrating the opening of the rebranded shop...
@@laptopbread C1000, Konmar and Super de Boer weren't just in the south. They were all over the country. Just Laurus sold Konmar and Edah, most Konmar were sold to AH, Edah was sold to Sligro&Sperwer, which rebranded into Emte and Plus, Sligro sold Emte to Jumbo and Coop, so Emte is gone now. Jumbo was small and bought Super de Boer and sold locations to C1000. Schuitema/C1000 was for 73% part of Ahold, Ahold traded in 70+ C1000 stores these became Albert Heijn, C1000 got sold to an investor, C1000 started working together with Jumbo, the investment company wanted to sell C1000, Jumbo bought it and most C1000 stores became Jumbo including C1000 stores that formerly were Super de Boer and some were sold. This is how Jumbo became the 2nd supermarket in the Netherlands after AH. So no C1000, Super de Boer weren't just in the south
3:04 most of the prices in grocery stores post-covid here in the Netherlands have basically doubled compared to pre-covid. At least thats what I've noticed, but some products were increased by around 1.5 times, while others got closer to triple. So it could also depend on which products you buy.
germans driving to dutch supermarkets only to get Vla. or asking their relatives who go to NL to bring home some Vla on their way home. A very common thing to ask someone who traveled to the NL from Germany is: "Did you try Vla?"
@@anouk6644Yeah but not for meds, only for things like shampoo, soap, deo etc. Germans go to the Kruidvat or Etos in the Netherlands for paracetamol, Ibuprofen, melatonin and other meds
AH isn’t the most expensive supermarket if you go for AH brands and for the weekly deals. Aldi and Lidl aren’t the cheapest supermarkets anymore. If you want to keep it cheap go for the deals in several supermarkets per week. Supermarkets are always nearby in cities and larger villages. In cities, you’ll often find night shops/supermarkets that are open during the night. Germany has the best bread. Austria, Swiss and Polands have really great bread too. Best dutch bread, visit your local backer. Supermarkets have good breads too; go for 100% full grain breads. Old Amsterdam isn’t Old Cheese, it’s a brand name.
AH used to be expensive and they haven't been the most expensive for almost 30 years, it was AH that started a "prijzenoorlog" a few times, which inturn made a lot of competition vanishing,, by either merging with others, getting sold or going bankrupt
Coop should be pronounced as co op it comes from coöperatie. Coop is seizing to exist and taken over by plus. I prefer the Lidl. I think the Dutch bread is the best 😉. The France language is because of Belgium. To make production cheaper they produce for both countries together. You only need a receipt to leave at the selfscan checkout to prevent stealing.
AH is actually one of my favourites because they are really good at showing allergens. They showcase on most of their products little symbols if its gluten and or lactose free. Really convenient for people who otherwise always need to read all labels.
AH is actually pronounced AHAA and is named after Albert Heijn who was it's founder and many people call it Appie.. Another supermarket that has many stores is Vomar. If have never seen any Marqt or ecoplaza stores here in the3 North of Holland.
I walked into the Jumbo today around 14:00 and smelled freshly baked croissants. They're still 4 for €1. Getting them warm and crispy is the best. On that grid I'm a lidl jumbo guy, i missed my favourite but heard it later in the vid. I preffer the illusive and hard to pronounce Hoogvliet. Nice vid Mert Ned. 👍
Albert Heijn is usually the slightly more expensive one but still the biggest market share. It's grown a lot internationally (Belgium, USA) and it's certainly the largest company of them all, so it must have been doing something right.
Scanning your receipt is the result of the self-scan. Scan you own groceries and pay. But there are random scan checks to prevent people not scanning all their groceries.
Albert Heijn has the name of being expensive but that isn't true. In the end, some products are cheaper in a certain supermarket but at the end it doesn't matter that much. At least not with the groceries I buy. I always go to the Albert Heijn. I tried others but never really saw a big difference in price and the Albert Heijn is close by and a really nice one to go to. The one close to me has a cash self-checkout so that's something I like a lot and don't see in a lot of other supermarkets.
5:12 I work at the lidl part time. We have been seeing an increase in customers because the Jumbo and Albert Heijn are getting quite expensive. Though they house certain products that people come back for that lidl doesn't have. Lidl is seen as cheaper and we have a lot of copy cat products that are cheaper than the branded stuff. The deals change every week and our app has tons of discounts hidden in it (which is annoying, I wish we could rid of the whole scan for bonus stuff and just implemented it for everyone). All the markets do it to keep you coming back or to make you spend time on the app. And we have a lot of non-food products which can be very random. Items like clothes or notepads... or kids toys, it changes so much. Lastly the themes. Every so often Lidl has either themed or "deluxe" products that fit around holidays or just for fun. It's mainly special food items for example we had Japan; so we sold things like buns, yakitori, nori sheets, all that stuff.
Dutch and germans have the best bread and , also sweets from the bakery in germany have less sugar in it as other countries in europe thats why i like it so much 😋🥨🥯🫓
AH & Jumbo are my two go-to's. They are en-route on my way back home from work. I'm single and bike a lot, so cheap(er) bulk buying like in Aldi/Lidl just isn't my thing.
Albert Heijn is indeed most common since they been buying out allot of competition as soon they struggle, why it is made to sound expensive is because the competitors are all very cheap in comparison. Albert Heijn drives prices up quite quickly and using its market dominance to do so with being there in abundance and getting rid of competition, Albert Heijn is also most vocal of not being that happy with the enforced trend that is being kept in place of having active store deals so they always had the card as a extra hurdle so shave for their profit way of operating.
i just either visit the supermarket very near to my house; coop or the one i pass on the way back from work, jumbo. i dont really look at the price. convenience is more important to me.
You only need the receipt for self check-out. The receipt has a barcode on it, that you’ll have to scan in order for the security gate to open. It’s to prevent stealing.
i shop at ah, jumbo, plus and lidl. plus for general stuff and normal bread, lidl and jumbo for some specific items and the pasteries. ah mostly for meat.
They did not mention self scan. I do not know if this is common in other countries but many supermarkets here have to options to scan your products yourself so we can avoid long ques and save time; which is the most valued resource in our country. Our Jumbo even rewards you for doing the work of their cashiers, which are still present to do age checks for alcohol, random checks or the people whom prefer to pay with cash by the way. But you get a card and and a certain amount you get free stroopwafels!
Yeah so Marqkt and Ekoplaza I am not familiar with at all but I guess that's of the location where I live. What we have here is limited to Albert Heijn, Jumbo, Plus, Coop, Lidl and Aldi. Lots of Dutchies buy their groceries at Aldi and or Lidl. However their prices have sky rocketed as well after the pandemic and in general cost of living has gone up just like in the UK. So the Dutchies that live close to the german boarder will go and buy grocieries there more often than before. In general the supermarkets in the NL are on the smaller size and if you want "rare"products I suggest going to the Albert Heijn or a foreign supermarket. For if they don't have it, none other will. The bigger supermarkets are sometimes promoted as XL supermarkets and will most often be located in the more populated areas.
We mostly shop at Albert Heijn and Jumbo, mostly depending on our needs and the discounts of that week. Lidl we do sometimes, just to see if there something to find on the middle isles 😉 Aldi we do not come often, only when they sell something special... We also have a Dirk nearby, but we don't like the shop. (see my reaction somewhere below) And that is it for the daily needs. And sure, when we are staying in another town and need something: we use the local supermarket(s) overthere, could be Spar or Plus (is a good supermarket, not the cheapest) or whatever others there exist overthere, like regional ones. As far as I know, we do not have supermarkets open for 24 hours. In big cities some are open to 22:00 hrs or even midnight.
Jumbo is mostly big in the south of the country. And yes their buns and bread is really affordable. You can get 4 croissants or buns (or a mix) for 1 euro.
Only on the self check out you need your receipt to leave the store. Also at the entrance of the store you fins scanners, so you can scan and bag your items while shopping. Than when paying just scan the code on the self checkout machine and you can pay than leaving your groceries bagged. Every now and than someone eandom can get checked to prevent stealing.
You only need your receipt to leave the store (most of the grocery stores), if you are making use of the self scan area to scan and pay your groceries.
The pre packaged veggies are awesome. We buy pre packaged, precut iceberg letuce all the time. 200 grams costs 1.09 euros. We buy them prepackaged because a whole lettuce head is too much for us 2 to eat in one go. We usually put it on a bun with a hamburger. She tried to trick you with the Peanut cheese. Its peanut butter but in Dutch we say Pindakaas and "Pinda" translates to peanut and "kaas" translates to cheese. I dont know why we call it peanutcheese, I think butter is a better description.
The word butter is protected in the Netherlands. It has to contain 80% butter in order to be called butter. Peanut butter would be a peanut flavored butter instead of peanut butter. Even though the word cheese is protected as well but if it’s one word “pindakaas” it’s fine. Just like “smeltkaas” en “smeerkaas” which are no cheeses either cause they got to little amounts of cheese in it to be called cheese.
I always do my shopping at Lidl and Dirk, best quality and cheap, i only go to Albert Heijn when something is cheap on bonus, like get 2 for 1, mostly for meat and the bistro potatoes (those small ones) are in different flavours and are really cheap and delicious
We have many types of bread, freshly baked every day. It contains little or no preservatives and very little sugar, especially compared to bread from America, for example. Albert Heijn and Lidl sell very good and tasty bread and many varieties. The local bakery is also recommended. So far I think our country sells the tastiest bread and Turkish bread is also baked and sold here ☺️
1:35 There are more brands, but you can't reasonably choose between all of them, some being further away. Generally, towns have a couple depending on the number of inhabitants, the number of shops present in scrounging villages, and randomness. We have 6 orso.
albert heijn is more expensive than most supermarkets in the netherlands. but at AH you can reliably find what you are looking for. if you are looking to buy from huge companies like coca cola etc you should come to AH.
5:29 also those salads are pretty good, though that chicken texture is not for me (shrimp is my favourite). What I wanted to point out is hiring practices. Ah and Jumbo are big supermarkets but their staff consists of teens looking for a part time job. Because 15+ year olds are cheaper to pay than adults, in some areas they will not hire you if you're "too expensive" aka too old for a part time job. But I've noticed that ,at my lidl, we barely have teenagers. They hire older folk and any 20-something with ok credentials who can help out. And we get paid pretty well imo.
Only white bread, but certainly not the darker kinds like full wheat. The same can be said about German bread, white bread is the best, but the darker kinds are sour dough breads. The darker breads are certainly the best in The Netherlands.
I think the Germans would disagree. Personally, I think most German bread is too dense and too dark. I prefer the lighter, fluffier Dutch bread. But also the Italian bread is amazing. It's just where your preferences lie.
due to the fact most of the time supermarkets are close to eachother ill first go to teither Lidl or aldi and get things that dont really matter in quality or selection. then i visit the Jumbo or AH for the rest depending on which has better sales at the moment.
As a Dutman who lived in Malaysia “ Penang”. I live in the city where the first Albert Heijn is. Around it there is an open air museum “Zaanse Schans”. Love your accent btw ✌🏼 Which part of GB are you from? 👍🏼
Please note that the syrup waffle originates from the city of Gouda, please note that the cheese in the film was called Old Amsterdam, remember that Old Amsterdam cheese may not be called old cheese, in the Netherlands cheese may be called old if the cheese is at least 12 months old, the name Old Amsterdam is a brand name.
Lidl and Aldi are both German supermarkets. They are cheaper because many products are placed on a pallet, safing time and money displaying all the products.
8:34 'Normal' markets tend to be expensive, and many are on work days, so, in my experience, they attract more elderly people and people of high income groups. The reason ekoplaza and similar more expensive brends are mainly found in the west, is because the riches people live there. Spar is an exeption, they have a large presence in villages where there are less customers. People buy most things somewhere else and the things they forgot, they buy there at the higher price so they do not have to travel as much. People like their bikes, but biking two kilometers on with small children or at a high age just to get fresh vegetables is not very pleasant, especcially where cars drive 80km/h and biking lines are few.
That cost to selection graph makes no sense to me. Lidl has a pretty wilde selection were i live and spar has almost nothing. But maybe that is just the case near me. I usually go to albert heijn, Jumbo or Vomar. Albert heijn and Jumbo bevause of the selection and bevause of the hand scanners that you get at the entrance with which you scan all items on your way trough the store , and then you just pay and leave, no lines. And Vomar has a lot of stuff and is 3 minutes walking from my house, while the others are 10 minutes walking away..
You see, in stores like AH, they have to pay people to stock the shelves, in the cheap stores (like ALDI), they just have rows of boxes with food and drinks that you have to take out of the boxes youself and so they just have to pay a cassiere. Feels shabby to go to but saves a lot of money you see.
The best bread you can get anywhere in Europe is fresh bread from a bakery. Doesnt really matter where you go. Although in Germany I have to be a bit careful what I get because I dont like the sourdough bread that they usually eat over there, but they also have rye bread and other types, so its possible to find something edible.
For me its Jumbo and Aldi because they are the 2 closes to my home. The precut fresh stuff isn't that more expensive so for a single persone unless i need something thats not in it i just buy those.
She forgot Vomar. Its the quality of Albert Hein and Jumbo but with the low prices of Aldi and Lidl and even cheaper than it as the banana's at lidl where 1,99 for 1 kilo in the video at vomar its 1,49 for 1 kilo
AH, compare Sainsbury's; Jumbo compare to Tesco; there's also some playing in the ASDA space. The average per-product margin in Dutch supermarkets is (due to the competition). Spar these days is like Spar in Scotland: neighbourhood emergency wee shops (like VG etc)
Dirk can't be found everywhere, mainly in the western part of the Netherlands (North & South Holland). In the northern provinces (Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe you also have Poiesz grocery store. From the Government the opening times for stores are between 06:00 and 22:00 (10PM). The local city government decides about if and when a store can be open on Sunday but it must be between 6:00 and 22:00 (10PM) You can pay with card but it is only debit card, not credit card as that is a different pay and computersystem. A variety of products can be found all over Europe and that is also why you find more than just Dutch as language on packaging.
@@mandje2002 😃Assen is lucky. Groningen, Zwolle, Maastricht, Eindhoven, Den Bosch, Tilburg, Leeuwarden don't have one. The most northern town for Dirk's is Drachten.
When you do it smart and buy everything in the bonus at albert heijn you are actually cheaper with it. You have a lot of 1+1 free with meat epecially there.
Ik ga voor de meeste boodschappen naar de AH of Boni omdat die op loopafstand zijn. Het brood van de supermarkt is goede genoeg om te eten. In het weekend koop ik luxe brood bij de bakker dat wordt nog met de hand gemaakt en de hele dag vers gebakken. Daar kan supermarkt brood niet tegen op. Ik denk dat je in Nederland, België, Duitsland, Frankrijk Italië en Spanje heel lekker brood hebt. Ik eet liever lekker brood en minder dan goedkoop brood. Bij EKO zijn de productie biologisch. Vaak hebben ze ook vers gebakken brood en voo rmensen met voedselallergie hebben ze meer keuze. Bijvoorbeeld glutenvrij of zonder zout en suiker.
I get my stuff delivered by Jumbo because I am an ivalide but I would shop at Dirk if it was closer. Dirk sells brands at a discount they are about 18 percent cheaper.
If I need something I go to Albert Heijn because I have been coming there cince I was little and I know what products they have and where to find them. Its just convenience Because I know my way around the AH and if I go to Jumbo im searing for 15 minutes before I know where to find the thing i need. In my village the AH and the Jumbo are right across from eachother in the same mall. Litterally if you go right coming down from the escalators you walk into AH and if you go left you walk into Jumbo. I only go to Jumbo if they dont have the product im searching for at the AH. Aldi and Lidl are everywhere here! We also have a Lidl here but Im lazy and its outside of the shopping mall so I also only go there for specific things (like a certain brand hayfever pills because they only sell them there or chocolate because they have the best chocolate imo)
Aldi still has somebody at the telly, even in the evening, while AH has gone for self-telly's in the evening. AH has a better selection of goods if you are one or two persons you cook for, mixed green vegetable bags of 250 gram, so you can mix & match for a tast change. Lidle, food for four or bigger, big portions, but the goods reclame is often plenty in stock off. Belgium, products from belgium. AH has shops there. Aldi & Lidle in Belgium & France. Broccoli, I buy at the Aldi, from the freezer, it's better then the warm one, since that one is wrapped in plastic and any animals, can't get out, so keep living in it. Basically, the freezer has it fresher, stupid, but true.
I personally am not a fan of AH. They only offer discounts when you scan a card which lets them track your shopping behaviour. The only thing they got going for them is the opening hours. They are often open 2 hours longer than their competitors like Coop/Plus or Aldi.
I live in the Netherlands and I am a true bread person, but i have to say Germany for sure has the best bread. You can not beat the Germans and their amazing bread, the French is on the packaging because most chains have stores in Belgium and in Belgium its either Dutch of French. but a lot of products come in English too
Jumbo is often cheaper because Albert Heijn upcharches a lot, its a bad chain when it comes to treating farmers fairly etc. Ahold is their CEO and they pay their workers worse than other chains ngl But Albert Heijn does have more international foods compared to other stores. When i go abroad on holiday i realise how spoiled the dutch are in terms of produce, we get so many different types of fresh veggies
The actual workers benefit at appie are actually really quite good though. A lot of neglect regarding logistics workers though that work in appie warehouses under third party contracts
Hallo! I've been living in the netherlands for my entire life and this is a short summory of all supermarkets (according to me) from worst to best In my life, I have never heard of marqt or ekoplaza, but maybe that's because I live in the east. Spar is expensive and the stores are very... sparse😁. They are handy for buying bigger products. next is albert heijn and they are always everywhere but way too small with almost no variety. then Dirk, they are not everywhere but if you find them, they are very cheap. If you love Dirk, you only go to Dirk. then Coop, they are pretty expensive, but suuuuuuper nice then lidl, It's the cheapest option, but I don't like the vibe and they are very new. Most students go here. After Lidl Aldi is next, they are the same but very relaxed so that should be the best right? nope, there is one more PLUS, which is like coop, but not as expensive. but realistically, the reason I put this best is bc it's the closest one and I always go to it!
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The French text on the packaging is because the same products are often sold in the same packaging in Belgium.
And in France. Stores like HEMA and Kruidvat have stores in France as well. I even saw a HEMA opened in Mexico or something along that line a while ago, dont know how that expansion is going.
@@TheSuperappelflap Only the rich buy in supermarkets in Mexico.
@@TheSuperappelflap they are now focusing on the netherlands, belgium and France. They quit all other countries like the UK and Spain. They have a few store in Germany and Austria as well
@@cheeta92 ah okay but they are still in France? Glad I got that right at least.
@@TheSuperappelflap they have 66 stores, inside info 😆
The needing your receipt to exit thing is only applicable to the self checkout queue. No need for that when going through the normal checkout line. Just one of the multiple precautions (next to random checks if you scanned everything) to prevent theft.
@@DaveJansenTPV New AH stores also require the reciept with the regular checkout
There are so many things sold in Dutch supermarkets that you cant find anywhere else. The hundreds of types of cheese, the frikandelbroodjes, hagelslag, drop, I could go on for a long time.
You can find hagelslag in Belgium and in Germany, drop isn't typically Dutch at all
@@dutchgamer842 I was on holliday in Germany and I went looking for hagelslag because my bf likes it, couldnt find it anywhere. We might have been in the wrong store, we went to a globus, it really seemed like they had everything (well everything except hagelslag)
@@kevartje1295 They have it at Rewe from De Ruiter, they even have Chocomel (the yellow tetra packs)
@@dutchgamer842 I think thats mostley near the border, because we like to do our grocceries cheap and go across the border for that and cheaper gass (though even germany is catching up in the prices of some stuff)
@@dutchgamer842 Oh yeah we saw a rewe but we didnt go inside. Oh well, at the globus they had plenty to choose from.
11:20 The reason they do this is because Belgium is both Dutch and French speaking. This makes it so that the product can be sold in The Netherlands, Belgium and France, without any need for different prints on the packaging.
15:00 Pindakaas means Peanut Cheese yes. This is because the word butter is a 'protected word' and is only allowed to be named if it contains at least 80% butter.
Peanut butter has about 85% peanut so it's nit allowed to be called butter.
It's crazy, I know😂
Peanut butter originally came in blocks and could be cut .
Spar is not german its founded in zegwaarth and now headquartered in amsterdam. It stands for "Door Eendrachtig Samenwerken Profiteren Allen Regelmatig" in english "Through united co-operation everyone profits equally"
And like so it was called "De Spar". (The Spar). I think in the video she showed a small Spar shop, because normally it are normal supermarkets, with a lot of choices.
Coop (formerly Coöp) is almost gone and taken over by Plus, but also some stores are now Jumbo.
The vegatables of Lidl are very good in The Netherlands (so my wife tells me, and she knows), Aldi (we never go there) is some lesser.
She said that the short for Albert Heijn is 'á' but the short AH is spoken as 'ahà'
Marqt: heard of it, never been there. EkoPLaza: sells all kind of alternatives, biological vegatables, all kinds of biological produced groceries. Mostly expensive...
Dirk: yeah, well, we avoid the stortes.... they have good groceries, claim to be cheap, but mostly just not what we are looking for. Example: we looked for our brand of jam, they had 2 kinds, other supermarkets moslty 10... The 2 they had, weren't the ones we needed.
And she forgot Hoogvliet, a big one in the west of the Netherlands. Look a bit like Dirk, but having more choices.
Well done!! Very few would know that. There is a Spar in Mozart's house in Salzburg weirdly enough. Do you know what HEMA stands for?
@@joebloggs2473 Hollandse Eenheidsprijzen Maatschappij Amsterdam 😉
@@ArveyNL Geweldig!
@@ArveyNL veel producten waren drie kwartjes.......😍.
Dirk has been voted best value supermarket for a while now.. Last time i went to lidl i was in shocked to see the prices… they make their supermarket look cheap.. maar stiekum 👀.
The receipt is something only by the self checkout area wear you have to scan your receipt so the gates go open to prevent easy stealing.
13:40 you only require the receipt for the self-checkout stations, if u dont end up buying anything u can just leave through the normal checkout or ask an employee to open the gate at the self-checkouts
New AH stores you also require the reciept if you used the normal check out
I'm a Lidl fan. Good quality for little money. But I also buy at Albert Heijn, Jumbo and sometimes Dirk. And by the way, for spices, dried beans and things like rice, I visit a toko. That's cheaper than buying at the supermarket.
I go to ekoplaza sometimes for specific things like organic lemons and oranges, when I want to make cocktails or cook something that you need lemon/orange zest for. If you buy non-organic citrus fruits, they are all treated with pesticides and you shouldnt eat the peels of those. But it is very expensive to shop there, a small net of organic oranges costs like 4 euro
in my (relatively small) city of 70k people, we have 3 jumbo's, 2 albert heijn, 1 hoogvliet, 1 lidl, 1 MCD, and we used to have an aldi here too
8:40: Vomar, Deen and Dekamarkt are all founded as family-businesses in Noord-Holland. Deen doesn't exist anymore. This typical familyconcern couldn't no longer conquer with the big, concerns with supermarkets all over the country. The supermarkets are sold to Albert Heijn (Appie), Vomar and Dekamarkt. How funny, that the photo's of Deen and Dekamarkt in this video are of the supermarkt where we do our shopping: in the little village Blokker. At first this was a Deen. But now after the takeover it is a Dekamarkt. The balloons on the photo are for celebrating the opening of the rebranded shop...
Happend in the south aswel, Konmar, C1000 & Super de Boer and many more.
Vomar, Deen, Deka and Hoogvliet are holding their breath longer.
@@laptopbread C1000, Konmar and Super de Boer weren't just in the south. They were all over the country.
Just Laurus sold Konmar and Edah, most Konmar were sold to AH, Edah was sold to Sligro&Sperwer, which rebranded into Emte and Plus, Sligro sold Emte to Jumbo and Coop, so Emte is gone now.
Jumbo was small and bought Super de Boer and sold locations to C1000.
Schuitema/C1000 was for 73% part of Ahold, Ahold traded in 70+ C1000 stores these became Albert Heijn, C1000 got sold to an investor, C1000 started working together with Jumbo, the investment company wanted to sell C1000, Jumbo bought it and most C1000 stores became Jumbo including C1000 stores that formerly were Super de Boer and some were sold.
This is how Jumbo became the 2nd supermarket in the Netherlands after AH. So no C1000, Super de Boer weren't just in the south
3:04 most of the prices in grocery stores post-covid here in the Netherlands have basically doubled compared to pre-covid. At least thats what I've noticed, but some products were increased by around 1.5 times, while others got closer to triple. So it could also depend on which products you buy.
They are scamming yes
germans driving to dutch supermarkets only to get Vla. or asking their relatives who go to NL to bring home some Vla on their way home. A very common thing to ask someone who traveled to the NL from Germany is: "Did you try Vla?"
Dutch people driving to Germany to get all their drugstore items at DM. Even people here in the west make a daytip out of it 😂
@@anouk6644Yeah but not for meds, only for things like shampoo, soap, deo etc. Germans go to the Kruidvat or Etos in the Netherlands for paracetamol, Ibuprofen, melatonin and other meds
Especially Dubbelvla
Germany keeps me smoking. Zware van Nelle Nederland: €28
Zware van Nelle Duitsland:
€12
I go to lidl
As a German it's my safe space 😂😂😂
Best one was the Belgium one
Loved their beer selection 😂😂
The best bread in the Netherlands is whole wheat bread because it is protected, the rest of the bread is white bread with few nutrients
AH isn’t the most expensive supermarket if you go for AH brands and for the weekly deals.
Aldi and Lidl aren’t the cheapest supermarkets anymore.
If you want to keep it cheap go for the deals in several supermarkets per week. Supermarkets are always nearby in cities and larger villages.
In cities, you’ll often find night shops/supermarkets that are open during the night.
Germany has the best bread. Austria, Swiss and Polands have really great bread too.
Best dutch bread, visit your local backer. Supermarkets have good breads too; go for 100% full grain breads.
Old Amsterdam isn’t Old Cheese, it’s a brand name.
AH used to be expensive and they haven't been the most expensive for almost 30 years, it was AH that started a "prijzenoorlog" a few times, which inturn made a lot of competition vanishing,, by either merging with others, getting sold or going bankrupt
In the north(mainly Friesland) there also is Poiesz which is cheaper than albert Heijn but more expensive than stores like lidl
Toen ik in het noorden van Nederland woonde kwam ik graag bij Poiesz. Vaak een soort gezellige buurtwinkel.
There are 17 supermarket brands in the Netherlands.
Coop should be pronounced as co op it comes from coöperatie. Coop is seizing to exist and taken over by plus. I prefer the Lidl. I think the Dutch bread is the best 😉. The France language is because of Belgium. To make production cheaper they produce for both countries together. You only need a receipt to leave at the selfscan checkout to prevent stealing.
AH is actually one of my favourites because they are really good at showing allergens. They showcase on most of their products little symbols if its gluten and or lactose free. Really convenient for people who otherwise always need to read all labels.
My favorite stroopwafels are the ones you get fresh from the market. They're warm, smooth and so tasty! They beat crumbly store wafels any day!
AH is actually pronounced AHAA and is named after Albert Heijn who was it's founder and many people call it Appie.. Another supermarket that has many stores is Vomar. If have never seen any Marqt or ecoplaza stores here in the3 North of Holland.
Vomar doesn't have many stores at all, compared to the AH and Jumbo
@@dutchgamer842 You are right, I checked. They are found mostly in North Holland where I live. Thank you for the correction, my friend.
Ahaa is being censored by yt due to an Austrian painter
We call AH the Appie.
I walked into the Jumbo today around 14:00 and smelled freshly baked croissants. They're still 4 for €1. Getting them warm and crispy is the best.
On that grid I'm a lidl jumbo guy, i missed my favourite but heard it later in the vid. I preffer the illusive and hard to pronounce Hoogvliet.
Nice vid Mert Ned. 👍
Albert Heijn is usually the slightly more expensive one but still the biggest market share. It's grown a lot internationally (Belgium, USA) and it's certainly the largest company of them all, so it must have been doing something right.
The very, very best stroopwafels are those you buy warm and fresh on de local markets.
Scanning your receipt is the result of the self-scan. Scan you own groceries and pay. But there are random scan checks to prevent people not scanning all their groceries.
Albert Heijn has the name of being expensive but that isn't true. In the end, some products are cheaper in a certain supermarket but at the end it doesn't matter that much. At least not with the groceries I buy. I always go to the Albert Heijn. I tried others but never really saw a big difference in price and the Albert Heijn is close by and a really nice one to go to. The one close to me has a cash self-checkout so that's something I like a lot and don't see in a lot of other supermarkets.
5:12 I work at the lidl part time.
We have been seeing an increase in customers because the Jumbo and Albert Heijn are getting quite expensive. Though they house certain products that people come back for that lidl doesn't have. Lidl is seen as cheaper and we have a lot of copy cat products that are cheaper than the branded stuff.
The deals change every week and our app has tons of discounts hidden in it (which is annoying, I wish we could rid of the whole scan for bonus stuff and just implemented it for everyone). All the markets do it to keep you coming back or to make you spend time on the app.
And we have a lot of non-food products which can be very random. Items like clothes or notepads... or kids toys, it changes so much.
Lastly the themes. Every so often Lidl has either themed or "deluxe" products that fit around holidays or just for fun. It's mainly special food items for example we had Japan; so we sold things like buns, yakitori, nori sheets, all that stuff.
In my town we have AH, Plus, Jumbo, Lidl and Aldi. I usually go to Lidl and AH
Dutch and germans have the best bread and , also sweets from the bakery in germany have less sugar in it as other countries in europe thats why i like it so much 😋🥨🥯🫓
Netherlands officially has the biggest choice of food in the world...............we use most of them depending on locality......
you got that right.!!!
AH & Jumbo are my two go-to's. They are en-route on my way back home from work. I'm single and bike a lot, so cheap(er) bulk buying like in Aldi/Lidl just isn't my thing.
Albert Heijn is indeed most common since they been buying out allot of competition as soon they struggle, why it is made to sound expensive is because the competitors are all very cheap in comparison. Albert Heijn drives prices up quite quickly and using its market dominance to do so with being there in abundance and getting rid of competition, Albert Heijn is also most vocal of not being that happy with the enforced trend that is being kept in place of having active store deals so they always had the card as a extra hurdle so shave for their profit way of operating.
i just either visit the supermarket very near to my house; coop or the one i pass on the way back from work, jumbo. i dont really look at the price. convenience is more important to me.
You only need the receipt for self check-out. The receipt has a barcode on it, that you’ll have to scan in order for the security gate to open. It’s to prevent stealing.
i shop at ah, jumbo, plus and lidl. plus for general stuff and normal bread, lidl and jumbo for some specific items and the pasteries. ah mostly for meat.
They did not mention self scan. I do not know if this is common in other countries but many supermarkets here have to options to scan your products yourself so we can avoid long ques and save time; which is the most valued resource in our country. Our Jumbo even rewards you for doing the work of their cashiers, which are still present to do age checks for alcohol, random checks or the people whom prefer to pay with cash by the way. But you get a card and and a certain amount you get free stroopwafels!
The plastic is mostly to extend the shelf life. Saving plastic is great but not at the cost of increased food waste.
Yeah so Marqkt and Ekoplaza I am not familiar with at all but I guess that's of the location where I live. What we have here is limited to Albert Heijn, Jumbo, Plus, Coop, Lidl and Aldi. Lots of Dutchies buy their groceries at Aldi and or Lidl. However their prices have sky rocketed as well after the pandemic and in general cost of living has gone up just like in the UK. So the Dutchies that live close to the german boarder will go and buy grocieries there more often than before.
In general the supermarkets in the NL are on the smaller size and if you want "rare"products I suggest going to the Albert Heijn or a foreign supermarket. For if they don't have it, none other will. The bigger supermarkets are sometimes promoted as XL supermarkets and will most often be located in the more populated areas.
We mostly shop at Albert Heijn and Jumbo, mostly depending on our needs and the discounts of that week.
Lidl we do sometimes, just to see if there something to find on the middle isles 😉
Aldi we do not come often, only when they sell something special...
We also have a Dirk nearby, but we don't like the shop. (see my reaction somewhere below)
And that is it for the daily needs.
And sure, when we are staying in another town and need something: we use the local supermarket(s) overthere, could be Spar or Plus (is a good supermarket, not the cheapest) or whatever others there exist overthere, like regional ones.
As far as I know, we do not have supermarkets open for 24 hours. In big cities some are open to 22:00 hrs or even midnight.
Albert Hein has more expensive items but allso has great discounted specials.
I allways go to Jumbo because it's at walking distance.
Jumbo is mostly big in the south of the country. And yes their buns and bread is really affordable. You can get 4 croissants or buns (or a mix) for 1 euro.
Only on the self check out you need your receipt to leave the store.
Also at the entrance of the store you fins scanners, so you can scan and bag your items while shopping.
Than when paying just scan the code on the self checkout machine and you can pay than leaving your groceries bagged.
Every now and than someone eandom can get checked to prevent stealing.
You only need your receipt to leave the store (most of the grocery stores), if you are making use of the self scan area to scan and pay your groceries.
The pre packaged veggies are awesome. We buy pre packaged, precut iceberg letuce all the time. 200 grams costs 1.09 euros.
We buy them prepackaged because a whole lettuce head is too much for us 2 to eat in one go. We usually put it on a bun with a hamburger.
She tried to trick you with the Peanut cheese. Its peanut butter but in Dutch we say Pindakaas and "Pinda" translates to peanut and "kaas" translates to cheese. I dont know why we call it peanutcheese, I think butter is a better description.
The word butter is protected in the Netherlands. It has to contain 80% butter in order to be called butter. Peanut butter would be a peanut flavored butter instead of peanut butter. Even though the word cheese is protected as well but if it’s one word “pindakaas” it’s fine. Just like “smeltkaas” en “smeerkaas” which are no cheeses either cause they got to little amounts of cheese in it to be called cheese.
I always do my shopping at Lidl and Dirk, best quality and cheap, i only go to Albert Heijn when something is cheap on bonus, like get 2 for 1, mostly for meat and the bistro potatoes (those small ones) are in different flavours and are really cheap and delicious
AH is my favourite but i usually go to the nearest any supermarket.
For better quality bread and meat you need to a designated shop.
I buy those pre-cut potatoes etc all the time and they're so cheap... Like 2 euro at most and I use them for up to 4 days.
We have many types of bread, freshly baked every day. It contains little or no preservatives and very little sugar, especially compared to bread from America, for example. Albert Heijn and Lidl sell very good and tasty bread and many varieties. The local bakery is also recommended. So far I think our country sells the tastiest bread and Turkish bread is also baked and sold here ☺️
1:35 There are more brands, but you can't reasonably choose between all of them, some being further away. Generally, towns have a couple depending on the number of inhabitants, the number of shops present in scrounging villages, and randomness. We have 6 orso.
in the last few years the proves of groceries in the netherlands have doubles, and in some cases even more
albert heijn is more expensive than most supermarkets in the netherlands. but at AH you can reliably find what you are looking for. if you are looking to buy from huge companies like coca cola etc you should come to AH.
The stroopwafels are the best.
The originaliteit then microwave for 15 seconds so the caramel melts
5:29 also those salads are pretty good, though that chicken texture is not for me (shrimp is my favourite).
What I wanted to point out is hiring practices. Ah and Jumbo are big supermarkets but their staff consists of teens looking for a part time job. Because 15+ year olds are cheaper to pay than adults, in some areas they will not hire you if you're "too expensive" aka too old for a part time job.
But I've noticed that ,at my lidl, we barely have teenagers. They hire older folk and any 20-something with ok credentials who can help out. And we get paid pretty well imo.
I'm Dutch and the French have the best bread! For sure.
Only white bread, but certainly not the darker kinds like full wheat. The same can be said about German bread, white bread is the best, but the darker kinds are sour dough breads. The darker breads are certainly the best in The Netherlands.
@@RealConstructor You’re probably right. When I hear this Scotsman speak about the Netherlands, I think it isn’t so bad at all in this country.
I think the Germans would disagree. Personally, I think most German bread is too dense and too dark. I prefer the lighter, fluffier Dutch bread. But also the Italian bread is amazing. It's just where your preferences lie.
due to the fact most of the time supermarkets are close to eachother ill first go to teither Lidl or aldi and get things that dont really matter in quality or selection. then i visit the Jumbo or AH for the rest depending on which has better sales at the moment.
As a Dutman who lived in Malaysia “ Penang”. I live in the city where the first Albert Heijn is. Around it there is an open air museum “Zaanse Schans”.
Love your accent btw ✌🏼
Which part of GB are you from?
👍🏼
ekoplaza they have top quality food ,but very expensive !!
Yes but that's because its a biological store
The albert heijn has been getting cheaper compared to aldi and lidl. It is kinda the same as jumbo. Everything is still overpriced.
Please note that the syrup waffle originates from the city of Gouda, please note that the cheese in the film was called Old Amsterdam, remember that Old Amsterdam cheese may not be called old cheese, in the Netherlands cheese may be called old if the cheese is at least 12 months old, the name Old Amsterdam is a brand name.
Lidl and Aldi are both German supermarkets.
They are cheaper because many products are placed on a pallet, safing time and money displaying all the products.
8:34 'Normal' markets tend to be expensive, and many are on work days, so, in my experience, they attract more elderly people and people of high income groups.
The reason ekoplaza and similar more expensive brends are mainly found in the west, is because the riches people live there. Spar is an exeption, they have a large presence in villages where there are less customers.
People buy most things somewhere else and the things they forgot, they buy there at the higher price so they do not have to travel as much. People like their bikes, but biking two kilometers on with small children or at a high age just to get fresh vegetables is not very pleasant, especcially where cars drive 80km/h and biking lines are few.
That cost to selection graph makes no sense to me. Lidl has a pretty wilde selection were i live and spar has almost nothing. But maybe that is just the case near me. I usually go to albert heijn, Jumbo or Vomar. Albert heijn and Jumbo bevause of the selection and bevause of the hand scanners that you get at the entrance with which you scan all items on your way trough the store
, and then you just pay and leave, no lines. And Vomar has a lot of stuff and is 3 minutes walking from my house, while the others are 10 minutes walking away..
You see, in stores like AH, they have to pay people to stock the shelves, in the cheap stores (like ALDI), they just have rows of boxes with food and drinks that you have to take out of the boxes youself and so they just have to pay a cassiere. Feels shabby to go to but saves a lot of money you see.
Aldi isn't cheaper, since they don't have the exact same products as real supermarkets, usually fake brands
best bread for me is france
Switzerland
The best bread you can get anywhere in Europe is fresh bread from a bakery. Doesnt really matter where you go. Although in Germany I have to be a bit careful what I get because I dont like the sourdough bread that they usually eat over there, but they also have rye bread and other types, so its possible to find something edible.
For me its Jumbo and Aldi because they are the 2 closes to my home. The precut fresh stuff isn't that more expensive so for a single persone unless i need something thats not in it i just buy those.
Fun fact. Almost all penutbutter in the Netherlands (and a lot of other countries). Comes from 1 dutch factory. (No, not Calve)
She forgot Vomar. Its the quality of Albert Hein and Jumbo but with the low prices of Aldi and Lidl and even cheaper than it as the banana's at lidl where 1,99 for 1 kilo in the video at vomar its 1,49 for 1 kilo
AH, compare Sainsbury's; Jumbo compare to Tesco; there's also some playing in the ASDA space. The average per-product margin in Dutch supermarkets is (due to the competition). Spar these days is like Spar in Scotland: neighbourhood emergency wee shops (like VG etc)
also: Nettorama, Dekamarkt, Vomar
Many supermarkets share the same product suplier. Like many have the same house brand 'Gewoon'.
My favorite stroopwafels: Goudse stroopwafel (from the city GOUDA which is in Zuid- Holland)🧡🇳🇱🧡🇳🇱🧡🇳🇱
I buy most of my groceries at Aldi because it's the closest to my home, and for things Aldi doesn't sell, I go to Jumbo.
Yes the lokal market is very good for fruits and veggies
Dirk can't be found everywhere, mainly in the western part of the Netherlands (North & South Holland).
In the northern provinces (Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe you also have Poiesz grocery store.
From the Government the opening times for stores are between 06:00 and 22:00 (10PM).
The local city government decides about if and when a store can be open on Sunday but it must be between 6:00 and 22:00 (10PM)
You can pay with card but it is only debit card, not credit card as that is a different pay and computersystem.
A variety of products can be found all over Europe and that is also why you find more than just Dutch as language on packaging.
Assen got a Dirk !!
@@mandje2002 😃Assen is lucky. Groningen, Zwolle, Maastricht, Eindhoven, Den Bosch, Tilburg, Leeuwarden don't have one.
The most northern town for Dirk's is Drachten.
When you do it smart and buy everything in the bonus at albert heijn you are actually cheaper with it. You have a lot of 1+1 free with meat epecially there.
Germany makes the best bread hands down.
Although pretty much any kind of bread tastes amazing when it's freshly baked and still warm.
Ik ga voor de meeste boodschappen naar de AH of Boni omdat die op loopafstand zijn. Het brood van de supermarkt is goede genoeg om te eten. In het weekend koop ik luxe brood bij de bakker dat wordt nog met de hand gemaakt en de hele dag vers gebakken. Daar kan supermarkt brood niet tegen op. Ik denk dat je in Nederland, België, Duitsland, Frankrijk Italië en Spanje heel lekker brood hebt. Ik eet liever lekker brood en minder dan goedkoop brood. Bij EKO zijn de productie biologisch. Vaak hebben ze ook vers gebakken brood en voo rmensen met voedselallergie hebben ze meer keuze. Bijvoorbeeld glutenvrij of zonder zout en suiker.
I get my stuff delivered by Jumbo because I am an ivalide but I would shop at Dirk if it was closer. Dirk sells brands at a discount they are about 18 percent cheaper.
De spar is original Dutch.
It stands for: Door Eendrachtig Samenwerken Profiteren Allen Regelmatig'.
Germany definitely has the best bread.
- A Dutchman
13:50 You need to have the receipt to open the little automatic gate
If I need something I go to Albert Heijn because I have been coming there cince I was little and I know what products they have and where to find them. Its just convenience Because I know my way around the AH and if I go to Jumbo im searing for 15 minutes before I know where to find the thing i need. In my village the AH and the Jumbo are right across from eachother in the same mall. Litterally if you go right coming down from the escalators you walk into AH and if you go left you walk into Jumbo. I only go to Jumbo if they dont have the product im searching for at the AH.
Aldi and Lidl are everywhere here! We also have a Lidl here but Im lazy and its outside of the shopping mall so I also only go there for specific things (like a certain brand hayfever pills because they only sell them there or chocolate because they have the best chocolate imo)
Aldi still has somebody at the telly, even in the evening, while AH has gone for self-telly's in the evening.
AH has a better selection of goods if you are one or two persons you cook for, mixed green vegetable bags of 250 gram, so you can mix & match for a tast change.
Lidle, food for four or bigger, big portions, but the goods reclame is often plenty in stock off.
Belgium, products from belgium.
AH has shops there.
Aldi & Lidle in Belgium & France.
Broccoli, I buy at the Aldi, from the freezer, it's better then the warm one, since that one is wrapped in plastic and any animals, can't get out, so keep living in it.
Basically, the freezer has it fresher, stupid, but true.
I have 4 lidl supermarkets within 5 minutes drive from me in every direction
I personally am not a fan of AH. They only offer discounts when you scan a card which lets them track your shopping behaviour. The only thing they got going for them is the opening hours. They are often open 2 hours longer than their competitors like Coop/Plus or Aldi.
Yesi go to aldi and lidl for 99% of my shoppings because of the low prices
Netherlands, France and Germany are the kings of bread in their respective field,
Whichever one is better is purely based on preference.
I live in the Netherlands and I am a true bread person, but i have to say Germany for sure has the best bread. You can not beat the Germans and their amazing bread, the French is on the packaging because most chains have stores in Belgium and in Belgium its either Dutch of French. but a lot of products come in English too
Bread in Switzerland is delicious
I am Dutch
Last years Aldi became the most expensive due to the conflict in eastern Europe
8:45 HEY THATS THE HOOGVLIET I GO TO!!
Jumbo is often cheaper because Albert Heijn upcharches a lot, its a bad chain when it comes to treating farmers fairly etc. Ahold is their CEO and they pay their workers worse than other chains ngl
But Albert Heijn does have more international foods compared to other stores. When i go abroad on holiday i realise how spoiled the dutch are in terms of produce, we get so many different types of fresh veggies
The actual workers benefit at appie are actually really quite good though. A lot of neglect regarding logistics workers though that work in appie warehouses under third party contracts
I wish we had a Oriental where I live...
Leuk markt Enschede, vooral Duitsers!
In the north of Netherlands, we don't gave "Dirk van den Broek" but "Poeiz".
Assen got a Dirk !!
Hallo! I've been living in the netherlands for my entire life and this is a short summory of all supermarkets (according to me) from worst to best
In my life, I have never heard of marqt or ekoplaza, but maybe that's because I live in the east.
Spar is expensive and the stores are very... sparse😁. They are handy for buying bigger products.
next is albert heijn and they are always everywhere but way too small with almost no variety.
then Dirk, they are not everywhere but if you find them, they are very cheap. If you love Dirk, you only go to Dirk.
then Coop, they are pretty expensive, but suuuuuuper nice
then lidl, It's the cheapest option, but I don't like the vibe and they are very new. Most students go here.
After Lidl Aldi is next, they are the same but very relaxed
so that should be the best right? nope, there is one more
PLUS, which is like coop, but not as expensive. but realistically, the reason I put this best is bc it's the closest one and I always go to it!
The best bread you buy by the local bakery
germany has the best bread and dutch bread is just german or french copies ( a dutch here )