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Thank you so much again for reacting to our video!!!!! Thank you for tagging us. We dedicate all our content to immigrants around the world who just want to experience what we did. For us Cubans, it’s a surreal experience to go to a supermarket. And now we are here for a couple years, it’s been a first time experience for many things. Cuba today is much worse than when we left. No electricity for 20 hours a day. Food prices are so inflated… no more meat. It’s really bad. We pray the end of socialism in our country. Free Cuba!!!!!
It’s not your country to promote STOP IT. Disgusting
Free Cuba!❤
❤ I felt heartbroken watching this video, I think for similar but also different reasons than I see in comments. The beauty of his reaction is heartwarming. At the same time I felt a knot in my stomach and a deep disgust looking at rows and rows of food, much more than is NEEDED and a lot gets thrown out bc it's not sold before the expiration date. So we see with our eyes in Cuba NOTHING and see in our country full rows of food. And all people can do is blame the government and blame this and that when in reality we should look in the mirror and blame ourselves for those empty shelves and for the starving people of this world. The amount of people who take more than they need in the world because of Greed especially those of us in the west myself included are the problem. The reason why because there is more than enough food in the world for every human being if we stop taking more than we need. It is still possible if enough people from around the world come together and stop being polarized by fear and money and power stop being divided by differences and come together by our similarities because we are all human beings and we all have the same needs. WE have to change our world together or there is no future I see where the humans survive. In democracy or other.
We are praying with you! Xoxo
I wish we had freed your country yrs ago..I am so sorry as usa is so close and absolutely capable of freeing ya'll.. we the ppl aren't our gov though
My mom is from Laos which is a communist country. She escaped with her siblings and stayed in a refugee camp in Thailand until she got sponsored to come to the US. She had friends who tried to escape with their children and drowned. I have friends from school who were from Venezuela and saw the same poverty there. They've been helping their family come to the US. We're incredibly blessed here in the US and it's why I'm so passionate about pushing back against those who support socialist, communist and Marxist ideas in our government.
Agreed!!
The people in the US that profess support for those types of Government (obviously) do NOT know (or understand) what it really would be like to live under such tyranny. They do not seem to realize that the same freedom that allows their protests would be lost, boggles my mind, sheer lunacy.
Thank you for sharing your story. 😔❤️ We need more people like you who are willing to not only vote against this type of government but also speak out about it like this. So thank you and keep sharing your story to help keep America free!!
Yoel is a reason to give thanks to our freedoms in the USA. Understanding how overwhelming it was for him should show everyone how wonderful it is here. Let's keep it so.
I love that couple.
I'm from South Korea. I know people from North Korea and many of them had never had meat until they made it into South Korea. I've seen secretly filmed video of children in North Korea digging into the dirt to look for bugs to eat, because they were so hungry. It is so sad to know that just a short distance away from where there is so much food that children are starving to death.
and stuff like this just makes me more and more outraged at their governments. food-scarce regions in the war-ravaged southern sahara desert aren't having it this bad...
Communism does that. It's a death sentence.
It is not political when people suffer. It is a humanitarian response. America fights any hint of communism that we can from invading here. Go capitalism!
Are you serious?
Yes go robber-baron crony capitalism that grinds everyday working people into hopelessness, living paycheck to paycheck, fearful of a medical bill will make them bankrupt. The USA is great in a lot of ways, but with all the money our rich 1% have you would think we could learn to try to do a few things like Canada, and most of Europe. Oh, I forgot those places are "socialist" according to people like you.
We were invaded back in the 50's. Senator McCarthy was right about the whole thing.
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Capitalism has done more to reduce poverty than all other economic systems in history.
And there are people in the US today that want to end capitalism and install socialism.
Yoel and Mari are such wonderful people. 😊
I agree 💯
Thank you so much :)
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Indeed.
Yes, Aldi Nord owns and operates as Trader Joe's in the US. Aldi Sud is known as Aldi in the US.
All their first videos made me cry. He is doing better now.
I just LOVE Yoel and Mari. What a journey they have been on. I usually cry during most of their videos, seeing Yoel experience things for the 1st time. The most memorable ones for me were when they went to a steak house for the first time. In Cuba you can be SHOT IN THE HEAD where you stand if you are caught eating steak. The look on his face when he took that first bite just warmed me from head to toe. 🥰 Also their trip to Red Lobster where he had Lobster for the first time. Such an experience for him! Their video where they tried American pies was fun too! (There's 2 of those pie videos) Anyway, loving your reactions Andre! Have a great weekend! 😃🥰🫶
I don't understand. Why can you be shot for eating steak?
Freedom is always man's desire! America offers liberty and opportunity in abundance!
I hope we can keep it that way! Now more than ever the politics are showing their true colors!
Not anymore.
No matter how many times I see this video I still cry every time. I can only imagine how overwhelmed Yoel was...😭 thank you for reacting to Yoel and Mari....they are loved by many ❤
I love their videos. My favorites were the ones where Yoel had his first thanksgiving, first 4th of july, and his first steak.
And what makes this even more amazing and sad is the fact that Cuba is only 90 miles from Florida. 😢
My great-grandparents fled from Russia just prior to the upheaval of WW1. They came to the U.S. with their only two living kids out of ELEVEN, a toddler and a baby (my grandpa) and whatever they could fit into two small travel bags. They made their way across the U.S. and settled in Ft. Collins, Colorado where they became farmers. My great-grandma never spoke English, or from what I've heard from older family members, chose not to speak it in the company of others. They forged a new life here, raised a family, made new friends, and died knowing they were able to be successful and live happily in the Land of the Free.
Both sets of my grandparents lived thru The Great Depression where they saved everything from bacon grease, to stale bread, to their old clothes. My grandma saved quilts that her mom had made from old clothes and worn out sheets. I still have, and cherish, one of those quilts with fabric in it that's almost 100 years old! They threw nothing away. Our society has become so blasé about tossing things in the garbage just because they don't want or like it anymore. Too many people have forgotten, or were never taught, what "live within your means" is all about.
It hurts my heart to see Cubans living, or rather trying to survive, in horrible conditions. I see people in Russia and Ukraine fleeing from a war that they never wanted to fight, and people in N. Korea and other communist countries fighting to find food for just one meal. It damn near drives me insane to see our very own grocery stores tossing out perfectly good produce, bread, canned goods etc...due to their expiration dates passing or a brown spot on one banana in an entire bunch. Expiration dates are a guidline, not a deadline. Our country has become obsessed with ridiculously frivolous lawsuits over the stupidest things to the point that stores are forced to throw away food and lock the trash bins to keep people from pulling the food out of them, all because they might get sued over someone eating something that made them sick. I say let them dumpster dive and make it a law that people can't sue if they got sick from food they willingly took out of a dumpster. I know that sounds harsh, but I'd rather take the chance and have food than go hungry and die of starvation.
A lot of people need to take a good hard look at what's a WANT and what's a NEED in life these days! Their priorities have gotten reversed when it comes to that!
You are not the only one, I love watching people appreciate our way of life. And a lot of people take it for
granted - I don't.
We are losing our way daily for the last four years.
I truly feel sadness for the people of Cuba. They were once a playground for the rich and famous and on the fast track to being a destination spot for people from the USA and then communism took over and trashed it all to hell with greed and violence.
As someone whose family lived under a communist regime, just remember that in the 1950s the previous regime treated the people even worse than the communists. That is why the Cuban people celebrated the communist victory and actually believed for the first decade afterwards that their lives were 100% better. Try to imagine how bad that previous regime must have been that those people believed communism was a step up.
Before Castro, the Cuban people had a higher average wealth than Americans.
@@gregorybiestek3431 That's actually not true, that's what cultural Marxists like to propagandize people with. Yes, the Batista regime was corrupt but I know many Cubans who tell me how it was down there. People knew how to work around the system.
@@protorhinocerator142 nah, they were a 3rd world country before and still are, and would be even without US sanctions
@@protorhinocerator142 Ah yes AVERAGE wealth in a nation where in 1955, 10% of the people had 95% of the wealth and over 75% of the people lived in abject poverty. Wonder why they decided to rebel & listen to promises of a better life under Castro? It's a mystery right?
Yes it makes us very happy to see him happy
movie called "Moscow on the Hudson" starring Robin Williams who plays a defector from the USSR and he has a nervous break down trying to decide on coffee at the store due to there being 14 different varieties.
Yes, please do these. I am a tough guy who never cries... except for things like this. I feel his sadness with him, and it tears my heart out. 😢
I also watch Yoel and Mari's channel. It is fun to watch him see what America has to offer.
I love this crossover! Two channels I adore 🥹
Aldis and TraderJoes are separate companies but owned by German brothers. Aldis was founded in Germany whereas Trader Joe’s was founded in Southern California then bought out by the brother of Aldis
Thank you so much for another wonderful video about Mari and Yoel. As a Cuban it really means a lot, and your compassion is so very appreciated 👍🏻
Patria y Vida.
It makes me happy and sad at the same time.
Andre, in America, the smallest non-personal-sized pizzas are 10 inches. A personal pizza is 7 inches. A SMALL pizza is between 8 and 10 inches, but usually 10. A MEDIUM pizza is 12 inches. A LARGE pizza is 14 inches, and a Extra Large is 16 inches.
Been a fan of Mari and Yoel's channel since the beginning. Really makes one appreciate all we have in America. I recommend reacting to their visit to Home Depot video.
By American standards, an Aldi is a small to medium grocery store. For large grocery stores, we have chains like Kroger and Safeway. Stores like Wal-Mart, Target and Meijer are technically not grocery stores - they're department stores, which happen to include very large grocery sections. And then the giant places like Costco and Sam's Club are 'warehouse' stores with grocery sections, and they tend to sell things in large bulk quantities (and unlike other stores, warehouse stores require a membership with a small annual fee).
I really like these two. Understanding his feelings of being overwhelmed is key, we take so much for granted. It's time to bring Cuba into the West. Safeway is just a grocery store. It's not my favorite. Every time I shop there I wind up battling fruit flies. The prices are high too. I think Albertson's bought them out.
I have been to Cuba twice in my life, and I'm not surprised because of what I saw when I was there. The first time was the Pan-American game and the second time I was stationed there in the United States army. The people are so friendly but the government treats them like nothing I spent two years in there add made friends like him who was surprised at the little things that he saw an hour military base on his Island Island you need to see when he goes to visit Puerto Rico and realizes that it is not close that he could have been like he is here I still feel like he's at home😊❤❤❤
I can understand the sadness Yoel felt seeing so much when people in Cuba have so little. We take all of this for granted because we've rarely known anything else (Covid supply interruptions only gave us a small taste of it).
Safeway is like Costco in that you can get groceries at both places, but Costco is a membership store that sells mostly in bulk at discounted prices. Safeway is more like a traditional grocery store.
Thank you Andre for more Y & M! Tbh I was bummed when I saw the cc's bc I enjoy your translation so much! I'm an old lady and can barely see the words so please keep translating and PLEASE react to more of these beautiful souls. I particularly enjoyed their visit to see a Dodgers baseball game, hint hint😜 God bless your fam!!
To be clear, I watch on my TV but I still can't read the words, so please keep your translations!!🙏🙏
Yep they went to of course, Terry black’s. They also went to Franklin bbq. Actually they took a walk when Yoel got here to Key West and saw the southern most point near Cuba. He really was sad seeing the distance was so short yet so far away. A lot of Cubans do the same as they gaze out to the ocean at their former home just thinking what they could have been.
Love your empathy, you are kind.
Aldi and trader joes are owned by brothers. In the US because of copyright laws etc they couldn't both have Aldi.
As a Finn this was a familiar sight for me observing Soviet tourists as a kid. We may have hated their government but felt sorry for the people.
I do appreciate your translating, even though if I look hard enough, I can see the one they show on the video. I also like real milk, but I was raised on a farm and that is what we always had. We also occasionally made butter. It is delicious on homemade bread.
We are either very busy or lazy, but I usually buy the fruit all cut up even though it costs more.
Safeway is an example of an average sized supermarket in the US. There are many of these in our communities-- many choices between stores, even.
Safeway is a similar supermarket to Aldi. Mostly food with some household supplies as well for cleaning, camping and some pets.
As others have said, we have more than just Walmart for grocery’s. Safeway is a large chain, we have Kroger and it’s afflicted, Publix, etc. There are also regional and local groceries. ALDI has an aggressive America expansion in America underway. They’ve been here for decades but not in all areas. It’s my favorite…it sorta has a cult following in America lol
I am not sure how Aldi's are in Europe, but in America Aldi is not a "fully stocked store." I can understand her wanting to start with something smaller, but Aldi does not qualify as a "supermarket." It does not change the warm feeling of seeing the delight on his face (as much as possible with the mask).
Neighbor market they call it
A Safeway would be sort of like a Continente in Portugal. Here in Chicago, we have Jewel and Mariano's. Mariano's used to be owned by Safeway but is now owned by Kroger.
I can understand his mixed emotions about what he is seeing. To know that so much is possible elsewhere and yet you love your own country and people. I can see why he was furious.
Safeway is pretty much a nice neighborhood supermarket that sells mostly groceries, not everything like Walmart or Costco.
the subtitles helped so much
We are so fortunate here in America. This make me so sad. I wish everyone had food available to them. I hope we all here in America realize we are very lucky.
Safeway is a regular grocery store. Food and basic household items only. Safeway also purposely makes attractive displays. Their prices are higher than Walmart. Costco is a bulk warehouse store. Very different then a regular grocery/retail store. Yes, we have alot of choices even in types of stores! 😊
I do not kid you when I say that the reason for the berlin wall and the breakdown of the USSR happened after the leader of the USSR made an unplanned stop at a random supermarket. They had been taught that the pictures of full shelves and abundance of foods where propaganda made by the west. Here is a quote of his about his visit:
"when I saw those shelves crammed with hundreds, thousands of cans, cartons and goods of every possible sort, for the first time I felt quite frankly sick with despair for the soviet people"
-Yeltsin
^this is what I saw on Yoel's face and it honestly hurt to watch this one.
Thanks for this reaction, Andre! Since you asked for other video suggestions, I highly recommend “North Koreans Try American Barbecue” by Digital Soju TV. In it, North Korean refugees (who have escaped from communism) try some great barbecue. But more importantly, they share a little about what their lives were like in North Korea, why eating meat there is so extremely rare, and what it’s been like adjusting to life in a capitalist society. You get their reactions to the food, of course, but also some very thoughtful reflections about how life is completely different from what they’re used to.
I hope he got the big pizza and some meat and eggs and fruit and butter just whatever he wanted and needs i hope he bought something to eat. If i came from that Cuba market and seing America store i would be like a kid in a candy store he is so humble.
I use to make my kids strawberry milk, cantaloupe milk as well as other fruited milks. Much better than store bought. All you need is a blender, fruit and milk. Blend together until fruit is completely blended with milk, for a thicker drink you can blend with a few cubes of ice and if desired a couple of spoonsful of sugar. My kids loved it. I always enjoy Yoel and Mari videos. Thank you.
Safeway is a very standard grocery store. For neighborhood shopping. Nice store.
I love Yoel and Mari's stuff.
I'm firmly on the only cow milk side.😅
Safeway is just a normal chain grocery store. There are many different types in America Safeway, Albertsons, SaveMart (in California), different kinds, depending on where you live in America it’s just a regular chain grocery store.
When I was a kid my dad was stationed in S. Korea (1970s) - the stories he told when he returned stayed with me for my life. We were taught to fight against communism every way possible (I will pass on things manufactured in communist countries).. I am appalled at the amount of communism in our current government and on the college campuses today. Great video!
There are many supermarket chains in the US, both national and regional. Safeway/Albertsons Is one of the larger ones.
In the U.S. we have Aldi and Trader Joes. They are the same owners.
a lot of aldis are built next to walmarts
Safeway is not what we call a big box store like Costco. Safeway is a typical neighborhood grocery store in America. I don't even think of them as big.
Seeing this guy overwhelmed that the store has food when in the US , people get upset when the store is out of their favorite brand…
Safeway is the same type of supermarket as Aldi. Walmart and Costco are a different level.
13:19 closer to $10-11 rn actually - we were much less impacted by inflation than europe was, so prices rose less.
People walking their dogs in a stroller is beyond silly!
I grew up with Safeway in California.
Now in Austin we have Randalls which is a Safeway company.
A bit upscale from HEB which is my usual store. Though I would go to a particular Randalls (now closed) for their French bread to make Po' boys with that HEB simply doesn't have, which I find weird.
Andre, I have heard you reference the size of US stores in a number of your videos, with some variation in size expectation. In the US stores such as Aldi and Lidl are small or neighborhoods stores where you can get basics. Walmart is on the large end but offers everything including groceries.
Did a bit of searching, and for average grocery store sizes in the US.....
1,000-2,000 m2 Small-sized stores (Aldi, Lidl, Trader Joe's)
3,000-6,000 m2 Mid-sized stores (Whole Foods, Save-A-Lot, Safeway, Food Lion, Shiloh Farms, Albertson's)
7,000-11,000 m2 Large-sized stores (Publix, Harris Teeter, Lowe's Food,)
13,000-17,000 m2 Very Large-sized stores (Kroger, Walmart, Wegman's, Target)
13,000-15,000 m2 Club-sized stores (Costco, Sam's Club, BJ Wholesale)
Stores vary in size for the local market, but these are the averages. Club stores like Costco don't offer huge varieties, they offer huge sizes with low prices, and are usually taller. Stores like Kroger and Walmart offer a lot of variety. Typically the larger the store the more services they offer such as pharmacy, banking, shipping, hair care, vision (eye glasses), and so on. A number of years ago I lived in a state where you even got your drivers license in a grocery store.
Walmart and Target aren't like CostCo. Walmart and Target are just what we (at least used to) call "department stores". Stores like Costco, Sam's Club, and BJ's Wholesale are all the bulk discount stores. Safeway is a supermarket (grocery store) chain much like ShopRite, Acme, and Aldi (Aldi is usually smaller than the other chains here but offer excellent prices).
I like it when you stop the video so we can read the words or you read the words is even better. I can't read so fast.
Whats CRAZY and INHUMANE is people praising Casto and what his "revaluation" did
My parents also migrated from a communist country they left when millions were being killed. They had to board different ships and trains to different countries before arriving in the US. My parents visited their home country again and planned a month trip visiting relatives they haven’t seen in over a decade and they called us complaining after 1 week saying how they miss home and that they were already broke because they gave all their money away to their relatives who literally charged for everything😂. They brought $2000 dollars with them and that should last them months because a whole meal could cost only $2, they also missed all the things they had access to in the US. The Asian Supermarkets in the US are even bigger than the ones in Asia (ex -watch Korean TH-camrs reaction to H mart a Korean American chain)and there’s a variety of things all over. Even the Hispanic supermarkets are huge here, and are technically American Chains as well.
What's crazy is from another video of theirs. I learned it was illegal for the people of Cuba to fish. They live on an island and it's illegal to fish for food.
I believe Trader Joe's & Aldi are separate companies but they are owned by brothers, so their products overlap sometimes.
I don't think it's Miami. They live in Phoenix, Arizona (Mari grew up in Los Angeles). The onions in Texas are the same size but I will hand one thing to Texas: They (and Georgia) grow "sweet" onions there that are quite good but spoil faster so you have to buy them fresh.
"Is the internet accessible in Cuba?" In another video, they say that when Obama was President he went to Cuba trying to improve relations and because of his visit the Cuban government installed internet access in public parks. They don't say if that's still the situation but I assume it is so his relatives can possibly go to a park somewhere and see his videos.
no you are not the only one i am enjoying their trip too>
We have a very nice Aldi's and Trader Joe's is only a few miles away - in Charlotte, NC.
The thing that shocks me is, you can tell by night times pictures what Capitalize does for society and people are still pushing for it
It's worth buying ultrafiltered for me to keep drinking real cow milk, but coconut milk can be really good in a lot of recipes, especially pumpkin soup.
Yeah I think it was Texas BBQ. Love their channel as well.
A very cute actress did a spoof commercial making fun of all the "fancy, stuck up people milk". Look up "Wood Milk".
It was Aubry Plaza.
I appreciate the translation, I have watched their videos for a while but I am dyslexic so it's difficult for me.
They purchased the premium strawberry milk
This one made me cry. I support a Russian couple financially, but I will try to support more people. It's hard, but not impossible.
I mean the reason cuba has little food choice is mostly that the US embargos them if they didn't things would be a lot better for cubans as they would be able to import more things.
In Cuba all beef belong to the government.
Unfortunately, many didn't believe C0v1d shopping was the exception and were worried it would become the new normal, after such abundance. Also, some didn't understand that it was actually still more abundant than many nations! I do hope everyone is grateful for it now!
I still think a requirement for high-school graduation should be to spend two or three months in a non-first world country, pretty much anywhere in Eastern Europe and Russia, the Mideast, or the entire South American and African continents. So many Americans have no clue how fortunate and spoiled we are when compared to the rest of the world. And I mean like 95% of Americans, perhaps even more, are clueless how the rest of the world lives. Also, hearing about it, or seeing it on TV is not even close to living among it and experiencing it first hand.
We have Aldi and Trader Joes. Not real common but in most cities. He gets sad when he thinks of his family back home or what he has been deprived of his whole life. Some of our young people that socialism would be a good idea.
19:30. Same here
The right brand of strawberry milk can be really good but chocolate milk is the best
You should check out Joel's Home Depot trip.
I have 3 Aldi stores within a mile of my house. Aldi food items are 33% less than walmart. I get many quality things at Aldi and the return policy is unbelievable. Aldi is small compared to walmart and tiny to costco and sams.
I'm like that too. Even when I was a little kid I didn't like strawberry milk, or ice cream. Tastes odd to me.
We need to work harder to normalize relations with Cuba. Lift our sanctions.
Look up " the fat electrician" and his Aldi show.
I sub you and their channel. Please watch some of their recent videos. Yoel has gotten a job and his joy at his first hourly pay is intoxicating. Also watch their Christmas videos. Yoel is so very giving and thankful for the opportunities he has been afforded. It is an amazing reminder of what we still have.
She's right about Lysol, But the only two items I couldn't get was Lysol and toilet tissue. I ended up buying some online. But about all the food I wanted was there - at Walmart. A few things cost a little more, like eggs, but they went way down not long afterwards. I had very few complaints, except I hate masks.
AlDI and Trader Joe’s are small stores in the USA.
I wish we could help but the Cuban government and their government don’t get along if they did the Cuban people would be better off with the help from us but all I can do is pray for change and one day it might come true.
We Have Trader Joes & Aldies
Just came across your channel. I love it! I hope in the future you get to visit us and post your experiences in your channel!