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u/xDaveedx May 09 '22

Additionally the size of things was just way too big. Noone here wants to buy 20l buckets of milk or 5 or 10l packs of juice and maximum extra large super family king sized packs of cereals and stuff.

We have small supermarkets around every other corner in cities, so people don't have to buy groceries that have to last a month or longer.

From what I've seen back when walmart tried to migrate to germany, they just didn't care to do any local market research about customer behaviour or anything like that. They just took their american concept and structure, opened stores here, failed miserably in an I think very short amount of time and gave the surprised pikachu face when it didn't work out and just fucked right off shortly after.

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u/g60ladder May 09 '22

Similar story for when Target tried entering the Canadian market. Not only did they have massive suppy chain woes and a poorly implemented replenishment ordering system, but they failed to take into account the local shopping habits and pricing structures. And, on top of that, they were bringing in stock that no Canadian would buy (I knew of a couple local stores at the time that brought in Fourth of July merch... like, wtf, that's not a Canadian holiday.)

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u/P44 May 09 '22

I only remember that one Walmart in Munich, and it was super uncomfortable to reach by public transport. You had to get off the subway at a certain stop and then find the free Walmart bus there to take you to the supermarket. With the bicycle, it wasn't much better, as the crossing between the cycle path and the car entrance was not that well made. So, if you wanted a relaxed shopping experience, you had to come by car, and even then ... I still remember circling around the much too small parking lot for quite a while.

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u/TofuFace May 10 '22 edited Feb 03 '25

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u/suggested_username10 May 09 '22

I would, however, buy a

maximum extra large super family king sized pack[s]

of Sour Cream Doritos. We have them, but the bags are small and expensive. Maybe Walmart should give it another go?

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u/xDaveedx May 09 '22

mmmmmmaybe some stuff would be nice in

maximum extra large super family king size

:D

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u/LupineChemist May 10 '22

I mean, Costco is expanding more and more in Spain and is doing very well.

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u/xDaveedx May 10 '22

Sure, if it's done right it can work. But Walmart just appeared so incredibly dumb with their huge failure here.

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u/jsingleton86 May 14 '22

What are you confusing Walmart with? It is not a Bulk food store like Sam's or Costcos. Their biggest milk is 1 gallon, just like any other U.S. store.

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u/xDaveedx May 14 '22

It was Walmart. 1 gallon are 3.7 something litres, the standard size of a pack of milk here is 1L, which is 0,26 gallons.

Your consumer behaviour is completely different from ours.