Observations Part 3

So, when I first came to Spain, I thought it was unusual that the supermercados (supermarkets) were really pretty small. I would say that none of the supermercados have been bigger than Stowers & Son Market (a great place to buy meat, by the way). I did some investigating and this is what I've discovered. The mercados (markets) tend to be what we would call a Farmer's Market.

• The supermercados are simply grocery stores.
• Bigger grocery stores than supermercados are called hipermercados. These are similar to our supermarkets.

I am hopeful that we never start referring to our stores as hypermarkets. That sounds to goofy.