Supermarket shopping is new to Morocco, Today we went to Marjane, one of the few big players, with about 20 stores. All Tesco shoppers would be at home here, but there is a Moroccan twist: big loose spices area, 25 kilo bags of flour, no pork products etc.
An unexpected quirk as we waited to pay is that the supermarket trolleys are too wide to pass through some of the checkouts. What you have to do is unload your purchases onto the belt and then run round through the entrance with the trolley, and then load it with your now paid-for purchases so you can push them to the car. We are certain that the supermarket designer must have a brother who organises the road improvements and another who runs Tangier port.
Alcohol is sold in a strictly limited number of places, Marjane being one of them. To emphasise its’ taboo nature, it is located in a separate area with its’ own checkout. Standing in line to pay for my few beers with seedy looking religiously relapsed locals, it felt what I imagine it’s like attending the VD clinic.
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