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scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Tamımı is for rıch whıte folks and saudıs wıth money.

Poor whıtes and others go to Gıant ( NOT GEANT)

Never Ceased To Be Amazed · Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:41 am Post subject:

My wife, being finicky, liked to go to Panda for the meats, I think, and to Tamaimi for the veggies. All I remember is that she'd be gone for about four hours with her driver, supposedly, to shop from store to store for items that she liked. Laughing

According to her, the vegetables and fruits at Panda "sucked".

NCTBA

Stephen Jones · Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 4124

I found it was the meat that sucked at Panda, and that the vegetables and fruit were fine.

There isn't really the class distinction in Saudi Supermarkets that you find in UK supermarkets. In general there is little or no difference in price.

Sheikh N Bake · Joined: 26 Apr 2007 Posts: 1307 Location: Dis ting of ours

Food does not cost $1000 a month in the US for a single person. The only reason I spent more for food in the US than in KSA is because there's a much larger selection of everything tempting. Cleo's comment is what you'd expect from her but debatable. There isn't really much of a selection of American foods in the delightful kingdom other than cereals and jams and the like. There's nothing comparable anywhere except perhaps Britain to one of the better supermarkets in the States. At the Publix chain, for example, their in-house bakeries make pastries that rival any patisserie in Europe.

Some people here are confused. US consumer prices are the lowest of any developed nation. That's why purchasing power--income vs cost of goods--has consistently been ranked as highest in the world. this is particularly true in consumer electronics. Reality check!

Never Ceased To Be Amazed · Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:41 pm Post subject:

Mia Xanthi · Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:42 pm Post subject:

Stephen Jones · Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 4124

The quality of food at Panda does seem to vary no end.

I used to shun the Panda in Riyadh on Oruba Street, even though it was the nearest to my house, and use EuroMarche at the other end of Oruba, or Tamini on Takasusi, or a third supermarket I can't remember a couple of kilometers into the centre.

On the other hand in Dhahran/Khobar the difference between the different supermarkets seems small. I normally go to HyperCor in Rashid Mall because I can hang around the mall for a couple of hours before doing the shopping but the quality seems the same as all others.

Never Ceased To Be Amazed · Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 5:09 pm Post subject:

Isn't Euromarche on Takasusi? Or, am I completely turned around?

NCTBA

johnslat · Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 5:40 pm Post subject:

Dear NCTBA.

Right you are - Takhassusi St - for the one in Riyadh (using the spelling at the site below.)

http://www.euromarche.com/aboutus.html

I think Al Tamimi is on Al-Thalatheen, the one in Olaya.

Regards,
John

Stephen Jones · Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 4124

It's on the corner of Ouruba and Takshassusi, as the map shows.