It's hard to define exactly where F'nEasy fits. It doesn't really have the quality and premium products that makes Trader Joe's stand out. Honestly the type and quality of products they have is pretty much on par with any of the big supermarket chains, imo, but with far less selection and variety. It's like an overgrown convenience store in many ways, but with supermarket quality. The one distinguishing thing is their fairly good selection of ready-to-go meals (mostly some variation of pasta and cheese or meat and rice, or sandwich).
The company that owns them, Tesco, is in many ways the Wal*Mart of Europe. Not all of their stores are exactly like Wal*Mart since they operate a range of store types from convenience stores, to supermarkets, to Wal*Mart style megastores. But as I understand it, it's seen in many ways in the same "monolith of consumerism" light that Wal*Mart is.
__________________
'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.'
-TJ
|