I lean toward the market feel. It’s so much more welcoming and I feel more accomplished lol. The open air feels more inviting and just bustling in the throng of people is fun.
Supermarkets in Malawi 🇲🇼 are relatively small. The staff is not that motivated which is understandable. It breaks my heart how they have to be so mechanical for hours.
Not to say vendors are free of worries and disadvantages though.
I mean, I kinda like both? Supermarkets for resiliency and the benefits of scale. Markets for the kind of stuff you probably wouldn’t find in a supermarket and the benefits of a broader marketplace.
My twin works at a grocery store, so we shop there because employee discount.
We sometimes go to farmers markets though for fresh produce or produce the grocery doesn’t sell. Like winesap apples for canning apple butter.
I love me a puree, will definitely co sider making apple butter.
Anywhere that offers the most mass-produced, packaged, and making me feel far removed from the source, and me feeling anonymous walking through the store, where I can compare shelf tag prices with ounces, I feel most comfortable.
Don’t have any local markets. In the south you can pick up some groceries straight from the farmer but I live too far north for farming.
