I knew an exchange student from Romania when I was in college. Her family got leftover food at a restaurant. The first time she was in an American supermarket, she couldn't believe there was a whole aisle devoted to cereal.
She was not eager to return to her own country any time soon.
Boris Yeltsin was in absolute awe when he made a side stop at a supermarket about 30 years ago. The abundance of everything compared to what was available in the Soviet Union shook his view of communism
I knew an exchange student from Romania when I was in college. Her family got leftover food at a restaurant. The first time she was in an American supermarket, she couldn't believe there was a whole aisle devoted to cereal.
She was not eager to return to her own country any time soon.
Boris Yeltsin was in absolute awe when he made a side stop at a supermarket about 30 years ago. The abundance of everything compared to what was available in the Soviet Union shook his view of communism
https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/bayarea/news/article/When-Boris-Yeltsin-went-grocery-shopping-in-Clear-5759129.php
First line of the article: In 1989 Russian president Boris Yeltsin's wide-eyed trip to a Clear Lake grocery store led to the downfall of communism.