When it comes to food shopping, we basically have two choices: Carrefour, the gigantic hyper-market where one routinely loses much time to save little money, or Champion, the local super-market where shopping is faster, a little bit more expensive, and where one has a more limited selection because the store is smaller. Ironically, the Champion supermarket belongs to Carrefour. Why is that ironic? Because more and more, products we like to buy at Champion are replaced with less expensive Carrefour branded ones (such as all the cereals in the photo except “Fitness” at the lower right) that are evidently more popular with the clientele. So to buy non-Carrefour brands, we have to go to Carrefour where there is enough shelf space to accommodate several brands. This economic crisis really is beginning to affect everyone!