Grocery shopping

This paragraph is comparison between Kumamoto and Minnesota!

☆ In Kumamoto 　☆
There are a lot of grocery stores in Kumamoto. For example, their names are Every, Sunny, Hi Hirose, Holiday, Marukyo, Nikonikodo and so on. In grocery stores of Japan, many foods line up regularly. They look good but they are not as colorful as in American grocery stores. Almost all vegetables and fruits, etc. There are sold in packages.
Japanese usually don’t buy too much food, so Japanese often go to the grocery stores. Japanese want freshness and quality more than quantity. According to my questionnaire, many Japanese often go to grocery store about five times a week. Also, almost all Japanese housewives go to the grocery stores alone. They usually buy fish, beef, vegetables, fruit, bread, etc.
Also we only watch some advertisements and coupons but we hardly use them at grocery stores. According to my questionnaire, almost all Japanese don’t use coupons in grocery stores. But on the other hand, some people have point cards of grocery stores. If they have many points, they can buy some foods more cheaply.

☆ In Minnesota　☆
There are a lot of grocery stores in Minnesota too. For example, their names are Cub Foods, Target, Costco and so on. American grocery stores’ sizes are very big and the inside is very colorful. In grocery stores, American food sizes of everything are BIG!! Surprisingly, there were also a lot of colors in grocery stores of America. Especially, snacks, cakes, drinks, and sweets have vivid colors. Most Japanese probably don’t like colorful foods because we think that it looks bad for our health. Especially, beef, many kind of drinks (milk, juice), vegetables (cucumbers, tomatoes, green peppers, eggplants and so on), snacks, frozen foods etc. There were 4 liter plastic bottles in American grocery stores. In Japan, doesn’t have such a size.
Next, according to my research, American housewives go to grocery stores about 1~3 times a week. Also almost all Americans go to grocery stores with their family or alone. They usually buy beef, fruit, vegetables, cheese, bread, milk, snacks, and so on. Americans buy a lot of food in grocery stores at one time in comparison with Japan, because Americans have big freezers in many houses to keep the food. In order to do such big shopping, also carts of course are bigger sized.
Surprisingly, in grocery stores of Minnesota, almost all vegetables and fruits are not sold in packages, but you choose what you like by yourself. They were sold by weight. Items like potatoes, onions, and carrots can be put into plastic bags and weighed by the customer, they are weighed again and the cost is determined at the check-out counter.
　　In America people often purchase groceries with credit cards. For safety, they do not usually carry large sums of cash which exceed 100 dollars. Therefore, it seems that they use credit cards. Also, American people often use some coupons at grocery stores. My host mother “Terrie" checks some special price foods in advertisements before she goes grocery shopping. Also she is a member of some grocery stores. If you become a member of grocery stores, you can buy things more cheaply.
　　Next, some grocery stores of America have self registers. If you buy a few goods, using the self registers is better because it doesn’t take a lot of time. Self registers were started about two years ago in Minnesota. It is good idea to do this.
Also, according to my questionnaire, most of the respondents said that Costco has the best prices on many items and Costco prices are much lower than in most grocery stores.　
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