Reaction To Polish Supermarket Biedronka
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This is my reaction to Polish Supermarket Biedronka
In this video I react to Biedronk which is a popular supermarket in Poland
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Biedronka is the most loved and hated at the same time shop in Poland I think 😂
Let's talk about Żabka 😅
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I mean- it evolved from biedronka to bieda (biedronka->biedrona->biedra->bieda)
@@yoruipaulina oh my- You are right!😮😅❤😂
Kurwa, tajemnic narodowych się nie zdradza!!
If you ever come to Poland and you are looking for bread, baggettes, buns or doughnuts don't go to a supermarket, find a small bakery, they are everywhere, they are not expensive and the quality is beyond anything you can find in supermarkets.
That's true, but supermarket garlic bread still slaps. Especially when it's still warm.
There's no comparison between real Polish bread baked in local bakeries and that artificial sh** produced in market chains.
"They are not expensive"
Is it still valid? Here in Czech Republic, it was like that in the past, but a lot of today supermarkets already have their own bakeries and I would not say that it's actually better from smaller bakeries, it's just more expensive. Nobody can made actual bread now like I remember it from my childhood, few years ago, we bought such bread at Christmas market in Vienna, I was like "wow, that's bread from my Czech childhood 20 years ago." And yes, it was pretty expensive, like 5 eur for whole bread, no Czech would pay it for a bread, even smaller bakeries have main goal - to make it cheap, not good. I visited Poland many times and even there, I haven't found anything at least close to what we call a "real bread" here, your pastry is more like French style, more white and baguette-like, while here in Czechia we have more like German/Austrian style.
@@Pidalin You can find the proper old-school bread in Poland, but it is quite rare. Way easier to find a tasty bread with a modern recipe.
Poland is one of the top world apple exporters actually
Strawberries and mooshrooms.
^champignons mushrooms especially
Meanwhile me watching and eat an apple xd
25% world apple production.
Snails and syphilis
Biedronka is a discount store. You have low prices there. There are several, if not a dozen, types of supermarkets in Poland, and each one has half of the assortments that are not available elsewhere. If you want to see a large selection, go to large stores in large cities. You will then find, for example, several dozen types of sausages, frankfurters and other products. Poland is a huge agricultural country. The apples you were surprised to learn are Polish products. We produce 25% of their total production worldwide.
Nie kupuję w biedronce tylko w PSS Społem.
Bieronka' s beginning it was discount .Now Biedronka is not discount anymore .😅 .
@@piotr5338Well, I disagree. The fact that better quality products have recently appeared does not mean that they have a premium range. Biedronka and Aldi have price-oriented assortments
@@piotrsodel3077 please b,You should compare Lidl, Kaufland and Biedronka .They are higher then netto and Aldi .
There are several types of borscht in Poland, the one in the bag is not Ukrainian. Ukrainian borscht is with cabbage and beans.
Also Ukrainian is "muddy" where Polish one is clear
@@pshybysz Polish traditional borscht is also seasoned differently than Ukrainian borscht (which, by the way, is also an element of classic Polish cuisine): namely - Polish borschts use lemon, marjoram, lovage, and add some dried forest mushrooms. Personally, I love Polish red borscht (which is drunk or eaten with patties or small dumplings), etc.
@@pshybysz
In Poland is there are several types of beetroot borscht: regular withened with cream, clear, "Ukrainian" and cold soup (in sommer).
@@movemelody1 In Ukraine also are several types of borscht. Including "Polish borscht" :) Polish borscht in Ukraine is similar to Ukrainian borscht in Poland
@@sanproekt
Funny with these borschts. 😁
"Biedronka" is owned by a Portuguese Jerónimo Martins international group.
A lot of brand names in Biedronka (yes, that means Ladybug), are made specifically for this shop by other, more well-known brands. So e.g. a hand cream "BeBeauty" may be made by Eveline or Tołpa (TORF Corporation), depending on which firm managed to secure a contract.
Those strawberries are not really good, they are most probably from Spain and are not as tasty as our "Truskawki Kaszubskie" (Kashubian strawberries), which are in season in summer holidays.
Ladybird - in the UK.Ladybug - in the USA.
Portuguese jew
I visited Portugal over 10 years ago and spent a month there. They have Pingo Doce with black and green colors - it's basically like our Biedronka with different branding.
@@robertrobski1013 Więc załóż swoją aryjską biedronkę dla łysych abs-ówi sp...laj
@@robertrobski1013 Zalozyciel byl komunista .
The selection of products in Polish stores is significantly larger than in UK shops, including not only food but also cosmetics. It's a different world.
that's surprising to hear - the selection is bigger in Ireland
@@GdzieJestNemo I will give an example - if you were to visit Tesco, Sainsbury's, Waitrose or M&S, you would only find a maximum of three brands of dry tomatoes, including own brand of dry tomatoes in oil. However, in Poland, you can find a whole section dedicated to dry tomatoes at Leclerc market, even with added flavours such as herbs, garlic, peppers, and more. This is true for almost every single product. In the UK you have access to all big brands, you won't find anything more than that.
Poland is in the EU that's why. Companies from the EU don't have to pay so much taxes, duty, etcetera. Also, they do not have to fill a mountain of documents. That is why Poland has more choices of food.
@@zuzauramek9850I have lived in the UK since 2013, before Brexit, and I can ensure that the supply chain for Polish shops here has not been affected; what's more, most of the food avaiable in Britain's market shops is imported from the EU. Thus, it is safe to say that supply chain issues are not the cause of any problems. Instead, it could be that the expectations of the British people are not as high compared to other countries (check the offer of British McDonald's against McDonald's in Poland or Germany). This is also the case in the construction and interior furnishing industry. I recommend this channel where Mr Regan shows all those issues. youtube.com/@RuchOporuElektryk?si=tzB1Ppk3a_74v-Oq
@@zuzauramek9850 I mean. Poland in general has extremely developed food industry. EU only help here.
Biedronka is everywhere. In fact, it's hard not to go there.
I miss Polish supermarkets whenever I go abroad. We complain pretty often about products quality (i.e. meat) but the truth is that our selection is excellent comparing to other countries. The more I travel, the more I appreciate stores like Biedronka and Lidl 🙂
You have Lidl in Germany
Co do Lidla, który jest niemiecki, Polacy powinni w tym sklepie nie kupować. Jak to Niemcy mają w zwyczaju, z Polski chcą zrobić śmietnisko. A ostatnio w jednym z ważnych miejsc dla Polaków;na Warmii, w Gietrzwałdzie (jedyne potwierdzone przez KK w Polsce objawienie maryjne podczas zaboru pruskiego 27 cze 1877 - 16 wrz 1877 ) chcą budować wielkie wysypisko śmieci 😤👇m.czcams.com/video/q9XagAMkQO8/video.html&pp=ygUYUHJvdGVzdCB3IEdpZXRyendhxYJkemll
You miss "Polish" markets: Portuguese Biedronka and German Lidl😆
@@dorotabarbowska2184 OMG. Suppliers are mostly Polish with Polish products. 🙃
@@bullet1544 True, but the profits go to..... ? And Polish staff is so badly paid... Reality.🙂
Poland is one of the top World apple, strawberries and mooshroms actualy.
Fun fact about Biedronka - there's a small general section in front of the Store with toys, books, houshold items, etc. But from time to time they would have music cds there. But not only eurodance or disco polo party mixes (They had those too), but serious, genuine rock albums, from the likes of Aerosmith, Rush, Offspring, Rainbow, Nirvana, REM Guns'n'Roses, Kiss and so on. But it get's even weirder - They would have Iggy Pop, Frank Zappa, Anthrax, Megadeth and even Slayer. Yeah, nothing beats enhancing your beef steak with a healthy helping of God Hates Us All.
..and as few already mentioned - Biedronka is a semi size supermarket, kind of Coop size, or smaller Sainsburys in UK. Then you have the big, Asda or Tesco like supermarkets, also local veg shops. Our 7/11 is called "Zabka" - another animal name, for frog this time :) Zabka's are open 24/7 often, otherwise you would just go to the petrol station, and these are similar to the UK ones - sweets, beers, hot dogs, chicken goujons, cheese packs, cola, pasta, sandwiches.
It is one of the cheapest in Poland & offering relatively good quality. It is spread all over Poland. Do not worry about food in Poland. I bet it is the best in Europe anyway.
IM większy postęp tym gorsze wszystko
@@natanmalesa1943 i understand what you said but others probably didn't[the biger progress the worse everyfing]
Most popular polish supermarket, but due to various reasons it has been a subject of memes and laughter. Personally, I go there everyday, cause it's closest to me and fairly cheap.
2:00 - In Poland nowadays, by the decision of the government, there are Sundays on which shops are opened (really few throughout a year), and those on which shops are closed (majority of time). The aim of this decision was to give people working in shops free Sundays as it is, in the government view, the time of rest.
2:47 - As far as I know, the majority of products in Biedronkas is local, but of course, as there is no avocados or other tropical fruits growing in Poland, we import them.
4:02 - Yeah, we used to be among the top 5 biggest apple exporters in the world. Not sure how it is now, though.
7:33 - It depends. Compared to UK, maybe we eat a bit less of snacks, but I wouldn't be so sure. Especially with such wide choice of different kinds. Biedronka (and other supermarkets) have their own peculiar sweet brands that you can buy there and there only.
8:08 - Prince Polo is well-known even outside Poland, particularly liked in Iceland.
10:52 - She said bakery, but it must be noted that it's not fresh - they're just baking frozen products.
Biedronka is not considered a supermarket, it's a market - it's way smaller than a supermarket, while still having a great variety of produce and low prices (and great deals, especially if you have a Biedronka card/app). Because they are quite small, there can be so many of them in many different locations, which is great because there is always a Biedronka nearby. It's very convenient because you don't need to go and waste your time in a huge mall every single time. I do 95% of my daily shopping in markets like Biedronka or Lidl and I rarely go to real supermarkets.
there is no one, official way to say which store is supermarket, which is hipermarket and which is what we call "dyskont", i would say that Biedronka is the last one, altho the line between dyskont and supermarket starts to fall down... And most people call Biedronka a supermarket anyway, same thing with Lidl for example.
Totalna Bzdura
Biedronka to Supermarket i ma Rozmiary Supermarketu
Potem Wielkościowo jest Hipermarket jak Carrefour Auchan |
@@manierwarsaw9820 Tak naprawdę to chyba najbardziej odpowiednia nazwa to dyskont 😉 W moim komentarzu chodziło głównie o zaznaczenie, że Biedronka należy do sklepów o stosunkowo małej powierzchni. Poza tym, Biedronki różnią się rozmiarem między sobą. Są większe, ale jest też dużo mniejszych ok. 200-300 m2, szczególnie w centrach miast. Ja najczęściej z takimi mam do czynienia. Taka powierzchnia raczej nie kwalifikuje się jako supermarket. W każdym razie, tak jak wspomniałam wcześniej, chodziło mi o zaznaczenie, że są to niewielkie sklepy, nie ma potrzeby się unosić 😉
@@manierwarsaw9820 There are different sizes of Biedronka. I live in a small city (up to 70k people, probably less, data is old) and we have 9 of the Biedronka stores. I mainly go to two of them, closest to me, and one is way bigger than the other one, but still looks way smaller than the one on the video. The smaller one feels VERY claustrophobic - like shelves are closer to each other and there's way less of them. It feels more like Żabka with more shelves, so bigger, but very cramped. Probably depends on the location where they build them and if there's enough space to make it bigger.
Dino market is even better, smaller than biedronka but Dino has shops even in villages. My village has about 300 people and we have Dino which is amazing.
Hi I'm from Poland. I love how you are surprised about the choice, and we have a lot of stores that have twice of that, like german Kaufland also very popular and Lidl, but this is too much imo 😂 you can read from what country the products are because people called "Agrounia" fought for that - its a deep consument and producing economic fight about 7-8 years ago. Since we are in EU. Many economics are connected. Ours is most connected with Germany, so IT was a situation that supermarkets were forcing german lower quality potatos for example, longer transportation, class B etc. You know. And the price was the same or even higher for them than the Polish ones with better quality, and you couldnt buy Polish potatos at the certain time. Only from a farmer "somewhere". So now we know what we buy 😊
Price is very good in Biedronka, but I hate crowds and since it is cheap there are a ton of people with full shopping cart so you have to wait like 15min +
Biedronka is the cheapest and always has been. They have a large selection, but it's a consumer trap because if you buy small packages, you pay more. I am not satisfied with meats such as pork or chicken or deep sea fish such as pollock and silver carp are from your regions of the Indonesian seas and surrounding areas. You can do good shopping in Biedronka, but there is a lot of processed food there, so Biedronka is a store for the poorest and those who do not care about their health. I buy dry products in Biedronka, such as flour, sugar, pasta, groats, rice, etc. They have good and cheap coffee and exclusive high-quality sweets. Unfortunately, everything else is highly processed food, foreign food, including fresh products, which should be bought from local producers, in Biedronka are imported from other countries. A real Pole buys meat and cold cuts from a local butcher and fruits and vegetables at the market, because even if they are from a wholesaler, they are from a local wholesaler that receives goods from local farmers. Remember, when you are in Poland, support Polish producers and supermarket chains often have owners from other countries.
1. Yes, Biedronka means ladybird/ladybug. It's a well known brand of discount supermarkets (like Lidl, Aldi or Netto), owned by the Portugese Jeronimo Martins group.
2. Since it's a supermarket, it's a medium sized store. Bigger stores are called "hipermarket" and are owned by brands like Auchan (French, they also have some supermarkets under their brand), Carrefour (French, also have supermarkets and franchise of convenience stores), Kaufland (German, same owner as Lidl), E.Leclerc (French). We also had some Tesco
hipermarkets and supermarkets, but they sold their locations to Kaufland and Netto respectively.
3. Those opening hours are for Monday-Saturday and shopping Sundays - only on seven Sundays in a year shops can be open (unless the owner runs the register on their own).
4. Even for a Biedronka, this one looks tiny, probably built into some apartament building. Standalone stores are much bigger and sell ever changing selection of clothes, tools, kitchen utensils etc. Some also have a meat/fish/cold cuts counter where you can buy by weight (sadly it's either that counter or most of their selection of vacuum packed meat).
5. Fruit prices were atrocious, but what can you expect in February. We tend to prefer locally grown fruit (when available), but while we are one of the biggest apple producers in the world, it's too cold here for citrus fruits or bananas. Typically citrus fruit are "in season" here in winter.
6. At least half of the brands you see (Vital salad mixes and juices , GoVege vegetarian/vegan stuff, Bonitki cookies, most of stuff in fridges and freezers) are Biedronka-owned brands, white-labelled for them, often by very well known companies.
When it comes to product quality, European Union standards apply, of course. Actually, these are standards Plus+, given the quality of Polish raw vegetables and fruits etc. and Polish recipes. I could mention many product categories, but I'll only mention two, for adults and for children. Well, in Poland it's unthinkable to sell some diluted spirit with added synthetic bitterness under the name "beer" as it is done, for example, in Russia.
Polish sweets have a more refined taste than Western ones. Above all, they have a diverse flavor balance and it is more common, for example, to use dark chocolate than to pour tons of sweet milk chocolate and caramel over everything, as in America.
The quality of a Polish apple or strawberry versus a Spanish apple or Dutch strawberry is like heaven and earth.
Biedronka is Polish discount store. It’s the most popular chain store in Poland. Fun fact, the chain is actually Portugal owned; maybe that’s why they have so many good fruits😉 but I still call it a Polish Store, because this particular chain is exclusively in Poland & they have a lot of polish products exclusive to their stores; I think majority of product are Polish. …and yes biedronka means ladybug 🐞 in Polish 😊
Biedronka is generally seen as the cheapest supermarket (but because of the inflation it gets expensive too) with a lot of store brands (like this tangerine juice - my favourite!) The donuts are insane, they also sell cakes, and the most gorgeous cheesecake there is for a small price of 16 pln (4 $ for a whole cake)
There is lots of choice in Poland's supermarkets, and Biedronka is one of discounts, love-hate relationship, as with Aldi or Lidl in Europe. When you enter the veg isle in pl supermarket, you can smell the vegetables from 1-2 meters. We have lots of fruit and vegetable choice, and, also, with veg there is seasonality, so in summer you will eat tones of super cheap strawberries, salads, in autumn cheap and beautiful cauliflower, forest mushrooms, cabbages. Sweets - A LOT. 10 brands of chocolate, domestic and from abroad. Wafers, batons.. And we have fantastic confectionery shops, bakeries with doughnuts etc, too, but the proper confectionery shops with tortes, baked and cold cheesecakes and much more. If you love to eat and, as myself, check supermarkets abroad.. Poland is a cheap heaven :)
Tiger is a energy drink brand started by famous polish boxer Darius "Tiger" Michalczewski.
I remember in Poland and 60s and 70s oranges you could buy only twice a year if you’re lucky for Christmas and for Easter lemons were more common but not very often you could purchased them in the store
My friend has a chain of grocery stores in western Poland. He opened his first store in the 1990s, and now there are probably a dozen of them. Things even cheaper than in Biedronka.
Opening hours: Sunday : 8:00 - 21:00 - there are only a few Sundays a year where you can do shopping.
As a Pole living in the UK I miss Biedronka sooo much. In the larger ones you get Waitrose level of choices and quality for Aldi/Lidl prices.
I go there often. Just because I work there XD
I just came back from Biedronka
I did make funny jokes at Biedronka in 2000s in Poland I have to apologize very descent supermarket!! A lot of good healthy choices for good prize as well!!
Jedzenie w Polsce jest najllepsze w porównaniu do cen👍👍👍👍
podobnie jest z usługami turystycznymi .Wskaźnik jeden z najlepszych w Europie .
Zgadzam się 😊 Mieszkam w Londynie ale żywność kupuję w Polskim markecie ,, Ziarenka" . Zawsze świeże , zawsze pyszne i miły uprzejmy personel . Anglicy też chętnie robią zakupy w tym markecie. Wędliny pachną niebiańsko 😂 a ciasta są sprowadzane z Polski , napewno z dobrej cukierni bo smakują wybornie 😊
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yee Biedronka is like most common store to go ;p but i will not call it a Supermarket ;p and yee Biedronka is ladiebug. btw super recomended to try polish sweets they are realy amazing.
"Kiedy w Biedronce wzywa promocja, moim honorem jest walka" ~ Janusz
xd
moja siostra spędza dosłownie 4 godziny każdego dnia na przeglądanie w telefonie promocji w biedronce bo a nuż marchewka bedzie tańsza o 30 groszy i grzechem byłoby nie kupić
Ja całymi miesiącami kradłem w Biedronce całymi torbami, kiedy przypadkiem odkryłem jakie to łatwe. Ale w końcu wpadłem, dostałem 500zl mandatu i przestałem xD. Ale nie żałuję, wyniesienie za darmo czegoś sprawiało mi doslownke fizyczna rozkosz, zrozumiałem dlaczego jest kategoria ludzi która kradnie w sklepach dla sportu czy wręcz z uzależnienia. Ten zastrzyk dopaminy kiedy wyjdziesz z zakupami nie płacąc jest niesamowity.
@@miwoj To niech się tam zatrudni, to będzie miała zniżki xD
@@Blido Rozumiem, że do kwoty aby nazwać to wykroczeniem, a nie przestępstwem? Nie wiem czy to prawda, ale chyba podnieśli kwotę za wykroczenie, to sprzyja większym kradzieżom xD
Yes. Biedronka literally means ladybug :)
Ladybug
@@robertrobski1013 Yeap, thanks. Corrected ;)
We have Biedronka in Brooklyn NYC.
Actually, Biedronka/ladybird belongs to a Portuguese company Jerónimo Martins. But is one of the biggest supermarkets in Poland and sells 90% of Polish products with are produced in Poland. Roszponka its a lamb's lettuce . Others supermarkets like Bierdornka we have Dino, Lidl, and Netto. The rest supermarkets are much bigger like Kaufland, Auchan, Carrefour, Intermarche, and Aldi.
Polak założył biedronkę później sprzedał
@@Bohohoho Przecież Świtalski założył i później sprzedał wszystko: Eurocash, Biedronka, Żabka, Elektromis, Małpka... :D
@@sanproekt Dlatego jeśli mamy wybór to nie róbmy zakupów w sklepach sprzedanych zagranicznym korporacjom, a wybierajmy tylko polskie.
@@zaklina.4822 1. To nie maję sensu, wręcz często - szkodliwe.
2. Zazwyczaj to hipokryzja - pojadę na BMW, na rynek kupić jabłek bo są narodowe! :D
@@sanproekt 1. Co w tym szkodliwego? Jeśli masz wybór między produktem zagranicznym i polskim tej samej jakości i wybierzesz ten polski? Co w tym jest szkodliwego?
2. Gdzie tu widzisz hipokryzję?
This was not a supermarket but discount shop. You can compare it with Lidl, Aldi. We have big chain supermarkets like Carefour or Auchan.
I'm am meat eater and I can testify that vegan food from Biedronka is really good. I'm not getting any younger so I'm trying to keep my diet more balanced and reducing red meat and these are actualy good alternative. Biedronka started as a typical discount and it still has the lowest prices but it also have very good quality. Italian wines, Spanish sausages, Greek cheese, Czech beer.... everything I need to be happy :)
My Portuguese boyfriend love this supermarket. Every time we in Poland he want to go there as they sell the best wine from Portugal
Przecież Biedronka jest portugalska, to nie powinno Cię to zaskakiwać...
You probably never heard about “ szczaw “ it’s a type of grass , sour in taste… excellent for soups!
O szczawiu
Hello Biedronka is good for the selection of products, however if You would like to buy best qualyty meet, sosages, fish etc. We have small stores with the regional production where those products are 100% better than in large markets.
Biedronka (ladybird) is classed as one of the lower priced markets equivalent to the UK's Aldi.
In addition to apples, Poland is the largest producer of: cherries, raspberries, currants and goose- berries in the EU. Actually Poland is among the world's leading producers of rye, potatoes, and apples, as well as pork and milk. The most important crops are grains, of which the highest yields came from rye, wheat, barley, and oats. Other major crops are potatoes, sugar beets, fodder crops, flax, hops, tobacco, and fruits.
I must also admit Polish tomatoe are absolutely amazing. I bet you've never tasted tomato like a Polish tomato 😋
I guess a lot of stuff is good quality I don't really have the ability to compare with other countries.
In this video she didn't show everything that's in this matket tho, but from your reaction it seems like it's way more then anywhere else. Now we have an app where every day we get different promotions some good some bad, there before checkouts are also like toys, electronics, decorations and stuff, there is also a whole alley of water and juices and I don't know like every month or so there is a different theme for some products in certain alley where you have stuff from different parts of the world like Greece, US, Asia etc
I love polish smoked sausages ( kabanosy )
Jestem obywatelem Bangladeszu Chętnie podejmę pracę w tym sklepie na małym stanowisku
for what i remember, what Brits call organic food, we call food
Yes. There is one Biedronka that works in weekdays on 24h
If you are looking for best quality local fruits, vegetables or meat in Poland it is best to go to local market place. In Warsaw i.e. Hala Mirowska. The quality is much better than Biedronka, Lidl etc. I usually do not buy bread in discount shops because we have plenty small and big bakeries where bread is a way much better than in Biedronka or Lidl. We love good bread here in PL. There are many other supermarkets in Pl. The two above usually have their own brands of food. I think most variety of products you can find in Carrefour (french) Especially the big ones. There are also shops like Auchan (french), Netto and Dino (polish), Aldi, Leclerc and probably some more.
I'm kinda suprised to hear you saing that Biedronka offers wide choice of products. This is so-called 'discount store', one of the cheapest places that offers only a few brands and flavours for every product to make you decide and generally do your grocery faster. Have you ever heard of Kaufland, Carrefour (but not Carrefour Express, this one is a small convienience store) or Auchan? If not, check out especially the last one. 50 kinds of bottled water or chocolate bars will make you stay there for hours ;)
Lidl is the second most-common 'dicount store' in Poland and also similar to Biedronka.
I'm confused? Biedronka is very popular in Poland for cheap and relatively good quality products, but it is not a Polish company, it is a Portuguese company
W końcu ktoś myślący... Tak czytam sobie te komentarze i powoli zaczynałam tracić wiarę w ludzi. Ludzie piszą tu o "polskich" sklepach a wymieniają takie jak Biedronka, Lidl, Kaufland, Intermarche, Netto 🤣 Świadomość ekonomiczna w naszym kraju woła o pomstę do nieba.
come to Poland, only for a weekend, you will see for yourself what it is like in Poland, welcome
Biedronka is a small cheap market (not a supermarket) but compared to other stores like idk Społem (probably the oldest chain in Poland) it's always so messy and chaotic, if u want some good veggies you'd go to the nearest warzywniak or ryneczek anyway.
Nearest warzywniak or ryneczek ❤❤❤
Biedronka is in the same category as Lidl, so if you have ever been in the Lid, it's very similar in terms of size. It's nowhere near the size of UK's ASDA, Morrisons or even standard Tesco (not talking about Tesco Express). Tropical fruits are imported, just because it's impossible to produce them in polish climate - same as in the UK. When it comes to food quality - Poland is part of the EU, which means that food here is very high quality, and cannot be compared to either Asia or USA. Apples are famous in Poland, because Poland is one of the biggest producers of apple in the world (idk if it's still actual, but was on the first place at some point). When it comes to prices, you can't compare it to the UK, as the wages are different in both countries, so naturally, in UK everything must be more expensive, as labor costs are higher ^^
Poland is the largest producer of soft fruits in the EU, plums, cherries, apple currants, strawberries, etc. The British also have a choice...
Biedronka is NOT a Polish supermarket, it's a Portuguese low price store chain. It's so popular because the prices there low and the quality/price coefficient is fairy good.
There are some products which I buy there regularly, for example the rutheanian pierogi or fruit juices and smoothies and some diary products. Their breads are too artificial for me and lower quality than what you get from any Polish bakery.
I'm haven't tried their seafood, but many people claim that the Portuguese seafood products sold there are quite good.
This chain of stores is notorious for bad treatment of employees - low wages and forcing them to work very hard which is visible when you go there. There's usually mess on the shelves, missing prices, lines at the cashier desk due to insufficient number of staff. Some years ago there were group suits of employee against the company which ended in some improvement of the working conditions there, but still one can see that the low prices are partly the result of the company's employment policy.
I love these pepper tomatoes (from Spain) from Biedronka - the best small tomatoes from polish discounts.
what's common and standard quality in Poland, it's almost always premium in most parts of the world. And out premium.. heh - sky-high
My nearest Biedronka is opened 6-22.30
Biedronka is not a supermarket, it is a discount...
I przede wszystkim nie jest polskim sklepem.
I was in Poland at summer so in Biedronka diversity and quality of fresh products fruits vegs are much higher as in for example in Supervalue same as you will go into polish Lidl you will see tripple more vegs and fruits as in any western European country that lidl is placed so in my opinion this is becouse market competition in Poland forced them to improve heir offer but prices of food already are same or bit higher as in other countries unfortunatly Poles still earn much less than the average European there are products still much cheeper than in Ireland or UK as beer or alcochol but patrol or diesel are already on almost same level 15-30 cents less as in Ireland
LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) is extremely popular in Poland, it's half the price of petrol. Of course, the car must be modified to use this fuel, but you can buy a car that is already modified by the manufacturer.
Polish typical market is DINO. Biedronka is portuguese, and Lidl is german.
Biedronka, Lidl, Aldi have a lot of branches in Poland, whilst Zabka, Lewiatan, Rabat are franchised chain stores equivalents to British corner shops such as: Premier, Savers, Mace, Costcutter, Best One, Scotmid, ect. that offer convenience access at higher prices. Costcutter name is misleading..
If you visit local butchers' shops either chained, franchised you get huge variety of local and international sausages, smoked meat, cold cuts, cooked meats, mince (chicken, turkey, beef, lamb, pork,pork-beef, male sheep-harder and less tender than lamb),
vast variety of hard cheese: gouda, emental, masdam and polish local depending on region that you cannot find anywhere in Europe including smoked cheese, a lot of smooth cottage spreadable cheese, cottage white cheese with some curdles (like british cottage) as well as cottage cheese curd that is at least as hard as feta cheese, highest in protein made in 4 versions-zero fat, low fat, semiskimmed, full fatt.
natural, flavoured (paprika, garlic, horse raddish, chives, chilli, fermented gherkings, forest fungi...sweet spreadable versions: strawberry, vanilla, caramel, toffee, chocolate, rasbery, roasted cinnamon and apple, all the berries, mixed forest fruits, pear, citrus flavoured....at least 7 times more options of cheese, meat, sausages (some of them you roast, pan fry, boil -smoked and unsmoked options, cold cuts than Britain offers. Yes, Poland has its versions of white and black pudding, smoked and unsmoked bacon but it is usually sold in chopped, dices versions or in a block, so you must slice it and eg. can be used in barbecue, burgers, stews, dumplings, sandwiches.
There is more variety of soft carbonated drinks flavours..Not just international known concerns..offering coca-cola, pepsi brands (fanta, mirinda) a lot of flavoured vodkas also manufactured in different regions at strenghth 37 to 80 percent of alcohol.
Whisky, Rum, White rum, tequilla, pure vodka, plum vodka(mountains 70 to 80 %), absinth (70 percent), aniseed vodkas(like greek uzzo), balsam pomorski (sweet spirit), lemon, lime, cranberry, rasberry, blackcurrant, chockeberry, cherry-all fruit available, beers (many different breweries, beer like beverages from 1.5/% of alcogol-ginger beer, strawberry and lime, ciders are less common, wines made of grapes as well different fruits: cherry, black fruits, forest fruits-blackcurrant, blackberries, chockeberries, peaches also grow in poland ;)..
If you visit polish most massive supermarket-equivalent to Tesco extra, Morrisons, Asda you can cheese deli counters, cold cuts deli, meat, fish seperately..you can imagine 10-15 feet long counter with just hard cheese, cooked meat and coldcuts, meat,fresh fish....
As a Polish person I have visited Malaysia one day and that's true - the prices are sooo "Polish" in this country! Even the currency is almost exactly 1:1 !!!
But when it comes to:
- the diary products - they are extremally expensive comparing to poland!!! About 4x more expensive!
- the fuel/gas - about about 3x cheeper in Malaysia (they mine the fuels).
The rest is the same and has the same prices :)
Oh, ok... probably alcohol is much more expensive in Malaysia cause this is mostly a muslim country so they don't drink it 😉 But it's not inaccesible, Malaysians are tolerant to anybody (and sooooo friendly OMG!).
I'd compare typical Polish prices (not in the big city, just avarage) to the Malaysian island of Langkawi 😉
Google tells me that roszponka is "lamb's lettuce". It has a nice, mild taste. It is my teenage son's favourite green and it is also very easy to grow in a garden as long as the temperatures are above 0 Celsius (probably on the windowsill as well).
Biedronka is still considered to be a cheap supermarket with a limited selection of goods. While it changes, there are big hipermarkets in Poland, like auchan or Kaufland that offer a much bigger selection of merchandise, especially when spices are considered.
8:56 it's not the Ukrainian borscht, it's a Polish barszcz
I buy a carrott juice 100%. It is cheep and delicious. Many products in 🐞 supermarket has no preservatives at all like this carrot juice for example. That is why it taste good. A bread from bakery is always a one day product.
Nowadays Biedronka stores are everywhere and everyone buys in there because they are cheap and products are of nice quality but back in early 2000' they were considered stores for poor people in my region of Poland, subcarpatia. Now Biedronka is one of cheap markets, another one is Lidl. Btw, I just came across your channel and I'm kind of binge watching it right now 😂 It's great that you find our country so interesting, really ❤
Biedronka is truelly everywhere in Poland. My town of 60k residents has 10 lol.
Prices are great, lots of discounts. They usually aren't the prettiest on the inside but it's still better than it was. They used to look more like warehouses inside.
Also very often Biedronka gets small batches of unique stuff that's not easy to find elsewhere. I remember the joy when I realised japanese snack "Pocky" got introduced. True happiness.
1:58 It say niedziela handlowa which means "shopping Sunday". In Poland only the owner of a shop can work at a store on Sundays apart from few "shopping Sundays" a year so supermarkets are closed on Sundays. And yes, Biedronka literally means Ladybug in polish.
Fun fact in the 90s and yearly 2000 biedronka was considered a really cheap supermarket and when I was a child whenever I came to echool with a bag with biedronka logo on it I was laughed at becaouse the supermarket was considered a shop for poor people. Now its really common and still pretty cheap comparing to Kaufland, Carrefour or Tesco (which is no longer in Polans to be found). But yeah you could be mocked cause of going to biedronka back then 😂
Biedronka - ladybird some poles calling on this discount shop stonka Colorado potato beetle so I found as funny things :)
If you ask so many questions and really want to know something, imho you should make companion episode, where you comment after reading comments :D this would make great base for foreigners. First movie with questions, your first thoughts, and second, where you comment what you gathered from comments ;D this would make more sense for publicity not only from Poland ;)
Yes I have been in Biedronka!
There is one Biedronka in Warsaw open 24h but usually they close at 10 pm. In Poland we always eat more tropical fruits in winter and mostly Polish fruits in summer. We're a huge food producer which is why the quality is so good. And yes, most of the brands are either Polish or Biedronka own brands provided by Polish suppliers. Biedronka is a discount. In Poland there are more discount department stores than regular supermarkets.
8:37 Za łososia nie dałbym 70zł😅
Biedronka is a big brand and they have many private label products. I bet it's over 50% of products they offer. That's why you wasn't able to recognize most of them.
Eh, those greenhouse imported strawberries only look good, they taste like water. The proper good ones you will buy in season from stands where they sell them from wooden baskets, and you have to eat or freeze them within one or two days because they are ripe and bruised and will mold extremely fast. sooo good though.
When she says 'we' I bet she's saying about her specifically, not polish people in general :P
Supermarkets, shopping malls, big stores are closed on most of sundays in Poland. Thats the law here. Groceries can be open in sundays if the owner works there by himself or his family members
in Poland you can find really good quality products, we have had a cult of healthy food for many years, nowhere else in Europe apart from Poland have I seen sausages with more than 90% meat, maybe the quality of cheese is different from the West, but you can get good ones, but apart from that we have a wide range selection of very good quality products. It's funny that Biedronka is considered a shop for poor people in Poland 😅
Well Biedronka belongs to Jeronimo Martins, Portuguese company 😅😝
Supermarkets can only operate one Sunday a month, and small shops can operate every Sunday, but the owner must be behind the cash register after 12 a.m.
There are many other supermarkets, my family shops in Lidl and Inter Marché for certain things, sometimes in Aldi or Netto as well, but not so much in Biedronkas.
Żaden z tych które wymieniłeś nie jest polskim sklepem.
@@zaklina.4822no i ?
Biedronka is actually a discount store rather than supermarket. But while it was rather cheep and poor quality at the beginning it offers loads of good quality products nowadays.
re tea - we got separate shops for tea with quality blends/leaves
Love your accent👍🏻😂
Usually all the produce is of good quality at shops like Biedronka, you don't need to sort through it to find the good ones.
Also, Biedronkas are THE cheapest chain of supermarkets in Poland. They're very popular (I shop there almost every day). The biggest drawback is that they can be a bit cramped - they save of store space to bring the cost down.
Poland is 4th biggest apple producer in the world and biggest in EU
You discovered globalization, nice...
The fact is that in Poland, compared to the UK, there is much more choice, not even the types of products themselves, but the number of different brands. "Biedronka" is a discount store, not a supermarket, it has a limited number of brands. If you go to a large Carrefour or Tesco, there is a really huge selection. I was shocked when I entered Tesco for the first time in the UK due to the poor offer.
This chain of stores is my former workplace ;)
We don't really have corner shops in Poland so I look at it as a big corner shop because they are everywhere.
You claim that there are no small shops in Poland. Where did you grow up?
Go Vege is a Biedronka generic brand of vegan food. It is said to be quite good. I tried vegan gyros and it was very tasty. I don't usually shop in Biedronka cause it is not that close to where I live. Some other popular shops like this are Netto or Lidl. Netto has similar prices to Biedronka and Lidl is a bit more expensive but there are some more of the higher quality products there. The mintaj fish is walleye pollock.
People in Poland are split for some reason between Biedronka, Lidl, Auchan and Netto. It means some goes only to one of them. I usually go to Auchan because it's the bigest one and sth. I shop at Netto (the closest one) Lidl etc. So I mix them
Stokrotką and Dino are also very popular.
As for sweets and snacks - we have a lot of tasty Polish products and I would say that Poles eat a lot of sweets and pies/cakes.
Dino, Mrówka ...is polish ...Biedronka is Jeronimo Martins
Reserved i Diverse też są polskie. Tak jak Lewiatan, Polo Market, Delikatesy Centrum, Mila, Eko, Agata Meble - też są w 100% polskie.
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Biedronka is a Portuguese store chain :-)
She missed the huge alcohol section of whiskey, vodka, beer, wine, liqueurs, etc. :)
Biedronka means Lady Bug in Polish, hence the logo :)
My aunt works in Biedronka