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Supermarkets  by Ami Kealoha in Food + Drink on 05 January 2009
by Laura Neilson  I know I'm not alone in my love for grocery
shopping in foreign countries. It's a great way to get a sense
of a country's consumer culture—not just by seeing what the
people of that country buy, but also the particular ways that
all the product are packaged and displayed. But what exactly
does an Austrian MPREIS grocery store, self-dubbed "The
Seriously Sexy Supermarket" sell? The same things as any other
local supermarket, only in a seriously cool and modern setting.
Telfs, photo by Thomas Jantscher  It's rare to come across a
supermarket that's as revealing on the outside as it is for
what's inside, but that's exactly what these stores achieve. For
the last fifteen years, the Austrian chain has commissioned a
steady stream of up and coming architects to design buildings
that make the most of their mountainous settings in the Tyrolean
Alps. With the exception of its brig