There is a saying in German, "Ordnung ist das halbe Leben", or Order is Half of Life. At the Edeka…read moreSimmel Das Einstein, it creeps up to about 80% This place is so orderly that they make you use gloves to handle the (perfect) produce. The selection of yoghurts and cheese is awesome, and the butchery is pricey but meticulous. The bakery is a specialty shop in itself--high turnover and high craftsmanship mean you'll always pick up something fresh from the oven, and tasty. The checkouts, though, are what make this place throroughly and utterly Germanic. Obviously, someone has done a time-and-motion study on the process of checking-out, and determined that dividing the process into two works more efficiently. One lady will ring you up, give you a rechnung with a barcode, which you can then hand to the money-taking lady or ATM your way into the mall outside. The speed means you need to get your skates on to pack your groceries tout suite, lest you clog the check-out artery. And that, my dear friends, would create DISORDER! Tsk tsk.

The Edeka in "DasEinstein" in the Einsteinstrasse is one of my favorite grocery stores in Munich…read more Nearly all the Edeka's I've been to in Munich have been wonderful, but the garage and brand new building make this one extra nice. Nice and big, lots of light and a great fruit and vegetable spread. The self-checkout (5 terminals) is the reason I visit this Edeka nearly every other day for groceries. If you have your act together and understand the process, you can check yourself out faster than it takes to stand in the normal checkout. Gotta love those morons that place all their items on the scale and then bag it after they pay. DRIVES ME CRAZY. Anyway - great store with a nice clean and brand new building housing it. The garage always has tons of space.

This excellent Supermarket is surprisingly located on the arrivals level in terminal 2 of Munich…read moreinternational airport. On our recent layover while having dinner at a restaurant around the corner I located this supermarket. On one of my Frankfurt airport transits I had a discovered a similar market so it looks like have a supermarket in German airports for the convenience of the passengers is an excellent idea. The most surprising factor though is that the pricing at this supermarket is extremely reasonable and they are not scamming passengers out of cash by charging double and triple pricing which most businesses associated with an airport do. We were able to buy excellent chocolates at reasonable prices compared to the same chocolates selling a few hundred feet away in duty free at triple the price. 5 stars all the way wish other airports adopted a similar concept.

Everything a traveler or a late night shopper needs. Edeka…read moreis one of the premium convenience chains in Germany (which means it's not the cheapest shop around), but there seems to be no premium for its location. The fruit section is relatively small, but on the other hand they have a huge beer and licquor section...