Having traveled all across North America during my professional career, I would guess that I’ve been in more supermarkets in more states then the average consumer. While I’m usually stopping in for a snack or some office supplies, I take a quick walk past the meat cases to see what companies are represented.
Most often, I see the same names again and again, no matter where the store is. It’s like that across every store aisle, of course. Probably 90 percent of what is in my neighborhood supermarket in Georgia is identical to a similar store in California or Minnesota. The same holds true for restaurants, where local places are outpaced by chain restaurants.