Scandinavian Shoppe

I gotta agree that this shop isn’t worth traveling to. It’s planted on a hill in the middle of nowhere. Save for the many different types of Haribo candy, the rest of the shelves were half-​empty. We were looking forward to the bakery, but sadly, the only bread we found was by Swissbake and was lying in the freezers. Plus, the items they stock are so darn expensive!
There was no effort to make the store attractive either, with plain white walls and cement floor. It looked like more a temporary business than a supermarket. We were out the door in less than ten minutes.

I found this ‘shoppe’ rather expensive and overpriced, especially when it isn’t even in the most convenient location in the world. I guess they would be reaching out to the limited expat community around this South Bouna Vista area, but I’m not really sure how that’s meant to work out for them.
Having a stroll around the shop and looking at some of their basic snack items I can’t help but feel like I’d be getting a bad deal buying anything from here. Perhaps they are actually that expensive in Scandinavia (which is a very expensive place to live in), but I can imagine so many other substitutes locally that would cost half these prices.
I find that this shop does not even stay true to its Scandinavian ‘theme’. It seems to me to be a ‘convenience’ store, in that they stock basically everything convenient for them to stock. Perhaps we have been spoilt by other speciality supermarkets — I know of a really good German supermarket — so this just feels like a more expensive and less impressive version of a European food shop.
Finally, the layout of the shop is very plain, nothing compelled me to buy anything and I guess that nothing would compel you too, unless you decide to throw a dollar or two for novelty’s sake.