In our neighborhood, we have a couple of small "skleps" that have general groceries that are good for small shopping trips (think of a small house whose front rooms make up a the store). We also have a bigger store (Jubilat) that has more variety and quantity, but this store goes back to the old Soviet era and does not focus much on a good "customer experience".
If you want meat, you can find some in the local stores, but separate meat shops are the place to go for variety and quantity.
We also find cloth shops that do not sell buttons, zippers, thread, or needles... the good news is that there is another shop for those!
If you want to buy a variety of types of items, you are likely to begin walking and stop at many shops (not necessarily close to each other). It can be good exercise, but you have to be careful when you buy goods that need to be refrigerated.
In the last 5-10 years, shopping malls have arisen (Galeria Krakowska and Galeria Kazimierz) which are very similar to US malls, but there are many stores that are very similar to every other store (okay, much like the US :)). Some of these do have grocery stores so you can buy a variety of goods in one big place.
In the mall grocery stores when we first arrived, the shelves looked quite full and appeared to have a large variety. At closer look, I noticed that everything was the same product/brand/size from floor to ceiling several items wide. Broad choice was an illusion. Even over the last 5 months since we have lived here I have noticed the variety to increase and the different shelves now have different product.
Poland has been changing very quickly, but I still get quite a bit of exercise walking to the bus, store, etc... Exercise is good.
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