REASSURANCE
For Chinese consumers, increasingly conscious of food safety and hygiene, they also offer greater reassurance and a wider choice than traditional markets.
"Compared with a Chinese supermarket, the service is good, the variety is wide, the food is fresh and they provide shuttle buses," said Yang Shupeng, a retired woman who spends about 100 yuan during her weekly shopping trip to Wal-Mart.
Her husband also appeared to be enjoying himself with a fishing net as he scooped out two carp from a tank.
The fish had survived longer than they would have done in Britain. According to the shop assistant, a small minority of the 100 turtles sold every day could also expect a brief respite.
"A few customers like to take them home alive so they can play with them for a few days before making them into soup," she said.
RSS