A few grocery notes

We have been shopping primarily at Woolworths, which is a large Australian grocery chain. There are actually two of them within walking distance of our hotel, about a block apart, both good-sized, both within pedestrian malls.  Some things we have noticed:

Whole roast chickens, which are common, are usually stuffed. I think they are roasted rather than rotisserie spitted.

There is very little selection of frozen veggies.

Most of the bread we have found is fluffy. Rather like Wonder bread, which they sell, by the way.  This holds true even for things like a multigrain sourdough.

Stone fruits are in season. We got some really delicious plums. It seems late for that, since we are well past the fall equinox here.

Individual coffee tubes, complete with some kind of creamer and sugar or artificial sweetener, are common. They are very good. Plain coffee in tubes is not common, although some of our hotels have had it.  Also, every hotel we have stayed at that offers a coffee service also has milk there, usually in half pint cartons.

Packaged lunch meat is not common, is mostly ham, and is expensive.  Sliced cheese, on the other hand, is common and varied. "Tasty" appears to be cheddar.

 I have so far on this trip failed to find meat hand pies, by the way.

CBD (central business district) Perth, like Mascot, appears to be heavily Asian.  The Woolworths choices reflect that.