Supermarket: Insider surprises with three shopping tricks for customers of Aldi, Lidl, Rewe or Kaufland

Finding fresh fruit and vegetables in the supermarket is like a science.

An insider reveals important tips that are sure to make every purchase a success.

Munich - Every day, thousands of Germans flock to the supermarkets and try to top off their shopping with the freshest possible products.

What sounds simple is, however, a great challenge for many, after all, fresh food cannot always be recognized at first glance.

A supermarket connoisseur names three tips that will make every purchase a little better in the future.

Tips for shopping: The best goods are available on Monday lunchtime

One of the biggest mistakes is

.

Many customers use the first opening hours on Monday morning to stock up on groceries.

“We always advise you to come on Monday lunchtime,” explains supermarket department manager Juan José Castro Rumiano.

A large part of the available fruit and vegetables still come from the weekend, according to the insider, and the fresh goods are only delivered in the morning.

In addition, the older goods are always on top, the freshly delivered products are always placed below, according to Rumiano.

Rumiano's next tip focuses on

.

There is a simple trick for customers to check the freshness of the goods before deciding to buy: If the leaves are still jumping around when the bag is shaken, the lettuce is fresh.

“The goods sweat in the plastic bag,” was the insider's simple explanation.

In principle, this is not bad, but the goods would then no longer be kept that long.

Supermarket: Fresh tomatoes are easy to test

The last tip from the insider focuses on

.

Here, too, there is a simple trick that will make it easier for customers to visit the supermarket.

"If you pick them up and they don't fall off the bush so easily," assures the supermarket department head.

Tomatoes that are no longer completely fresh are easier to remove than fresher ones.

Thanks to these three tips from the insider, shopping should be more satisfactory for many customers in the future.

Timing and doing a few simple tests on the products you want can work wonders.

(to)

List of rubric lists: © Jan Woitas / zb / dpa