Soviet Supermarket (Grocery store in the USSR)

This report in the TV news program Vremya of June 24, 1988 shows the supermarket No. 60 in the Krilatskoe district, of the Ilyushin aircraft factory, in Moscow. The intention revealed by report was to show a typical Soviet supermarket and the problems faced by this type of establishment in the Soviet Union, although actions were promoted to improve the services, with the change of 8 directors, and that differentiated the supermarket among others. One customer's grocery shopping was timed and took 10 minutes. The small size of the purchase and the small size of the cart compared to what we know today is strange.

Apparently, the supermarket's previous condition of neglect allowed it to participate in some improvement program and vary its workforce, opening up other services. Meanwhile, the part of preparing the goods for sale was antiquated, with the filling of the products being done manually in the supermarket itself. The plans were to create a department to fill products in the future.

Anyway, this supermarket differs from the countless photos we see about the period of Perestroika, when the shelves were empty.