Huge selection and open until 24.00 every night (including Sunday). And, of course, it's packed…read moreduring later hours. This would make one think that more supermarkets would be up later, but nope. ASW is a #winner. Even have a twitter acct: @AlbertHeijnASW

Open on Sundays, parking in the front and downstairs in the garage and self service check-outs,…read morethese are a few of my favourite things besides of course rain drops on roses and whatnot. But seriously though, this Albert Heijn carries a wide range of products, is clean, has wide pathways and also the previously mentioned self service check-out: LOVE it! I always did love this Albert Heijn, but now more than ever with our newborn son it's so easy that we can park in the family spots in the garage, grab the pram and head upstairs without ever having to be outside where rain, sun and wind can bother us. It basically just adds another layer of fantastic and seriously helps with keeping your car cool on hot summer days. And as an added bonus, they actually have a toilet that you can use. Sadly, a rare commodity here in the Netherlands. There's not really much more that I can say other than that we love this Albert Heijn so much that we usually make the twenty minute drive to this one instead of the eight minute walk to the one near our house. Basically it's the best Albert Heijn I know!

Never EVER do they have the food I want. They stopped selling the vegetarian gravy mix I like, they…read moredon't sell Rice Krispies for some reason (WHO doesn't sell Rice Krispies???) and whenever I come here to buy bread it's almost always already sold out. At three in the afternoon. Who orders their bread? I often wonder this and many other things about why they order what they order and why they don't order what they should order. Most recently though, they started selling delicious chocolate almond milk, I bought some to try and loved it. Came back the next week, not there. I figured it would probably be there the week after, still not. This continued until after three weeks I finally asked the manager (my brother's childhood friend who I still find very hard to take seriously, but that's a "me problem") if the product had already been discontinued or it was still supposed to come in. According to the system the milk should have been on the shelf but it hadn't been for three weeks! Good job Plus, good job. My biggest problem though: fresh produce. Plus is a chain of supermarkets that has recently started advertising about how "fresh" al their fruits and vegetables are and how they check them all daily. Every time I walk into this Plus however, I find at least five different kinds of fruit&veg that are rotten. I've even found rotten GARLIC here and that doesn't happen very easily, it usually sprouts first. Now, you may be wondering why I even come here and why not just one star? Simple, it's at a walking distance from my parents' home and very easily combines with walking the dog. That's the only good thing about it.

So, you've knocked down your store and built a brand new one. What do you do? Improve on the old…read moreone you say? Well, Albert Heijn didn't. While they may think it's the most amazing thing since humans found out they can poop, I think my poop is amazing in comparison to the new Albert Heijn. It's not specifically terrible, it's just that the old store used to have a wide variety of things. This one doesn't. I guarantee you that every time I think of a meal or need to get an ingredient I forgot at another shop, this Albert Heijn won't have it. Every single time I come here, even when an item is on sale in all the stores, I won't find at least one item on my list. Usually the most important item which makes me angry and I always leave dissatisfied. One word to describe this new Albert Heijn: poepzooi! (shit-mess)

This Ekoplaza generally has the things you need, is open Sundays and has the seitan sausage rolls I…read moreso very continuously crave but some of the more interesting things you can find in the bigger (Bilthoven) Ekoplaza are not available here. Also, I find that the layout of the products in the shop confuses me as it doesn't seem to follow the sort of standard Ekoplaza formula so I can never find any proper groceries. Really I just come here to grab a seitan roll and a small bar of dark espresso chocolate on my way to a meeting. If you're gluten free, I'd advise you to go to the Bilthoven Ekoplaza. I know a Celiac sufferers mum who swears there is a gluten free aisle in de Bilt but honestly, however many times I try to find it, I still haven't! Luckily gluten is no problem for me, but at least in Bilthoven I can find the aisle. All in all, I think de Bilt is great for grabbing a quick snack and their "dairy" refrigerator is a bit more oversee-able than the one in Bilthoven so that's great when you want to grab some coconut yoghurt and vegan cheese slices.