European Reacts to Cuban Goes to American Supermarket for the 1st time -  

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Thank you so much again for reacting to our video!!!!! Thank you for tagging us. We dedicate all our content to immigrants around the world who just want to experience what we did. For us Cubans, it’s a surreal experience to go to a supermarket. And now we are here for a couple years, it’s been a first time experience for many things. Cuba today is much worse than when we left. No electricity for 20 hours a day. Food prices are so inflated… no more meat. It’s really bad. We pray the end of socialism in our country. Free Cuba!!!!!

My mom is from Laos which is a communist country. She escaped with her siblings and stayed in a refugee camp in Thailand until she got sponsored to come to the US. She had friends who tried to escape with their children and drowned. I have friends from school who were from Venezuela and saw the same poverty there. They've been helping their family come to the US. We're incredibly blessed here in the US and it's why I'm so passionate about pushing back against those who support socialist, communist and Marxist ideas in our government.

After living in the Philippines for a year and seeing homeless children in the street begging for pesos for food (24 pesos to one American dollar), I returned to America and burst into tears upon walking into a store in the mall that contained nothing but clips and bows for little girls to wear in their hair. Each bow cost more than the average Philippino made in a week working as a domestic helper on the U.S. Navy base. We Americans are spoiled and unappreciative. I lived in the Philippines in 1991 and it impacted the rest of my life. I can never take anything for granted ever again, especially food. Seeing this man overwhelmed by American opulence brought tears to my eyes.

I'm from South Korea. I know people from North Korea and many of them had never had meat until they made it into South Korea. I've seen secretly filmed video of children in North Korea digging into the dirt to look for bugs to eat, because they were so hungry. It is so sad to know that just a short distance away from where there is so much food that children are starving to death.

Yoel is a reason to give thanks to our freedoms in the USA. Understanding how overwhelming it was for him should show everyone how wonderful it is here. Let's keep it so. I love that couple.

I’m a Cuban, it’s gotten worse since he got here. Now they don’t even have running water.

All their first videos made me cry. He is doing better now.

You definitely need to watch Yoel go to Walmart. He starts crying for his countrymen within a minute. ❤

Yoel and Mari are such wonderful people. 😊

Yes, Aldi Nord owns and operates as Trader Joe's in the US. Aldi Sud is known as Aldi in the US.

It is not political when people suffer. It is a humanitarian response. America fights any hint of communism that we can from invading here. Go capitalism!

Keep reacting to Yoel and Mari; they have great content. The one where he goes to Home Depot is very good because he's familiar with a lot of the tools, and could never get them in Cuba. Their videos make me happy, too, and I have shed a few tears of happiness for him. Safeway is a big regular grocery chain. It's not like a Costco or Super Walmart. It's the kind of store where you'd do regular shopping, not big boxes o'stuff.

Andre, you are a genuinely good and kind hearted man. You always make me pause to reflect and be more humble.

Freedom is always man's desire! America offers liberty and opportunity in abundance!

My great-grandparents fled from Russia just prior to the upheaval of WW1. They came to the U.S. with their only two living kids out of ELEVEN, a toddler and a baby (my grandpa) and whatever they could fit into two small travel bags. They made their way across the U.S. and settled in Ft. Collins, Colorado where they became farmers. My great-grandma never spoke English, or from what I've heard from older family members, chose not to speak it in the company of others. They forged a new life here, raised a family, made new friends, and died knowing they were able to be successful and live happily in the Land of the Free. Both sets of my grandparents lived thru The Great Depression where they saved everything from bacon grease, to stale bread, to their old clothes. My grandma saved quilts that her mom had made from old clothes and worn out sheets. I still have, and cherish, one of those quilts with fabric in it that's almost 100 years old! They threw nothing away. Our society has become so blasé about tossing things in the garbage just because they don't want or like it anymore. Too many people have forgotten, or were never taught, what "live within your means" is all about. It hurts my heart to see Cubans living, or rather trying to survive, in horrible conditions. I see people in Russia and Ukraine fleeing from a war that they never wanted to fight, and people in N. Korea and other communist countries fighting to find food for just one meal. It damn near drives me insane to see our very own grocery stores tossing out perfectly good produce, bread, canned goods etc...due to their expiration dates passing or a brown spot on one banana in an entire bunch. Expiration dates are a guidline, not a deadline. Our country has become obsessed with ridiculously frivolous lawsuits over the stupidest things to the point that stores are forced to throw away food and lock the trash bins to keep people from pulling the food out of them, all because they might get sued over someone eating something that made them sick. I say let them dumpster dive and make it a law that people can't sue if they got sick from food they willingly took out of a dumpster. I know that sounds harsh, but I'd rather take the chance and have food than go hungry and die of starvation. A lot of people need to take a good hard look at what's a WANT and what's a NEED in life these days! Their priorities have gotten reversed when it comes to that!

My son was on the film crew when Usher went to Cuba as Obama’s music/cultural ambassador. What they saw was 2 different worlds: the one for foreigners to see, and the ‘real’ Cuba. They found citizens had internet access - but only about an hour each week, if they could afford It. They were picked up at the airport by a newer van, but nearly all of the other cars on the roads were 40 -50 years old. It was eye-opening!

And what makes this even more amazing and sad is the fact that Cuba is only 90 miles from Florida. 😢

I just LOVE Yoel and Mari. What a journey they have been on. I usually cry during most of their videos, seeing Yoel experience things for the 1st time. The most memorable ones for me were when they went to a steak house for the first time. In Cuba you can be SHOT IN THE HEAD where you stand if you are caught eating steak. The look on his face when he took that first bite just warmed me from head to toe. 🥰 Also their trip to Red Lobster where he had Lobster for the first time. Such an experience for him! Their video where they tried American pies was fun too! (There's 2 of those pie videos) Anyway, loving your reactions Andre! Have a great weekend! 😃🥰🫶

You can really feel the sadness he feels in this video. Actually makes me tear up.

Yoel is an absolute joy! As many thing as wrong with our country (and there are a LOT of things wrong!) when you see him experience the American dream I remember why our systems is worth fighting for. It is so far from perfect, but it is a blessing compared to what many others have to live with.

I can’t believe in 2024 there are places like Cuba that still exist.

No matter how many times I see this video I still cry every time. I can only imagine how overwhelmed Yoel was...😭 thank you for reacting to Yoel and Mari....they are loved by many ❤

Wait until the end. I cried. US Navy Veteran. I've been to Cuba. Like all poor Countries, the leaders just squeeze. That was the most heartbreaking thing I saw that was unconnected to military. People trying to live through today because tomorrow they might not eat at all.

I agree with you 100% about dogs. I've been watching Yoel and Mari since they started. Long ago I had a cousin who lived in E. German while it was part of the Soviet Union. When she was alowed to come for a visit in the US, the first time she walked into a grocery store (and it was only a small local store) she cried because of all the bounty she saw. It was hard for her to believe this is what it was like all the time, all the choices we had, nothing she had ever seen before.

As many times as I see this video. It is mixed with happiness for him, gratitude for what we have in the U.S., and sadness for Cuba. It makes me cry every time. I mean we are just a short trip across the ocean from Cuba, and it comes down to simply where you were born. His videos are extremely humbling. I love that you are doing their videos. You have such a kind heart, and I love your reactions. Much love and blessings from Minnesota. ❤🙏

I love their videos. My favorites were the ones where Yoel had his first thanksgiving, first 4th of july, and his first steak.

It makes me happy and sad at the same time.

Aldi stores are not bigger in Texas. They are relatively small stores, compared to Walmart, Target, and chain grocery stores.

It's is simultaneously heartwarming and very sad, to see a man get THAT excited about limes.

I know a lot of Cubans who came to Florida and to say they're grateful is an understatement. I served in the marines with a guy from Cuba who floated to florida on a make shift raft with his parents. It's really wild.

movie called "Moscow on the Hudson" starring Robin Williams who plays a defector from the USSR and he has a nervous break down trying to decide on coffee at the store due to there being 14 different varieties.

Safeway is a normal grocery store.

You are not the only one, I love watching people appreciate our way of life. And a lot of people take it for granted - I don't.

This is the video that started me watching their channel. We Americans are spoiled.

This makes me so grateful and thankful for the things we take for granted 😞

It touches me to see someone so impressed by something as simple as strawberry flavored milk. It makes me appreciate what we have that much more.

Yes it makes us very happy to see him happy

Two brothers .One owns one and the other ones owns the other.

These videos remind us just how much abundance we have. We are so very blessed.

Vitamin D - cow milk, I also love chocolate milk and strawberry milk! That strawberry milk was Yoel's first taste of freedom!

Y'all keep doing what you do, it keeps us humble when you remind us when we take this for granted

I absolutely love Yoel and Mari…they make me smile every time I see them. I love my country for so many reasons, but they always give me new ones ❤🇺🇸

Safeway is a big supermarket chain located mostly in western states. Unlike huge big box stores like Costco, Walmart and Target that sell all kinds of things, Safeway is almost exclusively food, so they actually have a wider variety than those stores.

Yes, please do these. I am a tough guy who never cries... except for things like this. I feel his sadness with him, and it tears my heart out. 😢

Safeway has been around for decades. They are a grocery store or supermaket chain - like Kroger, Piggly Wiggly, etc. They are one of the many that transported that idea to Europe, long before Walmart. However, Walmart has pushed many of them out of business and did not start out carrying groceries. By the way, Costo is not a retail grocerystore, they are a wholesale club that only sell in bulk and you have to pay a yearly fee. Very best regards to you and your family.

I love Yoel and Mari, I've been following them for years! So glad to see them getting more attention, they are doing some really great work!

I truly feel sadness for the people of Cuba. They were once a playground for the rich and famous and on the fast track to being a destination spot for people from the USA and then communism took over and trashed it all to hell with greed and violence.

I am a big fan of Yoel and Mari. They are amazing. Im so glad you are checking out their videos! You really need to see their Home Depot video and their Trying American pies for the first time videos. Some of my favorite videos from them. 👍

Been a fan of Mari and Yoel's channel since the beginning. Really makes one appreciate all we have in America. I recommend reacting to their visit to Home Depot video.

I love this crossover! Two channels I adore 🥹

Walmart has a store like Costco. It's called Sam's. You know it was Sam Walton who started Walmart.

Safeway is a regular US grocery store. Not like Walmart or Costco, just a grocery store.

Here, Aldi are smaller stores, but they have great produce, and good cheese, sausage, canned goods. Their meat isn't so great, but it's OK. Safeway is a big chain grocery store. Americans would welcome freedom for the Cuban people. So many of them escaped and live here, and became good, hard working, wonderful proud Americans. The people of Cuba never deserved what Communism brought, and I pray they are delivered to Freedom soon. Their lives would turn around in a week if their dictator government was gone.

Yoel and Mari are such good creators.

This made me cry when I watched it on their channel.

Pets in carriages or wagons is not always just excessive behavior. Some are because the pet is elderly, or has a health issue that prevents them from walking but the owner wants them to be able to live life to the fullest, to experience being in the community.

Andre, in America, the smallest non-personal-sized pizzas are 10 inches. A personal pizza is 7 inches. A SMALL pizza is between 8 and 10 inches, but usually 10. A MEDIUM pizza is 12 inches. A LARGE pizza is 14 inches, and a Extra Large is 16 inches.

Andre, if you wouldn't mind reading the captions for us in the future, they are hard to read and I don't understand his language! I'm sure many people don't understand him! I can see his delight and his sadness about people back in Cuba not having anything, so it pulls him many ways! Thank you very much!

That’s how my mom described her childhood in USSR. Empty shelves and endless lines for basic stuff.

Some of my favorite videos of theirs is going to the car dealer and he got to sit in his dream car, the movie theater, the Christmas light displays and the amusement park for the first time.

Andre, you have a heart of gold. Thank you for so many wonderful videos.

PLEASE keep watching these man we love them. The gun one would be fun to see your reaction to as well!

Thank you for your kind translations. It really help me understand what we’re watching.

I like it when they are laughing and having fun but it really makes me sad when they are sad. Food should be available and when it isn't, nothing feels safe

I love it when you react to these videos. I like that you will translate Yoel’s comments that don’t make it to the subtitles.

It's too easy to take what we have here in America for granted. It's nice to be reminded that most people don't live like we do.

So glad you are reacting. I cried the 1st time I saw this.

Aldis and TraderJoes are separate companies but owned by German brothers. Aldis was founded in Germany whereas Trader Joe’s was founded in Southern California then bought out by the brother of Aldis

By American standards, an Aldi is a small to medium grocery store. For large grocery stores, we have chains like Kroger and Safeway. Stores like Wal-Mart, Target and Meijer are technically not grocery stores - they're department stores, which happen to include very large grocery sections. And then the giant places like Costco and Sam's Club are 'warehouse' stores with grocery sections, and they tend to sell things in large bulk quantities (and unlike other stores, warehouse stores require a membership with a small annual fee).

Lived in Gitmo and went to junior high there in the early 70's. The Cuban people are a fine people with a lot of pride. I learned to play guitar from an old Cuban guy who played an amazing classical guitar. The country is a rock covered in cactus, but it's still beautiful. Amazing diving, sailing, and fishing. No one wants to go there(US Navy dependant with my family), but everyone who's been there would love to go back. The Cubans I know in the US are some of the biggest American patriots that I know. They should rise up and take their country back from the dictatorship they live in.

yes, i've got this couple saved and i love them

I love Yoel an Mari. Here videos remind me to appriciate all I have anf not take it for granted.

There are many many choices of different stores to shop at , dozens and dozens and dozens of them. We are very lucky here.

Costco has less than 1,000 stores worldwide. Walmart has over 4,500 stores in the US plus stores in Canada, Mexico and Asda in the UK.

The video of him eating steak for the first time is amazing.

Safeway is like Costco in that you can get groceries at both places, but Costco is a membership store that sells mostly in bulk at discounted prices. Safeway is more like a traditional grocery store.

According to one of the Yoel and Mari videos, Cuba got the internet in 2015, which is why there were some attempts to revolt between then and 2021, and then they shut off the internet after the revolts got more popular.

Andre, remember that Joel has been living on an Island. Granted it is a reasonably large island, but most things have to be bought and brought in by ship. This limits availability and raises the price. The Lower 48 US has many thousands of miles of roads and rails to truck and freight things over. Also huge tracts of land to grow and process food. Then there is the manufacturing and Tech sectors to hire and pay people who then pay those who grow and handle that food. In Oregon we grow lots of wheat. The farmer uses the machinery to sow, work, and harvest it, clean it, store it. Middle man takes the harvest from several farms by truck, rail, barge, ship to where he can sell it, etc until it gets to table (I think this is where Value Added Tax comes in in Europe) where he sells it. Islands have a problem with putting this together.

Trader Joe's is actually northern German Aldi and Aldi is southern German Aldi. It was one company that got split by 2 brothers

As a Cuban I know exactly how he feels, I remember my first time as well, is a very difficult thing to watch

Safeway is a standard grocery store chain. You'll find grocery stores like this in just about every neighborhood.

I appreciate your translations.

I really love watching this couple. See America through Yuels eyes makes it fresh and new for me too❤️🤗🐝

I really like these two. Understanding his feelings of being overwhelmed is key, we take so much for granted. It's time to bring Cuba into the West. Safeway is just a grocery store. It's not my favorite. Every time I shop there I wind up battling fruit flies. The prices are high too. I think Albertson's bought them out.

This absolutely breaks my heart. 😢

Safeway is bigger but mid-size. We have them here in Portland as well.

No one in America did with out needs during Covid ,only wants and desires.im a American in the grocery business yes we didn’t have Melba toast for weeks or your preferred brand of toilet paper for days ,but no one suffered. I’m a veteran,travelled the world we are spoiled.And I love it.

I also watch Yoel and Mari's channel. It is fun to watch him see what America has to offer.

Safeway is my store for the past 50 years. I have only ever shopped there. I cannot imagine what he feels seeing this.

I work for Kroger , 45 years come Oct . 26 . Kroger is the Largest grocery store chain in the U.S. ! After Kroger acquires the Albertson's Grocery Store chain they will have pretty much doubled their number of stores . Kroger also has many other stores , under different names . I believe around 18 or more ! Kroger is the only job I've ever had, unless you count my time in the Marines . I started with them at the age of 15 . I've had many different titles in the grocery and perishable departments . Kroger pays well , has great benefits and has always been good to me !!

I do appreciate your translating, even though if I look hard enough, I can see the one they show on the video. I also like real milk, but I was raised on a farm and that is what we always had. We also occasionally made butter. It is delicious on homemade bread. We are either very busy or lazy, but I usually buy the fruit all cut up even though it costs more.

Safeway is a similar supermarket to Aldi. Mostly food with some household supplies as well for cleaning, camping and some pets.

Safeway is pretty much a nice neighborhood supermarket that sells mostly groceries, not everything like Walmart or Costco.

We are so fortunate here in America. This make me so sad. I wish everyone had food available to them. I hope we all here in America realize we are very lucky.

I love these guys, they are awesome

Safeway is a standard grocery store. Costco, a lot of small restaurants and food vendors buy there because they sell in bulk portions. Average grocery stores cater to families and singles.

The poor man is in shock. I have tears in my eyes just thinking of the hard life he and his family have in communist Cuba

I have been to Cuba twice in my life, and I'm not surprised because of what I saw when I was there. The first time was the Pan-American game and the second time I was stationed there in the United States army. The people are so friendly but the government treats them like nothing I spent two years in there add made friends like him who was surprised at the little things that he saw an hour military base on his Island Island you need to see when he goes to visit Puerto Rico and realizes that it is not close that he could have been like he is here I still feel like he's at home😊❤❤❤

I LOVE them i subscribe to their channel so I've seen this video just here to see your reaction😂😂👍👍