Some items I just cannot get locally although I have made friends with the female manager of the local supermarket chain and she has ordered many things including decent coffee, cereals, muesli etc after I showed her the packaging.

Interesting post.

I'm in small town but i can normally find those items with ease, although Carrefour/Tesco, and of course Metro, has the better selections, all at a price.

I will recommend www.yihaodian.com at this stage, free delivery on orders over 50rmb and lots of nice stuff, I especially like the large tetrapaks of Dole fruit juice now the weather is getting warmer.

Take it easy
SMGS