Unimarc — Local services in Puerto Natales

What a horrible, racist place! The lines were very long, and after waiting for several people in front of us to be checked out we were next, an employee went and pulled the Hispanic customers out of the back of the line and proceeded to let them cut. When we inquired, they showed up the handicap sign. They were not handicapped. They were Hispanic. Those of us that were left in the line, 3 white people and a few Asians. Pure racist!

Not to mention, they charged for parking. We left the stuff on the counter since they didn't seem to want to check us out and walked out.

We went to another store which had cheaper prices and 3 cashiers working with no line. If I could give someplace negative stars, this would...

Imagine my surprise when I entered a Latin American supermarket and saw vegetables. You could have knocked me over with a feather.

As I ventured deeper, I noticed more Patagonian peculiarities. I purchased a massive block of cheese, thinking "surely this will not be the plastic cheese". And yet it was indeed the plastic cheese.

In what I can only assume was a state-funded jobs program (which I am sure would have caused Pinochet to roll in his grave), a man was sitting outside the supermarket appearing to sell shopping bags rather half-heartedly. A more useful role for this fellow could be to journey to France and study at a fromagerie. I am sure we could get a few people to pitch in and fund a...

Original review below, but having spent a few weeks here now most of the super slow times are confined to the afternoons and evenings. It's not clear why more efforts aren't being made to handle those well known and predictable traffic patterns.

Original review:

Nowhere else on the planet in 3 years of travel around the globe have I experienced lines to checkout this slow at a grocery store.

This is for all checkout lanes today too, you will not be spared if you're using self checkout.

They are so long it's worth putting all your items back and going somewhere else as you'll still get your food faster.

Mind boggling for what is otherwise an average...