Processed food, plastic and more plastic. I can have whole foods delivered to my door in a couple hours in the US and I know the food is top quality. First thing my wife said when coming here was, “How can people eat crap?”
I think you misunderstood what I meant by trends (global) - organic food, plant based food, sustainable supply chains and packaging, Sunday brunch, craft beer - these are all American exports. And when comments are made about American food being one of the worst cuisines in the world, it’s equally ignorant since American cuisine is so diverse, innovative and widespread. Not just burgers, hotdogs and budweiser like many Europeans would like to make it out to be.
You mentioned Whole Foods market, which part of Amazon, a huge company and part factory/processed foods vs. traditional food markets here (to be fair there big supermarket here too wih industrial foods)