Today I spent more than €15 at Albert Heijn. That, of course, means that I was given a keukenmini!
an unwrapped keukenmini and an example of a keukenmini on the right (an empty box of rice)
keuken = kitchen. So it’s a mini “toy” for kids to play with. Of course, to really play with it the parents need to buy the stove for €15. The stove is a few feet tall and the idle place to put the mini items that your parents get for spending €15…
Of course, if you’re on this side of the pond (the Netherlands) and you are desperate to find the last remaining keukenmini your child needs, you can always try marktplaats.nl – an Ebay website of sorts.
I figure the reason Albert Heijn needs to entice the kids in such a way is because it doesn’t have the traditional impulse buys American children have right next to the cash register’s conveyor belt. Candy.
Can I have a candy bar Mommy?
Can I? Can I pleeeeease have the candy bar?
So yeah. Albert Heijn has to get the kid’s attention somehow!
Life in the Hague 
Actually some cash registers do have candy near them, just not as obvious and elaborate as Shoprite and the like. Also, no Soap Digest anywhere!! *gasp*
Needs more Woman’s World!
I guess 😉