Shopping: Nowadays and Before

Shopping nowadays	Shopping before
Big supermarkets	Small shops
Prices are different in different shops.	Prices in all shops of the whole country were the same. (were fixed).
We can pay in cash or by a credit card.	They paid only in cash. There were no credit cards.
Many shops have their names.	Most of the shops didn’t have special names.
1.    Food is packed in plastic bags. 2.    Packing can be made by customers themselves.	1.    Food was wrapped in paper. 2.    Only workers of the shop could do it.
Calculators are used for counting.	Counting frames were used for counting.