> In the last decade or so American grocery stores have dramatically improved their cheese selections. I don't know if it is 100 different cheeses, but it is pretty darn close. And unusual regional cheeses come in all the time.

Eh, I mean, sure, if you go to a Whole Foods or Trader Joe, you’ll find cheese that might rival a discount chain in France at premium prices. If you go to Safeway, Target or Walmart, the cheese will not be anywhere near what a French (or I assume, a Swiss) person would find acceptable.

My local QFC (Kroger), for all the complaints I have about it, has a pretty darn good cheese selection.

So does my local co-op that I can walk to.

Or the other bougie store less than a mile away from me.

Within a 1 mile radius I probably have over 200 varieties of cheese to choose from!