Grocery shopping in a British supermarket (First time shopping at Tesco)
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- Today on our UK road trip, we need to do a little grocery shopping, so we stop at a Tesco supermarket for the first time. Since this is our first time as Americans grocery shopping in the UK, please let us know which British supermarkets are your favorite!
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I do my shopping in Tesco every week and I can’t believe I’ve just watched a 10min vid of someone doing their shopping..it’s like I’ve never been in there 😂😂😂
You and me both, you're not alone. 🤣
🤣🤣🤣
I need to make a channel man, find anything like train watching bird watching weed smoking crack dens mad driving anything and just makr vids. Good way to earn bread
I know, this whole experience is utterly bizarre isn't it 😂🤣
I go pretty much everyday (mainly because i am so unorganised) but i sat here and watch this whole video, making notes of what i need to get next time
As an English person I’ve just spent 10 minutes watching someone do their food shop in a typical English super market 😎
Same lol
I love it, had an American friend move here I wanted to show them everything and just watch their reaction 😂 now their settled in I need a new project lol
I am English and I have not back for over thirty years. This was like torture for me. 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤
The fact they got excited over Mr Kipling 😂
@@QPRTokyo
The few I know that moved to the states really miss the strange things you wouldn't think if my parents regularly send OXO over because apparently there nothing quite like it
A little Tesco's story, a couple of years after I immigrated to the US my mother worked for Tesco's as a cashier, she developed cancer and after a couple of months could no longer work for them. The "Tesco family" took such great care of her, they made sure there was always food in the house, went to visit her in hospital and showed up en-mass at her funeral. The manager of the store reached out to myself and my sister, then, my sister and I received a rather large check from Tesco, even though she had not been to work for a couple of years.
Now whenever my wife and I are in the UK, we stop at the Tesco store she worked at, fill up a few shopping carts of food and spend a day delivering food packages to OAP's in the area she lived. A class company.
Thank you for sharing. What a beautiful story. And thank you for passing on the kindness
That sounds more like a local management thing than Tesco in general which has a shocking reputation like all chains, a friend worked for one in Scotland, his mum was diagnosed with cancer and given weeks to live, my friend also has T1 diabetes and was meant to get hourly short breaks to check his blood sugar levels and the store refused, they also refused compassionate leave or to let him change branches, eventually he moved down to his mother in Wales and became her full time carer and after she died his own health deteriorated and he crashed his car, had a series of mini strokes and his manager rang him in hospital to tell him to come straight back to work or be fired, shortly after he was sectioned due to a breakdown TWICE and the company tried firing him for "missing time off work" his manager used to call him stupid/thick to his face and hes not hes actually highly intelligent he is just autistic and was going through a lot of grief, A friend had to get official documentation and letters to the company to not get him fired and they agreed to let him move in with his father (who had his own health issues) for a few months and they will move him to the branch nearest his father, almost 2 years later friend was struggling as the company kept making excuses saying there was no vacancies but were advertising often for new starts even in their shop window not just online then lying and saying such adverts didn't exist! He eventually got a position but in the years since they refuse to let him work more than 10 hours a week, his entire position is just to collect trollies yet before he would work on tills, in the hot food department, stacking shelves, etc and his current boss again calls him stupid to his face and won't give him his breaks, each year they try and tell him hes not allowed time off at Christmas as hes single and so doesn't need to look after kids, they even did this when this time his father was weeks away from dying, so its down to management at a store not the whole organisation.
@@revengenerd1 Sounds like a case for an Industrial Tribunal.
That is brilliant!! Morrisons should take a leaf out of their book and stop charging us 40p for a RECYCLED PAPER BAG! 60p for a plastic bag i understand - trying to help the planet and all that but 40p for a RECYCLED PAPER BAG is too much Morrisons you greedy tw*ts. Oh and yes the RECYCLED PAPER BAG in capitals for extra effect was definitely worth it.
@@revengenerd1 I heard that Tesco in Plymouth refused to let their staff take toilet breaks & said if they couldn't last out their shift without a toilet break they should wear nappies. That just seems like abuse to me. For goodness sake we are all only human & made of flesh & blood.
3:35
"they have to be around here somewhere"
*literally right behind you*
Grocery stores have "quiet time" for people with disabilities who can't tolerate the usual bright lights and noise. They try to limit the sensory overload by dimming lights and limiting announcements, etc. We have that program here in some of grocery stores in Canada. My local Safeway does this.
It is also for people who dont like the loudness like they mentioned in the video I guess a lot can benefit from it
They also do it here in the UK
@@robertcooper3133 yeah, a pathetically small amount of time
Honestly quiet time was a godsend, even if its too short. My sensory overload doesn't leave me in a mess on the floor, but it does make me feel extremely on edge and not able to think about what I actually need in the house
@@robertcooper3133 never heard of it my whole life living in many different places in the Uk
I'm a Brit living in Spain and really miss UK supermarkets, the choice is endless plus they do really good food to go. M&S being the best 👌
I think UK supermarket is really cheap
Waitrose has surpassed M&S now as the upmarket supermarket that in my opinion has the best own-brand food. Also carries the expensive Duchy food range, which gives money to various royal charities!
John Lewis and Waitrose have the same ownership - in fact they are owned by a trust owned jointly by all the staff, who are thus called "partners". John Lewis does housewares, gadgets and furniture, while Waitrose does food. John Lewis is even more expensive. Last thing I got there was two whisky glasses for £16 - but they are good and the shop did have a good range of different types of glasses in three price bands.
Apart from being English, I've no idea why UA-cam directed me to this video, but I am glad they did because I found it strangely hilarious. I wonder though, was the shop selling any fruit and veg?
Hi - I’m British too - I saw the fruit and veg at the beginning when they were looking at the sandwiches
😂 No,just sugary drinks and oven ready meals,oh and some more sugary stuff..
Same here Jack.
They bought garbage 😭😭🤣🤣🤣
They mentioned they weren’t buying any perishable produce as they were travelling on shortly.
I clicked on this out of curiosity as someone from the UK and actually enjoyed the video, going to tesco's is more a chore for me and it was genuinely nice to see your excitement and interest about everything. I highly recommend trying red leicester mini cheddars by the way - best thing in the snacks aisle
Yes they are good love em
You should try the squashes us Brits drink instead of drinking of soda all the time. Syrups to mix up with tap water - all kinds of fruit flavours. I always recommend them because it's healthier than fizzy drinks for some reason (chemistry stuff, I don't know) and because they are lighter in your shopping bag, because you add the water at home instead of it having to be shipped all over the world before you get it. Elderflower and apple is lovely, as is mango and orange, or pineapple and orange. The only combinations you don't find are blueberry and grape (the Dr Pepper flavours) and lemon and lime (the 7up flavours). Although you can buy lemon and lime squashes seperately and then mix them together if you want.
As an Englishman I cannot emphasise just how much it warmed my heart when you made a beeline for the Tunnocks Caramel Wafers. The biscuit to end all biscuits...
Chocolate digestives are the best
Lol I’m American and I prefer chips ahoy….
Tunnocks made in Glasgow and enjoyed all over the UK.
I defy anyone to eat just one without wanting another one straight away.
The daddy of them all.
I lived in Cornwall when I was a kid in the fifties and sixties and visited there (from Australia) and stayed in Torquay in Devon in 2017. Back in my boyhood days 'Lucozade' was only sold in chemists because it was always considered a sort of 'get better' drink to replace minerals and to re-hydrate the body after losing fluids for one reason or another.
When I first returned to the UK (Wales) in 2004 after 44 years, the first shop I went into was 'Tescos' which wasn't around when I lived there so many years ago. I walked around with my brother who I hadn't seen all those years and unfortunately he died three years later. Whenever I go back to my home town now, I always go to Tescos as the first 'port of call' to bring back the memory.
I'm English and have lived in Canada the past 20+ years and I still get a massive kick out of visiting British grocery stores. And everything seems so cheap!!
That was one of the most fun part of visiting England was the grocery stores.
If you find that normal Tesco overwhelming, just wait until you visit a Tesco Extra! 2 floors, food on the bottom and clothing,electronics, cafe etc on top! Also, regarding tango, berry peachy is the best flavour in my opinion. Very refreshing!
Ever been to a big Walmart in the States? You can buy a gun and a Mcdonalds in the same store.
Considering the products on sale I'd say that was a pretty big Tescos. I've never come across one with 2 floors - although our local Asda has a mezzanine level.
And for Tango, it's orange and nothing else :)
Yeah, Walmarts are twice the size of even large Tesco Extra stores in the UK. So are Meijer stores in the states which are fancier versions of Walmart. Even Targets are quite a bit larger. 🙂
@@rogink in Kent, thanet, Westwood's cross theres a double storey Tesco's and its huge.
@@c_n_b your comment is the most american thing i've ever read: 'Murica
LOL every Englishman immediatly spotted the Fray Bentos pies behind you when you started talking about them.....x
Love your vids guys!
On behalf of the British I’m sorry you had to experience a “Fray Bentos”, hope you had your tin opener with you 🤣. They are wrong on so many levels, yet I find myself having them once in a blue Moon.
I agree! But you could try their meat suet pudding which is microwavable in three minutes and you dont need a can opener!
You have to bake them in the oven! Then they turn into normal puff top pies ^_^ . I was used to my Nan boiling / steaming them or doing them in a microwave ^_^
I wrote to Fry Bentos and told them if that was the level of shit they were producing they should switch the lights off and go home and not bother anymore!
Agreed 😂
When I was a kid, Lucozade was sold in glass bottles with orange plastic wrapping. You could buy it in chemists. I used to get it when I wasn’t well & you would bring it to people in hospital who were recovering from surgery. Still good flat after an upset stomach.
Absolutely I used to say I felt poorly so I could have some 🙂
That's right, and the chemist sold about 12 bottles a year, Then some genius advertising bloke fused Daley Thompson and Iron Maiden in an advert and now Lucozade sells about 12 million bottles a week.................. he earned his money :o)
Also, the bottles had bobbles on the neck to let you know it was "medicine"
@@peejay6930 yes
Welp I just went down a rabbit hole of why US eggs are refrigerated, and why the UK doesn’t and that’s NOT how I was expecting to spend my Memorial Day weekend 😅
Apparently, UK vaccinates their chickens and don’t wash their eggs, the USA does not vaccinate our chickens but we do wash our eggs 🤷🏽♀️
Washing the eggs removes the cuticle, which protects the egg from bacteria entering. So as UK eggs are not washed and the cuticle not washed away, there's no need to refrigerate.
we do wash our eggs lmao
My experience of American eggs is that the shell seems thinner somehow and paler. Ours are quite thick and brown.
Eggs have an inner cuticle a natural barriers to bacteria, washing them after they have been laid means the cuticle barrier is damaged and can allow bacteria to penetrate the egg. The UK prefer to vaccinate the chicks from Salmonella to laid salmonella free eggs and then not wash them to keep the cuticle barrier and then don't have to keep them cold by refrigeration to keep bacteria low. The US wash the eggs in warm water, bleached water that damages the cuticle and US eggs have to be refrigerated to protect the eggs from sweating naturally, salmonella gets into eggs that sweat from being warm the water then becomes a place where bacteria will get into that water and get past the cuticle barrier then making it easier for salmonella to grow.
So the British eggs are technically safer than US eggs for three reasons, they don't get washed and damage the cuticle barrier and they are kept at a natural temperature that won't make them sweat water, and the chickens are vaccinated from salmonella. The US eggs have no safety protection, they are damaged cuticle barriers, they don't vaccinate chickens and the refrigeration means eggs have to stay at a cold temperature to stay salmonella free, which is a risk because refrigeration may be subject to being turned off by accident and power cuts. US eggs are banned in the UK because of their risks are too high for salmonella.
Washing eggs is seen here as an excuse for bad hygiene in the egg production process - they can be washed before packing for sale. The chemicals in the washing water partially dissolve the shell so bacteria can get through, therefore US eggs have to be kept in a fridge. By vaccinating the hens,maintaining high standards of hygiene and not being allowed to wash the eggs means UK eggs don’t need to be refigerated.
Well done for making it in to the Daily mail online. The comments section on that site can be brutal but happily the comments I read on there were mostly positive about you two and the article itself 😁
Would have been different if they were black.
You could try the Tesco's own custard tarts 2 in a pack they are to die for 😜
i can confirm that the Marmite Peanut butter does contain actual Marmite, we love it in our house, so much that we actually make our own, mixing them together ourselves to make the Marmite taste stronger, and I did LOL when you were looking for the fray Bentos, and they were literally behind you in the vid.
I know! I was pointing at them, trying to tell them where they were!!
Marmite Peanute Butter is so nice!! Expensive though..
@Michele Thomas yes it is
I used to have one Marmite and one peanut butter sandwich on the same plate but never actually together. In 32 years I've never heard of Marmite peanut butter lol
@Michele Thomas I have loved peanut butter since a kid, sun pat was very good before they put palm oil In It, and I am talking about the early 1980s
Perhaps the impression of a lack of good food and choices in the UK can start to be dispelled 😊👍
We hope so. We loved basically all the food we had there.
yeah but bad food and teeth are all the yanks can say, you gotta give em sommat 😂
Yeah considering that came up when Americans came in ww2 when we were rationing, it needs to stop 🤣
@@thatsthat2612 Trust me most Americans have rotten teeth, it's the rich that can avoid good dentistry in the U.S.
Agree! It’s a huge myth that the food in the UK is bad. We have some of the best chefs and restaurants in the world here. The food looks like it is getting very expensive, which is worrying though.
A little bit of trivia for anyone interested. Fray Bentos is a well known brand in the UK, but it was primarily a brand of Corned Beef imported from the port of Fray Bentos in South America.... Brazil, if memory serves, but possibly
Argentina.
The big national supermarkets go from Lidl and Aldi at the budget end up to Asda, then Sainsbury's, Tesco and Morrisons pretty much on a level and then Waitrose at the premium end.
Don't forget M&S Foodhalls too.
@@RushfanUK I'm a Sainsbury's and Waitrose shopper (small Sainsbury's a few minutes walk away so use it to 'fill the gaps' during the week). I think Waitrose is pretty good value for pricier items as I always buy organic or outdoor reaered meat. It is top quality. They have an 'essentials' range which is pretty competitively priced - maybe not quite as low as Tesco but not far off. I was surprised to find that their 'essentials' bacon was outdoor-reaered - not something to be found in other supermarkets - even M&S.
@@twigletz7384 “I would like to be a vegetarian. I would like everybody to be a vegetarian.” He continued: “In 100 or 200 years time, we may look back on the way we treated animals today as something like we today look back on the way our forefathers treated slaves.” - Richard Dawkins
@@twigletz7384 They are a false economy most of the time, I have worked in as have others I am friends/relatives with in factories that sell food to supermarkets and we all have the same stories, we can have low priced even budget range food for one supermarket, change the label to one literally M+S has come up often and its the same as the basic range at a normal supermarket.
Talk about blast from the past. Your fascination amuses me. I'm expat American that moved to the UK 16 years ago.
For a drink suggestion try Dandelion & Burdock
So I found out about this video through Devon live and can I just say, I visit that Tesco a lot and it makes me happy to see that there are people who are just amazed by Honiton Tesco because it is one of the smaller stores
hi guys love the uk trip videos the issue with eggs are in the uk the eggs are unwashed so they dont have to be refrigerated in the usa their washed which removes the outer layer of protection of the shell
Also in the UK (and the EU) there's less need for the eggs to be washed because the hens are vaccinated against salmonella.
Washed with chlorine that soaks into the shell🤮
Made me chuckle when looking for the Frey Bentos cans they were directly behind in camera shot.
In the land of great pies, nobody should be eating Fray Bentos. Tesco do some good pies, plus they also stock Pieminister which are great!
I felt the same in a US supermarket, we have far too much choice but shopping abroad is fun😂
I spent a considerable time in the US this year and was surprised and frustrated by the lack of choice and the confusing layouts of US stores. Also the prices in the US are astronomical compared to UK. Typically milk, eggs, bread, bacon, juice etc would easily cost $25+!
When you go to M&S you have to try sweets called ‘Percy Pigs’
Awesome video! And while the US has a crazy wide selection, even more than Norway, our stores are also beat by the UK ones when it comes to items we don't have here. You ended up with a good bunch of exciting items yourselves too! :)
Oh good to know. Thanks!
As a Brit who lives behind tesco and has been many many times to this one and also does there weekly shopping here I found this hilarious
Oh, wow. That's funny that this is your local Tesco.
“Quiet time” at Tesco is an hour on each of Wednesday and Saturday morning, where things are kept calmer to help autistic customers.
That would be a quintessential nightmare for an American screech hound. Quiet time? Quiet + Time?
Hey welcome to UK! I haven't looked in for a while and now you are here! I see there are more videos I must watch them all. Enjoy your stay!
I prefer Sainsburys to TESCO, although both are ok. Go to Waitrose if you want something a bit more fancy! You managed to put together one of the most unhealthy baskets of shopping I have ever seen, but you are on holiday, so enjoy.
Or M&S Food Hall which she mentions.
@@craigireland5629 Agreed - M&S are pretty good!
Yuck lucozade is what we drink if you’re feeling ill and need a shot of sugar. If you refrigerate eggs they need to stay in the fridge, but if you buy them off the shelf you have a choice how to store them when you get home, as eggs will keep for weeks on a shelf 😊
Shandy is a soft drink made using a mixture of clear lemonade and beer. In the cans or bottles there's not more than 0.5 alcohol volume. In a pub if you ask for a bitter shandy or lager shandy, they'll fill half the glass with draught beer and the rest with lemonade.
Perfect for a hot sunny day
Yes in a pub if you ask for a shandy you'll get laughed at and thrown out😂
Probably don’t do it anymore, but when I was a kid, it was the drink we got to feel grown up in a pub with our parents, because it felt like we were drinking beer.
@@garyskinner2422 Wrong! No one is going to laugh.
They will ask if you want the lemonade with lager or bitter.
@@garyskinner2422 I worked bar for years and was asked for a shandy probably twice. Lager top/lager dash was quite a common request but not shandy. Beer is a savoury drink, you have no business mixing it 50/50 with sugary shit, you're mixing two opposites 🤮
As a Brit, I don't believe we have a "Quiet Time" for shopping, it's a phrase I have never heard being used.
However, once a week, on a Sunday we do have "Sunday Trading Laws" which means no large shops may open for more than 6 continual hours between 10am - 6pm, apart from Easter Sunday and Christmas day where all shops must close. However, some large shops do allow 1 hours pre trading browsing on a Sunday, where you can shop but not pay until the legal opening time. There are no restrictions for small shops under 3,000 square feet.
It's so delightfully refreshing to see you lovely guys enjoying our country through fresh eyes - Keep up your marvellous content, and happy travels to you both 😊
This is the first time I've come across one of your videos and it was a real pleasure to see how open you both are to trying products you haven't had before and your enthusiasm for most of the things you have. There's nothing more dispiriting than to have someone immediately start to criticise the different products or lifestyle and habits of people in a country which isn't your own. And sometimes adopting a superior attitude too, but that was totally absent in you and I'm sure this will help you to thoroughly enjoy your stay. Of course there will be things which seem strange and unreasonable or that you don't like. But that's all a part of travelling and broadening your mind. I hope you have a wonderful stay.
Thought the same too .
British supply chains are a work of art . The variety you get in uk shops is insane. Love it .
lol, not anymore.
I'm from the U.K. and unfortunately there is a lot of cheap crap they stock in low end supermarkets like Sainsbury's and Tesco's. Like the bakery, desserts, crackers etc are an abomination. If you want an edible cracker you have to buy Peter's Yard in Waitrose for example. What an embarrassment compared to all the high quality stuff you can buy in a supermarket in France or Italy where they like things like almonds and pistachios in deserts instead of marshmallows and artificial sugar they have the cheek to call "honey comb". When I lived in Hong Kong I was shocked to find that Hagen Das actually has non-shit ice cream like Macadamia nut, dark chocolate and almond, mandarin, peach etc - all they stock in the U.K. is vanilla, chocolate or strawberry cheesecake. I'm not sure if our commoners just have bad palettes, or they are like that because the supermarkets refuse to stock decent things, especially in their small shops.
@@T.E.S.S. No change for me. I can still get everything I've always bought
@@ferahl Wow, what an obnoxious out of touch comment.
@@T.E.S.S. Really? I go shopping every week and see the same things I saw 5 years ago. No change at all!
Mr Kipling cakes don't mess around, they are after all, exceedingly good cakes.
with the sandwiches and wraps if you got a snack to go with them and your drink they only cost £3, usually its alot cheaper than just 2 items, keep an eye out for the yellow tickets on tesco prices and use a clubcard and you get alot of discounts as you go around :) must of been nice not having a tax added onto the end of your shop :D
We like to play the game where we choose the most 'expensive' meal deal. For some reason it feel like cheating the company.
@@SunnyMorningPancakes Wraps energy drink and a packet of sensations :D
Tesco sandwiches in general are far inferior to M&S ones so I gave up buying the Tesco ones.
One drink I'd recommend is dandelion and burdock. Although sadly the own brand versions have had so much sugar removed they don't taste the same and branded stuff is well, quite expensive. :(
Another soft drink worth a try is cream soda but you probably have that in the states I guess. Lastly have you ever tried elderflower cordial?
also sarsparilla
The Brits love their cake and dessert. There are SO many good options and vastly cheaper than the US.
Also, it was observant that you noticed that there is a Tesco branded item for nearly everything. This is typical for all the major supermarkets. They have vast own ranges and I find the quality quite good. I wouldn’t hesitate to buy them. There are even higher level store brands like “Tesco Finest”.
Oh, and you mentioned M&S too. When you shop there, you will figure it out. But the entire shop is M&S branded only. They are like Trader Joe’s in that everything is a store brand. But M&S is going for the more high end, gourmet market so the quality of M&S food items is usually considered better than branded items.
@@susie2251 They do stock some regular brands too, but not many.
@@susie2251 Not any more. M&S has sold branded products now for several years although quite a lot is still own brand.
@@susie2251 their tomato sauce is ❤️❤️ their basic range is something else in general. People still see it as an expensive shop and it can be super cheap.
We recommend the self service tills - 25p cola bottles
weigh the same as 750 ml vodkas if you know what I mean!!
Ha ha, good one. 🤣
Waiting for the " deleted by youtube - criminal intent" warning!
You cheeky 🐒. Thanks for the tip 😉
You two are absolutely delightful. Americans in Other videos invariably appear to express disappointment that UK supermarkets are not as big as those in the USA and don’t have the same quantity of the same products as available in the USA. Thankyou.
Tesco own brand ice cream is indeed pretty good. I always get the cherry or the mint choc chip.
No you do not have to refrigerate eggs...They will last just as long out of the fridge with no problem at all.. in fact if you have them in the fridge they may well absorbe other smells and tastes from other food you have in there.
Lol we get our eggs with poop and feathers on sometimes. But it's okay because we don't eat the eggshells 😂
As for M&S... Pretty much everything is FLAVOURTOWN from there.
Also don't forget Irn Bru!
Also also! Bovril on hot buttery toast ❤️
Yes. This description of M&S food is accurate.
"Frey Bentos. They have to be somewhere around here".... As they were in view next to your head top shelf. Made me laugh.
Cheese and onion Fray Bentos? 😐 should have got the meat ones.
03:36 'The Fray Bentos should be around here somewhere' they were LITERALLY on the top shelf behind you in this shot LOL
How do you like no sales tax being added at the checkout? The price you see is the price you pay!
Yadda-yadda ... and when they fall over thanks to a poorly mopped floor, and break their leg ... they get free healthcare.
My taxes are paying for these ...
Lovely people!
😁
You don't pay sales tax of grocery items in the US either.
As someone born and raised in Devon, it feels weird seeing Honiton Tesco on UA-cam... Honiton of all places... wow
Have a go at some of our cheeses - try our extra mature cheddar, ‘Cathedral City’ is a good brand. My American friend says its way better American sharp Cheddar. Just a note - when you go to M&S most products will be their own brand but are amazing quality. You will probably see products there that you won’t find in other Supermarkets. Hope you enjoy your stay here and Happy Shopping!😀
I can't believe people have been recommending the cheapest nastiest British food, I mean Pot Noodles and Fray Bentos pies are desperation food when you've got nothing left in your cupboard to eat. I think someone's been trying to prank you 😂
In America the eggs are washed , removing the natural protective film from the surface . This makes them more susceptible to contmination and infection so they must be refrigerated . In UK they are not washed and can stay fresh and edible for long periods at ambient temperatures.
Pot noodle Chicken & mushroom is a favourite. Also rhubarb crumble or apple crumble and ambrosia custard heated up on the stove. Mmmmm
My favourite supermarket would be - if I could afford it all the time! - Booth's, which is only found in the north-west of England. It's like a sort of superior Waitrose, with lots of local specialities. Some of their ready-to-eat meals are to die for and so are lots of their cakes and pastries. They do Scottish morning goods and the most delicious butter I have ever eaten - a French butter blended with cream to make it spreadable. I can eat it by the spoonful straight from the packet! Lots of their fresh stuff they can tell you _exactly_ where it comes from and, depending which branch you go into, they might have pics of the field the potatoes came from, or one of the cows from the herd whose milk made the yoghurt etc etc.
Sainsbury’s do lovely lunches.....my favourite...
I like baklava too.
Cans of beans with sausages are good..
The Tesco candy store...
Waitrose and John Lewis are worth a visit..
And five guys in five ways....
you do know the frey bentos needs oven baking..?
Love the video glad you enjoyed your experience, have a lovely stay here over the jubilee weekend 😀
It's actually really flattering to see you guys so impressed with England 🙂 as for Fanta, I would have advised you to try the Fruit Twist flavour. And you should try McCoy's Crisps 👍
Thank you! We've tried a few McCoys but not the Fanta. Thank you for the suggestion!
A bit of history if you're interested.
FANTA was actually developed by the German (Nazi) trying to provide a Coca Cla substitute for their troops.
It was the U.S's supply of CC that the Nasties (Nazis) couldn't replicate.
The German troops didn't like it as much as captured CC from the American's.
Hi guys
Debra from South Wales here
EGGS
USA
The reason you Americans have to refrigerate your eggs is because when they get washed the micro thin protective layer that the hen puts on the shell is washed away, so consequently to keep them fresh you need to refrigerate them.
UK
We here in the UK do NOT wash the eggs we x-ray therm to chech that they are not contaminated in any way, if they are the machine rejects them. At the end of this process each egg is dated and has a lion printed on it to show that it has been tested and is safe to consume.
Thank you for all the info!
I am guessing you are now back in the USA but M&S is a must for bakery and cakes it's mainly own brand but it's incredibly fancy. Also hope you got to a Gregg's bakery for a sausage roll and a sausage bean and cheese melt
I am loving your channel. You are such a lovely couple. I don't know if anyone has mentioned it here but the quiet hour is targetted towards people who are neuro-diverse/on the spectrum The idea is to avoid sensory overload. And, supermarkets can be one of the most sensory overloaded places to be LOL I have never shopped in quiet time but I think it is a fabulous idea. Keep posting the videos :-)
Dandelion and Burdock or DB as it is sometimes branded, is a fizzy drink worth trying.
I bet you found out how there's less sugar in British food, compared to American food. As a Briton, I remember going to NYC and staying at the Roosevelt Hotel (a *5-star* hotel) and finding out how most of the breakfast food was a lot sweeter than usual. Even for things that *shouldn't* be sweet, like scrambled eggs. I had to stick to the oatmeal so I could control my sugar intake each morning!
Concerning chocolate, the law here states that a product has to be made with at least 20% cocoa solids before it can be legally sold as chocolate. I think the threshold's a good bit lower in the States.
Yeah we do weird things with food in the US lol.
The Marmite peanut butter is divine!! I'm not normally a fan of Marmite, but the peanut butter has just enough of a hint of it that what you get is peanut butter with a nice savoury tang, without being overwhelmed. You do have to stir the contents of the jar quite thoroughly each time before spreading it though. But it's worth it!
M&S food is stunning, certainly my favourite
well why don't you buy some British foods that don't perish and send them to your self back in the US 2 days before you go home that way you will be home when the packages are delivered... or send them to a relative in the US... i do that when i got to US and send stuff home to my sister for me lol
Great idea
Congrats on making the uk newspapers
I don’t even like baked beans, but my British heart stopped for a second when you reached for the Branston brand and not Heinz 😝
Heinz is overrated slop. The Branston is however always empty, they’re cheaper and they’re better. Didn’t realise anyone was still Heinz bean strong after the price hikes. 😂 Maybe because you don’t eat them you didn’t get the memo.
Don't believe the hype about Heinz , Branston brand are much better , thicker tastier sauce etc. Maybe you don't like beans because you tried Heinz?
Heinz all the way! But admittedly I buy shop brand because it's cheaper and just add my own BBQ sauce :D
You have got to be kidding! Heinz are shite now they are definitely not what they used to be, the coral ones from Aldi are better than Heinz.
Tesco own brand is better... cheaper too
Salt water Crocodile from the North Sea, and fresh water Alegator from the River Thames are good sellers across the UK. If difficult to find in the big stores: Ask at your local butchers..! They should give you a "meaty answer '.
Interesting. Didn't know it was common there.
I’m so glad you visited Devon while you were in the UK 💜 I live in North Devon and I love it here….I also love popping over the border to Cornwall as often as I can, both counties have so much to offer. I usually shop In Sainsbury’s because I prefer their fresh produce, but I’ll shop anywhere that will deliver 😅
Bet you wernt born there .
Eggs here in the UK are vaccinated against salmonella and are stored on shelves they can be refrigerated at home after purchase
3:36 was like a Horror film she was talking about Fray Bentos and they were behind her lol...Hope you both enjoyed the shopping experience and UK....Bless
Try tesco ring doughnuts you'll love them, they're on the fresh cake and bread section
Thank you for the suggestion!
Just stumbled across this. As a Brit myself this was very entertaining to watch.
Yep, Cadbury's will find their way into anything, it is a good quality chocolate, I live not too far away from Bourneville (where Cadbury's factory is and the tour of 'Cadbury World') lovely area, as it was originally a quaker village.
Heinz is much more popular than Branston's when it comes to baked beans I would say, although Branston is popular for their Branston's Pickle, which is a pickled chutney.
Iron Bru from Barr, and Caramel Wafer Bars from Tunnocks are two great Scottish companies that are popular all over the UK.
Something I'd advise you try are things with blackcurrant in: squash (juice concentrate you dilute) Ribena is a branded version example. Then there's also sweets like Skittles and Starburst where instead of Grape our purple sweets are Ribena flavours.
There's a history about why America made blackcurrants illegal for a while that's quite interesting, but the result is America never got into using it as a flavour much.
You might not find it in many places but there's a nice soft drink called Lilt that I don't think is sold in the US.
Watching you do an in store Tesco shop while I think about my on-line Tesco shop for delivery (I pay £7.99 per month for delivery and it's delivered whenever I want). When you come to UK again and go to M&S try Percy Pigs! Jelly foam sweets with flavours including elder flower. My favourite, there isn't an M&S where I live which may be fortunate because I'd eat far to many (and other M&S goodies). What Tesco own brand items do I get that I think you should try? Well anything, I think their own brand food is as good as named brand food, just slightly cheaper in the price point, if you know what I mean. If you have never tried them before, try Paprika flavour crisps.
7:15 - Those bitter shandies are an AMAZING substitute for beer. I like beer and I dislike non-alcoholic beer, but those bitter shandies are, like, 0.5% ABV and taste like proper bitter shandy you would get in a pub.
Not sure if somebodies mentioned already but... Tesco is an acronym for TE Stockwell and Cohen - the founders of the company. And erm Pot Noodle! What did you think of it?
I remember visiting Colorado once and shocked at the lack of fresh fruit and veg available. I could not even find an organic piece of fresh food. It really threw me
that is really strange. wonder what store you were shopping in. that doesn’t seem too common
Haven't been in a Tesco for a bit, never knew they did a quiet time🤔
I finally went into a proper grocery when I was in Bedford a few years ago. Besides all the things y'all were amazed by (as was I) I also taken aback the sheer array of types of instant coffee and the small amount of actual beans.
@@heather333 There is that. But it’s more that it’s a surprise because there isn’t actually much instant coffee at all in the US sold anywhere. One or two main brands with a store brand possible too but each with an extremely limited range and usually only the jars of loose instant coffee. As opposed to the UK where the range of instant coffees is vast and you also have a plethora of choices of different boxed sachets of lattes and cappuccinos etc. I actually enjoy having those once in a while (although I live in Florida so mostly drink iced coffee), so whenever I travel to the UK I grab a few boxes to bring home. Japan is another country that loves their instant coffee/lattes too so I’ve done the same there on my one visit.
@@susie2251 Apparently US troops brought instant coffee to the UK when they joined in WWII.. Americans hated the stuff, but the Brits (dealing with rationing of food, and an increasingly bland diet we then became ‘famous’ (notorious?) for) thought it was fantastic and thoroughly embraced it. Instant is starting to fight back, but the original brands are mostly seen as an old person thing. My mother was Nescafé fanatic, and would take a jar with her if we went away visiting because the rest of her family liked Maxwell House
Forget marmite try vegimite with peanut butter ,then a link sausage on bread ,satay sausage.
Good to see that you are experiencing the delights of the whole of the UK. I live in Devon, in Exeter... I mostly shop in Sainsbury's. Food between the midrange supermarkets Tesco, Sainsbury's and Morrison are much the same. I mostly shop at Sainsbury's as the large store is a short walk away from where I live - less than 10-minute walk away.
I live in Exeter too 😊
As long as neither of you are vegan or lactose/gluten intolerant try the tesco brand egg custards from the bakery section they are delicious.
Good to know!
I'm surprised someone reccomended Fray Bentos lol. I've always known them as something to avoid at all cost
Fray Bentos steak pies are gorgeous. A mix of puff pastry pie and suet pudding. Lush.
Yet some people I know love them, which I don't.
@@zekbaker4727 When did you last buy one? 20 years ago?
I've bought some fairly recently on offer for absolute emergencies.
I tried one the other day .. if I were down to stale mouldy bread and a Frey Bentos pie .. Mouldy sandwiches would win.
As a heathen i just microwave them like a babbies hed.....wonder how youll cook em😁🍻...p.s. Fosters is like making love on a pedalo😈
Hiya, so... Heinz Baked Beans are the best... Fray Bentos are disgusting... they used to be much larger too (maybe a good thing that they have made them smaller) -- loved how you were saying about looking for the Fray Bentos and they were in shot behind you! hehehe - Lucozade (originally) which you picked up used to be given to us as kids when not feeling well, so its like having medicine - the Ritz are not normally in that old style but they are celebrating an anniversary and they too have recently been made smaller... I think you are at a mid-sized supermarket there as we tend to have much more cereal choice than what you saw there... Tesco club card prices are quite cheaper than the usual price - you should check out Iceland (the food shop not the country, well you can obviously do that too heheh) - We have many more flavoured crisps too... Pot noodles are eaten a lot by students or people who not used to cooking hehe - as longs as they know how to switch on a kettle hehe - Marmite is amazing (as we previously discussed on your other video) the Marmite Peanut Butter is a mix, of Marmite and Peanut butter but the Marmite is more subtle... - hope this helps a little, loving your videos! - Gary
I've been having marmite and peanut butter on my toast since I was 18. I'm 51 now. I've not tried the branded one but I'm sure it's lovely.
If you have time to visit Stoke-on-Trent you must try a Staffordshire Oatcake from a traditional oatcake shop!
Marmite peanut butter is literally my favourite thing! It's so good on toast
Visit the poundshops too for odd specials on snacks and crisps! If you travel nearer to bedfordshire at any time id happily host you around ❤
I know you can’t get perishables at the moment but when you can,give Tesco finest ready meals a go.Looks like your enjoying yourselves.✌🏼
Eggs are treated in the US which means they then need to be refrigerated - British eggs not so, although they last longer if you put them in the fridge at home. Have tried the marmite peanut butter but cannot recommend, something about the mix makes the oil separate out of the pb after a while, not nice!
The comedy moment for me was when she mentioned she needed to find the Frey Bentos whilst walking right past them.
🤮 seriously it must have been a joke to recommend fray bentos to you! 😂. They are literally the most disgusting thing…