Matthew Powell not even the horse meat, just the idea of having a meat product that is only actually like 50% actual meat and the rest is just water and chemical shit pumped in!
Andrew Wilson what?! Your tea will be stewed if you leave it in that long. I’ve never known anyone leave t in for more than a minute, but it’s usually a lot less than that, I just keep my teabag in for twenty seconds, if that.
They actually used to have Value fruit veg and meat until a few years ago, where they rebranded all of them to have generic farms as name, like Woodside and Boswell.
The translation of the German word for it would also be fish sticks (or rather little fish sticks). The naming makes a bit more sense than calling them "fingers" IMO. I guess they are a staple food for children everywhere in the developed world...
I always buy quality bread on a yellow sticker. For example, Hovis bread is £1.25 and they get reduced to 30p after 7pm (I have to normally go at this time anyways) buy it chuck it in the fridge and it lasts be another week. Sometimes, a week and 2 days! Another way you can save your money. Great video as usual Mike!
I know you have been reading the ingredients on the packages, but have you been reading the nutrition facts? Because those might be a better indicator of what the value is doing. Like Calories or Sodium to show how much they take in with it.
In my experience they tend to be as good or sometimes better than the actual product. Tesco also don't use a lot of the crap preservatives and things like MSGs in any of their own brand products
Me and my son are diabetic, so i have to read all the nutritional info, and 9 times out of 10, the value brands are marginally if not alot better for us.
The first 20 seconds or so when brewing a tea bag, it just releases the colouring,gotta leave for at least 2 mins,or you're just drinking hot water and milk!
From what I can tell this is like the equivalent of walmart's 'Good value' stuff in the US. A lot of the stuff is pretty good quality, Especially the cereals and cookies. Stuff like that is really no difference and I've read before (Although it could be false, I never looked into it to much.) That most things like that (at least here in the US) are the name brand product but it's the batches and excess that wasn't good enough for the name brand product.
That's pretty much what it is. I'm not familiar with US supermarkets but in the UK every single major supermarket has its own brand of products , everything from food to cleaning products to even stationary. Quality does vary of course from place to place and contrary to what people think it's not 'Good value for money' when what you buy is cheap but it fails to deliver on any acceptable level.
Asda over here is owned by Wal-Mart and their 45p pop is very good indeed but the 19p Cola is atrocious! No way are the same batch! Still 45p vs the price of Coca Cola or Pepsi is a massive saving anyway! And frankly when they had it the Asda Zero Cola for 45p was preferable to either Coke or Pepsi in taste too! {pity they dropped the line despite it selling out every single day!}.
Not quite absolutely accurate, but more or less true. Only some of the store brand products are lower quality or overrun batches, usually the savings are on the packaging and the retail margin rather than the product itself. That said, it's a complex mess, like all commerce, that could fill a book with the details.
Sometimes in Asda you'll actually find Great Value branded stuff, it's rare but it happens. Also in Chinese Walmart stores you can find Asda stuff in the foreign section.
Was there nothing healthyish available in this value range? Even tinned fruit? If not Tesco needs to take note as there are many people out there struggling (we're the foodbank nation now unfortunately) and lack of healthy affordable food doesn't help
Bread can be frozen - That makes the sell by date pointless straight off! {it's really there just to make sure the shops get rid of leftover unsold bread before it goes mouldy!
i don't bother freezing bread because i forget to defrost it (well until i want to eat it) and i find it isn't as nice afterwards and goes off quicker. but most sell by dates are complete BS and i only follow them for things like meat and milk, everything else it's a case of give it a sniff.
charles townsend I have a whole family to feed so I usually buy four loaves of bread a week. Freezing definitely comes in handy. When the not frozen bread is almost gone just pull a new one from the freezer. The freshness can suffer a bit though especially if you leave it in the freezer a really long time.
My Alexa does that too. No one had said anything like the trigger word Echo and she will randomly start talking. Last night we were notified we lived 2 miles from our city's center.
You should have put Tesco value grated cheese over the pasta. Also, keep your bread in the fridge. Toast it for 30 seconds to soften again. It keeps much longer.
I have tried Tesco value Applesauce 8 years ago, it was horrible stuff, apples came on the third place when it came to ingredients, it was like glue. Went back last year and the value apple sauce was actually edible this time, even good. I guess the store has realised people dont eat glue. We didn't dare try Tesco finest Whiskey, because last time... well the flavour was there for 3 second and then it just felt like Pledge.
About ten years ago at a party, me and a friend finished ab entire bottle of Tesco value whiskey in 5 minuets just passing it back and forth. It wasn't great and I woke up with obscenities written all over my face.
Flavoring on the ingredients means that the next ingredient listed after that word are the ingredients used to flavor the product, it doesn't mean flavoring is an ingredient itself.
Gotta agree with you there -- no matter how little money I have to get by on, one thing I never skimp on is bread. Cheap bread is barely edible at best, and horrible, dry nastiness most of the time.
HHog I'm a big fan of the bread they bake right in store in my grocery store. It's the cheapest option and actually pretty good. It gets moldy pretty quickly, but I put parchment paper between the slices and freeze it so it keeps longer.
ShinyPants the grocery store I shop at has some loaves already slices and bagged. They also have this cool machine that slices a whole loaf in about 20 seconds that the employees will run your bread through if they run out of pre sliced. I'm terrible at slicing bread too.
craig tiffany Smart price is absolute shite, a lot of it has actually been rebranded as Chosen By You though, used to work at Asda so this is the only reason why I know this.
Tesco still make their own bread, it's their Toastie range. I would actually argue it's the best bread I've had next to Kingsmill - very soft, very fluffy, and makes for /excellent/ toast. (Normally I dislike toast-designed bread because it makes shit sandwiches, but not with the Tesco stuff)
I'm not sure why the industry keep trying to make these things when the voice recognition has barely improved from the completely useless it was 20 years ago.
For a lot of coupons, you have to join loyalty schemes, collect points on purchases, then Tesco will send you something ridiculous like a 5p coupon for every £50 you spend.
It’s not like the US, we can’t combine coupons, so one coupon per product normally. You’d never normally be in a situation where you got things for free unless the coupon was intended to give you a free one. So yes we have coupons but nowhere like the US.
Choc. Chip Cereal Bars = Choc. Chip Granola Bars so yeah they aren't meant as breakfast, they are a snack How come you didn't boil the water first before adding the pasta meal? There are fish fingers in the US they are called fish sticks. Mix some Tesco Mayo with some Tesco Sweet Pickle Relish (if they have it) boom instant "tartar sauce"
It's so weird how i have been mesmerized into these videos now. I'm hooked cant get enough! My favourite lines were. 'Tesco value has a bad reputation of being shit, sometimes it is shit, but this isnt shit' 😂😂😂
Tiny meals rich in carbohydrates. I’d be ravenous before every meal, and perhaps after. Do they have Tesco Value eggs? No butter? Margarine perhaps? I’m impressed with your self-control and iron constitution - and you’re keeping this fairly amusing.
markiangooley No value eggs as such but you can get a box for less than £1 usually they have a block of everyday butter and a tub of everyday margarine or spread
Yeah I noticed that it's been mostly all carbs too. I'm relatively sure there are like tesco value frozen veg bags. Some frozen veg would have been a better accompaniment to the fish fingers than bread with mayo and (yet another) bag of crisps. I thought I saw eggs at the bottom of the screen when he did his shot with all the food on day 1. Peanutbutter on toast is also way more filling and nutritious than pot noodles or pasta.
Betty Boosh I have 8 quid in my bank account, so baby, you lookin for a sugar daddy? I can treat you to an "American Style Patty" from Iceland as my treat from me to you 😉🤣
I'm surprised that Basil didn't snatch that chip stick out of your hand; my kitty girl Ziggy loves crisps and corn based snacks, especially salt and vinegar flavour. I have to share every bag I open with her - it's hard to refuse when she sits on my shoulder and reaches her paw in to help herself :)
I'm trying to find a way of filming her, handing her food and stopping her and her brothers from taking the bag of crisps and running off with it. I need several pairs of hands, lol.
I bought a lot of Tesco Value products when I was a student. There were virtually no Lidl or Aldi stores in the UK at the time. Bread was just 10p a loaf and their sausages, beans and eggs were about the cheapest you could find. Only Kwik Save with 'No Frills' had similar prices in the shops near me. I think the quality has improved since those days. Thankfully!
Your cat is so gorgeous... I know it's not food related. Only found this channel because of my 600lbs videos I've been binging on whilst trying to get my assignment done.
I'd rather see your honest reaction than have you complain that everything is horrible (unless everything really is horrible!) It's ok to like stuff. It doesn't make for shit content.
Did you actually watch the video? He complained about some products and complimented others. His biggest complaint was the bread, mostly for how quickly it goes off, but also just not being good. During his wrap-up he literally said "I'm really impressed by Tesco Value stuff so far."
Yes, I watched the video. Did you miss the bit at the end where he Mike self-deprecatingly says, "it's going really well -- which is probably making for shit content"? I was responding to that statement, trying to reassure Mike that the content isn't shit just because he's enjoying some of the things.
Yeah, Tesco Value is.. Well.. It's alright. The worst thing about Tesco Value is your pride if you're one of those people who cares too much about what people think of you based on what you purchase
Tesco do some very good food. If you want everyday value fruit then help yourself to the selection they leave out for kids to eat. Also, if you go the bakery you can get FREE live yeast! Brilliant for bread. And home brewing lol.
Many people here on the poverty line depend on it, and it's not bad at all. The prices are brilliant compared to other products where you pay for the same ingredients under a different name. Obviously some of the items are not as good as more expensive alternatives, but some are just as good.
I earn more than enough and basicly everything i buy is either tesco value or like fresh home made food. Much cheaper. Only things i buy which are branded is soy milk, green tea and condiments. I worked out my saving and i save nearly £2500 a year compared to if i buy all branded food.
Enjoying this series and just wanted to add - even though the video is now more than a month old - the Tesco Value range did (and I'd say still does) contain fresh fruit, poultry and meat. They did a big rebrand on all their fresh produce in the range nearly 2 years ago now. They took away the Everyday Value name and labelled the items up with farm branding so items like pears and apples are branded Rosedene Farms and items like fresh beef products are labelled under Boswell Farms. They got in a bit of trouble for this because the farms are - of course - fictional but those items which are cheaper are the former Everyday Value branded fresh produce items. They are still there Tesco have just tried to make them sound a little more upscale.
avionpiscean33 I find it weird how they're complaining, I thought they'd be complaining about it being hot and not cold! It's not like a cup of tea is a rare thing in the US, sure it's uncommon but not unheard of and the tea drinking Americans I know usually add milk anyway!
Shoutout to tescos, for acknowledging that a lot in the uk are in poverty, and malnourished. They’re small prices help a lot of people around England with financial problems.
I actually really love the tomato pasta! I buy loads of it and everything else I buy is branded but it’s Cos I prefer it (I add a teaspoon of butter to make it a bit richer)
Tesco value bread has L-cysteine (aka E920) in it as a flour improver.. It's made from human hair via barber shop sweepings collected from certain parts of Asia... If you find a hair in your bread, at least you'll know why in future.. .
That moment when you have the same bloody kettle. The twist is that I live in Sweden, got a UK plug socket in the kitchen, and yes. I need help. Kettle though!
In America we call "Ginger Nuts" "Ginger snaps" which is a name that I think is more sensible. I'm glad you're recommending what's good. I was gonna suggest that if you hadn't done so at the end of this day.
We absolutely have fish fingers in the USA!! We have cheaper store value brands too. Many of us use them daily just to survive. Were there no fruits or veg in the freezer you could have eaten? Do your stores not have a fruit stand with oranges or bananas to give customers for free? We have a store chain that you can get a free piece of fruit as part of their no hunger drive.
The Carlz0r, that would be the least funny, yet most probable explanation. You earn 10 science points that may be redeemed for any Tesco fish based product.
LOL,.. Thank Mike, when you asked when you asked your Amazon Echo, my Echo Dot responded and gave me info on an American Tea brand with it's price and stuff...
this is one of you more uninspired week long diet videos. tesco has test kitchens and wouldent release something that is so bad no one would buy it regardless of price so of course most of it will be okay or fine tasting. its like if i did a "living off the wal mart grocery section for a week" not exactly too limiting there
In America our 'fish fingers' are called 'fish stix', and our equivalent to your Tesco seems to be what we call 'Generic'. In stores it is labeled like 'BEER' or 'FISH STIX'. but the prices are matches to yours. If 25p is the same as 25 cents, that is.
Depends on the hardness of the water in your area how long you should brew it, where I live the water is very hard so leaving it makes scum form on the top :)
It may not be the best way, I'm not entirely sure how you can call it "gross". He didn't do anything different, he just hastened the process. Gross...You keep saying that word, but I don't think you know what it means.
Well that is fairly easy. You buy tea, you buy milk. You make your tea, your pour the milk in. Not diffucult at all ;) and mixing up tea and tee is fairly easy if english is not your primary language. Tea is Tee in german for example :3
Té. I like tea with milk but won't mind it if I have it without milk at a Polish person's house.. But last time I did that we put some whisky in it and it was nice. I find that Poles, Czechs and Slovaks actually prefer whisky to vodka too
Value brand stuff and supermarkets own brands are usually just the excess stuff that other brands couldn't package or didn't quite pass QA. NZ has Pams, Budget (Now named Value) and SR (Signature Range, they recently renamed it to something else) and it's all fine. It's pretty generic in terms of appearance and flavour, but at 1/3 the cost it fills in the gaps on your grocery list just fine. Some of it is actually really nice, I like the gummy sweets and raspberry cola fizzy.
He actually used the bottled water to boil the pasta, that's some dedication right there
I guess it's one way of simulating life in a bomb shelter with nothing but Tesco Value products stocked up.
The thought of that alone is enough to make me want to die in the blast.
😂😂😂
What else was he going to do with it?
ecstasy.apostasy drink it lol
These products are likely a godsend for folks with many mouths to feed or are on a tight budget. Good on ya Tesco.
кคקק๏гtєг Or, like me, you’re a music student...
Excellent for most things however I will never buy value meat!
Matthew Powell not even the horse meat, just the idea of having a meat product that is only actually like 50% actual meat and the rest is just water and chemical shit pumped in!
+G3orgie The mayonaise is also mostly water, not much egg, unlike Helmans.
Joseph J I don't like mayonnaise anyway so thinking of watery mayonnaise actually made me gag😂
Jesus christ i've just crapped myself when you asked Alexa the price of tesco value teabags and mine responded with the volume on the highest setting😂
Warren Evans mine done the same
Warren Evans 😂😂😂
😂
Mine didn't cos I ain't got one fml ffs
The lack of veggies concerns me...
yenee94 Kate especially considering you can get bags of frozen veg/fruit
You could have a jacket spud as well ...
Clearly you have never been a broke college student.
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3:22 Featuring Basil, Britain's most British-named cat.
My black cat was named Basil as well :P Though he was already named when we got him.
* Pawlty Towers
Sherbert World of Schlock Yes. Basil not baysill
baysul
True my cats called Larry
Notifications not working again .... Must be Tesco Value Notifications
I think you mean "Everyday Value"...
BYERE I’ve gone old Skool ;)
So old school you've forgotten your education and how to spell "school"! XD
Johnnyafc _ secretly RUclips is sponsored by Tesco everyday value... Because it's everyday bro
Johnnyafc _ this should be pinned lmao😂😂
The pasta tastes much nicer with black pepper and a sprinkle of smoked paprika. I lived on that pasta for a while when I was a poor student.
I am from england and i am horrified at how you make tea 😭 it doesn’t taste great because you had the bag in for 6 seconds ☹️
That made me cringe as well. Teapot everytime with 4 to 5 mins brew time results in an excellent cuppa. Yorkshire tea everytime!
The tea-making hurt me deep inside
ItsJustKiwi I’m from England and tea is shit
Andrew Wilson ikr
Andrew Wilson what?! Your tea will be stewed if you leave it in that long. I’ve never known anyone leave t in for more than a minute, but it’s usually a lot less than that, I just keep my teabag in for twenty seconds, if that.
I think I can predict the outcome of the whole week, a general opinion of, it's fine, not good, but fine, and it's really really cheap stuff
Ginger yeah I already had this argument, uht milk is more expensive anyway and it's shit
Yup UHT is nasty
If Alexa can mishear asbestos as Alexa you should be very careful to double-check everything before you buy anything with Alexa.
Beriorn I’m pretty sure I heard her give information about asbestos but I’ve got glue ear and generally bad hearing anyway so
My echo dot responds to just about anything but saying Alexia.
They actually used to have Value fruit veg and meat until a few years ago, where they rebranded all of them to have generic farms as name, like Woodside and Boswell.
that is still everyday value it’s just in a different name
We do have fish fingers in the US, but we call them fish sticks.
The translation of the German word for it would also be fish sticks (or rather little fish sticks). The naming makes a bit more sense than calling them "fingers" IMO.
I guess they are a staple food for children everywhere in the developed world...
what are you... a gay fish?
Most fish don't have fingers here in the US.
Joseph Fanning Nope, just chickens lol
Jami JoAnne Russell How did you Write this a Day Ago if the Video was Uploaded 30 Minutes Ago?
I always buy quality bread on a yellow sticker. For example, Hovis bread is £1.25 and they get reduced to 30p after 7pm (I have to normally go at this time anyways) buy it chuck it in the fridge and it lasts be another week. Sometimes, a week and 2 days! Another way you can save your money. Great video as usual Mike!
Basil looks so much like our family cat we had for 18 years. I miss her :(
Ghazghkull Thraka sorry for your loss
Ghazghkull Thraka yhh
I know you have been reading the ingredients on the packages, but have you been reading the nutrition facts? Because those might be a better indicator of what the value is doing. Like Calories or Sodium to show how much they take in with it.
In my experience they tend to be as good or sometimes better than the actual product. Tesco also don't use a lot of the crap preservatives and things like MSGs in any of their own brand products
Louis you do know that msg occours in foods like tomatoes and cheess naturally right?
Me and my son are diabetic, so i have to read all the nutritional info, and 9 times out of 10, the value brands are marginally if not alot better for us.
Would've made this video much more interesting
Nothing like that would matter if they are struggeling to feed a family or themselves on the breadline or below it!
do they do a Tesco Value camera stand?
The first 20 seconds or so when brewing a tea bag, it just releases the colouring,gotta leave for at least 2 mins,or you're just drinking hot water and milk!
From what I can tell this is like the equivalent of walmart's 'Good value' stuff in the US.
A lot of the stuff is pretty good quality, Especially the cereals and cookies. Stuff like that is really no difference and I've read before (Although it could be false, I never looked into it to much.) That most things like that (at least here in the US) are the name brand product but it's the batches and excess that wasn't good enough for the name brand product.
That's pretty much what it is. I'm not familiar with US supermarkets but in the UK every single major supermarket has its own brand of products , everything from food to cleaning products to even stationary. Quality does vary of course from place to place and contrary to what people think it's not 'Good value for money' when what you buy is cheap but it fails to deliver on any acceptable level.
Asda over here is owned by Wal-Mart and their 45p pop is very good indeed but the 19p Cola is atrocious! No way are the same batch!
Still 45p vs the price of Coca Cola or Pepsi is a massive saving anyway! And frankly when they had it the Asda Zero Cola for 45p was preferable to either Coke or Pepsi in taste too! {pity they dropped the line despite it selling out every single day!}.
Not quite absolutely accurate, but more or less true. Only some of the store brand products are lower quality or overrun batches, usually the savings are on the packaging and the retail margin rather than the product itself. That said, it's a complex mess, like all commerce, that could fill a book with the details.
Sometimes in Asda you'll actually find Great Value branded stuff, it's rare but it happens. Also in Chinese Walmart stores you can find Asda stuff in the foreign section.
Tesco value is better quality than WalMart's great value
Basil is wonderful
Was there nothing healthyish available in this value range? Even tinned fruit? If not Tesco needs to take note as there are many people out there struggling (we're the foodbank nation now unfortunately) and lack of healthy affordable food doesn't help
who actually goes by the sell by date on bread? i find as long as you keep the bag sealed it stays fine for a few days past the date.
Bread can be frozen - That makes the sell by date pointless straight off! {it's really there just to make sure the shops get rid of leftover unsold bread before it goes mouldy!
i don't bother freezing bread because i forget to defrost it (well until i want to eat it) and i find it isn't as nice afterwards and goes off quicker. but most sell by dates are complete BS and i only follow them for things like meat and milk, everything else it's a case of give it a sniff.
charles townsend I have a whole family to feed so I usually buy four loaves of bread a week. Freezing definitely comes in handy. When the not frozen bread is almost gone just pull a new one from the freezer. The freshness can suffer a bit though especially if you leave it in the freezer a really long time.
I never use the date.. if it's not mouldy.. it's edible :P
charles townsend I freeze it then when i want some, say for a sandwhich, i take out the 2 slices and microwave them for 16 seconds and they are fine.
My Alexa does that too. No one had said anything like the trigger word Echo and she will randomly start talking. Last night we were notified we lived 2 miles from our city's center.
Everyone's does that. That's why I don't think the tech is quite ready for voice activation.
I've already got my phone and computer spying on me, don't think I need another thing to spy on me lol
They’re all haunted by a girl named Alexa
you're constantly _starving_
Alex Marco from all the salt and preservatives in the food...
Alex Marco Probably because he keeps himself dehydrated and doesn’t eat anything that’s nutrient dense (eg fruits and veggies)
He's a drama queen
Alex Marco must have piles of plates and bowls by the sink
Maybe Tesco value foods aren’t filling enough
tesco do do value butter it is in block form it is usually near the bottom shelf next to the lurpake butter
I've just realised that this a week on stoner food.
A stoner's feast you could call it
That or a week on collage kid food.
L. Wolf college is free education though
@blue FISH
Ah you thought I meant something else probably, here in the US Collage is more or less university in the UK.
Average Joe You're thinking of Rustler burgers
I always like the videos that feature your cat.
You should have put Tesco value grated cheese over the pasta. Also, keep your bread in the fridge. Toast it for 30 seconds to soften again. It keeps much longer.
I have tried Tesco value Applesauce 8 years ago, it was horrible stuff, apples came on the third place when it came to ingredients, it was like glue. Went back last year and the value apple sauce was actually edible this time, even good. I guess the store has realised people dont eat glue. We didn't dare try Tesco finest Whiskey, because last time... well the flavour was there for 3 second and then it just felt like Pledge.
Drink air freshener much?
No but furniture cleaners. ;)
don't they do lemon in air fresheners?
They do a lemon scented furniture cleaner, that is all I have seen, never air freshener.
About ten years ago at a party, me and a friend finished ab entire bottle of Tesco value whiskey in 5 minuets just passing it back and forth. It wasn't great and I woke up with obscenities written all over my face.
My Alexa is by the tv and asked if I wanted to buy stock in tesco
MrRobot1984 lol
Ben Turner haha, very funny joke and totally not obvious
Flavoring on the ingredients means that the next ingredient listed after that word are the ingredients used to flavor the product, it doesn't mean flavoring is an ingredient itself.
Gotta agree with you there -- no matter how little money I have to get by on, one thing I never skimp on is bread. Cheap bread is barely edible at best, and horrible, dry nastiness most of the time.
HHog I'm a big fan of the bread they bake right in store in my grocery store. It's the cheapest option and actually pretty good. It gets moldy pretty quickly, but I put parchment paper between the slices and freeze it so it keeps longer.
Aww man but then you have to go through the trouble of cutting it! God knows I'm awful at slicing bread evenly.
ShinyPants the grocery store I shop at has some loaves already slices and bagged. They also have this cool machine that slices a whole loaf in about 20 seconds that the employees will run your bread through if they run out of pre sliced. I'm terrible at slicing bread too.
+askley flichardson I actually live in the Netherlands!
Tesco value is better than Asda smartprice.
craig tiffany Smart price is absolute shite, a lot of it has actually been rebranded as Chosen By You though, used to work at Asda so this is the only reason why I know this.
Unofficial Re-uploads of MDE: World Peace my dad shopped at as asda for a year hated it
It's where I shop because it's local, but I can't help but feel like I should be working even though I got sacked lol
Asda smart priced baked beans would be the only brand stocked in hell
Chosen by you things are actually lovely, smartprice...not so much
Tesco still make their own bread, it's their Toastie range. I would actually argue it's the best bread I've had next to Kingsmill - very soft, very fluffy, and makes for /excellent/ toast. (Normally I dislike toast-designed bread because it makes shit sandwiches, but not with the Tesco stuff)
It's all made using the same process right? Chorleywood or something
But that’s genuine Tesco, he’s having Tesco Value. This bread is genuine Tesco Value but rebranded
Freeze the bread or dry it in the oven. The later is good for bread crumbs. Or if into brewing use bread.
Mike, please don't ask Alexa anything in your videos!!!! Every owner of an Alexa that watches RUclips videos knows why I ask!!
It's fine, I now know the price of Tesco tea bags
Got Google home so I'm fine
Its weird cause he said asbestos and it somehow turned on. I have to try that with mine.
I'm not sure why the industry keep trying to make these things when the voice recognition has barely improved from the completely useless it was 20 years ago.
I love hearing a fellow British person on youtube for a change! I have subscribed just so I can listen to you talk - I don't care what about.
is couponing a thing in england where you are? cause if it is than you should do a week on what you can get with couponing.
confused. I don't remember ever getting coupons out of a magazine.
You can sometimes get coupons but not like in the US like on that show extreme couponing is just insane.
lol, that is funny since I am an extreme couponer
For a lot of coupons, you have to join loyalty schemes, collect points on purchases, then Tesco will send you something ridiculous like a 5p coupon for every £50 you spend.
It’s not like the US, we can’t combine coupons, so one coupon per product normally. You’d never normally be in a situation where you got things for free unless the coupon was intended to give you a free one. So yes we have coupons but nowhere like the US.
Enjoyed watching this series weirdly enough...just randomly came across it. SUBSCRIBED.
In America it's just called fish sticks
gay fish
Why are people saying gay fish?
i heard die antwoord saying it
‘Very fishy fish fingers’ lol, I love that 😂
Choc. Chip Cereal Bars = Choc. Chip Granola Bars so yeah they aren't meant as breakfast, they are a snack
How come you didn't boil the water first before adding the pasta meal?
There are fish fingers in the US they are called fish sticks.
Mix some Tesco Mayo with some Tesco Sweet Pickle Relish (if they have it) boom instant "tartar sauce"
It's so weird how i have been mesmerized into these videos now. I'm hooked cant get enough! My favourite lines were. 'Tesco value has a bad reputation of being shit, sometimes it is shit, but this isnt shit' 😂😂😂
You realize, for many people you are doing: "one week on food"?
He's done a few series' of these and it's taken 'til now for someone to notice that
Reece Chambers He got it a lot on both the Iceland meals and when he did the next series where he created cheap meals from scratch.
I didn't notice
When you asked Alexa how much the teabags was, my Alexa responded with no idea 😂
Tiny meals rich in carbohydrates. I’d be ravenous before every meal, and perhaps after.
Do they have Tesco Value eggs? No butter? Margarine perhaps?
I’m impressed with your self-control and iron constitution - and you’re keeping this fairly amusing.
markiangooley No value eggs as such but you can get a box for less than £1 usually they have a block of everyday butter and a tub of everyday margarine or spread
Yeah I noticed that it's been mostly all carbs too.
I'm relatively sure there are like tesco value frozen veg bags. Some frozen veg would have been a better accompaniment to the fish fingers than bread with mayo and (yet another) bag of crisps.
I thought I saw eggs at the bottom of the screen when he did his shot with all the food on day 1. Peanutbutter on toast is also way more filling and nutritious than pot noodles or pasta.
Everyday value eggs are 70p for 6 or £1.25 for 15
They were 4 hours ago when I bought them!
markiangooley they do have tesco value eggs. Im not sure about the butter sitch.... they have tesco own brand which is better than tesco value..
I'm not surprised you like it, some of the stuff is honestly really nice. Especially nice if you are super poor like me :P
Betty Boosh I have 8 quid in my bank account, so baby, you lookin for a sugar daddy? I can treat you to an "American Style Patty" from Iceland as my treat from me to you 😉🤣
That is the most romantic thing anyone has ever said to me. I might have to hold you to that. :P
I'm surprised that Basil didn't snatch that chip stick out of your hand; my kitty girl Ziggy loves crisps and corn based snacks, especially salt and vinegar flavour. I have to share every bag I open with her - it's hard to refuse when she sits on my shoulder and reaches her paw in to help herself :)
Aww that's cute. That'll make quality RUclips cat-tent!
I'm trying to find a way of filming her, handing her food and stopping her and her brothers from taking the bag of crisps and running off with it. I need several pairs of hands, lol.
Aww that’s really cute 😂🐱😺
Joanne Gray plz film itt
As soon as I work out the logistics and find a device with sufficient memory, I'll get a video made :)
I bought a lot of Tesco Value products when I was a student. There were virtually no Lidl or Aldi stores in the UK at the time.
Bread was just 10p a loaf and their sausages, beans and eggs were about the cheapest you could find. Only Kwik Save with 'No Frills' had similar prices in the shops near me. I think the quality has improved since those days. Thankfully!
Surprised by the fact you didn't have Tesco Value Custard with your Tesco Value Fish Fingers!
James Faraci ew
*Doctor Who Theme plays ear rapingly*
Your cat is so gorgeous... I know it's not food related. Only found this channel because of my 600lbs videos I've been binging on whilst trying to get my assignment done.
I'd rather see your honest reaction than have you complain that everything is horrible (unless everything really is horrible!) It's ok to like stuff. It doesn't make for shit content.
Did you actually watch the video? He complained about some products and complimented others. His biggest complaint was the bread, mostly for how quickly it goes off, but also just not being good. During his wrap-up he literally said "I'm really impressed by Tesco Value stuff so far."
Yes, I watched the video. Did you miss the bit at the end where he Mike self-deprecatingly says, "it's going really well -- which is probably making for shit content"? I was responding to that statement, trying to reassure Mike that the content isn't shit just because he's enjoying some of the things.
I did watch that part, and I misunderstood your statement. I apologize for misunderstanding your comment.
It's ok. I thought my meaning was clear but I guess it could've been clearer.
Yeah, Tesco Value is.. Well.. It's alright. The worst thing about Tesco Value is your pride if you're one of those people who cares too much about what people think of you based on what you purchase
“One fish finger samich”
So - fish fingers and custard? - The influence of Doctor Who on my life: Incredible... ;-)
Christian Spliess custard? It was mayo
Reminds me of my old days as a single man. I remember buying Asda brand stuff to save money.
Captain Machine It's depressing, a revolving door situation really, now I'm single again yippee
Slight after-taste of blandness 😂
Tesco do some very good food. If you want everyday value fruit then help yourself to the selection they leave out for kids to eat. Also, if you go the bakery you can get FREE live yeast! Brilliant for bread. And home brewing lol.
*shrugs* if i was poor and in the uk id deal with tesco value food. those prices are pruuudy good.
Many people here on the poverty line depend on it, and it's not bad at all. The prices are brilliant compared to other products where you pay for the same ingredients under a different name. Obviously some of the items are not as good as more expensive alternatives, but some are just as good.
I earn more than enough and basicly everything i buy is either tesco value or like fresh home made food. Much cheaper. Only things i buy which are branded is soy milk, green tea and condiments. I worked out my saving and i save nearly £2500 a year compared to if i buy all branded food.
Joshua Powell, I still buy a lot from Tesco Value as well. The only time I get brand names is when they're on offer.
LOL - my dog, Sophie spotted Basil on ur vid - and she went mad!! Pawed the laptop screen and barked the house down!!
Asbestos=Alexa!
Damn I thought I was the first to catch that :)
Enjoying this series and just wanted to add - even though the video is now more than a month old - the Tesco Value range did (and I'd say still does) contain fresh fruit, poultry and meat. They did a big rebrand on all their fresh produce in the range nearly 2 years ago now. They took away the Everyday Value name and labelled the items up with farm branding so items like pears and apples are branded Rosedene Farms and items like fresh beef products are labelled under Boswell Farms. They got in a bit of trouble for this because the farms are - of course - fictional but those items which are cheaper are the former Everyday Value branded fresh produce items. They are still there Tesco have just tried to make them sound a little more upscale.
Mayonnaise? On a fish finger sandwich?! Are you crazy??!
Do they not make Tesco Value tomato ketchup (the proper sauce to be used)?
They do, they also make Tesco value butter, so it was unnecessary to make such an atrocious sarbo tbh :P
Dan Xepha proper sauce on fishsticks is remoulad
kerberos623 surely you mean tesco value tartar sauce my good fellow?
That's how I eat *my* fish sandwiches. With mayonaisse. And I'm in the states.😀
Dan Xepha Cocktail sauce is the way to go with fish sticks.
Lol. Did Alexa think it's name was "Asbestos?" Hahahahah
Lol. All the Americans in the comments complaining about Mike putting milk in tea.
avionpiscean33 I find it weird how they're complaining, I thought they'd be complaining about it being hot and not cold! It's not like a cup of tea is a rare thing in the US, sure it's uncommon but not unheard of and the tea drinking Americans I know usually add milk anyway!
Yeah because we rebelled for a reason.
On the internet, nobody knows you're an American.
Shoutout to tescos, for acknowledging that a lot in the uk are in poverty, and malnourished. They’re small prices help a lot of people around England with financial problems.
I don't see why people are so against having milk in tea.
In the UK milk is nessesarry else where they make flavoured teas and leaves that are made to just be stewed in boiled water.. The Chinese way
Australian's put milk in tea as well.
I actually really love the tomato pasta! I buy loads of it and everything else I buy is branded but it’s Cos I prefer it (I add a teaspoon of butter to make it a bit richer)
Did he just make tea in Satan's cup?
ha ha ha... when you asked Alexa about the tea bags mine replied at the same time.
Asbestos may sound like Alexa?
Tesco value bread has L-cysteine (aka E920) in it as a flour improver.. It's made from human hair via barber shop sweepings collected from certain parts of Asia... If you find a hair in your bread, at least you'll know why in future.. .
ms xo which parts of Asia
I like cats
Here in the US we call Fish Fingers, Fish Sticks, but they are a little smaller. We also have Battered fish fillets which are bigger.
He's such a lovely boy, Basil
American to UK: fish sticks are fish fingers, ginger snaps are ginger nuts, and Alexa is Asbestos.
well im having fun watching
That moment when you have the same bloody kettle. The twist is that I live in Sweden, got a UK plug socket in the kitchen, and yes. I need help. Kettle though!
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In America we call "Ginger Nuts" "Ginger snaps" which is a name that I think is more sensible.
I'm glad you're recommending what's good. I was gonna suggest that if you hadn't done so at the end of this day.
Definitely not the tea the Queen gets from Twinings.
August Denys it is!!! It's here favourite, also cuts her weekly budget 👍
We absolutely have fish fingers in the USA!! We have cheaper store value brands too. Many of us use them daily just to survive. Were there no fruits or veg in the freezer you could have eaten? Do your stores not have a fruit stand with oranges or bananas to give customers for free? We have a store chain that you can get a free piece of fruit as part of their no hunger drive.
If you are posh you do not drink tea made from bags :P
Go on.
I used to buy the 20p pasta all the time when I lived near a tesco it was really nice
Why does the outside of the Tesco Fish Finger box look greasy?
Sewer Tapes cos they're fried at the factory?
They just fry the whole box?
Sewer Tapes no the fish fingers which leach grease like freezer chips. Also I think the box may be waxed or something
I think the box is waxed, and also wet from condensation in the air landing on the cold box, which probably just came out of the freezer.
The Carlz0r, that would be the least funny, yet most probable explanation. You earn 10 science points that may be redeemed for any Tesco fish based product.
Living my best life at 2 in the morning don't know why I love watching these so much
You are absolutely starving far too much haha
LOL,.. Thank Mike, when you asked when you asked your Amazon Echo, my Echo Dot responded and gave me info on an American Tea brand with it's price and stuff...
this is one of you more uninspired week long diet videos. tesco has test kitchens and wouldent release something that is so bad no one would buy it regardless of price so of course most of it will be okay or fine tasting. its like if i did a "living off the wal mart grocery section for a week" not exactly too limiting there
mwmwmwmwmmdw yes An he can also add stuff to it to make it better
In America our 'fish fingers' are called 'fish stix', and our equivalent to your Tesco seems to be what we call 'Generic'. In stores it is labeled like 'BEER' or 'FISH STIX'. but the prices are matches to yours. If 25p is the same as 25 cents, that is.
"Boil it, or, simmer it" No, those things are not synonyms. Also, the way you made the tea was just gross.
EnemyViolent Gaming Criticising the way someone makes tea?....Must be the internet!
The way he made tea was CORRECT. Objectively.
Yeah, you it's not the same when you rush it like that. Just let it steep a few minutes like you're supposed.
Depends on the hardness of the water in your area how long you should brew it, where I live the water is very hard so leaving it makes scum form on the top :)
It may not be the best way, I'm not entirely sure how you can call it "gross". He didn't do anything different, he just hastened the process.
Gross...You keep saying that word, but I don't think you know what it means.
I enjoy fishfingers with ravicotte sauce. Put three next to eachother in a bun. Usually good ones have less water and they are not expensive.
I don't know how people can put milk in their tee.
I don't know how people can get "tee" as in golf tee, and "tea" as in the drink mixed up.
Well that is fairly easy. You buy tea, you buy milk. You make your tea, your pour the milk in. Not diffucult at all ;) and mixing up tea and tee is fairly easy if english is not your primary language. Tea is Tee in german for example :3
Té. I like tea with milk but won't mind it if I have it without milk at a Polish person's house.. But last time I did that we put some whisky in it and it was nice. I find that Poles, Czechs and Slovaks actually prefer whisky to vodka too
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Value brand stuff and supermarkets own brands are usually just the excess stuff that other brands couldn't package or didn't quite pass QA.
NZ has Pams, Budget (Now named Value) and SR (Signature Range, they recently renamed it to something else) and it's all fine.
It's pretty generic in terms of appearance and flavour, but at 1/3 the cost it fills in the gaps on your grocery list just fine.
Some of it is actually really nice, I like the gummy sweets and raspberry cola fizzy.
Am I the only one that looks upon teabags - any teabags - as an abominations of the good old leaf tea?
Thumbs up, nevertheless.
lmao good to know im not the only one screaming at google home
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There are tesco value fruit and vegetables but they've rebranded them as "Redmere Farm", kind of like they did with the bread.
Tesco's in Ireland have a few different pan loaf of their own brand bread & it starts from about €0:69c per loaf & it's decent enough bread.
I see these videos as an ongoing battle with Alexa
Pasta now 34p.
15% inflation in 4 years.
I'm here to answer the questions nobody asked.
And you set my Echo off when asking it about Tesco Value tea bags. Good job.