American Reacts to Popular British Supermarkets
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As an American I don't know anything about British grocery stores, so today I am very excited to learn about what the most popular grocery stores are in the UK and what they are like compared to the ones in the United States. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
One of the first things Walmart did when then they took over ASDA was to take away the staff discount on purchases. As a response Tesco offered their staff discount to ASDA staff. The resulting bad publicity forced Walmart to re-introduce ASDA's staff discount.
Walmart no longer owns ASDA, it was sold in 2019.
Not shopping carts but we call them trolleys..
Its British Asians Muslim this why all the Hala produce coming in more.@@beverleyringe7014
They didn't do that in the Super centre where I worked, unless it happened after I retired in 2012..
They certainly didn't do anything of the kind, we still have our discount cards, and we can nominate a second person to use it, the only thing Walmart took off Asda employees was our free shares which we could cash in after a couple of years. I've worked for Asda since 1987 and still do, you should see our Asda handbook for the UK with workers rights and laws then compare it to the US handbook it was like 2 pages. Walmart no longer own Asda, although they still have a tiny % in the new version of Asda.
In the UK aisles are wide and the lighting is good. Music is piped throughout the supermarket and shopping is not stressful. Even Aldi and Lidl have wide aisles. The American obsession with eggs is amusing. Our eggs don’t need cooling as they are not washed to remove the natural protection unlike US eggs which are washed.
Yes, our eggs are same in Finland, probably so all over Europe. Not washed and kept in room temperature where they stay good a long time. In America they probably wash the eggs cause a customer would sue the company if in 1/100th chance they got an egg with a brown smudge or a little fluff attached to it 🙄
@@elinahamalainen5867 It's really just because here in Europe we vaccinate the chickens against Salmonella and in the US they don't.
@@House_of_Caine Actually salmonella vaccinations for chickens are illegal in Finland. Also antibiotics might be illegal. That's why everything is kept super clean here with chickens and salmonella infections are very very rare in Finnish hens.
That's weird to hear. In Europe chicken farms are also kept very clean but the chickens are still vaccinated. I wonder if the cold or something helps keep chickens in Finland salmonella free. Although a quick google search says Salmonella is on the rise in Finland at the moment, it could be wrong though. @@elinahamalainen5867
Just looked it up more. Finland's salmonella control programme seems very good so I can see why Salmonella is low there@@elinahamalainen5867
i am american myself, but i live in the UK. i can confirm, ALL UK supermarkets are literally like the high end supermarkets in the US. they are all very appealing, laid out beautifully, lighting is always great, very well maintained, pricing what you see is what you pay unlike back home in the US as the price of the product and the tax for it are calculated together so hence the one price. the variety of food here in the uk is amazing, Literally you can get food from any corner of the planet suprisingly, and the Qaulity is always great 9/10.
the other great thing here in the UK, you can literally go into ANY store, and you will find a huge range of alcohol to buy and you can purchase it 24/7 :)
As a Brit I couldn’t handle the stress of having tax at the end! Just put it into the price displayed!!
@@Aaelixa Haha Right! Like honestly, It is so much better in the UK because you literally pay what you see on the price tag. The only store i have been to in the UK where sales tax is added at the checkout is costco. I mean, The UK as a country is just totally better than the US in many ways, i feel blessed everyday that i live here. I am lucky enough to have Dual nationality because my parents are british, but i was born in the US and only came to the UK 9 years back Now, And honestly i would never return to the US to Live, it sucks.
@@SiGr10614 Oh wow. In a food way I'd say the uk is more healthier and just better for you in general. But what I like about the US is all the shops and other stuff but in the whole it's better to live in the uk . Free health care!!
@@Aaelixa Yess! The health care here is excellent. If you don't have 200-500 bucks when you visit your Doctor in the US, then you are not being seen sadly. The healthcare in the US is very much catergised by Class, and luckily for myself and my family, My mom and dad both got insurance in there Jobs, so we were Good, But there is literally familys that Go bankrupt because of debt from medical expenses, it is a really sad state of reality.
Hahaha this made me giggle 🤣🤣🤣 of course you have liquor stores in the US
In the UK, the 'big four' supermarkets' own food is like a budget version of big brands. There are however two supermarkets here, Marks & Spencer, and Waitrose, that are very much seen as the 'posh' shops, with waitrose even selling produce grown on land owned by the Prince of Wales (possibly worth a separate reaction). The supermarket own food from those two are like the foods that other brands aspire to be.
Never knew Prince William grew food for Waitrose haha
It's really grown on the 'duchy of Cornwall' (hence the waitrose line of 'Duchy organic') but the Duchy of Cornwall is owned by William. Also, there's a town called poundbury which was itself developed by the Duchy, and the waitrose there is like a Mayfair Townhouse, its so good @@Thomashorsman
There’s also the ‘posh’ shop that’s forgotten as it’s not outside of the North West (with a couple in Yorkshire) is Booths. They definitely focus on local products, they’re a bit more expensive than Tesco etc but I shop there as a treat as their food is great and they have a fabulous beer selection.
I'd agree with a look at Waitrose, but probably through the lens of a detailed look at the John Lewis Partnership. A comparison with the Co-Op, which also has an interesting ownership structure would be very informative indeed. It would be good to get a take on the American view on partnerships and co-operatives.
@@katashworth41 Our favourite Yorkshire American, Yorkshire Peach did a video on the one in Ilkley recently and has compared British supermarkets to American ones. I've never been in. I think I've only been in Waitrose three times because there's hardly any in Yorkshire.
US eggs are put in the fridge section because they are chlorine washed before packaging.
UK eggs are like like the rest of Europe. They are not refrigerated because they are not chlorine washed before packaging.
In Europe the emphasis of egg quality is put more on the clean environment in which the egg is laid and the welfare of the chickens themselves. An example being many people in the UK won't buy battery laid eggs, they will only buy free range eggs.
If you fry a UK egg and compare it to a US egg you will see that the yolk on the UK egg is a much more natural colour. It is a brighter yellow/orange yolk than in a US egg. This is due to the much more natural way we keep the chickens and how we don't do anything to the eggs prior to sale.
And eggs with the British Lion mark are salmonella free as the chickens are vaccinated to prevent it.
The wash process used in the US, used because the animal welfare standards there mean pretty much all poultry has salmonella, strips the egg of its natural protective layer, making its shell more permeable to micro-organisms, hence the need to keep eggs refrigerated, to reduce the risk of infection. European eggs don't get treated this way, and retain their natural protection, so they don't need refrigeration. Neither US or EU eggs have noticeably different usage life - if they are stored correctly.
I watched a american youtuber saying she only buys cholesterol free eggs how,? Unless that egg doesn't have a yoke its not cholesterol free. it's fine to keep eggs at room temperature for a few weeks.😊
Many UK egg producers put colouring additives in the feed to give a stronger yolk colour. It's not always natural. I buy Clarence Court free range eggs and they are from Burford Brown or Old Cotswold Legbar hens - the colour of yolks can range from pale to strong, especially in the Legbar eggs, because of where they feed and what on. Producers used to dye the shells as people preferred brown shelled eggs but it's a less common practice nowadays. The Legbar eggs are white shelled.
@@willcambeul6172 egg famers in the UK literally offer a colour char like you are buying fabric so stores can select the yolk colour they will want. The additives arnt unnatural though. Want yellow they add marigold petals to feed, want redder they add red peppers. Almost any food that has a natural pignment will impact the yolk colour.
Fun fact:
When nature designed chickens eggs there were no fridges so the egg developed a coating on it's shell that would keep it fresh for weeks. Unless your government washes the egg in disinfectant thereby removing it's protection. Thats why we don't keep them in fridges.
Monger is another word for seller.
Most grocery stores are similar and come in a few different sizes the main difference are the prices.
In my day "monger" was a word for a monstrous parasitic creature which looks like a human but behaves in a manner that is not just in contravention of human nature (and reality full-stop) but is harmful to other humans - e.g "business" and "politics".
I feel like he looked at a pretty bad ASDA, or at least the ones I've been to are a lot better, also Ive never been to the us but I feel like it was unfair to compare ASDA to Walmart ( also I'm from Australia but I have dual citizenship sooo... )
You mentioned free bags not being at Aldi. The UK government don't allow free bags at supermarkets, to stop plastic bags ending up all over the place & in landfill. You are encouraged to pring your own reuseable bags.
Richard, UK
Yeah. Too many free plastic bags were being dumped indiscriminately causing a real litter problem.
People just steal the bags instead
@@neezduts69420 Is that a confession. lol
@@barriehull7076 No. I see it at work every day. They think we're stupid but we're really not.
I grew up in Ireland in the 90's and early 2000's, and I remember plastic bags being all over the ground all the time, before they stopped being given away for free. I also remember finding money on the ground was quite common back then too, then it just suddenly stopped 🤔
What’s strange is I’ve always heard Americans say they heard we don’t have much of a selection of food to choose in the UK.
But every American who has been to a UK supermarket seems to say they’re really surprised by how much variety of products we have.
A left over from WWII, the original GIs came over when we had been on the ration for several years
So they came from a country without supply issues to the war... so they didn't like our ration system
@@thomasjones6216 I’ve certainly come across that. When Americans have tried to claim we use no seasonings in our food.
Part of the is to do with stories taken back to America from American soldiers being stationed in the UK during rationing.
But another part of that is Americans don’t think of herbs as seasoning. They think of seasoning as spices only.
But traditional food in the UK is hearty food to get you through cold and wet weather. Lots of vegetables and herbs to keep you warm.
Whereas hot spicy food comes from hotter countries. Where their natural ingredients are spicy. Spicy food is actually better at keeping your core temperature cooler.
Whereas over the past 100 odd years keeping cool or warm is much less of an issue.
@@JarlGrimmToys this is true, spicy stuff seems to help with sweating, which helps keep cool
@@thomasjones6216Exactly. Spicy food makes you sweat more, and sweating is your bodies natural way of keeping cool.
There’s a misconception that eating or drinking ice cold stuff keeps you cool in hot weather.
But actually ice cold drinks solidifies fat in your stomach. Also ice cold drinks cool your core temperature. Which makes your body work harder at warming it up.
@JarlGrimmToys
Well "spice" is technically a mild form of poisoning that encourages our bodies to increase metabolism, which in turn cools the body.
Tyler. There are regulations that cover shelf labels in the UK. The label must first be accurate, it must include the price weight/volume, how much per unit, price per portion etc. this should allow the customer to make a good assessment based on price, if they care to do the work. For instance is a 12 pack of Coke cheaper than, singles, 4 packs, 8 packs, 24 packs?
Does Tyler read the comments?
@@loclnor Don't know. He doesn't reply.
He looks at them at least because he removed one of mine because I slagged off him and his brother.@@Peterraymond67
I know, it seems a shame. Judging by all the helpful and interesting comments that he receives, he no doubt appreciates them.
Maybe he's kind of inadvertently forced not to treat it like a community and therefore doesn't reply. His questions to us in the videos are bound to seem to us, in hindsight, like rhetorical Q's or ones that we can chat amongst ourselves about.
All I know is that he seems like a genuine great guy making great content!
I question to myself, every time I visit a new video:
Has Tyler visited the UK already? Or for as long as this channel is in existence, will he not?! Or will he never? Why isn't anyone else wondering the same things?!
It would be so ironic if Tyler, despite spending every day learning so many lovely things about the UK, never visited.
So if he visited, or visits, it's on the down low, without a community knowing lol and if he doesn't, maybe it's for us and to protect the future authenticity of the content of this channel...
Afterall all, he might be left with little left to learn, or be genuinely surprised about in his videos, otherwise.
Also people might question: have you seen this, or experienced that? Etc.
Anyway that's my long winded theory.
All that said, I'm sure he reads his comments and is enlightened by them, and appreciates them. But yeah, it feels weird when community isn't engaged with or acknowledged in the slightest, ever!
@@loclnorDoes Tyler exist ? Seems to use AI a lot perhaps he is virtual like Max Headroom !
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Walmart and Target both tried to expand in the UK, they failed mainly due to our union laws here. They also failed in Germany for the same reason. Walmart ended up buying out ASDA to keep a foothold here.
And sold their share, or got rid of most of it.
Asda was recently (as of a couple of years ago not sure exactly when) two British brother bought it 😊
Walmart bought Asda for $10 billion and sold it for $8 billion. So they made a loss.
The reason was they weren’t making enough profit for the Walton Family. Due to stiff competition for cheap prices from Aldi and Lidl, as well as Tesco who are the biggest supermarket chain.
I was going to say - I don't think they own it now. Didn't realise it was due to union laws.@@0KiteEatingTree0
We have Walmarts in Canada, but everyone I know avoids them like the plague. Target tried to move into Canada a few years ago, but pulled out after about three years for lack of customers. Their stores were unlike the American ones. Target thought Canadians would buy bargain basement goods, but found out otherwise.
Most British supermarkets offer ranges of food at different price levels, ranging from luxury to value. But the higher prices for the luxury ranges aren't always justified.
The main supermarkets have different sized branches, ranging from huge out of town stores to local convenience stores which are much smaller. The larger ones will sell clothes, toys, homewares as well as a wide range of food. The smaller ones just stock the basics and are sometimes attached to a petrol station or motorway services.
some of the supermarkets send out a staff member to reprice things as they have been on the shelf too long to clear. some shoppers look out for this staff member and follow them
Can’t go wrong with m&s though their food is top tier, couldn’t do a weekly shop in there though
@@ianprince1698that is actually partly false as their is the regular reduced to clear and the major reduced to clear
The regular ones happen at set times each day but the major one have a set of shelving on which they are put and happen until they are out of date or can no longer be cleared
ASDA was originally Associated Dairies , they contracted the name to the first two letters of each word.
Tesco also offer things like mobile phone contracts and Sainsbury’s have their own online banking services
Most of our supermarkets have cafes in store and you can have a sandwich, cake or a meal. Also hot or cold drinks as well. Some also have a pharmacy.
My local Sainsbury's café shut this year.
@@barriehull7076 😭😭😭😢
eggs have a natural protection against bacteria, in america they wash the eggs removing this protection in the UK we dont wash our eggs and they can sit out at room temp
Also our rooms are cooler.
Funny thing is soon as I get home I bung ‘em in the fridge!🤣
same here no idea why lol@@jaywalker1233
WAitrose and Marks and Spencer are the two most upscale supermarkets in the UK. They are a bit more expensive but the quality of the food is better and there is a larger selection better quality and larger variety of foods than the other supermarkets.
@@Ariadne-cg4cq
I used to agree, but M&S has really gone down the toilet in recent years - falling turnover means short life foods stay on the shelves too long - and Waitrose ain’t what it used to be (Witney store ‘fresh’ fruit+veg last time I shopped was looking v sad)
That list missed out two German low-cost chains that are very successful in the UK, Aldi and Lidl. Waitrose is a more upmarket chain. And we also have the Coop, which is a cooperative and owned by its customers. Where I live, the Coops aren't large supermarkets, but they are a bit bigger than the average convenience store.
I hate Co-ops as we have 8 fairly near us and they are sooooooooooo ethical(as per their ads) that they charge extra on almost everything.
@@Isleofskye
But quite a few of the Coop products are superior to those from other supermarkets, such as their Melton Mowbray pork pies and their (upper tier, can't remember exactly how they're branded) giant sausage rolls.
@@jerry2357 Yes, Jerry but, as you know,in the same way,if someone, continually, tells you that they are "honest" eventually it makes you wonder why and their endless about how "ethical" they are, take the pizzicato out of us considering they are, literally, more expensive on almost every product in their range of thousands.
Don't take my word for it. Compare 20 items,at random, with The Big 4 let alone with Aldi/Lidl and, sometimes,it is an identical product like "Mr Kipling-Apple Pies" for example. Just bought 5 large mushrooms for £1 in Tescos and you get TWO slightly bigger ones in The Co-op. Not for me,my friend.
@@Isleofskye
Co-Op operate on the Fair Trade ethos.
The big supermarket chains dictate how much they are going to pay the suppliers.
This even includes "Premium Eye Level shelving" placements.
The Co-Ops "Forte" was "The Village Store" for sheer convenience but that market has been eaten into by the likes of Spar, Premiere, Nisa etc.
If people are that short of money that they need to save every spare penny then fair enough... Shop at discount stores.
Things I love about my local Tesco: It sells 300 different cheese products covering well over 60 different cheese types: German Smoked Cheese - Got it. French Brie, Camembert or Comte - Got it. Italian Gorgonzola, Dolce Latte or Pecorino - Got it. Dutch Edam or Gouda - Got it. British Cheddar, Wensleydale or Stilton - Got it. Spanish Manchego or Montagnolo Affine - Got it. Greek Feta - Got it. You get the idea...
I live in Germany, smoked cheese isnt a thing here so Im not sure why England decided to have that to represent German cheese. We have English cheddar and leicester here but its expensive . Ive never seen any of the tasty English cheeses here , like cheshire or Wensleydale .
@@satsumamoon lol. Tesco actually call it Bavarian Smoked Cheese. Anyway, I think they named it based on Rauchkäse as it also has a brown rind. It goes really well on a cheeseboard as a counter to soft & blue cheeses! You should try it!… (/joking) ;)
I don’t get it. What’s your point?
Its ok to test, except not after in the stomach when they didnt develop according to good methodology . Hard cheese development method is better and with raw milk made and even better digesting abilities with goats milk. So anymore I do not select Rauchkase when other options are more pleasing. How did you get an umlaut?@@thepymes
There was a period when all the UK supermarkets moved most of their stores from local High Streets to large out of town shopping centres. Where the warehouse stores are much larger, and the aisles are wide enough to drive around on your mobility scooter. Stores changed from having a separate stock warehouse, to keeping all their stock on the display shelves. In recent years they have been opening smaller convenience style stores again in town centres. As more people stopped just doing "big shops" once a week. Tesco have even taken over Budgens, an independent store franchise. So my little local Budgen store now sells specially branded Tesco products.
Same in Norway with the big supermarkeds. And their sizes with the electric wheelchairs and such scooters.
But most popular where I live, in Elverum it's Amfi. But we also have CityCon, but it's not popular.
I love going to Oslo and visit OsloCity.
Yes they are the ones that charge more reasonable prices compared to the scam prices in their smaller stores in towns and cities
We have big supermarkets like the US where they sell food, clothes, electronics etc etc. Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda being the most popular, but there are others that target people on a tighter budget like Lidl and Aldi, they’re both German stores and have become a lot more popular in recent years. Costco is also very popular.
Yes, Morrisons have a fresh fish section. They also have their own fishing boat to ensure fresh caught fish at their prices. What was missed is that all British supermarkets sell beer, wine and spirits, in store and on the shelves. They are supermarkets here because they sell 'groceries and stuff' not just groceries.
Waitrose and Marks and Spencer are more up market supermarkets, their foods are generally a bit more expensive but better quality. Marks and Spencer is more than just a supermarket though, it's also very well know for selling clothing, furniture, bedding etc... Marks is a bit of an institution in the UK, it's also known as M & S, it's been around since 1884.
From experience Tyler you will probably find grocery prices much cheaper in the UK than in the US if you investigate. Aldi and Lidl are the cheapest supermarkets over here and are expanding their chains of stores rapidly right now.
We have both Aldi and Lidl in the US, I get my bread there ,as it’s only $2.90 each and other places, it will cost me, $3.79 each.
Sorry Paul, but if this was really 2 hours ago, you are behind the times. Our prices have gone up so fast, that the American ladies who are visiting this country at the moment are quite right to explain to more recent visitors that if they are self-catering be ready for high prices!
@@marydavis5234I'm sorry sweetie but $2.90 for a loaf of bread that isn't real bread is horrendous I shop in Aldi here in the UK and I can tell you an 800g loaf of beautiful seeded brown or white bread is 99p I rest my case on average the difference between Aldi US and Aldi UK is you pay double what i pay xx my weekly shop is approx £40 pounds yours will be around $88 dollars so much cheaper here thank God !!!
I get a great big wholemeal loaf from the Co-Op for 72p, the internet says that's 88c. So less than a third of the US Aldi price@@lynjones2461
@@lynjones2461 My weekly grocery bill is $50.00 a week, as I have a discount savings card for all the local grocery stores.
The great thing about the UK shopping experience is that unless you are in a wholesale store, you pay the price on the tag as sales tax (VAT, which is value added tax)of 20% is included in the cost of the product.
VAT is 20% everywhere in the UK.
I'm a Sainsburys' shopper - I think it is slightly more expensive than Asda or Tesco, but I prefer the quality of their food. We have some great supermarkets here, and some of them sell other random things, such as kitchenware, homeware, clothes, etc...The 6 small packets are sold as snacks, or childrens lunch items, we do sell large packs not individual packets too, she didn't look far enough!
I was brought up with Asda. It started locally. I saw it grow in to a big chain. It was working, then one day I was shopping there and started hearing some chanting. It was then I realised Walmart had arrived. It was the workforce warming up before they came on shift. Not a very British thing to do. I knew the nail was in the coffin for them when the cashier asked me if I wanted insurance whilst I was buying my food. Hopefully Asda can recover after the intermittent ownership by Walmart.
it has. my nearest asda is a joy to be in now. in fact, I'll go as far as a better choice of groceries and the best selection of 'world foods' (curries/mexican/chinese/japanese/italian and so on)
and probably, the slowest lifts in town. so slow, you can feel your shopped for items getting closer to their expiry date! 🤣
@@audiocoffee Good to hear. I remember shopping in one Asda and was well surprised to see aisles of Polish, Irish, Indian, Pakistani products plus many more. I'm in rural France now and all we can get is tins of lentils and chick peas. One saving grace is they actually sell Yorkshire tea.
Yeah but not Yorkshire water to make the tea right@@jameson5735
I have 3 asda stores 9 miles west/east/south from my house & I've always been mostly an asda shopper but since the 2 brothers have taken over all 3 have gone downhill & are absolutely shocking. They have gone from being one of the cheapest supermarkets, price/quality wise to being one of the most expensive now & that is if you can actually get things because shelves are now very empty & the choice is now very limited. A lot of products you use to be able to get are no longer available. I normally do most of my Christmas shopping in asda & save money on a Christmas savings card by putting money on it all year round but not this year. For the first time in maybe 20+ years I'm not doing it because of the very limited choice & price increases. It will be either Tesco (3 miles away) where I get money of my shopping instantly with my clubcard or Morrison's where I can use my £5 money vouchers that I have collected after scanning my Morrison's card to collect points after every shop.
Monger - "a dealer or trader in a specified commodity". In the UK we used to call a small DIY/hardware store an "ironmongers".
We still do; at least on my part of the UK. We still have a fishmonger in the town, with fresh fish from Fleetwood and other UK ports.
There's an iron monger no more than 50m from here. He'll sell you a pint of nails and any length of chain you want and all the WD40 you can drink@@davidjackson2580
I remember my mum shopping at Morrisons in the very early 60's. It was the only branch at the time on a street corner in downtown Bradford. It was originally in Rawson Market but obviously decided to make the move when bigger premises were needed.
It wasn't "glamourous" very much like a "stack 'em high and watch 'em fly" kind of set up.
We used to travel downtown every weekend to buy our provisions there and carry them home on the bus in huge holdalls.
It was the only supermarket around at the time.... in the days when the corner shop dominated the suburban market. Those were expensive so it made sense for her to go on a weekly basis, with a couple of my siblings in tow to help with the schlepping!
Then in the early 70's the company relocated out of the city centre to a purpose built warehouse type of structure, which was more in line with what the modern day supermarkets look like today. From there the company went from strength to strength.
I like shopping there, from a nostalgic point of view, obviously the company has been bought and sold a couple of times and only retains the name, but it kinda feels like "going home" whenever I am in there.
One thing that shocked me when I went to the USA was how chocolate and other products was around $5 yet it would be around £1 or £2 at the most in the Uk
Tesco, asda and sainsburys offer banking,insurance, even utilities gas & electric.
Mobile contracts too
So does Waitrose/John Lewis Partnership.
There is also signs in the aisles that tell you what is actually in the aisle ,so you know exactly where you and , what you need and where to find the item you are looking for .
The four supermarkets you looked at are all pretty much similar in terms of items and prices and popularity. The cheap versions of our supermarkets are Aldi and Lidl. You should check out Evan Edinger's supermarket price comparison with American supermarkets. Think you'll be shocked at how much more expensive your food is in the US than in the UK.
100% correct , yeah these 4 are average working class maybe Sainsburys is a bit more expensive, of the 4 , Waitrose and M&S are The 2 Elite shopping experiences
All rubbish stores.😊
Sainsbury's > Tesco >> ASDA and Morrisons.
@@pathopewell1814where else are yoy gonna shop?!
Tescos = Most popular, big boy, great quality for the price, especially if yoy got a club card.
Sainsburys = little more quality , but also more expensive in some areas
Aldi = Cheap, not as good but gets the job done
Morrisons = great quality too, but not for me
Aldi = cheaper german market, but the middle aisle is class. However lots of knock off brands
Lidl = better brands than Aldi but also really cheap
M&S = proper quality that, but really expensive. Good cafe too lmao
Waitrose = Mate only the king can shop here, it's proper expensivd
I lived in the US for a while, and if there was one place i could go to make me feel i was home, it was a supermarket. The biggest difference between them is the food. The US seemed to highly process the food, even the apples just looked wrong... very shiny like somebody had spent time polishing them... almost fake. Whereas in the UK, the food is less processed and has fewer additivies... it's a lot more fresh over here. In terms of building, there's very little in it. My ASDA does not look like that LOL :) I'm surprised M&S wasn't on that list... It's very expensive, to the point it's out of reach for a lot of people, but probably the best tasting food of any supermarket. The saying goes... 'It's not just any food, It's M&S food'.
Marks and sprncers not as expensive as y think got cheaper ranges I see a lot of orople in marks so I woulnt say it's costs were out if reach for most people
@@tenniskinsella7768 'A lot of people', not 'most people' :) Yeah they do seem to have come down in price lately...
Aldi & Lidl are both German discount retailers which often sell their own branded food but they're both about 25% cheaper than all the other British supermarkets and yes we don't call them grocery stores they also often look quite different from store to store and the choice of things they sell differs greatly depending on how posh (wealthy) the neighbourhood is, Waitrose is a very upmarket store that sells posh food like fresh oysters and other shell fish quail eggs whole fresh salmon and tuna and wines costing up to several hundred pounds. PS: the price shown on the label is exactly what you pay at the cash register/checkout because the tax is already included in the price, that's also the same in the whole of the rest of Europe
The supermarkets mentioned here are indeed the biggest ones in the UK.
Most reasonable sized towns have at least two of the popular names.
Tesco, Sainsburys, Morrisons and Asda.
Waitrose tends to be a bit more upmarket and as you might expect aren't as widespread across the country.
In addition to those already mentioned there are the Co-op in some smaller places.
You also have the 2 German supermarkets Aldi & Lidl which are usually better value for your everyday items but don't really have the same sort of range of products.
You show Tesco and make a comment about the sandwiches... well the company that I work for actually makes some of those sandwiches. In fact, we have just done the Christmas sandwich launch this past weekend making Turkey and trimmings sandwiches, Yule hog wrap, butternut squash and chestnut wrap, Chicken and bacon and stuffing wrap, and finally chicken and stuffing and cranberry sauce sub roll.
The store that I prefer is Morrisons and their own brand is GORGEOUS. Shopped at Tesco and Asda in the past and like them. Not really done much shopping at Sainsbury.
Aldi and Lidl are German companies that are making waves in the high street for they produce good quality food at low prices. In fact, when Christmas comes their products have beaten the top brands (including Harrods) in taste tests. When they first came to the UK, they missed out on the Christmas shopping for they didn’t get what we wanted, only when they got UK advisors in did, they realise what needed to be done to compete in the Christmas shopping wars.
Co-op is a good store and have one near me, wouldn’t class the shop near me as a supermarket though more of a local store… small compared to the supermarkets.
Then you have the posh stores and would include places like Waitrose and Marks & Spencers. These produce excellent food at their own brand BUT you pay for it.
Then if you want to go really upmarket then there are shops like Harrods and Fortnum & Masons. To shop there best you take a second mortgage out.
Are you from Wigan by any chance? I believe a lot of sandwiches and other prepared food are produced there.
@@srfurley no Worksop
When i was young there were lots of small shops within streets making it easier to find some groceries and sweets for children when you need something quickly. They are not as frequent these days but children went to one of these shops to buy what was required and brought home to be cooked. Taught children how to buy them ngs, local owners got to know children from the area.
I can remember my mum sending me to the green grocers. Also had my first job there.
My Area in Sheffield has lots of small privately owned grocery shops and lots of ethnically diverse butchers and spice shops.
Morrisons is my local supermarket and the staff are exceptionally friendly and helpful.
The Fishmonger and the Butcher are experts in their produce and will gladly give you advice on the best way to prepare and cook your purchase.
Morrisons sell fresh fruit and veg, packaged and tin food, they have two own ranges, one called Saver which is a lot cheaper than branded items, depending on what you buy the quality can vary between good and "no thanks." They also sell everything from toasters to microwave ovens, cutlery and flatware (plates, bowls, cups and saucers), clothing, and bedding, basically anything you might need. The store near me pipes music normally consisting of 60's 70's and 80's pop-rock interspersed with Motown/Soul and the occasional Ray Charles track.
I don't know if Morrisons still do this but at one time they had quiet sessions with no music and slightly dimmed lights for people who have problems with too much sensory input. I think they also lowered the volume of beeps etc at the tills.
Jumping around means you missed the Meal Deal, a fantastic idea. Don't jump around because how can you learn when your missing the info.
M and S (Marks and Spencer’s) isn’t really a food shop but they have a favourite food department that people love, they’re just a little more expensive but if you want something special they’re worth it, plus they have Colin the Caterpillar 🐛
M&S has food supermarkets now
Own brand goods pitch at multiple levels. Most supermarkets have a 'value' branding, a 'regular' branding and a Luxury, or 'finest' branding.
There's a lot of Tesco supermarkets being refurbished and upgraded at the moment, so it'll be interesting to see how my local Tesco supermarket in Bognor will look once it's finished. A few years back they replaced all the fluorescent lighting with LED panel lights and now they're redoing all the aisles - maybe altering the layout to be as similar as the other supermarkets in Cosham, Havant, Chichester, Littlehampton, Durrington and Shoreham for consistency. Why do they have to put the bread as far from the entrance as is humanly possible?
Sainsbury's is usually pronounced 'Sanes-breeze' - like strawberries is pronounced 'straw-breeze', raspberries 'rahz-breeze' or 'razz-breeze' and blueberries 'blue-breeze'.
Bread so far from the door so the smell of the bakery draws you further in.
Bread is also far away so you have to walk past everything else and the idea that you buy things you don't need en route.
A few points to set the story straight, ASDA was originally owned by ASsociated DAiries a Yorkshire enterprise.
It was bought by Walmart but is now owned by Issa Brothers and TDR Capital, I occasionally shop there for my Scotch if it’s at a competitive price,
Morrisons is another Yorkshire chain which has changed hands, we still shop there as the store is only a couple of miles from where we live.
Tyler. In the UK we do not not call such shops grocery stores, these would only sell food item, groceries. They are Supermarkets, because they sell everything, including household items, & Alcoholic drinks. These are mostly on the edge of towns, but can be in the centre of towns also. The high street & other town streets will have a range of shops of all kinds.
British Supermarkets in the main have a banking subdivision for insurance, Credit cards, car insurance, a mobile Telephone shop . and a photoshop, Barbers, shoe repair and key cutters, Butchers, fishmongers, Deli and Bakery. Food collection by their staff and Home delivery are in the bigger stores.
Hi from the uk 🇬🇧 enjoying your content. Marks and Spencer Food Halls and Waitrose are the two premium stores in the uk to buy food from. Many uk supermarkets also offer online shopping, where you choose a delivery date and time, order whatever food you want and it gets delivered to your house. It’s great!
We also have M&S which is Marks & Spencer’s it’s one of our upper class supermarkets quality food yet slightly more expensive
We tend to use Tesco Asda Morrisons we also have an Aldi and a Lidl which I believe are German supermarkets they are slightly more cheaper than our 3 stores I’ve mentioned above
M&S isn't always that expensive sometimes its cheaper than tesco. depends what you buy though
Yeah that is actually true tbh I realised after I’d posted because I actually got half a roast chicken from my friend and think it was 3 for £8 which is probably the lowest price I’ve seen from all supermarkets my bad bro
Marks is the best
It said that Sainsbury's (a lot of accents pronounce this kinda like "sains-brees" or "Sains-briz") had larger shops and smaller "Sainsbury's Local" shops. Tesco has this too. I think they're called "Tesco Express" but we just call them "big Tesco" and "little Tesco" 😂
Also, pointing out the bakery and sushi and whatnot.
The supermarkets typically all have a section along the back wall of the shop with a bakery, a fishmonger, and a butcher's counter. A lot also have those home sections and sometimes clothing and even cafés 😊.
Oh and a "hot counter" where they cook different meats and things you can take away fresh and warm. Like chicken wings or potato wedges.
For the "payment" thing that Asda has, Tesco and Sainsbury's also do this. You can get things like phone contracts and insurance and banking from them.
Lidl and Aldi are your cheap cheap shops. Aldi is most popular.
ASDA is the next cheapest. Very large and go to for budget.
I think Tesco would probably be next. They have "clubcard" to get lower prices as a member.
Morrisons probably after that (they're getting more expensive).
Sainsbury's is the most expensive of the main supermarkets.
Then you've got co-op which is mid to expensive I think.
M&S is a more "posh" shop. They advertise "this isn't just food. It's M&S food" to point out that they're better.
Waitrose is the proper posh shop rich people go to.
Iceland is good for unique and bulk.
Ocado is a new one in recent years. I've never used it but they stock some M&S stuff as far as I know.
I use Asda online shopping and order on my laptop every week. I book a day and time for delivery. and for someone who is housebound, it is wonderful. I know that other supermarkets offer the same service, but I like Asda's brand in many of their products.
I like picking my foods out I woulnt do on line shop.unless I was ill or coulnt walk well
You need to see the inside of a Waitrose supermarket. They have a very distinctive look that's unlike any other UK supermarket chain. It's also probably more premium than the 'Big Four'.
Another unique thing about Waitrose is that it's a supermarket that's owned by its employees (called a 'Partnership').
Hi Tyler, this is the second video of yours that I've watched and I hope you don't mind that I tell you a bit more about our Supermarkets, and yes, we call them a shopping trolley and not a cart. We also have baskets if you are doing a small shop.
The 4 supermarkets you talked about are all very similar. I think Tesco might be the only one that has Tesco Express when you only want a few things and Tesco Extra for your large shop. You made me laugh when you said you'd never heard of a fishmonger. He is to fish what a butcher is to meat. he will help and advise and even tell you the best way to cook it.
Aldi and Lidl are both German-owned and their stuff is usually cheaper than the other supermarkets but they don't always have the brands you want and they are pretty basic.
If you want something posh but more expensive, then Waitrose is the place for you or a supermarket called Booths which are usually in the areas that are well-to-do. (That means rich).
Lots of our supermarkets have a place where you can sit and have something to eat, hot or cold, and for the disabled, you can borrow a wheelchair or a mobility scooter which is what I do. You can actually have fun shopping at some of our supermarkets.
When you say asda price you have to pat your bum twice, or it doesnt count.
Most people in the uk i would say just go to which ever one is closest, mine is tesco but i do like a look around a morrisons.
M&S is good also and there pricing seems to be more similar to the others now
Most supermarkets in the UK have Own-brand ranges which ar typically cheaper than the 'Branded' equivalent, but are of the same quality. They also have 'value' ranges which are even cheaper- but these are usually noticably of a lower quality than the 'Own brand' versions.
We pretty much have 3 tiers of supermarket in the UK.
The fanciest and most expensive are Waitrose and Marks and Spencers.
The big 4 mentioned here plus the Co-Op (short for Co-operative -which is owned by its members) are mid range
Then there are the budget supermarkets - Aldi and Lidl.
Tesco Sainsbury M&S and Waitrose all have a range of store sizes from the massive (in the case of Sainsbury and Tesco) to the convenience store size.
Well articulated pal
This is a good explanation.
I would just add that it's perfectly possible - and relatively common - to do your entire grocery shop of own-brand goods only. There will be some things people will insist on a name brand, such as maybe ketchup or washing up liquid (dish soap), but most people are perfectly happy with own-brand bread, dry goods, cleaning products, etc.
Grocerystores I like in uk are M&S, Tesco, Aldi and Lidl.
Wonder what Tyler Rumple's reaction to Fortnum and Mason would be if he considers these 4 supermarkets nicer
Ooooh! Posh!
Not to be pedantic but Fortnums is not a supermarket but classed as an upmarket department store.
Most UK supermarkets have 3 versions of most of their own brand products. A no frills budget line, a middle of the road, slightly cheaper than the name brand option and a deluxe version. So people mix and match items depending on the occasion and their income. The no frills versions usually have distinctive packaging to make them easy to find. Asda started withdrawing it's budget brand items and there was public outrage. They brought it back and expanded it to cover even more items. You can get French style soft cheese and steak in the budget range now, these are usually considered luxury foods.
If you're standing waiting to put your items on the conveyor belt and the person in front has a lot of items and sees that you have fewer items, 99% of the time they will ask you if you want to go ahead of them. I don't know if this is common or not around the world I hope so.
Funny you mention that I was on holiday in Feuterventura a month ago, self catering and was in a local supermarket with a few bits and the lady with the trolley in front of me indicated I should go first, and indicated my gratitude. The miracle of hand signals and smiles 😊
Not always
@@jazy13uThat's why I said 99% 😀
My local Tesco in Trowbridge Wiltshire also had a sit-down cafe at its entrance where I would buy a Full English. Our local ASDA also had beautifully wide aisles and looked good both inside and out. ASDA was a part of the Shires Centre and looked really good. So, both Tesco and ASDA will vary in their looks and offerings from place to place.
Yeah, I've got an Asda that has a bakery, pharmacy, Mc Donald's, clothes section, sports section, online order pickup area, key cutting, smoking/vaping bit, and a gregs. Its like a shopping centre, no wonder Asda was owned by Walmart. Its literally a shopping center. And I also have a sainsbury with a cafe and an argos pick up area too.
I love your pronunciation of 'Sainsbury's' 😂 In the UK we tend to say it as 'Sainsbry's' rather than really saying 'bury'
sainsbree's
Some of us say 'bury'..... 🙃
Fun fact, ASDA was founded by the Asquith brothers (Peter and Fred Asquith) in Knottingley, West Yorkshire (which is also my hometown!)
The most important part of any UK grocery store is the Meal Deal section. It’s quite normal to pop down to the local store and grab a meal deal for lunch on a work day.
I do my shopping in three supermarkets: Sainsbury's, Waitrose and Marks and Spencer's. Organic products can be found in these supermarkets which is important for me.
the only thing you cant buy in a british supermarkets are guns, thank god.
Tesco have partnered with Yo!Sushi recently and they have a section in the store with Yo!Sushi foods.
ASDA have stores that have a McDonalds restaurant inside the supermarket as well.
Sainsbury's have also incorporated Argos into their stores too.
Morrisons used to only be up north and there was Safeways in the South. Morrisons bought and repurposed all the Safeways stores in the mid 00s, so not all stores quite look the same.
Smiled at your Asda/Walmart reaction! I was in Florida years ago and visited a Walmart in Kissimmee, I was like 'holy shit, this is Asda but with guns' 😂
The item going in the trolly was Garlic & Coriander Poppadom's, a very thin circular crisp made from a mixture of flour and water, which is fried in oil. Poppadom's are usually eaten with Indian food. So you wouldn't know them. We in UK love Indian food.
In the most Part these large grocery and home ware stores are Always called “Superstores”. You will also get road signs directing you to them as such not and not the name of the store ( basically where the place of A superstore is not that particular superstore, mainly in case the superstore changes it’s owner, cheep skates but it’s sensible).
Morrisons took over many of what were the UK Safeway stores in 2004; before that, it was a much smaller chain, mostly in Northern England.
They also took over a local West Yorkshire supermarket chain, GTSmiths around the same period. I know this as the main GTSmiths store (in Knottingley, West Yorkshire) became a Morrisons in November 2004
All of these have Superstore sizes too, commonly in retail parks. They have all the groceries you would expect plus sections for electrical goods, clothing, home, cafeteria, bakery, optician, fish monger, etc.
All stores vary in decor, but most are better looking inside now than in the videos.
I live in the UK, but I spent 5 years living in florida. There is only a little difference in the shopping experience in both countries. Negative in the US is not having the vat included in the shelf price, but positive is that we always got help loading our bags at the checkout. It was wierd at first, but shopping solo with kids, it's a huge help, including the helper pushing the trolly out and helping load the car. This was most common at our local publix, but wallgreens, target and wallmart were great too and the stores never felt crowded as there were so many different stores servicing the area. I hate shopping in the uk, the number of people in each shop makes me feel claustrophobic.
The bigger stores like Tesco and Sainsbury’s do cheaper own brand goods, but also more expensive higher quality options which can be more expensive than brand names.
UK fresh food supply chains and grocery operations are very different to those in the US and Canada.
First, the retailers are typically organised with three teams (I’ll use the Tesco names for these teams here; other retailers have different terminology but the same basic divisions of responsibility). The agriculture team is responsible for product information and maintaining quality by setting farming and processing standards. The commercial team is responsible for predicting demand and setting prices. The operations team is responsible for managing orders and coordinating distribution. If a supermarket keeps all three teams balanced and effective then they can maximise their profit margins (well, on fresh food it’s more a case of minimising losses since fresh food is almost always a loss leader).
Supermarkets in the UK make their money on FMCG (fast moving consumer goods) and added value (think dressed salads, or chicken kievs) products. However, the layout of shops emphasises fresh foods (and especially the golden foods - chickens, bread, bananas, etc - which must be always in stock for people to visit the shop and not defect to a competitor). There is a science to this, and an optimal layout is pretty well established for every size of grocer these days. You’ll find the layout is predictable even between companies.
The own brand products come in three different tiers (low, mid, and upper market). They’re equivalent quality to name brand products and are often made by the exact same production lines (who are able to offer lower prices to the supermarkets because they use the supermarkets to keep their equipment fully utilised).
Farming for fresh food in the UK works differently for horticulture and livestock. For the former (and dairy), the farmers typically form cooperatives that are administered directly by one or more retailers. One of the big four mentioned (Asda) even started as a dairy cooperative (the name is a shortening of Associated Dairies). Livestock is typically organised more like the US with food processors owning livestock farms (or at least the animals being reared). Unlike the US though, retailers have much higher power to impose farming standards through the processors as there is almost a monopsony (and consumers tend to defect if quality drops) and regulators have more direct power and monitoring of farming and processing standards (including traceability standards) than in the US.
The sentence "The frozen section looks much cooler"
Nice!
The only problem with these freezers are trying to reach the top shelves when you're only 5ft tall I struggle all the time 😅😅
pretty much all supermarkets are layed out fairly similarly sections devided into, produce, dairy, grocery, bakery, drinks, BWS (beers wines and spirits) with things like deli, butcher/ fish monger, home area, clothing and hot foods dependant on store these can chage around through stores but are generally set out in a way that get you to look around more so you have to walk by more items to get to more popular stuff with things sometimes moving (sometimes weekly but mostly monthly) to help it sell.
pricewise tesco is generally cheaper on most things (especially with clubcard prices but otherwise most items will be around the same price) sainsbury's being close followed by asda being higher priced and morrisons being the highest prices for most items of those 4 stores.
I’d love to see a separate video on Waitrose and M&S (they even have flagship stores! - Waitrose Chester and M&S Stevenage are particular impressive to me)
I'd be happy to take viewers around Waitrose. I love it 😊
By the way, a big thing here over the last few years has been the big supermarkets special Christmas commercials on TV. Some of them have been incredible; like mini movies.
Most supermarkets here sell produce slightly cheaper than the US, judging from my visit to a Chicago store. Shops here have wider isles, so tend to be more inviting to shop, more of a shopping experience, rather than just shopping. I did find it hard in the US, to get my head around the taxing system where tax is added at the till, adding to the label price. Otherwise loved it
If you watch Evan Edinger's YT channel as an American living in London for 10 years+ he has done detailed cost comparisons between US & UK supermarket prices in 2022 & 23. Prices in the UK are generally markedly lower. Although the gap has reduced with inflation, overall prices are still significantly lower in the UK.
Your first mistake was going to Chicago, it is one of the most expensive places to live, their grocery prices are 10 times more than, the small US town ,where I live
@@gdok6088wrong, Evan was comparing UK prices vs his home state of New Jersey instacart prices, not all 50 US prices, he even mentioned that on both videos.
All supermarkets in UK have flowers, fresh bakery produce, clothes and electrical and domestic items. Usually a pharmacist and quite often an opticians clinic in the larger stores.
Went to Tesco the other day and for the life of me could not find the gun section.
By the way, almost all uk shops have a smaller version of the shop that you will get locally but if you want to go to a big store you have to drive a little further.
Hi Tyler.
Tesco own brand food is quite good.the basic is good, the range they call "finest" is alot better but like most things is very subjective.( don't think they have a cheap value range anymore)
There clothing range is well priced and of surprisingly excellent quality.
The reason our eggs are not kept in refrigerator... we dont wash off the natural protection that is on the egg,
Sometimes you may find the odd chicken feather in the box 😂 eggs have a naturally occurring protein layer which prevents bacteria entering the egg.
So by not washing them the you have a very good chance of your egg being safe to eat.
Yeah they do have the own brand stuff. Stockwell. Just yesterday I bought a kilo of pasta, both spaghetti and penne for 98p. Edit: oops, that was 2kg for 98p
There's a variety of made up 'Exclusive to Tesco' branded products which replaced Tesco Value: Stockwell, Molly's, Eastman's, Grower's Harvest, Creamfields, HW Nevills and Butchers Choice (think that's all of them). Mostly they're decent quality, but certain products are a bit grim and I'd recommend you pay the extra. Source: I work for Tesco.
@@jonathanfinan722 yeah stockwell... the chilli con carne.... not too shabby 👍
@@Dave-wm2xg when you’re skint, like I am now, 2kg of pasta, four tins of chopped tomatoes, a bag of onions, a fat bulb of garlic and four tins of pulses, a kilo of chicken thighs will cost me less than £8. That will easily keep me going for more than a week, despite 13 years of tory misrule.
@@jonathanfinan722 that's a great why to stretch your ££££s
And I am 100% with you on the Tories.
Sunak... well you wouldn't buy used car of it would you.
Some super markets even have trolley lockers and cafe's for the people who are shopping or even meeting someone .
Shopping trolley not cart.
Tesco and some other UK supermarkets have two tiers of own brands, a 'regular' (medium price point) own brand and a 'budget' (lower price point) own brand ('Sainsbury's Basic', 'Morrisons Savers' etc.). In Tesco's case they use a different brand name altogether for the low end price range (e.g. 'Stockwell & Co.' for tinned/packaged foods) so as not to cheapen the Tesco's brand image. In reality, the regular and budget own brands are often exactly the same product packaged differently and sold at substantially different price points. e.g from a recent newspaper (Sun online) report: "The supermarket (Tesco) charges 48p for a 200g Stockwell and Co branded pack of roasted and salted peanuts, but £1 for a near-identical packet under its Tesco own-brand label. Both packs weigh 200g and they have the exact same ingredients" (just one example).
Stockwell brand is a lot cheaper than Tesco own budget brand i should know i by stockwell stuff all the time
Tyler... The 'frozen section is ALWAYS much 'cooler' ! 😅 😂 🤣 (For those who haven't watched or missed his comment, to paraphrase, he said, not as an intended pun; "Your frozen section looks much cooler than ours..."). 😎
I get it! 😂😂😂
@@christineharding4190
As soon as he said it, I SMILED and had to write my comment... 😃
Iv worked at Tesco for 22yrs I love my job. I work in a supermarket, but there are Metro stores. Own brands just as good as big label brands. All these stores sell much the same. Most stores now have 'scan as you go'. scan, pack, pay n go. Insurance, mobile networks etc. We stock more world foods, vegan and gluten free products. Most stores have one level some have mezzanine floor
They've got rid of Metro. Most of them, like my store, have been turned into large Express stores, which means weird rules like we're not allowed trolleys and we can't sell weighed produce. They also got rid of our deli counter and we have no night staff anymore.
When Wal-Mart bought ASDA they tried to introduce US style practises, and failed miserably. That's why they decided to sell ASDA.
As a Canadian who has lived in the UK now for over 10 years I'm quite surprised at how different things are in the US from Canada... It wasn't that big a shock moving here from Canada... Our Walmarts in Canada look very much like a Tesco over here.. In fact, I have been to the US only a couple of times and never been into a US Walmart, but I was in a Walgreens and other stores and can confirm that they're dark with narrow isles.... It felt claustrophobic compared to your average supermarket in Canada. A lot of things in Canada seem to be much closer to the UK than the US.
I think our Asda store is a sister company of Walmart
it was previously, they sold it although are still a significant shareholder
the triangle rooves are rlly common in the uk. but also a lot of groccery stores dont look identitcal or even that similar since often they;re built in or around what was already there, oand in vastly varying sizes.
How to tell someone never left America
A lot of Brits, especially in the South East of England also frequently pop over to France on the ferry or Eurostar to do big shops and booze cruise at the many French hyper markets like Carrefour, Intermarché SUPER, E.Leclerc, etc.
this was many years ago with the booze cruise but not any more
Booze cruises finished along time due to EU brining in limits on how much booze and ciggies you could bring in and it killed the booze cruises
If the American family size chips/crisps were one big bag with smaller bags inside, Tyler would say: "Americans! Wasteful! Not environmentally friendly! Disrespectful!"
I've been watching a British guy react to US Walmarts, so it's interesting to see vice versa.
M&S and Waitrose are the actually "nice"(expensive) ones, all the ones you covered are the kind of default normal popular ones
Marks & Spencer and Waitrose are considered the upper class stores in the UK, They are fancy and very expensive, Iceland and farmfoods are the cheap supermarkets for low income households, and Aldi and Lidl are somewhere in-between low income shopping and middle class
They're not very expensive...... High quality at good prices.....
First
You was second pal don’t piss on my parade 😂
My bad you was first and I was second
@@Denzil1969 You is second 🥈 and I is first 🥇
Lol yeah I will concede bro hahaha maybe next time I’ll be the one who is first lol 😂😂
@@Denzil1969 Good luck 👍
Sainsbury's (pronounced "sainsbrees") is my go to supermarket. I prefer their own brands over any of the other big 4.
If I'm having a "posh" day I'll go with M&S
The UK supermarket has 3 levels of own brand, the budget, the standard and the extra special.
Morrison's have really good cafes where they bring the food to your table, they also have a store in Gibraltar.
That ASDA was a particularly odd one... looked like a much older store that had a facelift on the outside but was neglected on the inside. All the ones local to me (even the older ones) are much better lit, have music playing through the PA system, cleaner looking, etc... and the ones built in the past 15 years or so are waaaay better than the example in this video but even my local which has existed for over 40 years seems more upmarket than that one