Grocery shopping in a British supermarket (First time shopping at Tesco)
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- Опубликовано: 28 май 2022
- Today on our UK road trip, we need to do a little grocery shopping, so we stop at a Tesco supermarket for the first time. Since this is our first time as Americans grocery shopping in the UK, please let us know which British supermarkets are your favorite!
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A little Tesco's story, a couple of years after I immigrated to the US my mother worked for Tesco's as a cashier, she developed cancer and after a couple of months could no longer work for them. The "Tesco family" took such great care of her, they made sure there was always food in the house, went to visit her in hospital and showed up en-mass at her funeral. The manager of the store reached out to myself and my sister, then, my sister and I received a rather large check from Tesco, even though she had not been to work for a couple of years.
Now whenever my wife and I are in the UK, we stop at the Tesco store she worked at, fill up a few shopping carts of food and spend a day delivering food packages to OAP's in the area she lived. A class company.
Thank you for sharing. What a beautiful story. And thank you for passing on the kindness
That sounds more like a local management thing than Tesco in general which has a shocking reputation like all chains, a friend worked for one in Scotland, his mum was diagnosed with cancer and given weeks to live, my friend also has T1 diabetes and was meant to get hourly short breaks to check his blood sugar levels and the store refused, they also refused compassionate leave or to let him change branches, eventually he moved down to his mother in Wales and became her full time carer and after she died his own health deteriorated and he crashed his car, had a series of mini strokes and his manager rang him in hospital to tell him to come straight back to work or be fired, shortly after he was sectioned due to a breakdown TWICE and the company tried firing him for "missing time off work" his manager used to call him stupid/thick to his face and hes not hes actually highly intelligent he is just autistic and was going through a lot of grief, A friend had to get official documentation and letters to the company to not get him fired and they agreed to let him move in with his father (who had his own health issues) for a few months and they will move him to the branch nearest his father, almost 2 years later friend was struggling as the company kept making excuses saying there was no vacancies but were advertising often for new starts even in their shop window not just online then lying and saying such adverts didn't exist! He eventually got a position but in the years since they refuse to let him work more than 10 hours a week, his entire position is just to collect trollies yet before he would work on tills, in the hot food department, stacking shelves, etc and his current boss again calls him stupid to his face and won't give him his breaks, each year they try and tell him hes not allowed time off at Christmas as hes single and so doesn't need to look after kids, they even did this when this time his father was weeks away from dying, so its down to management at a store not the whole organisation.
@@revengenerd1 Sounds like a case for an Industrial Tribunal.
That is brilliant!! Morrisons should take a leaf out of their book and stop charging us 40p for a RECYCLED PAPER BAG! 60p for a plastic bag i understand - trying to help the planet and all that but 40p for a RECYCLED PAPER BAG is too much Morrisons you greedy tw*ts. Oh and yes the RECYCLED PAPER BAG in capitals for extra effect was definitely worth it.
@@revengenerd1 I heard that Tesco in Plymouth refused to let their staff take toilet breaks & said if they couldn't last out their shift without a toilet break they should wear nappies. That just seems like abuse to me. For goodness sake we are all only human & made of flesh & blood.
As an English person I’ve just spent 10 minutes watching someone do their food shop in a typical English super market 😎
Same lol
I love it, had an American friend move here I wanted to show them everything and just watch their reaction 😂 now their settled in I need a new project lol
I am English and I have not back for over thirty years. This was like torture for me. 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤
The fact they got excited over Mr Kipling 😂
@@QPRTokyo
The few I know that moved to the states really miss the strange things you wouldn't think if my parents regularly send OXO over because apparently there nothing quite like it
I do my shopping in Tesco every week and I can’t believe I’ve just watched a 10min vid of someone doing their shopping..it’s like I’ve never been in there 😂😂😂
You and me both, you're not alone. 🤣
🤣🤣🤣
I need to make a channel man, find anything like train watching bird watching weed smoking crack dens mad driving anything and just makr vids. Good way to earn bread
I know, this whole experience is utterly bizarre isn't it 😂🤣
I go pretty much everyday (mainly because i am so unorganised) but i sat here and watch this whole video, making notes of what i need to get next time
Grocery stores have "quiet time" for people with disabilities who can't tolerate the usual bright lights and noise. They try to limit the sensory overload by dimming lights and limiting announcements, etc. We have that program here in some of grocery stores in Canada. My local Safeway does this.
It is also for people who dont like the loudness like they mentioned in the video I guess a lot can benefit from it
They also do it here in the UK
@@robertcooper3133 yeah, a pathetically small amount of time
Honestly quiet time was a godsend, even if its too short. My sensory overload doesn't leave me in a mess on the floor, but it does make me feel extremely on edge and not able to think about what I actually need in the house
@@robertcooper3133 never heard of it my whole life living in many different places in the Uk
As an Englishman I cannot emphasise just how much it warmed my heart when you made a beeline for the Tunnocks Caramel Wafers. The biscuit to end all biscuits...
Chocolate digestives are the best
Lol I’m American and I prefer chips ahoy….
If you find that normal Tesco overwhelming, just wait until you visit a Tesco Extra! 2 floors, food on the bottom and clothing,electronics, cafe etc on top! Also, regarding tango, berry peachy is the best flavour in my opinion. Very refreshing!
Ever been to a big Walmart in the States? You can buy a gun and a Mcdonalds in the same store.
Considering the products on sale I'd say that was a pretty big Tescos. I've never come across one with 2 floors - although our local Asda has a mezzanine level.
And for Tango, it's orange and nothing else :)
Yeah, Walmarts are twice the size of even large Tesco Extra stores in the UK. So are Meijer stores in the states which are fancier versions of Walmart. Even Targets are quite a bit larger. 🙂
@@rogink in Kent, thanet, Westwood's cross theres a double storey Tesco's and its huge.
@@c_n_b your comment is the most american thing i've ever read: 'Murica
I clicked on this out of curiosity as someone from the UK and actually enjoyed the video, going to tesco's is more a chore for me and it was genuinely nice to see your excitement and interest about everything. I highly recommend trying red leicester mini cheddars by the way - best thing in the snacks aisle
Yes they are good love em
British supply chains are a work of art . The variety you get in uk shops is insane. Love it .
lol, not anymore.
I'm from the U.K. and unfortunately there is a lot of cheap crap they stock in low end supermarkets like Sainsbury's and Tesco's. Like the bakery, desserts, crackers etc are an abomination. If you want an edible cracker you have to buy Peter's Yard in Waitrose for example. What an embarrassment compared to all the high quality stuff you can buy in a supermarket in France or Italy where they like things like almonds and pistachios in deserts instead of marshmallows and artificial sugar they have the cheek to call "honey comb". When I lived in Hong Kong I was shocked to find that Hagen Das actually has non-shit ice cream like Macadamia nut, dark chocolate and almond, mandarin, peach etc - all they stock in the U.K. is vanilla, chocolate or strawberry cheesecake. I'm not sure if our commoners just have bad palettes, or they are like that because the supermarkets refuse to stock decent things, especially in their small shops.
@@T.E.S.S. No change for me. I can still get everything I've always bought
@@ferahl Wow, what an obnoxious out of touch comment.
@@T.E.S.S. Really? I go shopping every week and see the same things I saw 5 years ago. No change at all!
“Quiet time” at Tesco is an hour on each of Wednesday and Saturday morning, where things are kept calmer to help autistic customers.
That would be a quintessential nightmare for an American screech hound. Quiet time? Quiet + Time?
Apart from being English, I've no idea why RUclips directed me to this video, but I am glad they did because I found it strangely hilarious. I wonder though, was the shop selling any fruit and veg?
Hi - I’m British too - I saw the fruit and veg at the beginning when they were looking at the sandwiches
😂 No,just sugary drinks and oven ready meals,oh and some more sugary stuff..
Same here Jack.
They bought garbage 😭😭🤣🤣🤣
They mentioned they weren’t buying any perishable produce as they were travelling on shortly.
Well done for making it in to the Daily mail online. The comments section on that site can be brutal but happily the comments I read on there were mostly positive about you two and the article itself 😁
i can confirm that the Marmite Peanut butter does contain actual Marmite, we love it in our house, so much that we actually make our own, mixing them together ourselves to make the Marmite taste stronger, and I did LOL when you were looking for the fray Bentos, and they were literally behind you in the vid.
I know! I was pointing at them, trying to tell them where they were!!
Marmite Peanute Butter is so nice!! Expensive though..
@Michele Thomas yes it is
I used to have one Marmite and one peanut butter sandwich on the same plate but never actually together. In 32 years I've never heard of Marmite peanut butter lol
@Michele Thomas I have loved peanut butter since a kid, sun pat was very good before they put palm oil In It, and I am talking about the early 1980s
Shandy is a soft drink made using a mixture of clear lemonade and beer. In the cans or bottles there's not more than 0.5 alcohol volume. In a pub if you ask for a bitter shandy or lager shandy, they'll fill half the glass with draught beer and the rest with lemonade.
Perfect for a hot sunny day
Yes in a pub if you ask for a shandy you'll get laughed at and thrown out😂
Probably don’t do it anymore, but when I was a kid, it was the drink we got to feel grown up in a pub with our parents, because it felt like we were drinking beer.
@@garyskinner2422 Wrong! No one is going to laugh.
They will ask if you want the lemonade with lager or bitter.
@@garyskinner2422 I worked bar for years and was asked for a shandy probably twice. Lager top/lager dash was quite a common request but not shandy. Beer is a savoury drink, you have no business mixing it 50/50 with sugary shit, you're mixing two opposites 🤮
On behalf of the British I’m sorry you had to experience a “Fray Bentos”, hope you had your tin opener with you 🤣. They are wrong on so many levels, yet I find myself having them once in a blue Moon.
I agree! But you could try their meat suet pudding which is microwavable in three minutes and you dont need a can opener!
You have to bake them in the oven! Then they turn into normal puff top pies ^_^ . I was used to my Nan boiling / steaming them or doing them in a microwave ^_^
I wrote to Fry Bentos and told them if that was the level of shit they were producing they should switch the lights off and go home and not bother anymore!
hi guys love the uk trip videos the issue with eggs are in the uk the eggs are unwashed so they dont have to be refrigerated in the usa their washed which removes the outer layer of protection of the shell
Also in the UK (and the EU) there's less need for the eggs to be washed because the hens are vaccinated against salmonella.
Washed with chlorine that soaks into the shell🤮
I spent a considerable time in the US this year and was surprised and frustrated by the lack of choice and the confusing layouts of US stores. Also the prices in the US are astronomical compared to UK. Typically milk, eggs, bread, bacon, juice etc would easily cost $25+!
I'm a Brit living in Spain and really miss UK supermarkets, the choice is endless plus they do really good food to go. M&S being the best 👌
I think UK supermarket is really cheap
Waitrose has surpassed M&S now as the upmarket supermarket that in my opinion has the best own-brand food. Also carries the expensive Duchy food range, which gives money to various royal charities!
John Lewis and Waitrose have the same ownership - in fact they are owned by a trust owned jointly by all the staff, who are thus called "partners". John Lewis does housewares, gadgets and furniture, while Waitrose does food. John Lewis is even more expensive. Last thing I got there was two whisky glasses for £16 - but they are good and the shop did have a good range of different types of glasses in three price bands.
You two are absolutely delightful. Americans in Other videos invariably appear to express disappointment that UK supermarkets are not as big as those in the USA and don’t have the same quantity of the same products as available in the USA. Thankyou.
3:35
"they have to be around here somewhere"
*literally right behind you*
The Brits love their cake and dessert. There are SO many good options and vastly cheaper than the US.
Also, it was observant that you noticed that there is a Tesco branded item for nearly everything. This is typical for all the major supermarkets. They have vast own ranges and I find the quality quite good. I wouldn’t hesitate to buy them. There are even higher level store brands like “Tesco Finest”.
Oh, and you mentioned M&S too. When you shop there, you will figure it out. But the entire shop is M&S branded only. They are like Trader Joe’s in that everything is a store brand. But M&S is going for the more high end, gourmet market so the quality of M&S food items is usually considered better than branded items.
@@susie2251 They do stock some regular brands too, but not many.
@@susie2251 Not any more. M&S has sold branded products now for several years although quite a lot is still own brand.
@@susie2251 their tomato sauce is ❤️❤️ their basic range is something else in general. People still see it as an expensive shop and it can be super cheap.
This is the first time I've come across one of your videos and it was a real pleasure to see how open you both are to trying products you haven't had before and your enthusiasm for most of the things you have. There's nothing more dispiriting than to have someone immediately start to criticise the different products or lifestyle and habits of people in a country which isn't your own. And sometimes adopting a superior attitude too, but that was totally absent in you and I'm sure this will help you to thoroughly enjoy your stay. Of course there will be things which seem strange and unreasonable or that you don't like. But that's all a part of travelling and broadening your mind. I hope you have a wonderful stay.
Thought the same too .
You should try the squashes us Brits drink instead of drinking of soda all the time. Syrups to mix up with tap water - all kinds of fruit flavours. I always recommend them because it's healthier than fizzy drinks for some reason (chemistry stuff, I don't know) and because they are lighter in your shopping bag, because you add the water at home instead of it having to be shipped all over the world before you get it. Elderflower and apple is lovely, as is mango and orange, or pineapple and orange. The only combinations you don't find are blueberry and grape (the Dr Pepper flavours) and lemon and lime (the 7up flavours). Although you can buy lemon and lime squashes seperately and then mix them together if you want.
1:43
when you take the eggs straight from the chicken, there is a slime coating on the shell. this helps preserve the egg. in the U.S. we clean that off, thus the eggs will go bad faster, so we cool them to keep the longer... I grew up on a small farm with cows, chicken, a horse, and a large pond with fish. we would get the eggs a couple times per week and put them in a large mixing bowl on the counter and leave them there for days. our mom would wash them before using them. but the store bought eggs are cleaned to help prevent the chance of salmonella. it's an FDA requirement.
i keep chuckling at your enthusiasm for our foods. I love it. Please keep coming back. :)
For a drink suggestion try Dandelion & Burdock
Mr Kipling cakes don't mess around, they are after all, exceedingly good cakes.
Hey welcome to UK! I haven't looked in for a while and now you are here! I see there are more videos I must watch them all. Enjoy your stay!
The comedy moment for me was when she mentioned she needed to find the Frey Bentos whilst walking right past them.
In America the eggs are washed , removing the natural protective film from the surface . This makes them more susceptible to contmination and infection so they must be refrigerated . In UK they are not washed and can stay fresh and edible for long periods at ambient temperatures.
The Marmite peanut butter is divine!! I'm not normally a fan of Marmite, but the peanut butter has just enough of a hint of it that what you get is peanut butter with a nice savoury tang, without being overwhelmed. You do have to stir the contents of the jar quite thoroughly each time before spreading it though. But it's worth it!
Hi, oh my word, its soooooo awesome to see you have travelled over to the U.K. I love your channel where you tried our food stuffs, made me sooooo happy to watch this video and to see you both enjoying shopping in the U.K. hope to see more videos of you both in and round Britain 🇬🇧❤🇺🇸
Awesome back to the future hoodie. I have one as well. The musical was amazing. And I get loads of compliments about the hoodie too. Great video!
I prefer Sainsburys to TESCO, although both are ok. Go to Waitrose if you want something a bit more fancy! You managed to put together one of the most unhealthy baskets of shopping I have ever seen, but you are on holiday, so enjoy.
Or M&S Food Hall which she mentions.
@@craigireland5629 Agreed - M&S are pretty good!
I have to say, you two are so cute together. I especially love your husband, he's the nicest guy ever, you hit the jackpot right there. Not to say you're not a great girl btw, you are both just so wholesome and lovable. Hope your channel grows, you guys are awesome!
Love the video glad you enjoyed your experience, have a lovely stay here over the jubilee weekend 😀
Chanced across this and you’re other UK videos over the past two days and it’s great too see visitors from the US digging deeper on their trip rather than a quick run around London and Scotland before returning home 👍👍👍
I'm an American who lived in England for two years and still visit from time to time (I'm going to Manchester and Leeds in March in fact), and I enjoy going into the local grocery stores and looking around. Tesco, M&S, Iceland, ASDA, I hit em all. You have items we don't have in the states and the majority are better.
Good to see that you are experiencing the delights of the whole of the UK. I live in Devon, in Exeter... I mostly shop in Sainsbury's. Food between the midrange supermarkets Tesco, Sainsbury's and Morrison are much the same. I mostly shop at Sainsbury's as the large store is a short walk away from where I live - less than 10-minute walk away.
I live in Exeter too 😊
I’m so glad you visited Devon while you were in the UK 💜 I live in North Devon and I love it here….I also love popping over the border to Cornwall as often as I can, both counties have so much to offer. I usually shop In Sainsbury’s because I prefer their fresh produce, but I’ll shop anywhere that will deliver 😅
Bet you wernt born there .
Great to see things from another point of view!
"Frey Bentos. They have to be somewhere around here".... As they were in view next to your head top shelf. Made me laugh.
My favourite supermarket would be - if I could afford it all the time! - Booth's, which is only found in the north-west of England. It's like a sort of superior Waitrose, with lots of local specialities. Some of their ready-to-eat meals are to die for and so are lots of their cakes and pastries. They do Scottish morning goods and the most delicious butter I have ever eaten - a French butter blended with cream to make it spreadable. I can eat it by the spoonful straight from the packet! Lots of their fresh stuff they can tell you _exactly_ where it comes from and, depending which branch you go into, they might have pics of the field the potatoes came from, or one of the cows from the herd whose milk made the yoghurt etc etc.
Tesco own brand ice cream is indeed pretty good. I always get the cherry or the mint choc chip.
Just came across your video and there's something satisfying watching people enjoy themselves ,, even if it's just buying food
Glad you enjoyed! Thank you so much for watching.
LOL every Englishman immediatly spotted the Fray Bentos pies behind you when you started talking about them.....x
Love your vids guys!
with the sandwiches and wraps if you got a snack to go with them and your drink they only cost £3, usually its alot cheaper than just 2 items, keep an eye out for the yellow tickets on tesco prices and use a clubcard and you get alot of discounts as you go around :) must of been nice not having a tax added onto the end of your shop :D
We like to play the game where we choose the most 'expensive' meal deal. For some reason it feel like cheating the company.
@@SunnyMorningPancakes Wraps energy drink and a packet of sensations :D
Tesco sandwiches in general are far inferior to M&S ones so I gave up buying the Tesco ones.
In the land of great pies, nobody should be eating Fray Bentos. Tesco do some good pies, plus they also stock Pieminister which are great!
I love that the moment you mention Fray Bentos they're over your shoulder.
'Frozen Lolly' is definitely one of those terms that do make UK English sound absolutely adorable isn't it x) and good to know you found some of our B&J flavours new/interesting, because I always thought we are getting just the most boring ones available and you guys keep all the cool ones overseas!!
Just stumbled across this. As a Brit myself this was very entertaining to watch.
Yep, Cadbury's will find their way into anything, it is a good quality chocolate, I live not too far away from Bourneville (where Cadbury's factory is and the tour of 'Cadbury World') lovely area, as it was originally a quaker village.
Heinz is much more popular than Branston's when it comes to baked beans I would say, although Branston is popular for their Branston's Pickle, which is a pickled chutney.
Iron Bru from Barr, and Caramel Wafer Bars from Tunnocks are two great Scottish companies that are popular all over the UK.
Something I'd advise you try are things with blackcurrant in: squash (juice concentrate you dilute) Ribena is a branded version example. Then there's also sweets like Skittles and Starburst where instead of Grape our purple sweets are Ribena flavours.
There's a history about why America made blackcurrants illegal for a while that's quite interesting, but the result is America never got into using it as a flavour much.
You might not find it in many places but there's a nice soft drink called Lilt that I don't think is sold in the US.
3:36 was like a Horror film she was talking about Fray Bentos and they were behind her lol...Hope you both enjoyed the shopping experience and UK....Bless
Haha! You are so my kind of people when it comes to food shopping. I enjoy the same when I go to the UK.
this videos in the Daily mail!! kinda cool considering i watched you videos from before but looks like you guys will probably blow up now!
I lived in Cornwall when I was a kid in the fifties and sixties and visited there (from Australia) and stayed in Torquay in Devon in 2017. Back in my boyhood days 'Lucozade' was only sold in chemists because it was always considered a sort of 'get better' drink to replace minerals and to re-hydrate the body after losing fluids for one reason or another.
When I first returned to the UK (Wales) in 2004 after 44 years, the first shop I went into was 'Tescos' which wasn't around when I lived there so many years ago. I walked around with my brother who I hadn't seen all those years and unfortunately he died three years later. Whenever I go back to my home town now, I always go to Tescos as the first 'port of call' to bring back the memory.
I know you can’t get perishables at the moment but when you can,give Tesco finest ready meals a go.Looks like your enjoying yourselves.✌🏼
I need to come shopping with you!
You make it so much fun.
Tesco is my food store of choice, I even go as far as to say their own label can be as good as a major brand.
Just signed up to your channel, going to be good watching previous vlogs & how you progress whilst being here.
Welcome to Great Britain.
Perhaps the impression of a lack of good food and choices in the UK can start to be dispelled 😊👍
We hope so. We loved basically all the food we had there.
yeah but bad food and teeth are all the yanks can say, you gotta give em sommat 😂
Yeah considering that came up when Americans came in ww2 when we were rationing, it needs to stop 🤣
@@thatsthat2612 Trust me most Americans have rotten teeth, it's the rich that can avoid good dentistry in the U.S.
Agree! It’s a huge myth that the food in the UK is bad. We have some of the best chefs and restaurants in the world here. The food looks like it is getting very expensive, which is worrying though.
Lol we get our eggs with poop and feathers on sometimes. But it's okay because we don't eat the eggshells 😂
As for M&S... Pretty much everything is FLAVOURTOWN from there.
Also don't forget Irn Bru!
Also also! Bovril on hot buttery toast ❤️
Yes. This description of M&S food is accurate.
Awesome video! And while the US has a crazy wide selection, even more than Norway, our stores are also beat by the UK ones when it comes to items we don't have here. You ended up with a good bunch of exciting items yourselves too! :)
Oh good to know. Thanks!
So I found out about this video through Devon live and can I just say, I visit that Tesco a lot and it makes me happy to see that there are people who are just amazed by Honiton Tesco because it is one of the smaller stores
I studied abroad in Edinburgh in college and loved shopping at Tesco! I developed a lifelong obsession with Heinz beans in tomato sauce. Yum. Also, chocolate dipped digestives and anything Cadbury is fab!!!
I finally went into a proper grocery when I was in Bedford a few years ago. Besides all the things y'all were amazed by (as was I) I also taken aback the sheer array of types of instant coffee and the small amount of actual beans.
People in the UK tend to purchase their coffee beans from their favourite local coffee shop or specialist coffee retailer. Supermarket's are places for instant coffee.
@@heather333 There is that. But it’s more that it’s a surprise because there isn’t actually much instant coffee at all in the US sold anywhere. One or two main brands with a store brand possible too but each with an extremely limited range and usually only the jars of loose instant coffee. As opposed to the UK where the range of instant coffees is vast and you also have a plethora of choices of different boxed sachets of lattes and cappuccinos etc. I actually enjoy having those once in a while (although I live in Florida so mostly drink iced coffee), so whenever I travel to the UK I grab a few boxes to bring home. Japan is another country that loves their instant coffee/lattes too so I’ve done the same there on my one visit.
@@susie2251 Apparently US troops brought instant coffee to the UK when they joined in WWII.. Americans hated the stuff, but the Brits (dealing with rationing of food, and an increasingly bland diet we then became ‘famous’ (notorious?) for) thought it was fantastic and thoroughly embraced it. Instant is starting to fight back, but the original brands are mostly seen as an old person thing. My mother was Nescafé fanatic, and would take a jar with her if we went away visiting because the rest of her family liked Maxwell House
You could try the Tesco's own custard tarts 2 in a pack they are to die for 😜
Epic, so jealous! Well done
I'm English and have lived in Canada the past 20+ years and I still get a massive kick out of visiting British grocery stores. And everything seems so cheap!!
That was one of the most fun part of visiting England was the grocery stores.
Very intriguing coming from a UK native that goes shopping there every week. Nice to see you appreciate the little things. And i'd love to visit a Walmart or a Target in the US as wekk :)
Thanks for watching!
I’m a Brit living in the US and I really miss our supermarkets. When I’m back to visit my folks I reckon I’ll volunteer to do a shop early on! And I’ll stock up on Gold Bars. I love those things.
Look for a specialty mega supermarket in your area. We have a place called Central Market where I live. They have “foreign” sections, including UK, and will import items if they can. I don’t know what the technical term is for these. I know they exist, though.
Talk about blast from the past. Your fascination amuses me. I'm expat American that moved to the UK 16 years ago.
I loved watching this, I always take shopping in Tesco for granted. Was interesting to see it through someone else’s view point.
Also noticed the Tescos in my city in Devon don’t stock half of that stuff in the video, I’m missing out here!
So interesting seeing you guys in our local supermarket 😂 great video guys hope your both well 😊
I was expecting to see myself watching this.
Where in Devon are these guy's? I too live in Devon, so curious
@@mjotd8670 I was gonna ask the same. There are so many things in that Tesco that I'd like to try that I've never seen in any other shop down here ahaha
Marmite peanut butter is literally my favourite thing! It's so good on toast
Your visit to Tesco express shopping was a very different sort of stuff the drinks and other stuff we have to buy there 😉🤠🤠 from the UK cheers
Such a lovely genuine couple
This was great! i love a lot of the snacks you bought, you will have to let us know what you thought of them, did you end up trying any of those ice creams? Love Devon too one of my favourite counties in England hoping to go again soon. look forward to the next video.
Definitely a strawberry trifle you will fall in love 🥰
I'm glad to see the shelves are restocked. I was there in 2020 right when covid hit and the shelves were empty.
Made me chuckle when looking for the Frey Bentos cans they were directly behind in camera shot.
Dandelion and Burdock or DB as it is sometimes branded, is a fizzy drink worth trying.
I've been having marmite and peanut butter on my toast since I was 18. I'm 51 now. I've not tried the branded one but I'm sure it's lovely.
I loved the part where you mentioned looking for fray bentos tinned pies, you panned the camera round and they were behind you on the shelf!
I love how when you were talking about trying to find Frey Bentos they were literally behind you on the camera xD
It's actually really flattering to see you guys so impressed with England 🙂 as for Fanta, I would have advised you to try the Fruit Twist flavour. And you should try McCoy's Crisps 👍
Thank you! We've tried a few McCoys but not the Fanta. Thank you for the suggestion!
A bit of history if you're interested.
FANTA was actually developed by the German (Nazi) trying to provide a Coca Cla substitute for their troops.
It was the U.S's supply of CC that the Nasties (Nazis) couldn't replicate.
The German troops didn't like it as much as captured CC from the American's.
I’ve just noticed there’s an article about you guys in the Daily Mail online today! 😀😀
This was the most uplifting visit to Tesco's I have ever experienced! There was only one fright: when you discovered Marmite peanut butter. I have no idea but, just back away! ;))
New to the channel and youse give off a great vibe. Loving all the uk stuff
Awesome! Thank you!
I love that you guys were surprised by the choice in stuff, as that's exactly how I feel as a Brit going to the US. Maybe it's just the stuff that we're not used to the stands out, but I will never stop being jealous of the Walmart coffee selection. Both the beans, and the amount of stuff you can get in pods. Also, the ready to eat, convenience food stuff seems to be waaaaay better over in the US than it is here in the UK. Supermarket brand stuff tends to be pretty good actually, although everyone has their own thing where they need the brand name of that particular product.
To be fair, it’s not the food that’s surprising, it’s the fact that walking along, you can pick up some milk, bread, cheese and a handgun in the same shop.
Where do you recommend to grocery shop? What are you favorite supermarkets in the UK?
If you want to see us trying some of the foods mentioned in this video, check out this video: ruclips.net/video/Y-PTcddCCSE/видео.html
Watch our first time grocery shopping at M&S: ruclips.net/video/q17lw2yh8ao/видео.html
Aldi or Lidl are good, I know you have Aldi in the US and Lidl are slowly opening up over there. I personally think Aldi's products are slightly better than Lidl.
I love it that you like trying out a foreign supermarket. When we holidayed in Florida And enjoyed shopping at Publix supermarket. Shandy is half lemonade half beer.
Order an English Chinese they are different to the us👍
You should visit a Waitrose, like Tesco but posher!
We live in Devon
On hols in Cornwall till tomorrow
Great to see you this end of the UK 🇬🇧
Tesco own brand digestive chocolate chip biscuits are worth a taste
Tesco own ice cream you was looking at is amazing for an own brand
a true cornish pasty is in a bakery not a guinsters ( trash ) lol
Just found you guys on RUclips, hope you’re enjoying your stay with us in the Uk
Thank you for watching.
My highlight of the video was tapking about fray betos as you can see them over your shoulder! 🤣
I would absolutely LOVE to just go to the store and only load up on junk food and sweet stuff, instead of the soul-destroying weekly chore of food shopping for one.
I hope you two are still happy, thriving and laughing.
I wish you rainbows, of course.
Tesco bitter shandy does have some alcohol in it - its about 10% beer 90% lemonade - but its so diluted by the lemonade that to alcohol by volume (if they started with a 4.2% beer) is about 0.4% which is well below the legal threshold for requiring ID for purchase. There's about the same amount of alcohol in store-bought shandy as there is in an average glass of fresh orange juice (varies between 0.1% and 0.7% by volume). Most fresh juice has somewhere between 0.05% and 0.8% alcohol by volume in it just because of natural fermentation processes.
They are sort of like an Arnold Palmer which is part lemonade, part iced tea but with beer substituting for iced tea mix. Can you get them in bottles in the USA?
I liked that you were looking for Fray Bentos and they were right behind you.
Love the exotic pot noodle and Fray Bentos LOL
Have a go at some of our cheeses - try our extra mature cheddar, ‘Cathedral City’ is a good brand. My American friend says its way better American sharp Cheddar. Just a note - when you go to M&S most products will be their own brand but are amazing quality. You will probably see products there that you won’t find in other Supermarkets. Hope you enjoy your stay here and Happy Shopping!😀
7:15 - Those bitter shandies are an AMAZING substitute for beer. I like beer and I dislike non-alcoholic beer, but those bitter shandies are, like, 0.5% ABV and taste like proper bitter shandy you would get in a pub.
Loved the video, keep it up...
the bombay bad boy blows your head off, great video guys as ever
One drink I'd recommend is dandelion and burdock. Although sadly the own brand versions have had so much sugar removed they don't taste the same and branded stuff is well, quite expensive. :(
Another soft drink worth a try is cream soda but you probably have that in the states I guess. Lastly have you ever tried elderflower cordial?
also sarsparilla
Welp I just went down a rabbit hole of why US eggs are refrigerated, and why the UK doesn’t and that’s NOT how I was expecting to spend my Memorial Day weekend 😅
Apparently, UK vaccinates their chickens and don’t wash their eggs, the USA does not vaccinate our chickens but we do wash our eggs 🤷🏽♀️
Washing the eggs removes the cuticle, which protects the egg from bacteria entering. So as UK eggs are not washed and the cuticle not washed away, there's no need to refrigerate.
we do wash our eggs lmao
My experience of American eggs is that the shell seems thinner somehow and paler. Ours are quite thick and brown.
Eggs have an inner cuticle a natural barriers to bacteria, washing them after they have been laid means the cuticle barrier is damaged and can allow bacteria to penetrate the egg. The UK prefer to vaccinate the chicks from Salmonella to laid salmonella free eggs and then not wash them to keep the cuticle barrier and then don't have to keep them cold by refrigeration to keep bacteria low. The US wash the eggs in warm water, bleached water that damages the cuticle and US eggs have to be refrigerated to protect the eggs from sweating naturally, salmonella gets into eggs that sweat from being warm the water then becomes a place where bacteria will get into that water and get past the cuticle barrier then making it easier for salmonella to grow.
So the British eggs are technically safer than US eggs for three reasons, they don't get washed and damage the cuticle barrier and they are kept at a natural temperature that won't make them sweat water, and the chickens are vaccinated from salmonella. The US eggs have no safety protection, they are damaged cuticle barriers, they don't vaccinate chickens and the refrigeration means eggs have to stay at a cold temperature to stay salmonella free, which is a risk because refrigeration may be subject to being turned off by accident and power cuts. US eggs are banned in the UK because of their risks are too high for salmonella.
Washing eggs is seen here as an excuse for bad hygiene in the egg production process - they can be washed before packing for sale. The chemicals in the washing water partially dissolve the shell so bacteria can get through, therefore US eggs have to be kept in a fridge. By vaccinating the hens,maintaining high standards of hygiene and not being allowed to wash the eggs means UK eggs don’t need to be refigerated.
Can confirm this is Honiton Tesco, where I grew up :D Funny to see!
The Shareable Cinnamon Buns from Tesco are pure Heaven!!