Brit Reacts To AMERICANS VISIT A BRITISH GROCERY STORE FOR THE FIRST TIME 

As a single woman, I’d say I spend anywhere from $75-$90 a week on groceries. A few years ago it was always below $50 a week.

I raise chickens. I don't refrigerate my eggs because I leave them unwashed, which preserves the natural coating called the "bloom". The bloom seals the shell and is present when the egg is laid. Commercial eggs for sale to the public must be washed, which removes the bloom. Since egg shells are porous, bacteria would be able to enter after the eggs are washed, thus the refrigeration requirement in the U.S.. Edited for clarity: I live in Texas.

This presenter is so nice. Very genuine and polite. Thank you.

This couple returned to the UK with their dog and travelled here for nearly a year after this visit. I found their videos about their trip to be very respectful.

So polite not criticizing and questioning how come you guys do this and that? They’re just enjoying the experience. They aren’t complaining about anything. Loll

I'm a single person in the US. I spend between $250-400 a month on groceries, and that's with me cutting back a lot. I've spent as much as $800 in a month when I was in a better place financially. I only buy the cheapest products these days.

Eggs have to be refrigerated in the US as they wash them. In the UK we do not wash the eggs before they are packaged therefore they do not need to go into the fridge.

Remember when you say our stores are huge, our country is huge compared to Britain. So naturally it would be bigger, more people.

I love British grocery stores!!!! Half my souvenirs from England were from the grocery store when I went to London!!!

Off brand food items in the US are cheaper than name brand (Great Value vs Lays)So our off brand is equivalent to the store brands she bought.. Which are just as good!👍🏻

In Australia some independent Supermarkets have designated "quiet times" especially to support people for whom the noise is overwhelming / confronting It turns out that lots of people love it. :),

You have a super kind face.

In the US, so much varies from state to state depending on a variety of factors.

Americans go to the shop far less often and buy more in one go. I remember buying $300 + even back in the day when I lived in the country.

My first thought was "all junk food?" Then I realized that the point of this shopping was to try UK products, so they're not going to buy broccoli or whatever.

I live in the USA. I live alone, am elderly and don't eat much. I spend about $200 a month or less for the whole month. That's not counting taxable items (non-food). I freeze meat in small amounts, stock up on potatoes and veggies. Sometimes I buy fruit, but it doesn't last a whole month unless it's canned or frozen. I always have left-over food and sometimes, feed my nephew when he visits. I think American prices are higher than the UK.

Here's the reason for the sales tax not being included in the price in the US: the sales tax is different from county to county. Where I'm currently sitting the sales tax is 6.5%. If I get in my car and drive less than 10 minutes north, I'm in a different county where the sales tax is 7.5%. In the UK, the VAT is fixed nationwide so it is easy for stores to factor in the VAT and set the prices accordingly whereas in the US, a chain of grocery stores will have trouble setting a fixed price so the checkout machine calculates it when you pay. Our biggest normal grocery store in my state (not Walmart, because that's not a grocery store), Publix, has stores in just about every county and Florida has 67 counties.

Here in Texas, almost all food items at a grocery store are tax exempt. Basically any staple food that you'd cook with or consumables like baked goods, ice-cream, fruits and vegetables. Foods that is taxed are typically things the government deem non-nutritional such as fizzy drinks and sodas. Also some hygiene products, some medicines and first aide related stuff are tax exempt as well.

Most grocery food items are exempt from sales tax in the state of Ohio. However, prepared foods, soft drinks, dietary supplements, and other grocery items are taxable.

I'd say as a single woman, $60-85 is currently what a grocery shop costs me depending upon how careful I am going through the store.

As an American that lived in Devon, England for over a year, YES, the groceries are cheaper there. The quality is usually a bit better too. Miss those prices! Not as much crazy variety as in American cities though. BUT...restaurants are NOT something I would say are cheap there lol.

Food is not usually taxed in US grocery stores. Only about a dozen states have taxes on food items.

There is no tax on food here in Michigan except for prepared food.

We pasterize our eggs in the shell removing the protective layer on the outside of the shell. So they must be refrigerated. If you own your own chikens you can leave them out on the counter. Or get them fresh from a small farm that does not pasterize the eggs. I use to have a boss who had her own chickens and when they started laying like crazy we all got to take home fresh eggs that lasted on the counter for weeks.

No sales tax on anything here in the state of Oregon, USA either. It was nice to see Ben & Jerry's!

There is sales tax in the UK, it’s called VAT. Sales tax is included in the ticket price in the UK, where it is illegal to charge more than the price shown on the shelf. however VAT is not charged on all foods, foods that are not processed eg basic veg and meat does not have VAT, there are other food exclusions too but you’ll have to look those up. See the Jaffa Cake case!

I wish the USA had the tax included on the price tag like the UK does.

We absolutely have cheese twists here. Don’t know what part of the country this couple is from, maybe where they’re from the stores are very basic. When I shop, I’m shopping for 3 adults. I shop for produce weekly from a produce market, not a supermarket. It’s much cheaper. Produce prices in American grocery stores are so high. Probably $80 a week for produce and dairy. The rest of the shopping I do every 2 weeks, 3 if I could stretch it. Costs me about $350-$400 each time. I think Europeans tend to shop several times a week a week and buy what they need at for those couple of days and then shop again. Most of us here don’t do that. It’s usually a weekly shop.

prices are so drastically different depending on where you live. My brother lives in the south (well, around the northernmost part of the south) where there are very few stores, people, or much of anything anywhere. a medium size bag of Lay's plain potato chips costs less than $2.00 there. I live in the highly populated coastal northeast, and that very same bag of chips costs about $6.00ish maybe $5 if its on sale.. and each of our states have only a 0.35% difference in sales tax. so its not even the tax that makes the prices so different.

No one here calculates prices with taxes. We just buy. Taxes vary by state, like in NJ, which is 6%, except food and clothing have no taxes added to it. So when we go to the supermarket it's the price that it is. 50 for what a week? I normally spend 200 for 2 weeks.

I've been to ~25 countries. One of my favorite things to do is to go in to foreign grocery stores just to get a feeling of what everyday life is like. In California packaged food like in boxes, cans, etc. is not taxed, but prepared food like a deli sandwich is. Differs from state to state. Also spent a semester in London, my favorite Cadbury's product is by FAR a Star Bar! Here in U.S. I am lucky to get a Dairy Milk.

i was reccomended this channel. Good content. liked and subbed. it is refreshing to see the other side of the coin. instead of brits visit American grocery stores for the first time.

Kabir, many states like mine don’t charge sales tax on food. Also if you were shopping in California the prices were probably higher. Our eggs have to be refrigerated because they are washed thoroughly before they arrive at the grocery store. That’s not true in the UK or other countries. There is nothing bad or wrong about doing that. Yup, that’s the same as Top Ramen as it’s usually around $1.00 which is also 80p in the UK. I can buy the following in the US; Honeycomb KitKat at my local World Market. Cheese Twists - World Market, Trader Joe’s and Amazon Shandy - Safeway, Walmart, Total Wine & More

Most states do not tax food (except soft drinks). In a regular supermarket, as opposed to a Walmart, very few items will have sales tax applied.

"how much would it cost to go shopping?" That's a bit like asking how long is a piece of string. It depends. I think in the US we tend to go shopping for food less frequently, and buy more when we go. We also have larger fridges and freezers, and can store a lot more food at home. I went to Lidl today and spent about $120, but that will last me a couple of weeks.

They were very cheerful about it but I didn't see them in the real food aisles at all ☺️

Back in the early 00 when I was single food cost me 50-60 for 2 weeks, I'm American, now it'll probably cost $100-$130 for a week worth of food now

It seems like you spent time and shopped in the two most expensive states in the US, NY and CA.

It's funny because I've only lived along the west coast of the US but even just in WA, OR, and CA - the prices for certain items fluctuates greatly from state to sate. I remember moving to WA from Cali and being upset at how much some things cost lol and I couldn't do my normal 1 trip per month like usual.

My husband and I spend 200.00 every two weeks but we only really eat meat and veg, and an occasional sugar free drink or coffee. So we are about 400.00 per month for two people.

Lucozade has been around the US for at least 70 years, but was usually sold in the first health food stores, also the only place you could buy yogurt in the olden days, plain only.

Quiet time in Tescos is for the benefit of people with Autism with sensory issues. The noise and crowds even the lights can overwhelm them and cause actual physical discomfort or pain.

Most of The States grocery stores are the same size as this store. Mostly just Target and Walmart have both supermarkets and regular stores.

Walmart is NOT a grocery store. It IS a department store that has a grocery as one of the departments.

Marmite peanut butter is delicious, but then again Marmite and peanut butter are two of my favourite things!

I lived in Cairo for 6 years. Most supermarkets were about the same size as the UK ones I'm used to. There were a few hypermarkets such as Carrefour and Hyper1 which were ginormous and I think very similar to the USA ones. It took a while to become accustomed to not only the different brands but the different foods, yet I did and actually found myself missing many of them after I returned home to UK

I'm an American and I can tell you that in the 60s supermarkets and grocery stores did not have to refrigerate the eggs but now the FDA makes them do it and now they must be washed to maintain quality and prevent food-borne illnesses at least that's what they say but I know if you cover them with a thin layer of lard or similar product to prevent air from getting in they will stay fresh for a long time I have done this and ate them after 8 weeks and they were fine. Our government says refrigerating them will keep them at their AA rating for 15 weeks while unrefrigerated eggs only last one week before dropping down to a B rating. Also, Fanta, soda pop is sold in the U.S.A. Therefore, I believe that the lady shopper passed on it because of this and selected the other which is not sold here.

I’m American and am single. I probably go to the supermarket once every two weeks. I consider it a PITA. I don’t think animal milk anymore so that cut down on having to go as often. It’s not uncommon for people to buy in bulk then shift smaller portions to freezer bags. I do think with chicken and some produce like peppers, onions, garlic. Also in my culture most people produce some of their own food to a degree. Or we don’t necessarily get it all from a supermarket. Several of my relatives operate fruit stands which is a go between business between farmers and customers. This is different from a farmers market which are also a thing because they don’t raise the produce and the businesses are open six days a week.

I stayed at a B&B in Manchester and didn't have a refrigerator. I went to a local supermarket and bought carrots, apples, and a few other foods because my tummy and the local pubs and restaurants seemed to be closed when I was hungry. If I ate what they are buying, I would be ill.

You are correct about some grocery stores are less expensive than others. I shop at two stores. One always has great deals and the other always has discounts if you clip specials on the store website (I’ve saved over $40 in one trip before). I’m a Senior Citizen and eat very well on $300 a month in Colorado. Other areas of the Country and cities cost more. We often have larger salaries than the UK. The average in my town is over $80,000. (Not bad) Gas isn’t expensive and taxes here are low. Recently many national stores like Walmart are changing their pricing to pre inflation prices. This is good news! People will buy more!

With the Fray Bentos pies, the picture on the tin looks nothing like the pie once it's cooked.

What I have noticed about the prices in the UK is they seem cheap but the portions are tiny compared to the US. The average grocery in the UK has things you won't find in the US.

In the US we wash the eggs, after you wash them they must be refrigerated. If you don’t wash them they can sit out.

Our eggs are just washed.. Europe’s eggs are left unwashed leaving them shelf stable for a longer period of rime.

Actual food at the grocery store in the US is not taxed. Soda pop is taxed though.

Snacks can be yummy, but one of the things I like in Britain is the fruit, like way better strawberries. But I used to buy them in a small high street shops. I guess it's what you buy at home in the US. I don't eat snacks and drink soda in the US. Our grocery prices have gone up ridiculously here.

Our eggs have to be refrigerated because we wash them and take the cuticle off. Y’all don’t take the cuticle off when you wash them so they don’t have to be refrigerated.

As guy living by myself, i spent about $130 a week on groceries.

Next time you travel over the pond, hit a grocery store called "Grocery Outlet." I'm 95% carnivore due to IBS. It can be a bit expensive if you mostly eat meat, eggs, and dairy. Grocery Outlet sells grass fed beef, lamb, etc. The prices are better than any other store. I used to make fun of it, calling it "Ghetto Grocers" until I discovered how many gourmet things they sell at amazing prices. Now, I feel like, back then, my nickname could have been "Sh**** Shopper!"🤣 I can never relate to these because I don't eat pri messed foods eith exception to bacon. But, I still enjoy watching how intrigued everyone is on both sides. I would love to visit a beef cattle ranch over there. There must be such a thing.

Hey dude how about instead of divide by 2 then times by 4? How about say 2-2.50 add .65 cents every 50 cent mod add .65 then add 12 cents more so 2.77 would be 3.54 so on so forth

Your prices seem a lot more reasonable. Prices in the US are crazy high right now because of inflation. I'm in Oklahoma and prices are high. It's a lot worse for people in places like New York and Massachusetts where they already had a higher cost of living, even before the inflation. My wife has family in New York and Mass, so I've heard how much crap costs up there right now. It's nuts.

This was interesting. I've been watching a lot of Brits in the US videos. Cheers from California!

Here in America, the license for Cadbury products is owned by Hershey. I will say that it is a bit of a step up from regular Hershey. The grocery store where I work also carries Milka chocolate bars and those are vastly superior. There’s a channel called Oui in France. It’s run by an American named Diane who lives in France with her French husband. She’s done a couple of grocery store tours. I like watching those types of videos to see both the similarities and differences between American stores and other parts of the world. French grocery stores don’t have pharmacies and you can’t even get over the counter medication.

Lucozade is NOT a bad drink , it has been on sale here in the UK for years ! Though I personally wouldn't choose it as an everyday drink... it is very useful if you're feeling under the weather so to speak, it is a useful energy restorer. Of course even though it has a little less sugar content nowadays it is still a "go to " for diabetics experiencing a low sugar ( hypo ) episode. So it's not all bad !!!

I haven't seen Viennetta since the 90s in the US. I miss it

A couple of things that I know have been pointed out to you elsewhere, but Walmart is NOT a grocery store. It's a discount department store that added groceries as one of their departments. So talking about it being so huge is misleading. Yes, a SuperWalmart is massive, but it is first and foremost a discount department store, selling everything from prescription drugs to household products to auto tires to baby furniture and clothes for the entire family to yes, groceries. Oh, and you can get new eyeglasses, and often have a family portrait done as well. My husband and I, now, after the massive rise in prices since Covid, spend about $350 a month on groceries, just for the to of us. We do our big shop once a month, and then a few times per month we go back for fresh milk, veg and fruits. Or if one of us gets a hankerin' for something we just haven't got the means to make at home. If our kids are going to be home for a few days we end up nearly doubling that in food costs, but much of that is getting all their favorite local takeout food. Prior to Covid, we spent no more $200 a month. I should point out that we work hard to shop sales and maximize our purchasing power by keeping our freezer filled with our favorite meats, taking advantage of sale prices like Buy One get One (or sometimes TWO!) Free specials. We never pay full price for much of anything. In our area, we don't have any high end grocery stores. In fact, we often shop at all 4 of the supermarkets in our area, getting specials or hard to find items at one over the other. For instance, Aldi will have a pound of butter for $1.99 a lb, on a week when other stores are charging $3.29 or more. When we see a special like that, we'll buy as much as possible, because it won't go bad before we can use it. We've been fortunate recently in that our neighbors with chickens gave us a couple of dozen eggs and then just the other day, our nephew and his family visited and gave us 3 dozen eggs from their flock. Eggs have been dancing at around $4 a dozen lately, so that's a huge savings. We've also benefited by having hosted two family picnics over the past two weeks, where much of the leftovers were left for us. We're sick of picnic food for a while, but free food is always nice! Next picnic won't be until the 4th of July so hopefully we'll be ready to start again!

I really enjoyed this video 😃!

We might add sale tax at the end of the sale , but the uk has a 20 percent vat tax.

Best thing I’ve come across in British grocery stores is chocolate Hobnobs. Really, really good with a cup of coffee, if you can find a decent cup of coffee in the UK.

I would love to shop in that store because the US food supply is overprocessed and contaminated with bioengineered ingredients.

Many foods are not taxed. You’ll find tax on warm foods, candies not no tax on Milk, vegetables, dairy items

‘ello Mate. I’m an American. When I joined the United States Air Force, one of my duty assignments was in England, at RAF Alconbury, which was located in Huntington in Cambridgeshire (East Anglia). I lived there for 7 1/2 years of my life and I took advantage of every opportunity to enjoy the British lifestyle. (FISH & CHIPS - YUMMY!!) And I loved it, but at the same time the British grocery stores could not compare to an American grocery store, especially when I was looking for certain types of foods.

TESCO was in the U.S. for a while. It pulled out in 2013.

Our eggs are redridgerated probably because they have been pasturized to kill most any bacteria and refridgerating to below 40⁰F keeps them that way. I couldn't compare prices unless I had a currency converter while I was comparing. How much would a single guy pay for food ahopping? It depends on what kind of shopper you are. Do you shop daily weekly or do you fill up and just go back for milk and bread? Do shop for the sales or do you shop by desire like buying shrimp and steak or do you settle for "mince", chicken and maybe pork chops? It all depends.

I’ve purchased the Nandos sauce before in the US. We don’t have Nandos the restaurant but I have gotten the sauce in a store here.

I actually found Irn Bru on Amazon and loved it. I order it every now and then. I live in Georgia. The Southern US.

We rented a flat in Stratford-Upon-Avon and cooked quite a bit while there. I loved seeing the difference between the US and British grocery stores. British eggs and cheese are much, much better. It was the first time I was expected to bag my own purchases too. I really enjoyed the experience.

I always liked shopping at Tesco when I lived in the UK. I thought it was good value. I really liked M&S and Sainsbury. Expensive but nice to shop there.

Kelloggs cereal is made in Battle Creek Michigan and distributed to other places

When I here u in this video I feel the SAME AS A AMERICAN hearing a person not from the US saying this is popular or good and I'm SCREEMING NOOOOOO!!! Lol

I don't know if anyone has commented about this but we do not have sales tax on food. From the grocery store. Yes on sit down restaurant food but not on food you prepare yourself.

My mother never put eggs in the refrigerator of course she is Scottish. Yes it's typically an American thing for eggs to go in the fridge

I'm American and visited the UK for a week with highschool and I fell in love with irn-bru. I also seek it out and order it when I can but do need to come back and visit London again along with going to a Man United game.

Those prices seem similar to where I live here in the states. Prices are always higher in bigger cities and especially cities in California that I’ve visited…like 2 or 3x . Gasoline is nearly double the price in Cali as well which probably contributes.

A single person in the US shopping for the week that does their own cooking and has some staples already will spend around $75-$150 (in the SE). If it's all pre-prepared and microwavable or air fryer stuff, probably around $100 - $125. A larger quantity of fresher items, around $100-$200 - again, if they already have staple goods and frozen items. We aren't even counting the meat already in the freezer. If starting from scratch, we're talking $200+ easy. California is probably more expensive. I remember when I could eat for the week on $25 ($50 for the good stuff), and that was only 20 years ago.

It's cool seeing the other side of things. We've all seen way more of the Brits in America than of this.

Im US born of UK parents & family & always went over. I still like Tesco's, bought my coffee maker there last year £20. I also like Morrison's. A lot of UK grocery stores sell kitchen items, clothes etc. We don't here.

I was born in the mid 50's before supermarkets were a thing. The first supermarkets here were smaller than this. Walmart used to be a much smaller store without groceries. I LOVED those. For seniors the US stores have become a huge pain. You can't just run in to get an item or two and get out. What you need is on aisle 72 on the far side of the moon. Enjoy your smaller stores. A stupid amount of choice isn't worth it.

We don't tax groceries in Texas. Not sure about the other states. Also keep in mind they did this shopping probably before the inflation got insane in the last year or so. I have been to the UK many times and trust me, the groceries over there are more expensive than ours. Again, I can only speak for Texas grocery prices.

This woman keeps saying the U.S. doesn’t have a lot of those items. She’s wrong. We may not have that brand , but we have the same item. I even asked my husband if she even shopped in the U.S. I’m pretty sure I won’t watch any other videos by her.

Our grocery prices are out of control at this time. Our gas prices affect everything.

Your 50 pounds will cost $150 here in the US if you eat light. If you worked out on a regular eater basis it’ll probably cost you almost $300 for about four days worth of food.

She's attracted to all the yucky ultra processed foods like pot noodles and angel delight. Those VLB biscuits are wonderful!!

I rarely get out of the grocery store for less than $100, sometimes much much more. There are three of us. Even when I don't buy any meat, it'll get over $100.

There's isn't tax on food in the US only if it's pre-made like a roast.chicken. paper goods.and.soaps of any kind and medicine are .

On average I spend about $50 a week on groceries for myself. Grocery prices vary a lot depending on what area you’re in tho. Also my state doesn’t charge tax on groceries

This looks the same size as one of our US grocery stores. Walmart is not a grocery store, they are a department store with groceries.

What the hell, They broadcast it's quiet time as soon as two Americans walk in?🤔😎

I'm from rural Fresno County. I smiled when you mentioned Fresno.

As a Canadian, Uk food is very inexpensive, everything in Canada is at least twice the price even cookies are 5-7 $ a small box and the crappiest ones at that, white bread is 5$ minimum, so good bread is more like 7$ minimum, cheese is around 10$/ 100 grams, meat and dairy is very expensive, eggs are around 5 - 9 $ a dozen, good eggs are around 10 -12$ a dozen, milk 5$ for 2 litres, nuts are crazy expensive, coffee is about 15 - 25$ per pound, alcohol is about 3 times the price of in the USA, so about 5 times the price that in Europe.