Brit Reacts to British Girl Visiting WALMART for the First Time 

there are food deserts in the USA where those who cannot afford cars cannot just walk into a grocery store or walmart and get fresh food. much like the person in the video was describing a small n nearby store with no produce. if you've grown up in a relativity populated area or your family has always had access to vehicles, this won't make sense to you. food deserts can also exist in inner city areas also, where the bodega is your primary store.

We have them, we just don't eat them as often as we should.

Bodegas have fruits and vegetables. Or should I say bo-ga-das, as "Dr." Jill Biden reverse to them😂

@@byMidnyt I've seen it... where I live, you can throw a rock and hit a grocery store with a produce section. A lot are Dollar Generals, but here only the smallest ones don't have at least a small section of produce. Recently I was on work travel to Maryland and DC, with a decent driving commute between my hotel and where I was taking a course. I had the DAMNDEST time finding ANY grocery stores... had to literally research online to find the two "local" ones hidden away in a shopping center several miles from the hotel, and there was just nothing along the way except for an Amazon thing that I walked in and out of because at that point I'd never seen the "automated" swipe and grab model.

​@byMidnyt I will assume those places are either in the deep south or the great plains? I've been all over the country, and the only place I see what you say being true is there. Even in the bayou areas there is a supermarket... beyond that 90% of rural places have local farm stands. You are making some kind of excuse I feel.

wall mart is a superSTORE. a supermarket is like safeway. It only sells groceries.

LOl.....Yeah, so true....

Definitely not food lion. Maybe 10% of the store is produce.

From whitch village she came from. All of this we have in Europe. She is wierd

Yes sir, can confirm, My Scottish bud came here and thought gas stations were the main stores and our corner shop Mexican store was the supermarket. Wasn't until I took him to Walmart that he got the gist of shopping American.

Can you imagine this gal in a winco?

And you should see the Kroger Marketplace stores. They're still pretty rare, but they're huge - about 100,000 - 130,000 square feet, about 3/4 of the size of a Walmart. Big enough that they have a selection of general goods (mostly cooking/food related items, like stand mixers, cookware, plates, etc and a small clothes section) in addition to a very good selection of all the normal stuff regular Krogers carry.

Deodorant lol

Electronic!

Pharmacy, Health and Beauty, Craft section, Office Products, Automotive/Tire center, Pet Food and Pet toys and accessories (harness, leads, collars, grooming tools, etc.)

Creamer = many different flavors, vanilla, chocolate, caramel etc maybe 20 to 30 different flavors that you can put into your coffee!

They NEVER do and it's so annoying😭

^ 🤣

lol, so true right.

Value in the removal of cardboard to contain the plastic bag that keeps the cereal. Biggest problem with most cereal is that it is not good as a stand alone breakfast. Used to be the cereal commercials would show a small bowl of cereal with milk, a glass of orange juice, and a side of two eggs (oftentimes sunny side up) as being the components of a balanced breakfast.

@@aaronorr5586 as if anyone eating cereal actually has time to make the other stuff. Sorry, I don't get up at the crack of dawn. 😛

Joke's on the box crowd. The per volume cost of the bagged cereal is less than the boxed brands, regardless of brand.

For Non-Americans, it is ok to ask a store associate(clerk) where an item is in the US. They are (suppose to be) trained to help you find an item. In Walmart all associates wear a blue vests(waistcoat).

* HABA. Health & Beauty aisle/section. Pharmacy is the aspirin/vitamin/ first aid. Aisle. I used to work for Washington Inventory and had to learn the sections for Albersons, Rite Aid etc.

@@TheBaldr Or at least direct you to someone who would know because Walmart is a large store. Not one person may not know where everything is, but they will likely know someone who will.

My old store in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma had a small area in grocery that had some deodorant, shampoo, toothpaste & more. Jim

Walmart is so massive and they reshuffle things enough, that you almost have to get the app and just look stuff up on the store map.

When I was a stocker at Walmart I averaged 10k miles a day

@@dariusowens1060 10,000 miles a day? were you going 420 mph?

Yes! Like when you're at the checkout and you remember that you forgot something that is in the far back corner of the store, so you stand there in a stupor for a minute or so debating whether you really need it and whether or not you want to hike all the way back there to get it!

@@Akakiryuushin aye my fault I was faded when I wrote that😂. I meant too say 10 miles a day. (10k)

after my divorce i used to walk around walmart for a couple of hours just to be away from the house and around other people. it can be very therapeutic.

There's a third type: the Neighborhood Market, which is just the grocery part from a superstore.

LOL they left that part out of the video. Would love to see how their check out went. An hour to shop and two hours to check out.

LOOOOOOOOOL. So true!!!!!

What a great story

What a nice made up story.

Soviet leaders did the same a decade later and broke down. They knew they were already beaten without a shot ever being fired.

I can understand how your friend must have felt going into an American supermarket for the first time and seeing such abundance. I'm British and spent 2 years living/working in Syria in the late 80s. No supermarkets at all, just occasional small convenience stores for the basics with very little variety, and separate butcher shops, fruit and vegetable shacks, pharmacy, etc. When I returned to the UK I remember going into a supermarket for the first time in 2 years and was overwhelmed with the variety of stock and the bright colours. At first I walked around in awe as I had forgotten how privileged we are in western countries, eyes like saucers touching everything, and thought it was great, but to be honest, I very quickly actually thought it was obscene, to see an aisle of just breakfast cereal; an entire double-sided aisle of sugary breakfast cereal. This was way back in 1990, and supermarkets are far far more abundant today. No wonder we are all so fat and lazy (I'm speaking specifically of myself here, but I know I'm not alone!). So I can fully appreciate how your Indian friend must have been blown away upon his first sight of everything you can ever hope to find all under one roof, and in such abundance. Can you even imagine how someone from a tiny village in a third world country would feel walking into a huge western supermarket today!!! I even feel embarrassed right now because I'm remembering being really annoyed just after lockdown when I went into my local supermarket and couldn't find a pack of the red lentils I needed, and I actually complained to the manager about him not having any in stock. God help us if we were ever put into a situation where food became scarce ...........

Some have banks

And a McDonald’s attached.

and when she said 'there's a subway' she was referring to a sandwich shop

My wife came from South Africa after living in Tokyo and London 5 years each. We went to Walmart on her second day here and she reacted the same way.

Won't be getting any guns at a New Jersey Walmart! 😂(I saw a NJ flag on their way in).

My great-grandpappy used to tell me about the olden days when he worked for ten cents per day and would save up to buy his CDs at the General Store.

And we here in west coast had Fred Meyers 'One stop shopping centers" for literally almost a century with the same kinds of selection and variety.....Now it's still there, but is krogers, and they've phased to most local and name brand products in favor of their own in house stuff. When's the last time you saw a box of banquet fried chicken? Not a bag of chicken nuggets, not a tv dinner, but a box of fried chicken? Then once Kroger brand stuff marginalized it to the point banquet pulled it from shelves due to not making money, they stopped selling their alternative, leaving us with nothing but nasty ass deli chicken and previously mentioned tv dinners and nuggets. On the plus side, it forced me to learn to make fried chicken worth eating at home. Which also woke me up to how garbage KFC and Popeye's has really become, lol.

*wandering* around. Not wondering around.

Don't lie!

Yeah, most of us wouldn't call the sliced bread section "the real bread" section, whether you're from the South or not.

I'm Midwestern, and same.

​@@Eniral441 thats just incorrect

Americans are sometimes surprised to learn that Brits eat curry like Americans eat pizza.

Actually, Brits use many herbs and spices. They're just not hung up on only using Chili powder and cinnamon (which, together seem to be in about 95% of American produced food). I am often amused that most Americans are so limited in their spice selection and have no idea of the power of things like mustard (not referring to the yellow ketchup that the US calls mustard).

@@SAI-nl1vm i have a cabinet full of spices... The people you talk about are uncultured swine.

@@SAI-nl1vm right?!! I'm an American, and a foodie. My parents never ate anything more exciting than that yellow ketchup called mustard! However, I've since discovered REAL mustard and REAL spices. My husband (an Italian-American) and I adore curries and make them ourselves every week. You can get pretty much any cuisine in America, yet so many people here never experience more than a handful of flavors. It really is sad.

What part of America are you from? I'm sorry, but that's more of a your family problem than the entire country problem. My mom grows spices. Thyme, Rosemary, cilantro... You name it, I had it growing up. She had a spice cabinet that was just dedicated to spices. The woman couldn't cook meat properly to save her life, but her spice game was on point. Now, certain people are very wimpy when it comes to spices, as in hot food, me included. But I grew up in the south and we know our spices here, as far as giving food taste, not burning your tongue off. ​@@SAI-nl1vm

Bagged cereal is usually generic versions.

I think part of it is the spaciousness. There is lots of land in US, where as many other places have been carved out and divided up. We still have lots of land for expansion but we heavily restrict immigration.

And some want to destroy capitalism. Hmmm....

It's called consumerism😂. Not good, but I guess it's good for the mind warped people. All of the fruit is GMO, if you don't believe me buy some apples and see how long they last on a kitchen counter, I have apples from 2 months ago and still green and not rotten.

@@TR41N_OF_THOU9HT Several species of apples can be stored for up to 6 months... that's not GMO, it's biology. The 3 crops that have actually been genetically modified are Corn, Soybeans, and Canola, all to keep pests from eating them. www.fda.gov/food/agricultural-biotechnology/gmo-crops-animal-food-and-beyond You thinking that green apples are still good after 2 months means they're GMO is what being mind-warped looks like XD You equate things having a long shelf life with GMO... genetic modification isn't easily detectable by observation... also most GMO is beneficial. Everyone equates the toxification of corn, modifying it to produce BTB to prevent bugs from infesting it is correlated to all other forms of modification... If you run around spreading your opinion without understanding what you're talking about, you're the problem.

Well the Dems will have you eating bugs and make America weak and turn it into the country that you are running from... TRUMP 2024

My German friend and coworker when he first came to the US for training I took him around. He was stunned by our cereal aisle... lol.

Thank you 😊 🙏 💓

Absolutely but one of the biggest problems is the California state codes are making it harder for farmers every year from what I understand

The US has a wide variety of climates. We can grow everything from blueberries to bananas without leaving the country or crossing an ocean. Tropical? We've got it. Cold hardy? We've got it. Moisture loving? We've got it. Desert dweller? We've got that, too.

You need to do something about who runs your state, Gruesome Newsom sucks and quit voting dem & liberal garbage into office there or you can kiss your farm goodbye.

Monterey County? Lived in Prunedale for years

Macaroni salad is very similar to potato salad with the exception of potatoes.

From the South? I felt like I had to make sure they all understood this, too. :)

Several types Amish pot. salad Mustard salad American etc etc

No, you boil the potatoes without pealing first. Then after they cool you peal, or not, cut up and make a dressing of mayonnaise, mustard, onions, and sweet pickles. Use pickle juice to thin sauce. My mother told me she used to load it up with eggs, peppers etc. but we kids wouldn’t eat it, so she just went to onions and sweet pickles. When I’ve made it I’ve always gotten rave reviews on it.

@@kevinmcconnell3641 There's more than one type of potato salad mate LOL. There's also German style that doesn't use mayo. I don't like macaroni salad b/c usually the noodles are too soft and mushy. I've had some wonderful potato salad of many types and I've had not so good p. salad.

Literally right inside the door.

Also never showed any sizes or prices for comparison .bread is more than double the price almost three times the price .meat is also very expensive .sizes seem to be so much bigger too

Right, the fruit and deli area is literally just the edge of walmart. A single isle.

@@felicitywoodruffe4087 prices and sizes are all online, plus they deliver.

@@felicitywoodruffe4087 Have you not noticed that prices are going up everywhere? Walmart is still the best when you consider you are saving money by not having to drive all over town to get what you need. Actually saving money by not having to pay for extra gas that is not cheap.

A typical potato salad has mustard. Your recipe is German potato salad.

@@hiccup1dt102@hiccup1dt102 Northern potato salad is mayo-based, and Southern potato salad is heavy on mustard.

German potato salad does not have mayo. It's just oil, vinegar, onion, salt/pepper to taste, a little parsley and a little mustard.

Hard boiled eggs in potato salad is a perfect way to ruin potato salad

There are more versions of potato salad in the United States than we're in that bread aisle of bread

Awwww that’s so sad

51 MILLION people in Russia have no indoor plumbing...

​@@AngelleSLmost of india has iphone but no plumbing

I'm an 80s child, and I believe it!

Are you from Michigan? I loved Meijer when I lived there!

My thoughts exactly. And we’re living in a golden age of technology. Of course it will get even better but look how far we’ve come.

A blessed feedlot. 😂

That most of us take for granted

@@marciayoung8735 nah, most of us know the poison and processed foods they feed us. Everywhere else has healthier options for cheaper.

@@LauraHalvar Yeah, the grass is always greener.

whole foods is a good one.

Unfortunately whole foods is owned by Amazon now. You're right though, whole foods still has some really good selection. ​@@SaltyRad

HEB!

HEB

Needs to go to Here Everything is Better the HEB Store. Then the end all be all of shopping experiences a Ranch 99 Store.

I don't know why but this throw-in cracked me up: "Also we took him to Disneyland."

@@bsrpython257 I did also it was so out of nowhere that is was funny.

I have to ask, did you get more fun for your money from Wal-Mart or Disney?

@@TotallyCluelessGamer Clearly Walmart is more fun than Disneyland I remember going to Disneyland when I was a kid and at that point I had already outgrown their childish rides never wanted to go there again.

@@lance9249 Frankly it isn't that much fun to stand for hours in a long line to ride a one or two minute ride, no matter how thrilling... I rather sit on a rock by a river fishing...

That’s the free market at work! No amount of planning and organization could keep up with a company or an entrepreneur having ideas of things the public would buy. And then their competition makes the prices cheaper. We are very blessed!

@@fittoseejane true that!!!!

What on earth are you talking about ? What parts of the world did you visit? This is just standard all over Australia/NZ . Same in Capetown SA . It does sound like the UK has gone rapidly downhill since I was there though

Yes me too.. LOVE MY USA!!

LMAO. American grocery stores. 🙄 You don't travel much do you? 🤣🤣🤣

Walmart is definitely my least favorite place to visit during the shopping cycle. And I must say none of the Walmarts near me are as big or as clean as the one that she was at.

Yeah. I'll do just about anything including driving across town to avoid shopping at WalMart. Unfortunately, there are a couple of things that WalMart is guaranteed to have that I don't have the patience to go to several stores to find just to avoid going to WalMart (Heinz apple cider vinegar and Oral-B precut dental floss.)

right? haha its great. im glad somebody enjoys Walmart

Yeah I do curbside pickup because I REFUSE to enter Walmart. Lol

@@aliciamae14I like Walmart+ but you run the risk of them delivering your groceries to someone else or getting someone else’s order.

This is correct. Worth noting that while some people love it it's not an especially popular dish. It's more of a traditional thing people bring to BBQs and picnics.

Oreos have been hog wild in varieties. I struggled to find original ones a while ago.

And it's that crap that's killing us. 😂 But I had half those flavors. Oreos are so damned good!!!

'MERICA!!!!

@@OEFarredondoNothing wrong with variety. Doesn’t mean people eat all the varieties. Cereal and Oreos are one of those things that people usually have a favorite. I hate both cereal and Oreos. lol.

@@emefrench8984 I cant rememebr the last time I had oreos tbh, years ago. Cereal... they still make Sprinkle Spangles?

Thats what matters. Feeding your people. Our grocery stores represent the abundance of America. Staring at a large stadium isn’t as impactful as knowing the people who build those buildings have access to abundance.

When I was in St. Petersberg a Russian told me a joke: A man takes the early train into Moscow to buy some meat. (Russians get that there's no meat in the country.) He runs from the train station to the market to get there early. He runs into a store and asks the clerk, "Is this the store that has no meat?" "No," says the clerk. "This is the store that has no fish. The store that has no meat is across the street." Another one: The Commissar visits a collective farm and confronts the manager. "How was the harvest this year, comrade?" "It was great," replies the manager. "How great?" asks the Commissar. "We had so much wheat if you piled it up it would tickle god's beard," assures the manage. "Wait, there is no god," says the Commissar. "That's alright," says the manager. "There is no wheat either." Gotta love the Russian sense of humor.

Back in those days Soviet citizens used to wait in line for hours just to buy a loaf of bread.

@@JG-pp3dd and we throw 90% of it away when we could give to people who need it

WE'VE 'A TON OF FOOD AND OPTIONS HERE, SHE PROBABLY WISHED AT THAT MOMENT...."DO YOU THINK THEY'D NOTICE IF I DEFECTED" LOLOL 😂🤣🤣🤣😂

I haven't bought cereal in a while, but I remember the bags used to be Mat O Meal, which was like knockoff flavors and it was cheaper. Do the more prominent brands have family sized bag versions now?

@@MacGuffinExMachinaYes, it’s more of a mix of off brands and prominent brands now.

@@MacGuffinExMachinaa lot of them are a knockoff brand, but I’m pretty sure they are made in the same factory at this point, because the few flavors I’ve tried recently have been literally exactly the same as the General Mills brand. Years ago the knockoffs were sort of crap, but not anymore.

The big bags of cereal are the "generic" knock off, or copies of cereals. Cost a lot less than the name brands and most are very good. Looks like you picked up a couple of organic items. I did notice the bananas were organic because of the tape. Organic items are a good bit more expensive than regular items. We never purchase organic items.

​@@bradblalock3057organic vegetables can be 3x more expensive. Do you really need to buy organic bananas ?

Our state is like split in half. When we go north to go camping, the produce and groceries are on the "wrong" side.

All the same

Not all Walmarts are the same! The Walmart in the video is a Walmart Supercenter; they are different from regular Walmarts. These kinds of Walmarts are usually found in less monopolized areas.

I still get lost in Neighborhood Walmart's, but can easily navigate a regular Walmart or Super Center.

no you don't

Oh I politely beg to differ. I'm not a religious man but every trip to Walmart reminds me to be grateful for all we have here in the USA.

@@ninjabearpress2574 I think that's what we should do! So I applaud you for having the perspective that sometimes takes someone from the outside to remind us how good we do have it.

@@MrFantastic23 Every day is Thanksgiving. I am so glad to be an American, especially when I see what it's like in other countries.

Makes you more appreciative! I’m thinking wow we have all this at my Walmart lol the one I worked at and thinking about how I need to make healthier choices

@@JodiHayes-gn9dm Consider the Walmart in Chicago that got looted. The entire grocery section was ransacked, but the fresh produce went mostly untouched.

So true!😊

Sorry but our food in the UK is cheaper and way better quality. We actually have food standards here.

​@@Philzoidoh Phil, hahahaha. The UK is smaller than the State of Oregon. You don't have room for all of this. We don't mind. And the Almond Joy she picked up is a candy bar in England, just in a different name. We have begun to understand that the UK has stricter food restrictions and many Americans are interested in that. We understand that you guys are a Chihuahua barking at the big dog. It's okay.

Your food seems to have too much salt too ;)

No one cares Phil. Literally this was a post of her appreciating her own country and you come in bringing up the uk. We don’t care “mate”. At all. I eat just fine in the US so it is what it is. Worry about that flimsy military of yours

Plus Computers, phones, furniture, mattresses, vacuums, auto parts & lubricants, tires, houseplants, bedding plants & mulch, decorative garden rock, lawnmowers, bicycles, electronic games, throw pillows, candles, bedding, fishing gear, camping gear, house paint, house decorations, dishes, window air conditioners, space heaters, office supplies, toys, school supplies, baby cribs and prams, jeans, trousers, hats, shirts, blouses, socks, underwear, jewelry, wrist watches, window curtains & rods, lamps, board games, greeting cards, small kitchen appliances...I'm out of energy.

How many local businesses did they kill off with this monstrosity?

@@kingspeechless1607 17

@@kingspeechless1607 Exactly, thats what they do. They come into a town, and kill off the "Mom & Pop" shops. Its sad

@@gembearer67 when I used to live out in the high desert the Walmart superstore coming in to town was a HUGE deal.We didn't have any mom and pops and we would have to drive for over an hour to get to the stores out in the next town. So at least in that case it brought in a lot of work and convenience to the town.

She's kind of dense.

It really does depend on where you shop. Even Walmarts differ depending on which neighborhoods they're in.

No one expects fruit at a gas station. If it happens, cool surprise. If you find it or will be 2-3 times the grocery store cost. Unless traveling you aren't going to buy it there.

Keep in mind that the Covid pandemic screwed everything up for a while And there are other grocery stores outside of Walmart. There's also the big indoor and outdoor farmers markets. I live in Eastern Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Allentown and Easton all have absolutely gigantic farmers markets and are local to large Amish communities if you want to go truly fresh. This video was shot in NJ, perhaps they can take a short ride into PA and be blown away by the selection. My point is there are lots of fruits and vegetables in the USA

She isn't exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer. She says some hilariously stupid things.

Travel more. America has food in abundance, but it's tasteless compared to food in other countries. Other countries have chemical-free, hormone free organic foods.

​@@loriannrichardson7644 yeah, we have that here too.

​@@loriannrichardson7644i wouldnt say tasteless but yes less chemicals in other countries. Each has their own niche. Fish and chips is better in the uk then the us, pasta is better in italy, and so on. Also, i agree, travel more. Its priceless memories.

Ditto! Whether it’s gmo or not… to have the options available is underrated

​@@loriannrichardson7644 Still watching the video, but you make it sound like she never hit the spices aisle. I'm in the Southwest; no grocery store is competent without hot peppers, both dried (ground and whole) as well as fresh. Other than that, I'm pretty sure "American" food lost its historical character during the world wars, which was when and why we transitioned to so much dry-preserved and chemically-treated food from the grocery store as a culture and then got addicted since it's basically producing gut-alcohol. The channel Tasting History did a neat episode on the history of Chef Boyardee dinners that really made the lasting impact and breadth of scope of 20th-century war-rationing had on us apparent to me; as well as (peripherally) the freakin war research, during and decades afterward, such as the induction of over 1,600 disgruntled and likely still hostile German researchers into our own higher-research institutes-such as health and agriculture. So, it's practically NO WONDER American culture has been largely just about street drugs, pharmaceuticals, and chemicalized & GMO agriculture, and foodstuffs SO extensively processed that they're practically plastics, as well as supposedly-inert fillers, texturizers, and pigments that never even were food at all, ever since... 🤐🤬 Another major change was the creation of the Federal Department of Education in 1980 that ultimately did two CRIPPLING things related to food: took kids out of their parents' care, where we WOULD have otherwise learned more continuity of our family recipes that had carried us up to that point, and then systematically eliminated culinary education as a primary subject by blacklisting it as misogyny; which had the combined effect of making generations DEPENDENT on restaurants for prepared, hot food, and not simply because we have busy lifestyles. In the adopted, nostalgic sarcasm of JK Rowling: Brilliant. Just brilliant. 🤦‍♀️

😂.

😂

You know the one where Ireland I think labeled the bread as cake because of the amount of sugar in it.

Im sure he knows it’s the Subway sandwich shop,they have them in the U.K. and the call their underground trains Tubes.

Use milk instead of water with the instant mac n cheese it’s so much better.

America is a wonderful place to live.

​@sherylkeib4993 It is a wonderful place to live. We really kicked the consumerism into overdrive and let it run away to ridiculous and unhealthy levels though.

Lived overseas for three years, did miss American retail.

Having lived overseas... USA is amazing. A lot of the self loathing Americans have never left their town, but believe for sure that everything outside is better.

​@@sherylkeib4993 the us is great most of the time but it requires the caveat that you have money and live in a nicer area. America sucks when lower class or if you live in a bad area.

@saminiaroundy2666 - Indeed. 💜

Amen to that. We rarely have serious food shortages... just greedy comanies.

I was thinking how petty people were right after the pandemic and was at Walmart and everyone was mad because they couldn't find all the brands they wanted. Spoiled Americans comes to mind.

​@@nancyprovence109 Except toilet paper. Had to buy mine at the dollar store for months during covid

@@Kateria1864 I never understood the toilet paper run. One of my customers manufactures it for a variety of different name brands. They just load the different paper in the machines for each of the different brands and have a giant warehouse of paper stacked to the roof of a large tilt wall building. They also make the paper towels. They supply to the whole US Southwest. They run the plant 24/7 and every day but Christmas. They never were out of any of the paper that they warehouse. Their plant was never shut down during the whole government shutdown scam. Side note, they were one of the few customers I had that required the ridiculous face masks which you could tell did nothing because the paper fiber still managed to get in behind it. If the paper fiber could bypass the mask, a virus certainly could.

That's only 1/2 true. Not sure if you have ever done grocery work. Inventory and timing play a big role. Grocery outlets often have TOO MUCH of an item like perishable produce arriving at a certain date .It sits there and rots. That shows just how much produce comes from the U.S. farms. Same with meat production.

80 million tons a year go in the trash

Yeah, I grew up in NJ, "The Garden State." We lived in a rural area, and there was a guy down the street (country roads, no lights, almost no one on them) who had a huge, international, tulip bulb business, but he also grew a bunch of produce, like asparagus, and my stepdad was always driving over there and coming back with amazing stuff, picked minutes before he got there. Often someone would walk into the stand with a bushel he had just finish picking and say "Here, these are even fresher!" I can't eat tomatoes, but apparently we have some of the best anywhere. Also, living out in the woods, we had a big clearing we called "the orchard," with about 40 fruit trees, most of them peaches. Again, I can't eat them (I have a lot of allergies - the pollen was horrific there!), but those peach trees would each create hundreds over a month or so, limbs weighed down to the ground. They were the size of grapefruits, and by all accounts, amazing. We had a little rider tractor with a tow-along trailer, and we'd put a bunch of bushel baskets in the back, and fill it to teaming several times, and still miss hundreds that fell and rotted, or that the deer picked off. Mom would bake a bunch of pies to bring to everyone. Also farmer's markets are huge all over the US. I went to college in FL, and there was a big one full of fresh produce each week, and you can see literally dozens of tractor trailer sized wagons of oranges in huge caravans heading from the absolutely massive orange groves down the highway, and the local mail place where my mom used to live there in Ft. Myers was also an orange distributor with a big operation in back; you could watch conveyors full of oranges being packed and shipped all day every day. I live in CA these days, and it's bursting with produce and farmer's markets. Everywhere I've lived, 3 corners of the US, has had no end of amazing fruits and vegetables.

US has no problem getting produce places. There is a problem in terrible cities with lack of fresh vegetables and fruit, but that's an issue with rent, property tax, and shoplifting making displaying it unprofitable.

As a former truck driver who hauled trailers full of meat from Kansas to New York City, logistics are not a problem.

I was going to explain potato salad, but your description is prefect. The recipe is not exclusively Southern, as this is how we make it in parts of Pennsylvania.

Souther potato salad is far superior tbh southern versions of almost any food is far superior like bruh they cook it tf up in the south they know food like it's no ones business

Not everyone puts eggs in their potato salad, but the rest of the recipe is pretty basic.

Oh it's not salad in potatoes? 😂

Ugh, not sweet pickles, use dill pickles.

I want to thank you for your talents. I think Walmart bakery goods and decorated cakes are awesome

@lisawillis8227 thank you 😊

⁠@@lisawillis8227I agree they have the best cakes!

@nodak81 Then, "tbh" expect that level of customer service to go away. Especially the last second items. These are literally done out of consideration by the staff at will. They literally only HAVE to stock the shelves with those oh so tasty prebaked items that tastes like it came from a gas station. At that point, I'll bet you notice enough to complain.

@@kenchapman3406 don’t feed the trolls.

Or Crafts, clothing, fabrics, camping.....

I was about to say, will her head explode if she finds the automotive section or the house paint?

Amazon pantry and Walmart online stores have been filling that gab for quite some time now. In many instances, they actually get better deals than can be had in a local supermarket.

Back in the 80s we had a Wal-Mart. It wasn't a super Wal-Mart but they did have a few hookers out front most nights. You can't get those at the new super stores. 3 out of 5 stars.

Walmart is where I get my glasses from. A lot cheaper than anywhere else I've gone to

Our Walmart also has a hair salon and a small arcade to keep customers lingering. 😂 Don't forget the yard & garden center or the electronics.

Mine has a hair salon, nail salon, bank, Auntie Anne's Pretzels, and Subway.

mine has a vet office as well, and they have started a pilot program to have mini doctor clinics in them.

No raisins 😂

Add a bit of onion and mustard for the best potato salad.

It depends on what you grew up with, but usually cold potato cubes mixed with mayo and other seasonings and veggies. It's usually a side dish for BBQ.

everyone makes their potato salad diff in the US

@@LekaLeka2 Keep yo bland potato salad to yourself!

or at least in the video

Minus the people. America is majority nonEuropean now...

@@jimjam5570depends on which walmart you go to… 🤷‍♂️

@@jimjam5570depends where you live…

@@mrpumperknuckles1631 In America? Not really. There is urban, suburban, and rural. Wealth is also a vector. Any major city or suburb is gonna definitely reflect the majority nonwestern status of America. Maybe a wealthy suburb or a fairly small city will be majority European, otherwise its only small towns.

@@jimjam5570 depends, I moved form suburbia to rural cause didnt want to deal with sheeple idiots esp after covid... I live on almost 6 acres surrounded by multi million dollar homes. many NYers city holes (unfortunately) are moving to my area.

Ha your Walmart must be different from mine. Mine is always full of rude people with no sense of space (seem to think they're the only ones in the aisle), screaming babies every few aisles, tons of items are now locked behind plexiglass so you have to try to find an employee who can find another employee who has a key (and not just expensive items but things as cheap as $10!) .... oh god, then there's the lines at the checkout. By the time I leave it feels like it's been 2 hours even though it was like 40 minutes or whatever. 😂

I agree, I run in for like 30min and come out hours later. 😅😅😅

Kind of like being in Vegas casinos 🤣

It’s a black hole…

🤣🤣🤣Exactly!!!

100% this! I'm an otr truck driver and so by Walmart to stock the truck fridge. 15minutes, got the pathing down to grab what I need and get out

I mean its usually because they kept the prices low to drive out local competition and then they jack up the prices once they are the only place in town... not really something to be praised for really lol

everything in Walmart if utter garbage the clothes are cookie cutter imagine everyone walking around with the same 4 T shirts their meat is discusting it's been bleached the F out of it

Because Walmart has incredibly sh*tty business practices

If variety was the sole issue you'd be right. We have nasty customers touching everything, rude customer service and cashiers, lots of cheap merchandise... don't even bother to ask eletronics to help, they know nothing about any products. The list is endless.

We got California! Love Central Valley

Miracle Whip, not Mayonnaise. That's why Mayo is a condiment, and Miracle Whip is a salad dressing.

My midwest mother in law made what she called German potato salad, which was served warm. It was delicious!

I put mashed, hard boiled eggs in mine. Yum!

@@VME-Brad you saying to use Miracle whip instead of Mayo in potato salad?! As a Southerner (we take pride in our potato salads) you would be run out of the cookout/barbeque and possible out of town if you brought potato salad made with Miracle whip. That sounds so disgusting.

It's like that in nearly every state friend

I agree, I live in New Hampshire and I love it too. I will say I was born in New Hampshire but I still wouldn’t live anywhere else.

I also live in New Hampshire, and my name is also Melissa. Kind of funny that we're the only ones here from there and we have the same name hahaha! I'm in Concord. I'm also a n​@@Melissa-dv5df

I would encourage you to visit some of the other states. There is so much to see and do.

I'm just glad someone from another country didn't move to New York or California. There are 48 other states with different cultures.

I've been seeing more brand name cereals in bags too lately. I presume to reduce waste?

@@spinthepickle1244 it is to lower costs.

@@spinthepickle1244cardboard is easier to recycle then plastic though? Maybe to cut back on production costs?

Parents will buy a real box of a particular cereal and then refill it with the generic. The kids don't know the difference.

Cereal in bulk will come in bags usually

I’ve visited Cuba twice and can confirm that they are struggling to get food - similar to the “special period” when the Soviet Union fell. There’s government rationing and last I knew 3 years ago they received 1/4 of a chicken each month per person. Milk is entirely reserved for the children. Rice and beans are what they live on

Thats a socialist country for you. They are only allowed a certain amount of food and product per household

He was brought to tears and recounted years of suffering brought on by their government. I binge watched many of his videos.

@@sheilaflory2541 Yes, Cubans live on about $20 per month. If they kill a cow, it's a crime equivalent to murder.

Yoel and Mari, always heart touching.

That's a good idea 💡

I know! I'm like, yelling answers to him like he can hear me! :D