Most all grocery stores in America at the checkout usually combined with the scanner is a scale , each item of produce will likely have a little sticker, this has a code number the cashier can put it and the scale weighs it accordingly
In the US supermarkets sell almond milk and oat milk in refrigerators. However, there are shelf stable versions that are also sold in non refrigerated shelves too.
We have similar shelf stable milk in U.S. but it is not very popular. That milk is irradiated or heated to very high temperature for a few seconds (ultra-pasteurized)
No it isn't. It is high-temp pasteurization that makes it stable. It is brought to 280F - 302F for about 5 secs. Then put in a sterile container. No radiation. It's basically the same as normal pasteurization but then kept in a highly sterile environment and put in sterile containers.
4:30 You have been in the USA, so you probably noticed all cashier stations have scales that you weigh your produce on, you scan the little sticker on the product (if it's missing, you can look up the item), then weigh it, and it will calculate the price.
We do have colonies of homeless cats, but there are many rescue groups who run TNR (trap, neuter, release) programs. This hopefully leads to the eventual collapse of the colony once the cats age and pass.
I"ve heard stories (not sure how true) where someone's cat got captured and neutered by mistake. They sued but not sure where that landed...again, not even sure if it was a true story.
@@elebenty5709 Well in Metro Detroit, every one of my cats in a rescue off the street. I even had the local animal control give me one in January 2021 to take care of when they got over-crowded.
I am 67 years old and I have lived in many different states since my husband was military and I have NEVER had to weigh my produce before going to the cashier. The cashier weighs it themselves. In the States if you are at a fast food restaurant you can ask for a cup for water. It’s smaller than the cups for cokes or whatever and you can get tap water at the drink machine.
There are scales in produce sections sometimes, or used to be, but it was mainly to give you and idea of the price for what you are going to buy. Like, if the price is listed as say, .89 cents a pound etc. Once at the checkout they weigh it on scales right there.
Russia and America is what she's talking about. I'm not sure why Millie keeps trying to argue with her when she mentions how things are in her experiences in the US by comparing them to the UK as if they're the same.
@@bluflaam777 Actually this is like her 14th trip to the US and IIRC she doesn't go to the same place more than once so she has a more comprehensive experience than in general.
In most American groceries, the scanners for the barcodes are also scales, so the cashier just places the items on the scale there, enters the item number for the fruit or veg, and the scale automatically calculates the price.
Way back in 1971, when i lived in Scotland, we would buy milk from a dairy store, that had no refrigeration. The weather was always cool, and the building had walls 2 to 3 feet thick, so the building, was like a passive refrigeration system. As i remember, all they sold was milk, eggs, cheeses etc.
My great aunt never had a fridge in Ireland until the mid ‘70s. Milk was “stored” in the bog. It was fresh daily bec they (or a neighbor) had cows. Very different way of life.
@@DianeCasanova You've probably seen it and didn't know what you were looking at. LOL It isn't a big sales item. I used to buy it from Costco, they sold flavored versions of it in cases of single serve cartons.
In my part of the US, milk is in a refrigerated section of the grocery store. Single serve milk in aseptic containers can sometimes be found on regular shelves. Non-dairy milk (i.e., soy, oat, almond, rice, etc. milk) can be found in either refrigerated sections or on shelves.
In California you often have to ask for it, because in a past drought period they passed a regulation to conserve water by not allowing restaurants to automatically give every guest water. The regulation was eventually relaxed but most restaurants here still wait for you to order it or ask you before bringing it.
Normally you don't even have to ask for tap water at a sit-down restaurant in the US. They just provide it automatically, and if you don't want it, you don't drink it.
I most restaurants in the US the first thing they bring to the table is a glass of tap water with ice. But there are still restaurants that wish to economize and not have to wash too many glasses or dishes. If you want, you can purchase a bottle of flat or sparkling water.
We have "shelf stable" milk that doesn't need refrigeration too but it isn't very popular. I buy it sometimes because I don't use milk very often and it lasts much longer. Most states in the US don't tax supermarket food . She says she lives in San Francisco where I live and CA definitely doesn't tax food taken out of the store (but it does tax food at eat in restaurants). In SF and most US cities, the Animal Control (shelter) department picks up stray animals. And in SF the shelter is "no kill" so it adopts all of them out .
Weren't you given a glass of ice water when you sat down at a table in a restaurant??? I don't think I've ever gone to a restaurant and not been given ice water almost immediately....the only place I can think of that it wasn't done was when I lived in Arizona and we went to California during a "drought" and if you wanted water you had to ask for it.... All tap water in the US is safe to drink - it may not taste the same because of fluoride in some places or in some homes - (my best friend's house) has well water which I love!! It's water directly from a well on your property...but again, all tap water in cities in the US is safe...and regularly tested... LA driving is horrible - and always rush hour.....it's bumper to bumper driving so it's difficult to "let people in" - I've driven in LA - and hate it . . I wouldn't recommend any tourist - especially from another country driving in LA or New York City!! It's just over populated and over busy.... Sounds like from your videos I've watched during your California stay - you didn't care much for CA over all anyway...so ya, traffic would be rough and remember on top of the residents - half of those people driving are tourists!!! You all were in the 1st or 2nd largest cities and tourist areas in the United States . . . so that's what happens...
If you find homeless animals you should take them to an animal shelter. Many times people will sponsor these animals and sometimes even adopt them. Support your local animal shelters.
@@shawnanderson6313Of course - you have rural areas and urban areas. Northern California and Southern California are definitely the same state. Same everything.
@@pacmanc8103 Okay so same things applies to Texas, Florida, New York. You think Upstate New York is like Manhattan? So original point holds, this isn't a California thing, it is a state thing.
There are states that have tax on food and others that don't. Michigan doesn't tax most grocery foods. I think the last time I looked, Texas didn't tax food, except some items like pop.
Groceries aren't taxed in most U.S. states, but non-food (and some cooked/prepared food) items sold in grocery stores usually are. This seems to confuse Brit tourists quite a bit. They think they are being taxed on everything in the grocery store.
In convenience stores, they sell bananas individually. But in most grocery stores, they are sold by weight. Kombucha is fermented tea. I think it tastes nasty and there are too many carbs to make it worth acquiring a taste for it. But lots of people like it. We do have ultrapasteurized milk that is shelf-stable.
In the US rescues pull cats off the street all the time. I took in a feral cat and for the first 6 months we had to keep her in a pen because she was vicious but as she got to know us she settled in and eventually became a big baby. We had to take her because they were poisoning the cats around a local restaurant and no one wanted her. She has past on now but she lived with us for about 13 years and the vet estimated her at 6-7 years old. It is normal in the US to take a cat in off the streets, as owned cats are usually inside cats and it's much better than promoting kitten sales.
In America I've never bought bananas that I had to weigh myself. Each cashier has a scale right there where she scans the items. Even if you choose to use the self checkouts, you lay the bananas down on the place where you scan them and there's scales under the scanner. And you don't get a sticker, the weight and the price come up on the screen. Sales tax in the state I live in is 7 %. I'm tired of visitors from other countries complain about our sales tax. England pays more tax using the value-added system than 7%. People allow their cats to go outside some here. I see cats in my neighborhood. I think a couple are strays though. The lady next door feeds them. I don't. But they come into my carport for rain or cold weather. I don't like that because they will jump up onto my car and leave muddy prints. I've just bought a Toyota Camry and it's a bigger car and for some reason they don't jump on it. I think it's a little larger than my former car and they may think it's too far to jump. I'm glad! I was not glad to hear about your driving in San Francisco. In North Carolina most people are polite and will let you enter the line of cars. Next time come to the best state NORTH CAROLINA !!
Not all states charge tax on food items. Nevada, where I live only taxes you on pre-cooked items. Everything else is tax-free. There are other states that are the same way, but not all.
Canned. Also, sweetened condensed milk and shelf-stable cartons of milk. I used to buy it from Costco by the case. They were single serve cartons and came in vanilla or chocolate flavors. Works great for a packed lunch but kind of pricey for what it is.
We have the sticker weigh scales at the big stores as well, but we also have the weigh scale at the check out line that automatically calculates to your total.
The homeless animals situation here depends upon the area. Most places here don’t allow dogs to roam around this mainly because of rabies. But some places allow cats to be in the wild. This is because they actually help with control of rodents like mice and rats. Some of them are usually caught and spade or neutered and released back to their location to help control the population but it’s been determined that the best way to control this ecosystem of sorts is to let them have some sort of natural predators that can control the balance of pests without having to deal with dangerous predators.
There are homeless cats and dogs in the US. However, it depends on the neighborhood. If there is a homeless cat or dog on the street, you can check to see if it's microchipped.
I always boiled water when I lived in Russia. The Russians said you should do it 3-5 minutes. I did 10. And she's right about the smoking - it's everywhere. About the shoe covers: it is often really muddy in Russia even in the big cities. The traffic in LA is not necessarily the same as elsewhere in California, which is pretty laid back. And I assure you that virtually NO ONE in LA drives as aggressively and crazy as in Russia.
What does she mean you have to weigh everything yourself, haven't had to do that in decades. The cashier has a weight machine at checkout where she weight things. In my State food items are not taxable unless it is sold heated; or sold for consumption on the premises; or. it has been prepared by the seller and is ready to be eaten.
@@jaycee330 She doesn’t seem imply anything. She merely stated that she uses regular checkouts. She also stated that decades ago, people had to weigh things themselves (news to me!).
It is the same in the US. In restaurants, a lumberyard or even a gas station, ask for a cup of water if you need it. If anyone asks you for water (even at your home door or lawn) you must give water legally. At least in most of the states.
So, it sounds like they package their cow's milk the same way as soy milk, almond milk, etc. I think that means they boil it, but I'm not certain. It only starts to spoil once it's opened. If it's boiled, then it tastes different.
Taxes are not included because every state has different tax rates my state sales tax is six per cent. Six cents on every dollar. Also, some states tax clothes and food some do not. In my state if it is deemed a necessity then it is not taxed. Things like toilet paper, women's feminine care products etc. are not taxed. Makes it easier for the manufacturer to just place the price on a product and ship it too wherever. We do not even think about it when we shop, we just accept this fact and pay for things.
There's a city near where I live that is overrun by stray cats. All restaurants parking lots in that city has like 5 or 6 stray cats living in the wooded area around the restaurants.
I help at a cat rescue here in the states.I don’t advise people to feed or pickup cats unless you are willing to pay the price. Because cats can have rabies but you can also get cat scratch fever and get infections. I just got done helping the rescue with ringworm infected kittens. Cats can come in with all sorts of problems and yes sadly we put some to sleep because they wouldn’t have pain free life or the poor cat is just too sick and is suffering. The main goal is to educate the community on why you need to spay and neuter your cats and to help the animals and the people. Sadly people think they can just leave their cats out on the side of the road out in the countryside and the farmers won’t care sorry but the farmers do care. We had a farmer call us once he was so overwhelmed with all the cats that people had dropped off and they had Babies or were pregnant that he didn’t know what to do so he called us there had to be at least 40 cats we in a year can rescue over 300 cats and kittens. It’s nuts
In Arizona, they gather up strays, spay and neuter them, snip thier ears so to be recognized as already fixed, and put back where they found them. They seem to find their own homes....we have two yearlings from the program. A young male brought them about 4 months old. They stayed Agatha & Christie
It is getting to be pretty common. The fist time I saw one, I was puzzled to see the tiny v cut out of a cat's ear. Later on, someone told me about it.
Shelf stable milk exists in the U.S. but isn't super common. It is sometimes used by food banks and programs that provide food assistance to the poor, as it can be stored and provided without refrigeration. "Homeless" cats exist for sure in places but most places do things to not allow feral cats. The only place I know that has a big population of feral cats is Miami Beach, Florida. Right turn on red depends on the state you are in. In California it is legal. I think Florida too. But I think New York not?
Feral cats are a problem in the US. There are charity organizations that spay/neuter feral cats to help control the population. A friend in rural Pennsylvania told me she has at least 20 feral cats in her neighborhood. I live in Tennessee and feral cats are a problem here as well.
People smoked everywhere in the United States until more recently. Something like the past 30 years it stopped. I remember smoking in the planes in the 1970s and 80s😊
When I visited Russia I thought it was bizarre that we had to wear shoe covers or put on “indoor” shoes at the hospital, but all of the crazy homeless cats roamed freely in and out of the lobby and they kept windows open in procedure rooms with no screens on the windows-didn’t seem very logical to me
Ever see the dashcam videos of traffic controls in Russia? It's highly unsafe and unregulated driving with little intersection management. That's the difference between US and Russian drivers.
There is a scale at the register for the bananas. It’s built in. Even at self check out you just sit the bananas there and press the button and it rings it up
As an American who has taught English near St. Petersburg, he's right, Russian just don't GAF when it comes to smoking or hygiene in public places. British Airways lost my bag flying into St. Pete -- imagine the fun I had with that customer service experience. Especially considering my town was a 4 hour drive from the airport and I had to return 2 days later to get it.
I'm pretty sure medical personnel wear shoe covers in the US, to protect their shoes from vomit, blood, urine, etc. There may be other technical or science areas where there's a "clean room" situation of needing to keep contaminants out of the workspace.
You can tell the quality of a country by how many or few homeless animals wander outside. In Iraq, there are dogs everywhere. You can't pet them. They're terrified of people. I knew the mete and measure of the people by that alone.
It’s a cultural thing, not entirely sure the direction you were going about ‘the people’. They would never think of petting a dog or having a pet dog in their house because they’re considered dirty. In fact, most are afraid of dogs because the ones they’ve experienced often run in packs. Cats are similarly seen, but a little different.
Like eggs, the US has milk processed before it is sold and then needs to be refrigerated to keep it from spoiling. Produce has a code sticker on it. The scale reads the code and the weight and comes up with the amount for the cashier. If the sticker/tag is missing, the cashier can look up the code.
I am originally from a dairy farm. In order for milk to stay fresh, it needs to either be kept at a certain temperature (refrigerated) or irradiated/packaged to be shelf stable.
America if full of abandoned cats, people often get them when they live in Apartments and when they have to move they just toss them out on the street to fend for themselves because they think that all cats know how to hunt, and that isn't true - cats have to be taught to hunt by their mother or other cats. There are millions of abandoned cats in the USA. When it comes to driving - in the cities on both coasts in America the drivers are excessively aggressive! This woman is kind of crazy about being authoritarian about what you should or should not do.
We have plenty of feral cats in my home city. We have trap and neuter programs for them to try to keep their numbers down without actually harming them.
I trust my tap water anywhere I've lived in the US. I do buy some bottled water for activities outside. My hubby drives a lot on Phoenix.. Its NUTS!! LA is bad too.
There are homeless animals in the US. But most cats in America are indoor cats because 1) there are many wild animals which will eat cats and 2) there are huge fines to cat owners in most areas of the US for allowing their animals to run free. Not caring for your animals is castigated harshly in the US.
I own three cats or should I say the three cats own me but I also have five ferals that are living on my deck and in my shed which I feed and make shelters for in the winter.
When my son was a little boy, he came home with a stray cat he found under park cars. No, not for me. Recently one of my grandsons came home with a cat that "was under the car and he didn't want to run it over". Well my daughter is allergic to cat hair and that cat was promptly out.
In my village, it is against ordinance to let cats (obv dogs too) outside, but police don't care as long as its at night and they are back inside during day. I can see how it can be a bigger issue where theres a population >2000 people though lol
@@annfrost3323 if you live in the USA, they do have places that take cats in and get them adopted. you could always bring it to a shelter. My nephew’s wife is allergic to cats but I rather see them go into a shelter than to be out in the cold since I’ve seen cats frozen in the snow. Horrific site that you never forget seeing.
Where I live in the USA homeless cats and dogs live in shelters. They are not out roaming and living on the streets. You don't even see dogs without their owners or walkers with them. They are not allowed to be off leash or roaming by themselves. Owners will be subject to huge fines.
No smoking areas in the US are “policed” by the people who own the building, not the actual police. Smokers here are accustomed to stepping outside before they light up.
There's a store that I go to in a small strip shopping area with open woods on the side. There's a Veterinary next door. The Vet posted signs on walls and posts asking to not feed the stray cats outside. 👌
If you self check out here in the U.S. then you’ll have to weigh the the items at the register. We sell condensed milk on the self not refrigerated.But dairy products have to be refrigerated this is food safety regulations.
1 I don't know where you live in America but there are homeless cats there's an organization that will catch them then spay and neuter then release them back into the wild.
There are homeless cats in the USA, But we advocate to get your animals fixed so their population doesn't suffer. Cats kill and even eliminate species of birds. Even one of our popular game shows "The Price is Right" with Bob barker he would finish EVERY episode to "Spay and neuter your pets." Only private offices like the dentist have you wear shoe covers.
Cow's & goat's milk is refrigerated. Some brands of oat & almond milk are refrigerated but most alternative milks such as oat, almond, & coconut milk are on shelf. Fresh fruit & vegetables are sold by weight & almost all stores can weigh them at checkout. Only few stores require they be weighed with printed bar code label before checkout. There are plenty of homeless cats & dogs but probably not in middle class areas where she is living because they have animal control. Homeless encampments there are plenty of them. A lot of churches & charitable ministries collect bags of pet food to distribute to poor & homeless people with pets. U.S. has regulated clean water standards. You only have to pay for bottled water in restaurants. Shoe covers are used in hospitals, operating rooms, clean rooms such as research labs, some food preparation or manufacturing, etc. California, New York City, & other large cities have very aggressive drivers. U.S. requires yearly (or every other year) car inspections & emissions inspections. They require all lights, tires, doors, windows, etc. are intact & functional.
There is actually a law in California called the “Finders keepers law” that states that it’s illegal to take items (probably including animals?) from the streets/sidewalks without first reporting it lost and if the owner doesn’t retrieve it within a certain amount of time from the police station then you can go back and take it for yourself.
It would depend on the value and where you found it. (Context is everything). Then there is a waiting period of 7 -90 days (depends on value). True story... I found about $250 in an envelope with a gal's name on it. There was a bar & grill just a half block away. My assumption was that one of the staff dropped it while walking home or to the bus stop. I went to the bar and asked if "gals name" was working there. The gal came up to me and introduced herself. I asked if she had lost anything...her eyes lit up as she knew right-a-way what I was asking. She thought that she left it at work and came back looking for it. Timing! She got her $ back. I also found a $100 bill floating across a parking lot. No one around. I get to keep that.
USA..here in Florida, you will find the almond milk in with milk and coffee creamer..in the cold fridge..it just is..I guess you must go to Florida..but, that’s where it is every day ..in PUBLIX ..the largest grocery store chain in the southeast..no matter where your mum found it..I guess Florida is different..almond milk in with the (dairy) milk..
Some states don't have sales tax, like mine, so whatever the price is on the shelf, that's what you pay. Many states have sales tax, though, and I find that annoying, too. We have wonderfully clean water that comes directly from a glacier on Mt. Hood, Oregon. It's stored in a reservoir called 'Bull Run', which is protected and constantly monitored/tested. Also, no one is allowed to go to the reservoir except employees in order to prevent any pollution. It's also why Portland is known for it's beer--the water here is great for brewing. But we have experienced the no tap water nonsense in Europe. They charge you like 5 Euro or more for a relatively small sparkling water. What is she talking about 'polite' California drivers? I've never experienced that. LOL! Maybe in comparison to St. Petersburg, Russia?
The people that live in San Fran, really don't have to drive everywhere too" much. Because pretty much every place there is basically walking distance up there. I mean SF is the California version of NYC but the population in SF is less denser than NYC.
Worrying about the "PH" level of water is a fad. Your stomach acid is theoretically strong enough to dissolve a nail. Water with a PH a little above or below average has ZERO effect. It is either less acidic than your own stomach acid, or it will be neutralized instantly. The TASTE is what matters. I had relatives on well water that tasted like dirt (and other relatives on well water that was perfectly fine). Dissolved solids are normal - unless it's poisoned with heavy metals - why they would scare schoolkids like that is bizarre.
We had well water that was considered "hard", but it tasted great. One city I worked in (40+ yrs ago) had a lot of what looked like rust in their water. Not sure if they have fixed that yet, but we had to filter it for the whirlpool treatments (therapy) we did at the hospital.
@@pollypocket3508 Those but there is shelf-stable milk that comes in cartons. I used to buy at Costco by the case. There were like 18 or 24 or something like that single serve cartons in each case. It came in vanilla or chocolate flavors. I bought it for packed lunches. Of course you'd chill it before drinking it.
@@pollypocket3508No. In the US, it’s called ‘ultra heat treated’ or UHT milk. It comes in a quart carton (like some mango and oranges juices do) and lasts a very long time if unopened. Krogers, Safeway, Publix, and most other stores sell it on the regular aisles. It is neither evaporated nor condensed.
Again, in most states, none prepared foods purchased are NOT TAXABLE!! That might not be the case in Silicon Valley where she lives. but it's a generalization and not indicative of most US states.
Sales taxes are never included in US pricing. One reason for that is that every state has a different tax rate. One might be 5%, another might be 6 or 7 percent. Delaware, for example, has zero sales tax. And there are also differences in what products are considered taxable. In Maryland, where I live, legitimate food items are not taxable. Legitimate, though, does not include snack items, (chips or "crisps"), sodas, candy, cookies or dessert items, nor does it include pet food, or other non-food items like cleaning products. So, your grocery bill will include both non-taxable and taxable items. As far as "homeless" animals; there are literally millions of feral (or stray) cats in the US. It's sad to me because I adore cats. Often, they are trapped, neutered, and returned to the wild by various organizations in the US. In my view, TNR efforts are a wonderful way to address the problem. It reduces their numbers, and no animal is needlessly put down. Usually, when a cat is TNR'd, they also clip off the tip of one ear, so that people know they have been neutered or spayed. I belong and donate to an organization called Alley Cat Allies, who does this kind of work. There are also many kind people who feed strays here in the US.
Hey Beesleys, sorry, very rarely do I not finish a video, hardly ever lol! But she really annoyed me so much I just couldn’t stomach it any longer (just 5 minutes in). Love you guys and continue doing great videos!
43p for a banana!? Yikes. In the US, we generally sell them by weight. Depending on if they're organic or not, I've seen them anywhere from 39 cents to 69 cents a pound. The last time I bought some, I got 5 bananas for a little over a dollar. I have seen at least one store who sells them individually, usually for a parent to give a child to eat while they're shopping, but the most I've seen it is for 25 cents for one.
Howdy from Texas! I can't speak for any other state but Texas. At least here when you are buying groceries. Unless it's hot, ready to eat food, like a rotisserie chicken, you are not charged taxes on regular groceries. Bread, milk, eggs , veg , or any types of fruits. I used to work in a convenience store. And customers could buy a frozen burrito or other frozen foods and as long as they didn't heat them up in the stores microwaves before paying. You weren't supposed to charge them taxes on them. But if they heated it up in the microwave before paying for it. Then we were supposed to charge them taxes on them. It was ridiculous and weird. B. I often let the customers know this information prior to them heating any frozen items.
We don't have "homeless" cats in the US, we have "stray" cats! LOL We don't call animals that do not have owners and live in the wild as homeless. We call them strays and yes, we have them, although cities and counties generally work hard at trapping them, fixing them and either release them again or try to get them adopted. Our city has a very large beautiful wild park and we struggled with stray cats all the time until a local society started trapping them and neutering them so they would stop producing babies. It has been years and years since I have seen a stray cat in the park! It works!
