UK vs Canadian Supermarkets | It costs HOW much??

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UK vs Canadian Supermarkets | It costs HOW much??

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As a Canadian living in England for the last 7 years, I'm back home in Ontario and I want to share what a Canadian supermarket looks like! Even though this is my home country, I still feel weird culture shock compared to British supermarkets.. let's see how they compare!
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@charlestaylor9424 Жыл бұрын

We do like grape in the UK, just fermented and in 750ml bottles.

@paulcullen814 Жыл бұрын

The thing with the eggs is because here in the UK the protective coating, which helps prevent salmonella etc getting to the eggs, stays on the eggs so they can be stored out of the fridge. In America by law eggs must be washed which then removes the coating, so they have to be stored in the fridge to stop the bugs getting to them.

@davebirch1976 Жыл бұрын

Plus our chickens are vaccinated against salmonella, further lowering the risk.

@frankbrodie5168 Жыл бұрын

It's one of the weirdest things to understand regarding food in my opinion. North America is far more capitalist than the UK will EVER be. And yet they have regulations in place regarding eggs that serve no purpose other than to add levels of bureaucracy and inconvenience to both the seller and buyer of the product.

@Elwaves2925 Жыл бұрын

Even though I'm in the UK and know all about the coating, we still store eggs in the fridge. Partly because it's the inherited way from parents and partly because with starting cold, I can time a soft/hard boiled egg perfectly to my taste.

@gamingtonight1526 Жыл бұрын

I keep my eggs in the fridge, as, if they weren't meant to be there, why do all new fridges come with egg cups?!

@Elwaves2925 Жыл бұрын

@@gamingtonight1526 A very good point. Even older fridges come with egg slots.

@dprid Жыл бұрын

We did a US road trip last month, and we couldn't believe how expensive food was compared to the UK. A US road trip used to be a relatively good value holiday - not any more!

@stevenclarke5606 Жыл бұрын

I went to Florida in the 90s 2000 , and 2005 and eating out was so unbelievably cheap, you could get an all you can eat breakfast for $3.99

@christopherdwane2844 Жыл бұрын

I'm a Brit currently living in America and certainly noticing that

@goggler2 Жыл бұрын

Indeed i went 20years ago and their dollar stores had better stuff than our pound stores. And the Exchange rate got you 1.6dollars per pound. The crazy mansions we were looking at buying in florida for the price of a basic house in the UK.

@christopherdwane2844 Жыл бұрын

@@Dionysos640/videos Yes one thing I've noticed living here is that your average American has more disposable income than the average Brit... and generally there seems to be a lot more retail to cater for it

@gregoriancatmonk6904 5 ай бұрын

Probably because of COVID it affected shipping and hoarding was a thing at the beginning probably drove the prices up and then as things settled greedy corporations probably didn't drop the prices back to normal very quickly.

@Forest_Fifer Жыл бұрын

Glad to see Tunnocks teacakes and caramel wafers in the British section

@Dan_moon_sun Жыл бұрын

I spotted those too. The benchmark wafer. I love them!

@sylviamcgeary3587 Жыл бұрын

Don't forget tunnocks snowballs

@MrDannyDetail Жыл бұрын

I was going to comment the same thing too. Didn't know they exported, but glad they do.

@elizabethghent194 Жыл бұрын

I have heard Tunnocks export to many different countries. I get them here in Canada at a Scottish shop along with Snowballs,and other treats.

@kentthompson3836 Жыл бұрын

Careful Alanna, If you keep calling crisps 'chips' your hard fought visa may be at risk! 😂

@AdventuresAndNaps Жыл бұрын

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@davebirch1976 Жыл бұрын

When in Rome, do as the Romans do 🤣

@rolanddunk5054 Жыл бұрын

Hi Alanna,this film very much reminded me of following the wife tracking up and down the aisles of Morrisons,not a highlight of my life…but one that has to be endured to remain in favour.Thanks for sharing your trip,Roly🇬🇧.

@RGC198 Жыл бұрын

@@AdventuresAndNaps Don't worry, Alanna, if the UK ever tell you to leave, come here to Australia. It will be their loss and our gain.

@Alanabanana0711 Жыл бұрын

Another Canadian Alana here who lives in the UK.... I've been trying so hard to make sure I say crisps instead of chips, but then you know what?! I'm starting to see bags of crisps with "potato chips" written on them here in UK! Shocking! I don't know if these specific ones were owned by American companies, but I regret to inform you that the word chips for crisps is slowly infiltrating the UK! At least for some brands.

@paulprice7482 Жыл бұрын

Oddly, I find the contents of supermarkets abroad absolutely fascinating. So thank you for this one

@AdventuresAndNaps Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@judithingham4319 Жыл бұрын

The frozen fruit and grape punch isn't juice by British legal standards as it's got added flavourings and sweeteners. It isn't any better than a good quality fruit squash in the UK, but is less convenient as you have to defrost it and use the whole can at one go. You can buy grape juice in larger British supermarkets but it tends to be in the unrefrigerated-juices-from-concentrate section rather than the chilled fresh juice section.

@zosemabubble7825 Жыл бұрын

Waitrose do fresh squeezed red grape juice, it's in the refrigerated section with all the other fresh squeezed juices. It's delicious. 😋

@LittlePixelTM Жыл бұрын

Can't believe you breezed by both the Tunnocks teacakes and caramels in the British isle! :)

@BooBaddyBig Жыл бұрын

The grape/blackcurrant thing is because North America banned growing blackcurrants due to some disease or other. The ban has lapsed now, but blackcurrants are still not very available. North America replaced blackcurrants with grape.

@isaacplaysbass8568 Жыл бұрын

We L♥VE grape juice in the UK, we just prefer that it's fermented before bottling... or bagging... and then being placed in a box, with a cute little tap that looks like Shaun the sheep. PS: I really appreciated the on-screen currency conversions, the way that you presented the text etc. it was really illuminating without being jarring. Thank you.

@philipmason9537 Жыл бұрын

North America is one of only a handful of countries that commercially wash their eggs and this process removes the Cuticle, the natural barrier, from the shell thereby requiring the eggs to be refrigerated. The washing process and refrigerated transport needs many extra workers and costs which means higher prices. The great majority of the world don’t wash their eggs and they stay fresh at room temperature for weeks.

@wessexdruid7598 Жыл бұрын

It's because they allow their hens to be kept in such poor conditions, the eggs have to be washed. The dollar rules...

@leematthews6812 Жыл бұрын

Interesting that only some of the goods are labelled in English and French. Also, Alanna saying pounds instead of dollars indicates the assimilation is almost complete. 😊

@AdventuresAndNaps Жыл бұрын

They all have to be in French and English, but the French side might be on the other side.

@leematthews6812 Жыл бұрын

@@AdventuresAndNaps OK, interesting. Thanks for taking us shopping...not *that* much difference, imo. Certainly not compared with going round a supermarket in Japan, for example.

@dougbrowning82 Жыл бұрын

@@TrickyDicky2006 Since the USA doesn't have an official language, they have a lot more freedom there. Usually it's English, the common language of the US, and often the language of the originating country, if it's an imported product. There is only so much room on the package, so you can't really go crazy on the languages.

@mothmagic1 Жыл бұрын

We will make her truly British before we're done.

@charlestaylor9424 Жыл бұрын

@@Dionysos640 the UK does have a written constitution it just isn't in one document.

@davidmoss9659 Жыл бұрын

Agree with you on the cheese Alanna! You would love my fridge right now. I volunteered at the cheese awards a couple of weeks ago and technically the payment was in cheese!! My fridge is still full of it now!!

@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis. Жыл бұрын

Alanna, I was shocked by the price of general medication in Canada, I'm so glad that it's so much cheaper over here.

@cmsbcarneill2591 Жыл бұрын

As a cheese lover myself, suprised in your bigger shopping area, that your Walmart didn't have Cathedral cheddar. I live in Chatham Ontario and can find Cathedral cheddar and Kerrygold cheese. Also our Taste of Britain shop has some Wensleydale with cranberries 🥰

@AdventuresAndNaps Жыл бұрын

That's awesome!

@gamingtonight1526 Жыл бұрын

She's happy to be home - pretty obvious. But she'll look happy to be home when she gets back to the UK, too. Truly an international star!

@jillianb8992 Жыл бұрын

I love that the All Dressed were opened and waiting for you on arrival. Balderson aged cheddar is good. Minute Maid-Mixed Berry was my childhood!!!!!!!!

@tonys1636 Жыл бұрын

Eggs (Hen, Duck or Goose) can be kept fresh for months in a dark cool cupboard by coating in melted butter to completely seal the shell preventing air ingress. Gives them a nice buttery flavour after a month or two. The fresher they are when done the better so a back of the shelf search in the store. Ideal for stocking up on free range or organic incase an Avian Flu lockdown occurs again this year and they all get locked up indoors again.

@jackincanada163 Жыл бұрын

Great video! When I first moved to Canada I used to always raid the British section in Walmart😂

@Believer3_ Жыл бұрын

I went to LA once, and i can assure everyone that Americans over hype their food 😂😂.. it was the worst food ive had in any part of the world 😂😭😭

@archstanton1628 Жыл бұрын

Ah yes, I love it when the blusher brush gets an airing 😁

@anny1_232 Жыл бұрын

I remember we tried milk in bags in the UK at one time, years ago. You had to snip off a corner and they gave you a blue plastic jug to stand the bag in. It may just have been our local dairy, but it didn’t last long. It was messy and not popular!

@gerardphelan7996 Жыл бұрын

I recall that was the way Bennetts Dairies of Worcester (UK) delivered milk in the late 1960's. The bag contained a pint (UK) and you needed to take care how you cut the corner to ensure it poured correctly. Bennetts farm is still in operation, but the milk distribution company long ceased operation.

@anny1_232 Жыл бұрын

@@gerardphelan7996 yes exactly! We were in Berkshire, Clifford’s dairies. I seem to remember a lot of the milk ending up everywhere except where you wanted it!

@gerardphelan7996 Жыл бұрын

@@anny1_232 I suppose those thin bags of milk were 'better' for the environment than the semi rigid bottles that we still bring home from the Supermarket. It is not easy to do the 'proper thing'. Even washing out the old fashioned glass milk bottles, used up water and other resources like washing up liquid. Being environmentally conscious is not as easy as the all too visible environmental campaigners nowadays try to suggest it is. They invaded my concert hall last Friday! I expect that the Ukrainian composer whose work was being premiered would, if asked, have said that there were other priorities, such as the liberty to choose how one lives their life and what they are allowed to believe.

@anny1_232 Жыл бұрын

@@gerardphelan7996 you’re right there! I’ve worked in conservation for 30 years, and there aren’t any easy solutions. However, generally speaking single use plastics, like the milk bags were, are the worst offenders of all. Plastic does not readily degrade, and even the so-called biodegradable plastics are not always what they appear. At least with the old glass bottles they could be genuinely re-used many times and are easily recycled at the end of their useful life. And you could always give them a rinse during the normal washing up dishes process, if you were concerned about water wasting - which is of course another problem as you say.

@howardkey1639 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see a bit of the old Canadian content this week Alanna, I had forgotten that things had to be labeled in French as well as English, that is except for my old favourite treat Cadburys Fingers. I guess that Cadburys Fingers is a global phenomenon know to all. 😀

@martinpay3812 Жыл бұрын

But no Wilkin & Sons jam, apparently. I always look for this when we go away as it’s made only a few miles from where we live. (There was a good selection of their products in a Walmart we visited last year when we were in Florida…)

@nathangutteridge2376 Жыл бұрын

On the subject of eggs, they need to be refrigerated in North America and Canada because since the '70s they were washed in hot soapy water straight after being laid which would remove any bacteria (including salmonella) but would also remove a thin layer called the cuticle that protects the egg from bacteria, but also keeps water and oxygen in and odours out. This makes it necessary to keep them innthe fridge to prevent infection. In Europe it's illegal for egg producers to wash eggs which ensures the cuticle is kept intact and refrigeration is discouraged as mildew can form in the eggs when they are coming back up to room temperature . Also chickens have been vaccinated against salmonella in Europe for quite a while now.

@charlestaylor9424 Жыл бұрын

It's only positive is you can do interesting things with a washed egg. If you put it in a bag in the fridge with something powerful like stilton or truffle some of the flavour goes into the egg.

@terryomalley1974 Жыл бұрын

Canada is part of North America, lol.

@MS-19 Жыл бұрын

Oooh, now there's a blast from the (not so distant) past: milk bags and jugs! I remember Sainsbury's doing them about 12 years ago; I also remember them being messy, rife with potential for accidents, and non-recyclable. They haven't endured, it seems, but they are evidently alive (and mostly well?) in Canada. My late father once said that Walmart has everything you could possibly need or want. Clearly that is still so!

@alanwood9804 Жыл бұрын

I think it was called Jugit

@dougbrowning82 Жыл бұрын

In Manitoba, milk is sold in gable cartons and jugs. We haven't had bagged milk here since the 1970s. Sometimes, the cartons leak, though.

@davewilliams3800 Жыл бұрын

I remember frozen orange juice you mixed with water. But that was 30+ years ago. Not sure still a thing in the UK

@simoncordell1327 Жыл бұрын

Alanna I love a good lowkey down to earth video, keep them coming! I'm glad to see your having such a great time!!! 😀

@alanscott8063 Жыл бұрын

I think it was a Costa that I was in where the milk was in bags. Catering packaging as opposed to domestic. Pros and cons of both I guess but you can close a carton with a lid and the carton can be recycled unlike the bags,

@matc6221 Жыл бұрын

Wait...Beans 'beside' toast! So Alanna 😂🍁

@Forestgravy90 Жыл бұрын

Ruffles are like halfway between walkers max and frisps for anyone unsure, i get north american snacks from a little shop in Derby so I've tried a lot if this stuff haha

@newtron1 Жыл бұрын

Lots of factors for higher food prices. UK has just under twice the population crammed into a much smaller land mass thus higher transportation costs in Canada. Lack of competition - 3 organizations control the market plus Costco. Supply Management. High percent of goods are produced in the USA thus exchange rate is a factor + transportation. Veg / fruit mostly from the USA and Mexico - again exchange rate plus transportation.

@speker71 Жыл бұрын

Alanna , you must try Balderson's cheese . Much much better to the likes of Kraft , Black Diamond etc.

@kevin_m Жыл бұрын

Can confirm

@sie4431 Жыл бұрын

I tried my best to make bagged milk happen when they sold it in Sainsburys but apparently it was too weird for people

@barryhumphries4514 Жыл бұрын

Strangely, Tesco used to sell a very nice mature Canadian Cheddar in quite large blocks that I used to purchase quite often. But, I haven’t seen it for quite a few years…. 😮

@stephen-martin-sunderland Жыл бұрын

Yes! it was really good cheese, last time I've seen it was during one of my online shops during first lockdown :(

@steverpcb 10 ай бұрын

Lidl do a strength 5 grated chedar that is quite good.

@rayjennings3637 Жыл бұрын

Surprising to see just how much colouring they put into the 'Cheddar' cheese. It's the same as Red Leicester back in the UK. As for the Cadburys chocolate in the British section, what's the betting it's actually the American version and pretty dire as well!

@grahvis Жыл бұрын

I once worked with a young woman from the US. She said she only knew two sorts of cheese, white and orange.

@rayjennings3637 Жыл бұрын

@@grahvis Why am I not surprised?

@davebirch1976 Жыл бұрын

That's the British Cadbury, I believe on the US ones it's printed in portrait mode

@raystewart3648 Жыл бұрын

My mouth dropped and stayed open for a while when looking at those prices - oh my goodness.

@karlkuttup Жыл бұрын

we can get grape punch in the uk my local store sells it its in a tin can as well they do a tropical one as well in a can or a sachet

@tastyf1974 Жыл бұрын

You can buy pop corn kernals in the UK to cook yourself, you can cook them in a pan in as much butter as you like and much better than the boxed stuff and cheaper 😊

@kevin_m Жыл бұрын

Yep you can get just kernels here in Ontario too but most people go the microwave route. 😊

@garrickdarts Жыл бұрын

Everyone watching outside the US and Canada - don't forget all those Canadian prices on the shelf edge labels you gotta add the HST (sales tax) to, so all the prices, you need to add 13% to as Alanna is in Ontario.

@shirleyk7647 Жыл бұрын

Yes tax applies to snack foods, but no tax on any other food.

@garrickdarts Жыл бұрын

I thought it was just that you didn't have to pay the Ontario portion of the HST on food, but still the federal portion?

@brucemedley635 Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@marlajacques6947 Жыл бұрын

Yes, I’m in BC and the same walmart store items are more expensive here plus HST on some food items on top of GST

@nickgooderham2389 Жыл бұрын

@@garrickdarts HST stands for Harmonized Sales Tax which means it includes both federal and provincial taxes. You don't pay HST on any items necessary for life like almost all food items, except chips, candy, etc. Having GST now HST added after the bill was a hard fought battle by consumer groups who wanted to make sure Canadians knew how much tax they were paying.

@Mark-1978 Жыл бұрын

Sainsburys a while ago sold milk in bags as a trial, I don't think it took very well though. I went to BC for a few summers when in my teens and this reminded me of some of the foods I had when there, I remember the Ruffle chips and the frozen juice

@marcelwiszowaty1751 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I used the milk bags for a good while when they were introduced. There was a special jug (which was provided free)... there was a prong on the lid which pierced the bag as you closed it. Then you were good to go!

@djashley2002 Жыл бұрын

They've actually tried it several times in the UK (I certainly remember it being tried in the Devon/Cornwall border area around 1982 when I was on holiday down there), but it's never taken off.

@lottie2525 Жыл бұрын

So funny watching you hugging your fave foods. I'm glad you said that about British cheese. I too am always so disappointed with what's on offer around the world, even, surprisingly, France! Nowhere seems to do the scrummy cheddars particularly. Funny seeing the milk in bags. I would never have found the milk in your supermarket lol

@frankbrodie5168 Жыл бұрын

They did try the milk bags in the UK for a VERY short time in the 1970's. I suppose the British voted with their wallets so they were quietly dropped as quickly as they appeared.

@brentwoodbay Жыл бұрын

Our Costco here in Victoria BC, sells 400g blocks of Welsh Collier , English Coastal and Irish Dubliner for about $10 (5.80 pounds) They sell the same in Wally World but at about twice the price!

@gerrimilner9448 Жыл бұрын

we used to be able to buy red or white pure grape juice in cartons, in the UK i was a fan! i also like cheese

@jkpole 6 ай бұрын

WOW sooooooo fascinating to see how Canada does things ..... Thank You for sharing

@ShaunLevett Жыл бұрын

Some of those cereal flavours! I see the sugar tax hasn’t made it across the Atlantic 😂

@eustaquiozambrano2974 Жыл бұрын

Thank you too for teaching. Have a good Day 👍

@dreadmoose76 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating as always! The interesting thing is the English/French thing on a lot of the products. Totally understand why with a mixed population but that just never happens with anything in UK supermarkets as you know. Brilliant video yet again...hope you are enjoying your time back at the Parental Homestead?

@brendancull8316 Жыл бұрын

Just to let you know, Lays crisps are Walkers crisps rebranded for the US.

@joosyjulie Жыл бұрын

In the UK the animal can't be killed until a specified number of days after receiving antibiotics, so the antibiotics have flushed out of their symptoms. Farmers also don'tusually administer antibiotics unless needed. So if one cow/chicken has an infection of some kind, they are isolatedand the rest of theherd/flock is watched for any spread. It is only iftne whole herd/flock are inected that everyone of them is given antibiotics. The no antibiotics also applies to organic food in theUK.

@terrytartu Жыл бұрын

Milk, sourcream and some other dairy products are sold in bags in Estonia just as yours are there. We also have a jug for the bag and snip the end off, as you do, to serve. Each section of bags of milk or sour cream will be for different fat content, some like milk lighter others heavier in fat content for example - the same goes for sourcream.

@pauly5418 Жыл бұрын

Before milk was sold in bags in Ontario, they were sold in plastic jugs. When the plastic bags of milk were first introduced, they were sold alongside the jugs but the bags were cheaper for the same total amount of milk AND a deposit was paid for the plastic jug which was refundable when the jug was returned. After a while, people preferred the cheaper bagged milk and avoided the hassle of returning the jugs. It also turns out that more plastic was lost in recycling the plastic jugs than is used for the plastic milk bags.

@martinquinn9007 Жыл бұрын

Oh thanks my brother says in Canada and bring back memories when was small

@StrongBalloonChris Жыл бұрын

Grateful to have found this channel :)

@AdventuresAndNaps Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your support!! ☺️

@channel_alan Жыл бұрын

Grapeful! Ayyyy? Ehhhh? You see... Ah, forget it! 😂

@stephenparker6362 Жыл бұрын

Hi, Alanna, a fun video. It would be difficult to make a meal from the selection available in the British section. Favourite snack for me probably cheese on toast, very nice.

@AdventuresAndNaps Жыл бұрын

Thanks Stephen!

@brentwoodbay Жыл бұрын

Funnily enough we were in the Canadian Superstore yesterday, It's a bit like Wally World but probably more groceries and less other stuff. We needed some Salad Cream and Branston Pickle, so went to the British section, but it was no longer there! Nowt! Nothing! Just gone!

@heskeyisgod8039 Жыл бұрын

Great video Alanna! Really interesting to see a Canadian supermarket. I used to use milk in bags when they did them in the UK like 10 years ago.

@brentwoodbay Жыл бұрын

We had them in British Columbia for a few years , many years ago, but no one liked them and I think now, only Ontario has them!

@RatKindler Жыл бұрын

@@brentwoodbay Over 60% of Canadians live in a province where bagged milk is sold.

@brentwoodbay Жыл бұрын

@@RatKindler You have no idea how important that is to me!

@davewilliams3800 Жыл бұрын

We have smaller packets of painkillers in the UK , and restrictions on how many tablets you can buy at one time , to reduce suicides

@bilkyasko Жыл бұрын

Sainsbury's used to do milk bags for a while, but they discontinued them in 2015.

@ChrisReadUK Жыл бұрын

Chickens on antibiotics, fruit juice in cans and milk in plastic bags… it’s a strange world! 😂

@timothybird4264 Жыл бұрын

Beans next to toast needs to be questioned as well 😂

@ChrisReadUK Жыл бұрын

@@timothybird4264 agreed! 🤣🤫

@bleepmaster23 Жыл бұрын

I used to live in Cananda and it shocked me how much more expensive food was. Plus British markets>>>>>> anything in Canada when it comes to getting cheap produce. I do however miss Canadian crisps. The BBQ and mesquite is truly amazing.

@AdventuresAndNaps Жыл бұрын

I totally agree! Food quality and price is a lot better in the UK, but there's certain crisps I miss 😔 can't win them all!

@cby63 Жыл бұрын

canada

@bleepmaster23 Жыл бұрын

@@AdventuresAndNaps The main thing i miss is Loblaw's sell a brand of Mac and Cheese called Ziggy's Mac and Cheese. Oh and big tubs of Ice Cream

@PHDarren Жыл бұрын

It continues to annoy me with people in the UK moaning about a cost of living crisis when the food is still ridiculously cheap compared to just about anywhere.

@KenFullman Жыл бұрын

@@PHDarren That's mainly the "remoaners" that want brexiters to feel guilty about voting us out of the EU.

@grimreaper-qh2zn 10 ай бұрын

You like Cheese and Baked Beans. One of my favourites is to do a round of Cheese on Toast and then put Beans on top. If you are really feeling in a strange mood you can add a fried or poached egg on top of that. Now that is a lunch!!

@dave_h_8742 Жыл бұрын

Love the big hair grip holding the Ruffles all dressed packet closed 😁 Used to buy cartons of grape juice in ASDA seems to have gone post covid (pc)

@caz12345 Жыл бұрын

You have ketchup Walkers! No way! Love those! Tunnocks teacakes is a must! But no Custard Creams in the brit section. Crime lol x

@christiegriffith4048 Жыл бұрын

The milk bag came about when Canada changed its metric system it was easier to replace glass bottles with plastic bags rather than convert or come up with new configuration for jugs.😊👍

@boomshanka8743 Жыл бұрын

The bag milk thing happened when milk started being sold in liters instead of pints and quarts, i think in the early 70s. I guess the bagging equipment was the cheapest way to get milk from the distributors and into the stores. Bags of milk bags are also much cheaper to ship than cartons or bottles.

@user-jg5ie8rc1s Жыл бұрын

Nice to see Tribbles are still finding work as microphone covers. Good video

@kenc6748 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite meals,,,, just had it an hour ago. Fire pit sausages, Tesco root veg mash, onion gravy and Yorkshire puds.

@thehermit407 Жыл бұрын

A Yorkshireman's (that includes me) most used phrase: "Ow much?".

@stephenphillip5656 Жыл бұрын

... followed by "Wot, *EACH?"* (Fellow Tyke here) 🙄😃

@geoffpriestley7310 Жыл бұрын

I'm not paying that

@EmilyCheetham Жыл бұрын

The thing we do differently in uk with eggs is we do NOT wash them. So they still have the protective membrane on them. Meaning they do not have to be refrigerated. However usually do refrigerate mine(especially in the summer) as I buy BIG boxes and they do keep for longer in the fridge than on the unit/in a cupboard. The times Iv not refrigerated eggs they have always gone off before I could use them all.

@gloopstersixtysix1646 Жыл бұрын

In fact Fanta Zero Black grape is lush!!!! Just shake it up and leave the top off til it goes flat!!!

@dabe1971 Жыл бұрын

1:21 So jetllagged that you didn't notice the guy mowing the tarmac behind you....

@grahamtowers5513 Жыл бұрын

I love grape juice, especially a bottle of Faustino Gran Reserve Rioja

@phuckerby 3 ай бұрын

We had milk in bags back in the 70s in the UK it never caught on.

@markhsal01 Жыл бұрын

I know this comment isn't relevant to this video, but I recently watched your post about the "negative" (typical English understatement) post you receive. Trolls are trolls and unfortunately are an fact of life on the internet. You were absolutely spot on when you say that these idiots would not have the courage to say it to your face. To up sticks and move to a new country and purposefully attempt to assimilate to that country shows a bravery that I don't possess. I love travel and visiting countries around the world, but I will always return to England. Can I say that I do enjoy your view of us, highlighting our quirks and affectations, and the obvious delight that you show in being here. I just wanted to say don't be put off by those who would try to put you down. The reality is that they only expose themselves as the weak, powerless people they are. Take care.

@scottlarrabee9527 Жыл бұрын

Oh hell yeah, buttered popcorn!

@rogerwitte Жыл бұрын

I was about to tut at you for filming at the wheel of a car ... until I noticed you were stationary at a parking lot (red face). Enjoy Ontario ... and your folks!

@shanemjn Жыл бұрын

Doritos hint of lime were so good! I still miss them. There's a drinks company called KA that does Carribbean drinks, not sure if it's the same but they have a fruit punch drink

@thomaslowdon5510 Жыл бұрын

We have big fridges in uk.. But you have to buy them yourself. Rented properties dont supply them. All my neighbours have them..mine was £1200 its a lot for a fridge..

@shaunpcoleman 11 ай бұрын

Most supermarkets will have an area where they sell real cheese - British, Dutch, French, etc. There are also some decent cheeses from Quebec. You do not have to purchase Cracker Barrel or Kraft except by choice!

@sarahjscooper Жыл бұрын

Grateful to be from Cheshire where we have a cheese festival every summer.. and there's free samples on every stall! Make sure you bring your wellies and that your trousers are elasticated!! 🙌🏼🧀🙌🏼

@nickgooderham2389 Жыл бұрын

The best cheddar cheese in Canada is Baldersons, check it out if you are still in Canada, you won't be disappointed.

@SherryAnnOfTheWest Жыл бұрын

I went to the movies when I was in the UK and ordered popcorn at the concessions stand ... the lady behind the counter asked, "salt or sugar?" I stared blankly and said, "WHAT?" She repeated it and I stammered out .... "s, s, sssalt...." It was WAY before Kettle Corn was a thing and I was SHOOK!!! I'm sure she thought I was so rude with my obnoxious American "WHAT?"

@dib000 Жыл бұрын

What does your post mean???

@GregNicolas-vb6vj 4 ай бұрын

Those bags of milk are just beyond weird - imagine trying to put a dash of milk in a cup of tea from one of those.

@ABrit-bt6ce Жыл бұрын

Do you still have to add tax to the prices listed there, that must be a headache trying to keep a running total of your spend that way.

@AdventuresAndNaps Жыл бұрын

Yes! I totally forgot, the Canadian prices don't include final tax 🙃

@rthompsn2007 Жыл бұрын

Tax only on 'snack' foods, not food-food.

@pete9958 Жыл бұрын

informative video Thanks Alanna, interesting to see the cans were not pull flaps

@grahamtowers5513 Жыл бұрын

Hi Alanna, If you like a nice strong Cheddar, when you get back to the UK go to M&S and try he Cornish cruncher, in a black wrapper, good for cooking with too

@Colin-mc4ml Жыл бұрын

Sainsbury's about 15 - 20 years ago introduced milk in bags using a jug the lid pierced the bag for pouring. It never caught on in the UK the bags often leaked in the fridge , car or in the trolley walking around Sainsbury's.from memory you could only buy 1 litre bags individually or multi buy offer. Enjoyed the video

@FuriKitten Жыл бұрын

a lot of Dairys also used to deliver Milk in Bags in the mid 80s, however just didn't catch on, plus The tits would get at it on your door step

@alexrobert13 Жыл бұрын

What is my favourite thing to eat? Food! Please don’t fat shame for it, I am and always will be ashamed!! ( 40 something British male )

@terrigaines1812 Жыл бұрын

My favorite thing to eat is fried chicken, pinto beans, collard greens, and cornbread. Southern US girl here!

@gordonwallin2368 Жыл бұрын

We're 40 million, now Alana. (FYI) You gotta get White Aged Canadian Chedder. Great to see you healthy!! Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

@alanwood9804 Жыл бұрын

Bagged milk was tried in the UK about 10 to 15years ago (If I remember correctly I think it was called Jugit) however it just seemed to disappear after people purchased the “Special jug”!!!

@chrisreadwells Жыл бұрын

IIRC the egg thing is due to them being bleached in North America which removes the built in protection from the shell. British eggs are not bleached so retain the natural protection.

@David-bi6lf Жыл бұрын

American and it appears Canada as well has a thing about using chemicals to fix bad hygiene practices. Why keep clean factories when can you drown it in chlorene instead.

@mikegerrish3459 Жыл бұрын

Tunnock's Tea Cakes - an indicator of civilisation wherever they appear!!

@Stu-Vino Жыл бұрын

Very interesting video, thank you! You used to be able to buy fruit-juice concentrate in the UK, in the 70s and 80s, but have not seen it for a very long time. Those dill-pickle crisps look great!

@gillh037per16 Жыл бұрын

Sainsbury’s tried bagged milk, with the essential jug about 10 years ago but it didn’t take off.

@NickLea Жыл бұрын

10:40 the same chicken breasts in the UK are slightly cheaper at £5.99 (CAD 10.29) per kilo in Aldi rather than the £14.86 (CAD 25) for two kilos that you mention. Also, with the frozen concentrated juice we used to have those in the UK (well, really only orange juice) maybe about 30 years ago but you don't see it any more.

@harrisonandrew Жыл бұрын

I am starving now Alanna, after watching that. I’d love to try the Grape juice - sounds nice. I always love the grape-flavoured Jolly Ranchers when I can get my hands on them. Does it taste like those? The buttery popcorn sounds awesome - that’s what got me salivating. I always love wandering round supermarkets in other countries. Thanks you, great video as always. Xx

@Thurgosh_OG Жыл бұрын

It's not that we Brits don't like grape juice and grape flavoured drinks, it's that North America had a Blackcurrant disease problem, and had to wipe out their blackcurrant plants because of it. They moved to grape flavoured soft drinks instead, where as we still had fine Blackcurrants and kept using them. We do have grape drinks in the UK, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic ones but with so many juice flavours, grape is not as popular.

@TerryD15 Жыл бұрын

The Asda supermarket chain in the UK was, until recently, owned by Walmart.

@GregPalmer1000 Жыл бұрын

If I dont go into my local Wally World supercentre at least once a week I get withdrawals lol

@Andrew8468 Жыл бұрын

Great video Alanna but I can't believe Mama Naps didn't get you the Costco size bag of All Dressed Ruffles 😂 I think I read somewhere all dressed was a combination of ketchup, BBQ, sour cream&onion and salt&vinegar. I honestly don't recall the last time I did a full shop at Walmart. There are discount chains like No Frills, Food Basics, FreshCo and Giant Tiger. There is also Dollarama and Dollar Tree although neither of them sell anything fresh. I wish Aldi and/or Lidl would open stores in Canada

@AdventuresAndNaps Жыл бұрын

Thanks Andrew! to be fair, those flavours sound like All Dressed 😂