£1 STORE vs LUXURY UK SHOP | Easter Poundland and M&S

Happy Spring everyone! Today I took a trip to the UK's bargain Poundland to get some great offers for Easter and a birthday, then to compare also to the wonderful M&S. Are either worth the money, which do you prefer?? Love a UK luxury food shop, but also can't beat a great budget shop!
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[@AmberGilbertson]

If I lived in the UK, I feel I would shop at M&S all the time! The snacks look so good!!! I'm always so jealous of the quick snack selection 😩

[@LeeJohn70]

No one does food like M&S 👍🏻👍🏻😁

[@sheilaenglish7329]

M&S food is excellent! I wish they would export more of their food to Canada. Our local British shop can get a few things at Christmas time but that’s about it.

[@margaretfudge9985]

Simnel cakes are the traditional Easter treat. The balls of marzipan represent the apostles.

[@annecaunce]

I was actually eating M and S churros whilst watching this. They're not as good as fresh obviously, but they're not bad. Also, simnel cake is very traditional. My mum used to make one every Easter. The 12 toasted marzipan balls on the top represent the disciples. You're welcome😊

[@TheUluxian]

Is it just me, or does everyone want to fly Hannah to their hometown to go shopping for them? Not to actually BUY anything, I just want her to wander around my local grocery store with her camera and describe everything.. It all sounds so much better when she says it!😉

[@HannahRicketts]

haha thanks so much!

[@barbaraolson600]

You would love La Jolla , the outdoor mall and the outlet mall in Carlsbad. The Carlsbad outlet mall is next to the flower fields, rows of beautiful color ! Would love to see you in California. Our stores are switching owners. Thank you, sending love, light and peace.

[@cunningdeb3129]

We have a dollar store called Dollarama in Canada. When it first opened everything was $1 with the odd $2 item. Now its common to see items that cause $4, $5, and even $8.

[@nelanigoonawardena9149]

Love looking at London through your eyes. Thank you.

[@allysonrollitt210]

Hi Hannah, thanks for another great vlog. Simnel cake is a traditional Easter cake. The 11 marzipan balls on the top of the cake represent the disciples minus Judas! Have a lovely weekend.

[@annettescott5884]

@@iwillinaminute me too! 😀

[@denamayes3219]

Me too

[@hotmailemail1128]

Me too! Also we usually have Simnel cake on Mothering Sunday.

[@HannahRicketts]

I think I said this last Easter and forgot! Thanks for letting me know

[@meganmcardleparsons5905]

UK has so much more Easter candy than USA! Actually all of your food stores look nicer than ours. Those gorgeous floral chocolates eggs at M&S have a picture of the egg on the top of the package. I only know because I had to google the golden pistachio one to see if I could get my fat fingers on one and found a video where someone reviews it. Enjoy the weekend!!

[@stevennorminton3750]

Hannah, your vlogs are such a ray of light in these times. They really brighten up my Friday evening. I know that there is absolutely no guarantee if you'll have the time to film one, or edit and then upload; but I just want to say that they are really appreciated. Oh and I'm about to watch this one again. Hope you have an awesome weekend!

[@HannahRicketts]

I'm going to upload every week! At least until something goes wrong lol

[@howcotube]

Hello Hannah. Another enjoyable shopping trip. When we come to London we enjoy Poundland a fun place to look around and our favorite food place is M&S Food Hall -the desserts are amazing there. We don't have either of those stores where I live in New England but we have a dollar tree but not most things are 1.25 and up now. So not surprised to see Poundland and stores like that going up in price. Hope you are doing well after your wisdom teeth removal - certainly look marvelous; and catch you in your next one for I never miss your vlogs !!!

[@surfingtheoceanoftheinterwebs]

Right? I was shocked when I walked into the Dollar Tree and saw all the stickers announcing $1.25. So now it's the Dollar-25 Tree. LOL I'm in CA but have been to MA a few times and my fave store is the Christmas Shop. I find a lot of my souvenir's there!

[@dalesmith924]

Hannah Ricketts -- KZbin's official Angel -- thank you so much for what you do to entertain us.

[@HannahRicketts]

thanks Dale!

[@lynnenicholls3312]

Love your shop videos, especially as I’m from Australia 🇦🇺 and you always make London so appealing!!!

[@annaburch3200]

Can't wait to wander through grocery stores in London . . . Just over two weeks and we'll finally be there! Yay! I've learned so much from you, Hannah, about London and shopping destinations as I've planned our trip. F&M and Harrods are on the list, as well as the Disney Store (now that all of our US Disney stores have closed! 😭). Excited for the trip! 😊

[@HannahRicketts]

Thanks for watching Anna!

[@sadieround2766]

M&S salt and black pepper are the bomb.👍💕

[@rljeep1]

Hi Hannah, I am Rita from the United States. I thoroughly enjoy your videos. I think it would be amazing to just hang out with you some times. You are so interesting and I love to hear you talk. You seem to be so nice and considerate and sincere. I am so glad I found your videos.

[@jackiebeans2689]

Love shopping trips!! Thanks so much for taking us along!!💕💕💕💕

[@Splash-nr8ot]

The variety is amazing, thanks for showing us.

[@Hollyvlogs]

Great video! Yes Poundstretcher is still around (there’s a few in my area!) plus there’s a documentary about Poundland (which features the ‘buyers’ for the company) it’s called ‘Inside Poundland’ it’s on Channel 4 on demand 😊

[@HannahRicketts]

I just found it! Thanks for letting me know!

[@hollydyer8992]

Happy Spring 🌸 Love these kind of come shop with me videos! ❤️

[@sheilaenglish7329]

So glad you showed us all the variety of Easter chocolate. The UK really knows how to do chocolate treats! 😋 Our dollar stores have very little one dollar items anymore. I think the most expensive items are $4 or $5.

[@LeeJohn70]

Another excellent stream Hannah. I love both shops. M&S Food is in a league of its own. Poundland is great value. Even though many items are more than a £1, the items that are, are usually still great value. Look forward to your next stream. Have a great weekend Hannah 👍🏻😁

[@stephanieldailey9539]

Thank you for taking us shopping with you. A very enjoyable time.

[@magdastar2249]

Thank you for showing the products so well. Sooo fun to see different Easter goodies. ❤👍

[@camillepowell5937]

This was so much fun. Your vlogs help me shed the worries and stresses of the week. Your narration while you shop is just so entertaining. Thank you for these trips to the shops.

[@tanya2448]

When I visited the UK in 2019, most things in poundland was a pound except there was a small a section that said not a pound and these products were more than a pound but it was a tiny shelving display. I loved marks & spencers food, we took a train between Edinburgh and York and me and mum had 20 pound each to spend at M&S and we got a feast which lasted a while but it was delicious.

[@carlotaicarropedro4625]

Hi Hannah thanks for bringing us to those stores.

[@hedyeharjomand4708]

Fun video! Thank you Katie! 😇 And Happy spring! 🌷🌷🌷

[@melissalambert7615]

Fun shopping trip. Love the packages of non-frozen food "brown bits" and desserts snacky things. Here I only see frozen and a few store made small meals (and they are a new thing). Have Dollar Tree store that has similar items as Poundland but most of it's kind of junky. Good place for paper goods, plastic storage, craft items, snacks. Just went up to $1.25. But I did find some cute real dishes with pink flowers. Love cute dishes! Oregon, USA.

[@hankbug]

Yeah! Another Shopping with Hannah vlog. We have General Dollar and Dollar Tree here in the US. Dollar Tree does had most of their items set at $1.25 because of our economy, but General Dollar still have a robust $1.00 item aisle. Oh, how I wise we had more Cadbury Chocolate choices here. The curly wurly is almost an exact replica of a bar we used to have called Marathon Bars. I hope you are healing well and thank you for taking us along on the shopping trip.

[@Zcoop18]

Absolutely love M & S food, I love lots of “picky bits” too. 😍😋

[@aliciaking2464]

Always good to c the London vibes and shops, love it thanks,we have $1,2,3 shop! Plus 2 dollar shops,that sell things for $15 !crazy eh,.,have a great week, the Easter eggs look good all so yum 😋

[@steverennie5787]

Lovely to see another Hannah video! Thanks so much for taking us on a shopping trip (I like it when you do that). And I understand your vibe about Poundland - with not very much in the store being a single pound. Here in Canada its the same thing with Dollarama... not much for a dollar anymore. Cheers Hannah! and 'til next time.

[@targetedinsanfrancisco9895]

In america pound land is called dollar tree store! Very similar stuff!

[@cubbie7762]

So fun to see all the Easter items! Still sheltering from Covid, so thanks for showing us around the shops. The birthday party will be gorgeous! 🎂

[@HannahRicketts]

Hope you are better soon!

[@lauriechrupcala551]

If your PoundLand shops are like our DollarTree here in the states they all went up. Things are no longer a dollar in the Dollar Tree. They say its Covid and Inflation but its really their bottom line. It's sad for people who need these stores. But nothing you can do. I thoroughly enjoyed this video to see how the prices are really not that much different than here. I hope your niece enjoyed her birthday and so happy you are filming again! Happy Spring!

[@frankmartin1168]

Fun video. I like seeing how different shops are in the UK and USA. Stay safe

[@stephenjyoung8708]

Loved it thanks and happy birthday to your niece 😊😊😊😊😊

[@naelissimmer4152]

Happy birthday to your niece! Was fun to shop around with you, thank you for the upload!

[@FruScarpia]

Charming and fun vlog, as always- thank you Hannah!🙏🏻✨

[@TeresaEliz]

I love “hanging out” with you, Hannah ♥️! You are in my very favorite place! I LOVE the UK 🇬🇧 and LONDON is amazing 🤩! I’m a complete Anglophile ♥️🇬🇧🤍💙

[@carolinestow7165]

Hannah I ABSOLUTELY LOVE your videos! They're so real and that's what I love about these videos!! Thank you for the amazing content Hannah♥♥

[@willrayyyd8924]

Is "Blond More Fun" ? 😏 The not-so-original M&S tag-line for their Swiss Golden Blond caramelised chocolate collection.. I've still got a few of their X'mas Golden Blond Florentines in the fridge. Love snacky beige food - sausage rolls, Scotch eggs, Pigs in Blankets, Salt n Black Pepper Combo Mix 😋 Are you going to get a "Pawfectly Delicious" Wilma the Sausage Dog Easter egg ? Or her companion Walter ? Yes, Hannah you do look like an angel 😉 See you next week!

[@suzannaborella5243]

Nice to see you back . Do more . Take care lots of hugs xx

[@clareboot1254]

I love simmel cake!! Really traditional cake for Easter xx

[@amyslaughter395]

Like these types of videos. It's amazing how much different stores are in the USA, London and Tokyo.

[@susanhancock7984]

Great video thanks for sharing love M&S food x

[@otterlips8414]

Hannah, I wish I would have had an aunt like you when I was a kiddo! Loved this video--made me wish I could go to an Easter egg hunt with party favors provided!

[@Jubilee-Livy]

Love your Spring videos Happy Birthday and Happy Spring….

[@lindadeed3230]

Loveily to see you back Hannah I look forward to Fridays now to go around London shopping love it 👍

[@helenalexander2567]

Evening Hannah hope you are well. Love the m&s goodies. Enjoy your days off. Hope your niece has a lovely birthday 🎂 xxx

[@davinaweller6163]

such a lovely vlog Hannah i love it when you take us shopping with you . I hope your niece had a lovely birthday xx

[@JimmiAlli]

Simnel cake is very traditional for Easter - a fruit cake with the 12 marzipan balls to represent the 12 disciples.

[@mariajefferies8555]

I did shop at M&S when I lived in Uk, pound land did not exist when I lived there, but I did go in when I was on hols in 2014 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘

[@stevenjamesmoss]

Your channel is splendid, you've definitely found a niche. Thanks Hannah.

[@elaineedwards2530]

I spotted the Sea Salt and Vinegar chips, which is a favorite with my daughter who lives in Canada. Whenever we visit the UK, we always bring a few bags home, which, honestly, can be a bit of a trick while flying. Still .... she thinks they are well worth the effort. I love the M&S store and just wish it was still in Canada.

[@christianesmith6622]

Love MS and Selfridges. 💖💖

[@jamesreardon5222]

Thanks for the videos

[@jamesreardon5222]

❤

[@rebeccarendle3706]

Hannah.. Lovely vlog, as always 🤗 At 1450..those "Easter spiced biscuits" looked like "traditional Cornish Easter Biscuits".. Which are full of cinnamon and are basically identical to Welsh Cakes, but the Cornish bake them in the oven and not on a hot slate on the stove. Hannah, "Simnel cake" is the traditional British Easter cake. It's been around since medieval times.. So 300+ years... If you like fruit cake and marzipan you will love it.. My mum makes an amazing one every year😊.

[@HannahRicketts]

Oh thank you!

[@leslikuyweski4576]

We have Dollar Tree stores here in the U.S. Everything was $1.00, They have since raised everything to $1.25. I think I'd like M&S. I'm coming to London next year so I love seeing all the shops in your videos,

[@franciscovazquez5301]

I love your videos, keep doing them along the year not only in december. 😍

[@stevenarthur5714]

My favourite - Marmite flavored crisps. Can you get more English than that. Also enjoy receiving presents in those gift bags so you able to reuse them. No wrapping hassles. And I like that black denim top you wearing. Really cool.

[@heatherkelly109]

we have a wallmart & grocery stores that look identical 2 the ones ur showing . My aunt told me that in Germany is no different not just the stores design,or setting & organization but also the itesm. The products ur showing us r identical also 2 wat we have.

[@priscilladiefenderfer9239]

🌺 I would be the size of a bus if we had these stores in the States. Our Ready Made meals here taste like gutter wash. You have to be literally starving to eat them. If you pass by the Diana Fountain, take a picture for me and say Hello to The Global Queen. I sure do miss her. 💐🕊️🕯️❤️🕯️🕊️💐🌺

[@HannahRicketts]

I’ll be in Hyde Park soon!

[@danielintheantipodes6741]

I find your food shopping videos rivetingly interesting! I really do enjoy them! Thank you for the video. Have an amazing week!

[@lyndabond1443]

Glad I saw your post on Instagram because I didn’t get a notification 😯. Love to watch you shop. A woman after my own heart 💕. Glad your feeling better and throughly enjoy your vlogs. 💕

[@thenomadichistorian9922]

Right across the street from where I live is a Family Dollar -- I guess it is similar to your Poundland -- I do some of my grocery shopping there

[@sacchanh1009]

I live in Japan now, miss the UK so much. We have a store called Daiso (that’s the biggest chain and some others as well). It’s basically a 100yen shop so the equivalent to a Poundland, 90% of the items are actually 100yen +tax, and only couple of the stuffs are more than that. It’s pretty decent as you can get most household,hobby etc items for cheap. I always find snacks and such are not worth it though whereas when i lived in the Uk i liked buying snacks from Poundland as at the time loads of things were cheaper there than in the supermarket. Shocked to see how expensive they got.

[@craigtrigg4288]

great food hauls love m.s shop great video hannah your so cute

[@gwynethglas-brown9171]

I miss m&S for the food treats. Wow all the Different EasterEggs thats some selection Pound land i loved too if over visit family ,but i heard its not sadly the 1 pound prices 🤷‍♀️ Have a lovley weekend 🥰

[@dalefriesen7812]

The weather is changing for the better. Soon the cherry blossoms will be out. Have a nice weekend Hannah!

[@AnnaBarnez]

M&S food is my favourite...another great vlog Hannah

[@katielemos8590]

UK food prices are ridiculously low compared to US. I love all your shopping blogs!

[@jakecarrier4301]

Love your channel and your energy!!

[@patriciabermingham2039]

It is!! I just saw the sign over Superdrug!

[@HannahRicketts]

You guessed right!

[@Kiritoswordsman597]

I love your cat eye sunglasses! You look like Kitty Couture from Jessie the Disney sitcom!😍

[@HannahRicketts]

I need to google that one!

[@indigocomca]

We have Dollar Rama here in Quebec Canada and there is lots of stuff that is no longer a dollar. Love your video's Hannah!

[@arthuranderson7741]

Great timing by the bus, you can always rely on them...you just can't beat Cadbury...caramel, dairy milk...the list goes on...think they have temporarily changed them back to opal fruits, best to leave them as opal fruits.

[@northbankgooner6126]

I tend to go to Poundland for household items eg cleaning/sanitising stuff. I love M&S but find most of their stuff is ready meal orientated, so opt for Waitrose instead which I can still get a decent shop for around £40. Having my Waitrose card also gives me tailored discounts, and the other week they sent me a £10 off when you spend £40 in store. That is a god send in these inflationary times.

[@wendaclarke8149]

Love your channel. Thank you for your efforts.🇨🇦❤️🙀

[@MakeUpWitch]

Aww, M&S chilled food section is a torture for me now. They don't have them here in Europe anymore after Brexit and I miss the humus, the seafood and the veggies. On the other hand I never learned to like their sweets and chocolates. Everything tasted like too much sugar and too little chocolate flavor to me. It's interesting to see Poundland since we don't have anything similar around here. Thank you for yet another fun video, Hannah. Enjoy the party!

[@lisainnewzealand8461]

love thank you

[@markbrown635]

Another terrific vlog Hannah! Thx for all the effort you always give to ensure such a great viewing experience! As always, very much appreciated!!!!

[@HannahRicketts]

Thank you so much!!

[@BostonBobby1961]

The cheese wrapped in ham. The ham Italian style is called prosciutto.

[@fatimak1042]

Love the Selection at Mns

[@AnitaAnneLloyd]

Sooooooooo intersting Hannah! I agree with you, I love retail. Thank you for this vlog.

[@marwanitani5021]

Tin can packaging (paint bucket?!) for later storage... coffee ground, sugar, etc... 🤩

[@margaretstannard5586]

Lovely blog again Hannah. You do make me laugh.😂

[@alrightwithms845]

Great edit-thanks for sharing 🤗

[@Greenz1100]

So glad to see your videos. I agree with you on the Poundland pricing, omg so sad. With Easter Egg's I am just like you Cadbury's for me, in fact, I have ordered by Easter eggs early this year from Asda 4 for £10. The nuts you found in Poundland you can get cheaper at Lidi or Aldi as you mentioned. I am wondering if you have tried the M and S food range called Collection? They have special meals for 2 such as Scottish salmon fillet with lemon and Pasley etc? I love those Jeans..

[@HannahRicketts]

Oh I'm not sure, will need to have a look!

[@annemariegracie6343]

love the video hannah, hope you got a lot of goodies when you were shopping happy birthday to your niece hope she has a lovely birthday. x ❤️

[@itsmephil2255]

"I look like an angel..AHHHHHH" always do Hannah Loving these shopping vlogs, and I'm a bloke that hates shopping

[@reginamicheline7182]

Great video! I wish we had M&S in the states. 😀

[@ECody6476]

We have Dealz here in Ireland which is owned by Poundland. I buy alot of my Cardigans when I’m there, because the price is great, they last for so long and they wash really well. Also when I’m in there anything with Reese’s pops up and into my eye line, and I have no will power so they have to be bought.

[@swill922]

Poundland looks like our Dollar Tree down to the chilled food section or even FiveBelow

[@sarahcalarco7227]

Thanks for taking us on a food/store tour again! I truly love seeing all the different foods you guys have.. I’m jealous bc we don’t have yummy things like that here in the US. Love your hair too!

[@HannahRicketts]

Thanks for watching!

[@janbrown9924]

Enjoyed your video . In Australia we have a shop called The $2 shop and nothing or very little is $2 but hey when they first opened things were $2 lol other shop we have is called The Reject Shop and that has good things I guess as well like your Poundland . Always interesting to see your retail shops . 🥰

[@howardscott1556]

I bought a pair of "air pods" in Poundland for £10. You know what? They're brilliant. The sound probably isn't up to Apple or Samsung standards but they're good enough for me, plus the charge case has indicators for charge levels of both the pods an the case that you can read with the lid closed and you can use the case as an emergency power bank. You can't argue with that.

[@HannahRicketts]

Sounds great!

[@yuliasakharyuk7542]

😊😊

[@winter_s_44]

I would say that I wish we had M&S in the states, but the last thing I need is more pre-packaged food items. Although those items look far fresher and better than anything we get packaged here. I guess I’ll get my fill watching you scan the aisles.

[@yappyspaz]

Love your vlogs Hannah. Ilove all the pre packaged meals, wish we had them here in the states.