A Week on Tesco Value DAY 4

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[@morgenergy4074]

What a wonderful time to be alive when you can open KZbin and watch a man eat budget food products. Quality content ❤️

[@davincowie4248]

Idek why but I'm binge watching it at 3 in the morning

[@pascal3741]

davin cowie I’m doing the same thing at the same time

[@davincowie4248]

Pascal Yao it gets boring by day 5 lol

[@ZefVolk]

You forgot your lunch? That's what happens when you have a Tesco Value memory.

[@epicfootball6285]

Snorlax 😂😂😂

[@kamilasmosna5821]

Snorlax hahahahahaha

[@thebluewhale8891]

Tesco Valley Farms remembers. 👨‍🌾

[@inflinirator]

1. How do you manage to be so bloody hungry after four hours 2. What the hell is your job and why is it in an assortment of abandoned warehouses 3. Who the hell is driving you around

[@sheepish2159]

Joe Gateaux I think Mike secretly runs a drug cartel. Punching out the teeth of those who betray him must work up an appetite.

[@moniquesantrifcer1447]

he only ate that tiny cereal bar for breakfast.

[@inflinirator]

Tiffany Nutmeg sure, but I'm a greedy bastard and even I can skip a couple of meals without feeling starving (Mike's favourite word)

[@kitsunekid16]

No one's driving him around. Their cars have the driver on the right side

[@inflinirator]

Urban Kitsune and he's filming from left side.

[@darknovablast]

So, how about ASDA Smartprice after this? Curious how it compares - could even do a few more "Week On " video series!

[@fireriffs]

It's probably mostly the same stuff in a different package. Store brand products are usually either a name brand packaged for a private label, or made by a company that primarily does private label products for various stores. I know this mainly because I work in a grocery store and see product come in from a major brand or get another store's brand by mistake because it got shipped to the wrong warehouse.

[@thenarstar]

call it 'battle of the blands'

[@darknovablast]

@thenarstar that is the best idea I've ever heard in relation to supermarket-brand comparison videos. Admittedly, I've not heard very many ideas in that category, but it's still pretty awesome. @fireyf Hmm, maybe - but some of them offer different things that aren't stocked by other chains (ie. a different variant of the pasta packets). So perhaps not an item-to-item comparison, though I'd still be curious for that at least once, but an overall range comparison?

[@bandamani]

L S Hilarious. This girl hasn't even done anything to you, and to me doesn't seem to be annoying at all.

[@darknovablast]

Not a girl but thanks, Bandamani. And @L S - I could toss out some random asinine judgment of you you based on your flower-crown profile pic, but I actually realise there's more to things than the miniscule viewpoint I might take from a half-second observation. In actuality, the name was changed from my username to coincide with YT's new policy whilst I was in Japan, and a Japanese friend happened to change it for me. I found it cute, so I kept it. And if you think "only Japanese people can use Japanese!" then you've got a huge, huge surprise in store if you happen to go to Japan and see all the English they use over there. ;)

[@GeorgiaTwinnOfficial]

i am so addicted to these videos!!

[@diedertspijkerboer]

Did you know that Tesco do value frozen fruit and vegetables? Might be a good supplement to all the fast food.

[@anthony7489]

Diedert Spijkerboer they also have value fresh meat and vegetables but they rebranded them using fake farms.

[@fireriffs]

And frozen fruit and vegetables generally have equal or greater nutritional value than fresh so it would be just as good for him.

[@diedertspijkerboer]

Anthony Jackman Was the fruit and veg also rebranded? I don't live in the UK, so I just did a search online to see if they had any of that in the range.

[@RazgulTheKind]

Yep they're Tesco value products but they're sold under the names of fake farms, stuff like 'Redshire Farms' and 'Nightingale Farms'. Presumably so people aren't instantly turned off by the normal Value branding. In my experience 90% of the Value products I've tried have become staples on my shopping list.

[@michaelwesten3305]

Anthony Jackman yes this is what ive been posting. i remember i fell for the fake farms when it began but realised when everything went off in a day

[@RadioactiveChannel06]

You think you're starving? I haven't eaten in 9 years and you don't see me complaining!

[@mrgreatbritain]

Charles Teague I haven’t eaten in 9 years, 2 months and 17 days

[@mathiasjustesen4910]

What is the reference?

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Meanwhile, his wife is off camera eating a couple Whoppers and knocking back a forty.

[@SigEpBlue]

Can you blame her? ;)

[@maxscardanelli6185]

Best comment on here. 😂

[@turnip5359]

Fordy ounce fo sho

[@gabbyg2679]

😂😂

[@epicfootball6285]

Sherbert World of Schlock brilliant 😂😂😂

[@spartacuswienham1540]

You could always warm your hands by putting them under your bottom. Putting them under other people's bottoms probably isn't advised.

[@mattalewis13]

SpartacusWienham what about IN other people’s bottoms?

[@peedubz7836]

I've just discovered your channel this evening and I've been watching four about 3 hours straight. I don't know why this is so entertaining, but it is.

[@joelklimkowski4355]

That office complex reminds me of my dreams. Where there is always another room you haven't seen, in a place you have been in for a while.

[@NALGames]

Wonder how good a pizza you could MAKE using only Tesco value stuff. Even if pastry was impossible, taking one of those value margheritas and adding different value stuff (like their ham slices, and extra grated cheese) on top of it.

[@abipotter8634]

NALGames my mam does this haha

[@JackWolf10]

If you were making it from scratch then you'd have to skip on the yeast, which is a pretty crucial part.

[@shortbreadhead]

there are a multitude of breads and bases that do not use yeast. Have you ever tried a flatbread pizza?

[@BattyTrish]

Value yoghurt and value self raising flour. That's all you need for a pizza base :)

[@SamMiniC]

I'm slightly concerned about you getting scurvy, I'm on the verge of posting a Tesco value lime to your P.O box. How fortified exactly were those cornflakes?

[@Poodleinacan]

You don't get scurvy after just 7 days of no Vitamin C.

[@SamMiniC]

I'm sorry, I just can't muster anything other than a 'no shit, Sherlock'.

[@tia7966]

SamMiniC looks like someone doesn’t understand what sarcasm is👀😂

[@bobbidazzler1343]

😄😄😄

[@krisdeltoro]

had to comment..i saw a bloke buy about 20 lemons today in the local shop, I noticed and said "that's a lot of lemons mate" "do you have scurvy? ....he didn't laugh, I thought I was the funniest man alive.

[@misecia]

LESS COMPLAINING... MORE BASIL!!!

[@ShadeKill]

But he complains about Basil

[@kalimryder955]

That was not a cup of tea... that’s a cup of milk

[@Polycomical]

"I did 8 massive wees" It was worth it for this line alone.

[@KakarotOwns]

When you forgot the food, i couldn't stop laughing lol.

[@lilyjade1424]

These videos are literally him saying "I'm absolutely starving"

[@samsonduggan3311]

If you want to watch someone talk about wees and say that they’re hungry 400 times then this video is for you

[@tsekscenski]

When you tried the Dump Dinner recipes, there was an expectation that the food would be terrible - even when you discovered a Dump Dinner recipe that was edible, you were disappointed that it wasn't as bad as you anticipated. Not so here - it's like you aren't really expecting anything too disappointing, there's a only a very mild surprise that it's "alright". Maybe Tesco's is too good and not adventurous enough?

[@evilcow2114]

That's what happens when you review things you always a preconception of what it will be, but you're not always right. He's mentioned he expected them to be much worse, as many people find Tesco to be gross, so he honestly is surprised they are even alright, some even good.

[@kieryweery1]

Mike what do you do? Why are you in this strange building?

[@mrgreatbritain]

Kieran McDermott it’s his Tesco Value building!

[@Steve12314]

‘’i don’t have snacks but i do have HANDWARMERS’’ 😂😂

[@Steve12314]

‘’I’m trying to fill this gaping hole inside of me’’. Mikes cutting deep. Said the same thing when my ex left

[@fiddlewheelx]

1 pound for 4 tins of beer huh? sounds dreadful... (cries in norwegian)

[@turnip5359]

All my friends are dead

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

My father once told me that there are Norwegian tourists coming down here to Denmark solely to buy beer.

[@fiddlewheelx]

Denmark, Sweden, Finland... there is a reason why Norwegians are usually plastered when on vacation after all.

[@wesalakbari5152]

Crys in norwegian Lmaoooo im dead

[@JLmopr]

All digestives, custard creams, bourbons come from the same line in Mcvities. From M&S to Tesco own

[@HAIRHOLIC_1]

The Tesco value garlic bread is absolutely delicious, I buy it in bulk and keep it in the freezer 😋😋😋

[@GarethPW]

Everyday Value garlic bread is actually really good.

[@charlottehammond1711]

The white chocolate and strawberry bars are actually so good 😊

[@tendersheep667]

I'm seriously shocked by the prices! You can't hardly buy anything for less than $1 in America!

[@JacobHillSBD]

"I've been trying to fill this gaping hole inside me!" *Moans*

[@DarknessViper99]

I can't tell if I'd have a more miserable existence solely eating Tesco Value food or Soylent Green for the rest of my life.

[@AgentTasmania]

Considering one is quite decent cheep food and one is people, that seems like an easy question.

[@DarknessViper99]

Ah, you must mean the movie. I think I just meant to say "soylent", but I should get around to watching that flick.

[@evilcow2114]

It took me over a year before I realized soylent was a real product. I was so confused when all the sudden everyone was talking about eating people.

[@adyp5176]

Tesco Value range is made from unclaimed dead people

[@ceoofcommenting]

3:35 made me cry bc I was just so baffled and I don't even know what to think 😭😂😂😂

[@Neenz2990]

I’m actually really entertained watching these videos! Hehehe

[@samlovejoy6148]

The American in me was like why is he driving so far to the left, especially with oncoming traffic....

[@shortbreadhead]

because he was driving on the proper side of the road ;)

[@Whiskeyklone]

So... during the 'so hungry' phase was he just sitting in an empty building and unable to go to Londis or something? WTF is he even going to these places???

[@MikeJeavons]

If I’d gone to a Londis I couldn’t buy Tesco Value so I’d have failed the Week On!

[@carl.j917]

Been wondering the same for a long time. I wonder if it's a part time job or something of the sort. Maybe we missed a video where he explained the whole thing.

[@Whiskeyklone]

I knew someone would make that point, but I didn't expect it to be you. No answer to why you randomly sit around in that empty building? Gives me a Marble Hornets vibe. I was expecting to see Slenderman to appear at any moment but, more disturbingly, with the face of FilmBrain.

[@MikeJeavons]

It’s close to me and is about to be torn down so I just popped in to explore for the video!

[@Whiskeyklone]

You just like to hang out in abandoned buildings? K. Seems odd since you have been before and specifially seem to go out there. Still not hearing a 'no' on the idea that a faux-Lovecraftian horror with a natty suit and chipmunk-esque features may be stalking you around to devour you. No distortion on the vid, so I guess that is too much to ask... Not that I want you to be devoured. Not you specifically...

[@Actimus123]

wait.. bread to accompany ... pizza

[@coattails8756]

Oh look! Mike's suffering again! :D

[@ceoofcommenting]

The pizza is so nice I just add more cheese, sweetcorn, mushrooms and peppers

[@prittygritty6326]

I used to work in a biscuit factory and don't tell anyone but they don't actually change the formula for biscuits....they just turn the brand stamp off! Never bought branded biscuits ever again :)

[@Loopy-Lou]

Lidls chocolate digestives are so much better than tescos :)

[@garethbraint]

I've gone 9 years without food. Don't know what your moaning about.

[@RandomAmerican3000]

Dude, eat a sandwich already.

[@BLY99]

Have a Snickers you are not yourself.

[@hermitxIII]

I've been fasting for 3 days. 'Starving' after 4 hours is hilarious.

[@louismcgivern7629]

Yeah sure you have

[@rainyfeathers9148]

The Fool fasting is so good for you, i'm going to do it like the Mocha Family on CherishMyDaughter does theirs

[@AsymptoteInverse]

6:26 Digestive biscuits are one of the things most of my fellow Americans really miss out on. I love those things. I don't mind paying out the nose to have them shipped in from Amazon. They're amazing.

[@georgia_ros]

Ooh, I ate so many of those Tesco value cheese and tomatoes at uni. They're ok cold too so were good for lunches. They were nice topped with tuna (Tesco value tinned tuna was a thing then, no idea if it still is.)

[@brianoconnell6459]

"On the road again", I predict a lot of Americans are screaming "You're on the wrong side of the road!!!" when the headlights kick in.

[@kap79]

Tesco Value > no food at all, clearly.

[@mnky75]

Just finished a wee, before watching this......AMAZING!!!

[@TnT_F0X]

Call Uber and have them deliver you Tesco Value food. It will be the strangest thing UberEats ever delivered

[@beckykent435]

Basil

[@TnT_F0X]

why would he eat his cat :O!

[@lordgrapefruit]

That cheese pizza looks like my ideal cheese/sauce ratio. I’d trade a bessie’s revenge for that any day

[@dakotamathews6808]

At the end of the week can you say how much you spent in total for your weeks worth of groceries

[@SimonMetin]

Love these videos Mike! Would love to see you do these more often even though they must be taxing...but it is great entertainment haha! How about a week on only reduced to clear items? i know it would need you to shop everyday but it would be great to see something less predictable for you :)

[@hexgirl_x]

i always buy the tesco value garlic bread its so nice :D

[@JetblackThemeTime]

All that garlic you'll be keeping away vampires for days!

[@st420x]

Really like this series mate. I've always felt for the price tesco value is really good and allows everyone to get generic versions of name brand. My gf will enjoy the slimming world vids. Keep up the nice interesting vids

[@eustacequinlank7418]

£1 for four cans of lager? Tesco's must have reeked with hobo piss and student vomitus back then.

[@barubary87]

If I remember correctly the cans of lager were only 2% ABV. So you'd have to drink about 8 to get even slightly drunk.

[@VicvicW]

Looking forward to your book getting funded! I backed for a paperback copy. I don’t do ebooks me. Tesco used to do a value Gin, did they not? They don’t do it anymore, because it tasted like petrol.

[@gargoyles9999]

It's funny in Canada my store is now the exclusive supplier of Tesco products marketed as Britains Favourite Snacks

[@maryade]

The whinging about the lack of lunch could easily have been solved by driving 5 minutes to the Tesco Express which is undoubtedly nearby and picking up some Tesco Value slop.

[@shannonolivas9524]

We weigh the same but you eat between 2-4x what I do in a day. I generally only have dinner and a snack.

[@muhammadlee8628]

Are groceries cheaper in the UK? I'm assuming pence is like cents in america. So you get a pizza for 65 pence which would be 65 cents in america. Our cheap frozen pizzas are like 5 dollars

[@kieryweery1]

Pence isn't cents. 65 pence is 90 cents

[@Nikkitapup]

Maybe it's partially because the pound is going for more then the dollar right now. That is still stupidly cheap, though. 91 cents according to google. So I guess things are also just less expensive.

[@carl.j917]

Also theirs have no artificial shit or preservatives. And they complain about them being shit !! lol

[@Albinowolfen]

Nikkita Puppy Yeah checked the same thing. Even after conversion its so much cheaper cause I remember sending some cash to my UK buddy for groceries cause Uni and I was confused he didnt ask for more.

[@maryade]

I regularly buy their Thin Stonebaked frozen pizza which is £1.50 in the UK, but is weirdly way cheaper in my branch in Ireland €0.95...sometimes as low as 85 cent! (Not a typo, the word cent is both singular and plural for the Euro). It’s actually pretty nice - far nicer than Dr Oetker and certainly better than this sorry excuse for a pizza.

[@y0utubeu5ername]

So far I've only followed your experiment as far as day 4 so forgive me if I'm jumping the gun. What I wanted to ask/suggest is why not try the bread toasted, as from what you say it already sounds very dry? Also I can remember (and it doesn't seem all that long ago) when Tesco value chocolate digestives were 19p and their value bread was 17p.

[@MissCBwasadancer3]

I've been without food for (not quite 9 years, yet) but I'm tube/TPN fed and miss my food hugely, but only those digestive biscuits have appealed to me so far!!!

[@spaztastic11]

I’m pretty sure you can get Tesco value orange juice and tomato tins... among other tinned/ frozen fruit and veg...maybe you could have them in place of fresh fruit and veg

[@chookpanquan9172]

What, those digestive is 44p in England! Those are around 1.60 GBP in Malaysia. Wow 400%for importing low quality stuff. Though I loved it

[@nicolalocke5409]

I used to be addicted to the value spaghetti hoops. They used to do amazing chocolate chip cookies.

[@JackOfHarts96]

When he cut that pizza, I genuinely thought he was trying to do a 6 slicer.

[@bkr_418]

Hiya, I found you over your shameful sequels cross-over with the Nostalgia Critic. I thoroughly enjoy your shameful sequels series. Anyway, just meant to say I enjoy your content and keep at it :)

[@mgthestrange9098]

Wasn’t there a Tesco nearby that you could jump into and grab something for lunch? Also, you could chop up some ham and add it the pizza halfway through cooking to bolster it. I like the value pizzas as I don’t like an overly cheesy pizza. The cereal bars are handy to keep in your desk drawer for an emergency breakfast but you really need two.

[@RettMikhal]

That Tesco garlic bread got me through the worst of times.

[@MysticJhn]

You know, I was under the impression that Mike worked from home, so it surprised me that he was out for work and actually had to remember to bring his lunch. But wait, wasn't he eating lunch at home this whole Week On, and every Week on to date? Now I'm confused, unless this was an oddity that he was working away from home this day.

[@Billybloop]

I have tried the Tesco value margarita frozen pizza. It tastes like cardboard and there is no flavor to the cheese. Then again what can one expect for that price? The sainsburys one isn't any better.

[@markiangooley]

Digestive biscuits: I always imagine that if you put one next to other food, that food would be digested...

[@adyp5176]

Digestive biscuits - eat a whole pack and you don't shit for days unDigestives

[@ProPlayer-wq3nu]

3:35

[@megsc2788]

Pro Player 1⃣ 😭😭😭

[@hassana1077]

I see you comment in every video

[@ozaegamerba]

I seen this just when he said that

[@Glimmerling]

I felt so bad because I watched this while eating lunch...

[@dssl3871]

*oh my god, I've been like 9 years without food*

[@TheRealTHD]

So what the hell is a digestive biscuit? Are they like medical cookies or whatever? I just take a gas tablet and call it a digestive evening myself.

[@DarthRushy]

Finally some classic Jeavons starvation

[@aljr357]

I would definitely buy those cereal bars for that price. They cost 4.99 for the cheap ones or 6.99 for the brand name ones.

[@aljr357]

Lol slightly beer flavoured piss-fizz sounds like they just follow around a bunch of heavy beer drinkers and get them to wee in a bucket and then bottle it .

[@Sim0n98]

Top 10 Anime plot twists

[@RichardParker2099]

Don't feel bad, yesterday all i had was a rice and bean tortilla taco, actually I'm pretty dang hungry right now /:

[@Matt19matt19]

I think they do value bitter. I've tried it and it was carbonated so tasted the same as the value lager. Just a bit more coppery

[@michaelcox9855]

What is the difference between a digestive and regular biscuits, or as we call them cookies?

[@thorthaksake8680]

@mike Jeavons , Tesco still sell Tesco Everyday Value Lager. Maybe it's just your store.

[@kribz4576]

Beer flavoured piss fizz ... lmaooo

[@R33Racer]

Tesco certainly still do sell value lager (atleast in the store I go to). If you order online, sometimes they don't list it online.

[@adyp5176]

Tesco Value lager - for the lower echelon of alcoholic

[@borysczerniec1258]

At my Tesco’s there’s no other garlic bread than the Tesco quality but tbh it’s really good

[@md_vandenberg]

Speaking of cheap beer, my local dollar store once sold 24 packs of Rockdale for $5. How did you describe it Mike, "piss-fizz"? Yeah, that's what Rockdale is.

[@carolinehale200]

i am 43 lost alot of weight was 18 stones now 13 stones all i did was half my food portions it has been 18 months

[@bleu_3550]

I’m going to Tesco and buying that pizza, it looked nice to me because I hate cheesy pizzas. I always over cook my pizzas so the cheese it burnt.

[@bsabruzzo]

The Purchase Price Parity and exchange rates between the US dollar and the UK pound must be incredibly wide.

[@aljr357]

I enjoy food also Mike but being disabled and on a very limited income I have to buy a lot of cheap foods but I’ve learned to make everything taste better by adding my own spices and in the case of frozen pizza I add extra cheese and if I’m feeling like adding something else I’ll add some sausage. I usually only eat cheese pizzas or cheese and bacon pizzas.

[@mrgreatbritain]

I hope that hand warmer was a Tesco Value/Everyday Value hand warmer! I’m sure it’s against the rules if you don’t haha

[@helgmelia84]

My word, man! Don't they sell anything with fruit or veg in it?? I'm concerned for your health.

[@jackmanleblanc2518]

It's just a week.

[@steevee1386]

I agree that some things are fine to eat, but I really dislike the value versions of digestives. I used to avoid them entirely when my family would buy them. It was better to stick to the custard creams. Today's meal would kill me; especially coming home after a day of no food to that excuse for a pizza x'D You basically just ate a breakfast bar, liquids and a lot of bread x''D

[@EleniLee]

Are you telling me You had A whole Loaf of garlic bread

[@MikeJeavons]

Yes I did

[@crazzilla7203]

are you telling me you can stop at just one?

[@BrandonMichelle]

I love to eat whole loaves of garlic bread

[@Davis38]

Everyday Video (did you get that? Ehh?)

[@Whiskeyklone]

Those kinds of pizzas are excellent... IF you want to make your own pizza. Anchovies, tuna, green olives and jah-lapa-noes, for me! And extra cheese, because... well...

[@SteveInScotland]

Tesco Value is harder to find now it’s all Plimsbury Farm and Brookwells Dairy, etc (I made those up, just like Tesco does!j. They’ve just released about 5 different kinds of bread for 50p a loaf...I was going to say 50p-ish but that spelled pish! Lol

[@ethanoreilly2002]

That pizza cutter is the best

[@marla19841]

Reminds me of peep show 😂😂